The Suffering

The Suffering (2004)

by Midway Home Entertainment, Surreal Software, Midway Games, Zoo Digital
Genres:Shooter
Themes:Action, Horror, Survival
Game modes:Single player
Story:The Suffering captures the disturbing and terrifying nature of the horror genre in a compelling third-person action/adventure game set in the mature and gritty world of a maximum-security prison. You'll control of the prisoner Torque, a man sentenced to die for a murder he may or may not have actually committed. Enter a nightmarish world where creatures jump out of shadows, fall out of trees, and erupt out of the ground. Battle ghoulish apparitions, hardened criminals and guards, and the demons from your own forgotten past. Will you solve the mystery of Torque's past and survive or fall victim to The Suffering?Show more
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user avatar@XboxClown89user avatar@XboxClown89
January 29, 2025
I was quite sad when The Suffering series gotten delisted. I partly felt they might get remastered. Which kinda would make sense for the delisting. These were essentially Silent Hill games set in Maryland. The Suffering was a horror game people still remembers from it's era. I actually had this game on PS2 a long time ago. This truly deserved to stay on GOG. There's a few endings you can go for. Some impressive creature designs as well. It was mind blowing the stuff they allowed in this. Maybe also due to the fact Midway Games was on the verge going under. Somehow The Suffering turned out as great it was.
user avatar@Charodiy_UAuser avatar@Charodiy_UA
February 06, 2025
The Suffering - an AWESOME Game with a capital letter! One of my favorite survival/horror games of all time! It comes with the original story (I do not know a single other game with such a cool plot); a lot of guns and munitions that not only work differently but also feel completely different and that is a cool feature; sound design is also - a strong part of the game (of course when it work; sometimes it bug out because of a lack of optimizations for modern OSs); enemies are different and scary most of the time. All I mentioned before is pure "fun" and when I say "fun" (in this case) I mean pure EVIL in its way. Absolutely gorgeous game, but because of its age, The Suffering is not great for modern Hardware and Software (OSs). That is why a Remake/Remaster - is much needed nowadays, so gamers can play their favorite Horror game on modern PCs.
user avatar@Soondogeruser avatar@Soondoger
January 29, 2025
Le premier jeu qui m'a vraiment fait flipper dans mon enfance. Une ambiance très particulière. J'aimerai pouvoir y rejouer un jour, tellement il m'a marqué ! Svp Gog !!!
Thats my childhood game! I love this! Очень жду эту игру, помню в руках держал коробку и рассматривал скрины на задней стороне, было жутко даже из-за этого, жду добавление этой игры
Primeiro jogo que joguei no Playstation 2 quando ganhei o cansole no natal muitoooloooooooooooooo booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom
Grade A game from a Grade A publisher that was dying. Could you bring it back as soon as possible? As the name of the game suggests I am suffering here and I need to play this again soon!
user avatar@miksneakuser avatar@miksneak
March 08, 2025
This is one of the first OG games that I actually went out and spent a lot of time trying to find a physical copy. I found the physical copy but I don’t want to use it so please save this game.
user avatar@Torvic69user avatar@Torvic69
March 08, 2025
I played this game many times on PS2 and I must say that it was a brutak game and I loved it very much. I hope I can return to the Gog platform and play it again.
user avatar@gderukiuser avatar@gderuki
March 12, 2025
I have played this game when I was kid, but unfortunately I couldn't complete it back then because of how scary it was. It is a pity it's not available nowadays. Plays a lot on nostalgic feeling to me.
user avatar@MichaelCuser avatar@MichaelC
March 21, 2025
Seeing this and its sequel get de-listed from the store last year was heartbreaking. Sure, I bought my copies, but what about the people who are just now discovering this franchise and the brutal third-person action horror it offered? Fingers crossed that Warner figures out there's still a market for this game, and brings it back, either in its original form or a remastered version.
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