Clock Tower
Clock Tower was made by Hifumi Kono and the now non-existent developers of Human Entertainment. The fourth game was co-produced by Capcom who still owns the rights to the franchise.
Despite earlier games in the series being point-and-click adventures, Clock Tower 1 & 2 are both very scary games. They’re an example of earlier games that can be described as atmospheric.
The franchise makes players use their environment to get away from enemies and solve puzzles. Although the series has faded into memory, it still had an impact on the industry.
Its hide instead of fighting gameplay is seen in things like Outlast as well as evading the alien in Alien: Isolation. Scissorman, the main antagonist of the series, can be seen as an inspiration for Nemesis from Resident Evil 3 since Scissorman stalks the player throughout the whole game.
Clock Tower has inspired many other games and a comeback could give the franchise a chance to implement its timelessly creepy mechanics in a more modern-feeling game.
