10 Most disturbing video games of all time

You might have had some mood upsets after watching a disturbing movie or after reading a gory book. Video games are no less they too have some disturbing sequence like beheadings, decapitating and eye surgeries.Some of them have been crossed the margin of violence which led to these games getting banned in several countries. So, here’s a list of the top ten video games which have some really strong content and gives you disgust. Make sure you check them out.

#1 Mortal Kombat

The Mortal Kombat series of fighting games, created by Ed Boon and John Tobias, has been the subject of various controversies since its creation in the 1990s.

In particular, Mortal Kombat has been often criticised from a broad spectrum of political and other positions for its excessive use of graphic and bloody violence (in both the regular combat and the Fatalities, finishing moves which allow the player to kill or otherwise maim opponent characters), which remains a popular draw of the series.

The violent nature of the series, one of the earliest of its kind, has led to the creation and continued presence of the ESRB and other rating boards for video games. Various Mortal Kombat games have been censored or banned in several countries, and the franchise was the subject of several court cases.

#2 Manhunt

Developer of Grand Theft Auto delivers its darkest, most violent game yet in Manhunt, a third-person perspective stealth action game that puts you in the role of a death row inmate forced to run a deadly gauntlet at the whim of a sadistic cinematographer.It was released for PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC.

The game itself unflinchingly depicts intense graphic violence, the likes of which you might expect from a slasher movie but not so much from games. However, these grisly scenes are done up in style, as Manhunt has a real cinematic flair to it--not to mention a suffocating atmosphere that perfectly fits the theme.

It also does a better job of incorporating stealth mechanics than most other such games, though the latter portion of Manhunt devolves into a nearly continuous, mind-numbing series of shoot-outs.

Nonetheless, those wondering whether Scotland-based Rockstar North is capable of putting together something remarkable that doesn't have "Grand Theft Auto" in the title, need wonder no more. Manhunt is seriously intense, and anyone with a stomach for the game's concept ought to find it fiendishly entertaining.

#3 God of War

God of War is an M-rated series and is extraordinarily violent. Few games feature blood-soaked battles with more severed body parts or spilled innards. It's gory enough to make even media desensitized grown-up gamers occasionally whistle in disbelief.

The game God of War: Ascension carries some mature sexual themes, particularly in a scene early on in which players encounter a large room filled with women whose naked, oversized bosoms jiggle freely.

And Kratos, the game's protagonist, makes a particularly bad role model for kids and adults alike, given that his propensity for violence leads him to kill just about everyone he runs into, including (in the past) his own wife and daughter.

#4 The Darkness II

The Darkness II is an extremely violent game, heavily focused on killing humans and creatures using traditional weapons and supernatural abilities, including using your Demon Arms to graphically execute those who stand in your way.

Blood and gore can be seen throughout the game, including body dismemberment, impaling, beheading, and ripping someone's spine out. The game also shows sexual acts performed (though with no nudity), contains drug references, and players can hear very strong profanity.

The first installment of the franchise “The Darkness” also had some brutality like heart-ripping and limb-tearing and is a worthy inclusion on the list.

#5 Prototype

Prototype franchise is absolutely not a game intended for children. It is exceptionally gory, thanks to the protagonist's ability to grow claws and use them to slice through enemies. Streets often become painted in blood and littered with body parts.

It's also extremely profane. Topping things off, our hero is morally vacuous. His only interest appears to be revenge, and he doesn't care who he has to hurt to get it -- including innocent bystanders.

Even something as mundane as walking down the street often becomes an unavoidable exercise in aggression as our avatar automatically shoves everyone out of his way.

Prototype 2 did almost nothing to iterate on the first game mechanically, and instead felt more like glorified downloadable content, it did flesh out the almost theatrical displays of gore on show.

New-protagonist James Heller could fire off multiple tendrils that would rip swathes of opponents apart limb-from-limb, leaving a Christmas-tree-display of torsos and severed limbs dangling between lampposts.

#6 The Punisher

THQ's The Punisher is the type of game media watch groups love to loathe. It's so violent, so bloody, that the ESRB forced developer Volition to snuff some of the gorier moments, muting violent interrogations in black and white. Despite the ESRB's efforts, The Punisher remains gleefully violent with more than 100 inventive methods for torture and death.

The Punisher’s four basic methods of perp-handling involved strangulation, punching them repeatedly in the gut, shoving a pistol in their face, or throwing them to the ground and bashing their face off the pavement.

That was all without the contextual kills that allowed you to hold a man up to be gored by a rhino, feeding someone else to a hungry shark, locking a blokes head in between some moving gears until it burst, or just caving their skull in with a coffin lid.

This game is definitely a poor choice for kids and teens as it warrants a discussion for older players. The ratings given for this game is based on the quality of gameplay within this genre and is not an endorsement of the violence in the game.

#7 Soldier of Fortune

The game’s graphic violence is the game's main stylistic attraction, much like the destructible environments of Red Faction or bullet time of Max Payne. The proprietary rendering system nicknamed GHOUL engine in the game enables depiction of extreme graphic violence, in which character models are based on body parts that can each independently sustain damage (gore zones).

There are 26 zones in total: a shot to the head with a powerful gun will often make the target's head explode, leaving nothing but the bloody stump of the neck remaining; a close-range shot to the stomach with a shotgun will leave an enemy's bowels in a bloody mess, and a shot to the nether regions will cause the victims to clutch their groin in agony for a few seconds before kneeling over dead.

It is possible to shoot off an enemy's limbs (head, arms, legs) leaving nothing left but a bloody torso. Shoot him in the calf, and he'll hop around on one leg. In the last mission there is also a fictional microwave weapon, causing the enemies to fry or explode, depending on the firing mode.

However,nonviolence is a possibility, if the player is a good shot it is possible to shoot an enemy's weapon out of their hand, causing them to cower on the floor to surrender.

The game also came with password-protected options to disable all gore and there is even a version of the game with the extreme violence permanently locked-out, titled Soldier of Fortune: Tactical Low-Violence Version.

#8 Dead Space 3

Dead Space 3 is an extremely violent, bloody, and gory sci-fi action game that earns its "M" rating. You can craft and use a number of weapons -- ranging from laser blasters and automatic rifles to flamethrowers and explosives -- and the alien creatures explode into bloody chunks. The cut-scene sequences can also be very gory. Dead Space 3 has strong profanity.

In the ‘eye surgery’ scene in the game, you come across a machine that requires the extracting of some key information from protagonist Isaac Clarke…through his eyeballs. After placing yourself on the machine, the needle descends and Isaac gets increasingly more scared of what (inevitably) is going to happen.

As there are multiple fail-triggers in this scene, almost every player saw what happened next. Dead Space 3 also has strong profanity.

#9 F.E.A.R 2

F.E.A.R. 2 is a Mature-rated game and for good reason: it shows a lot of violence and gore -- including human and inhuman enemies that spray blood when attacked and collapse in a heap on the floor -- as well as sexual themes (an act of sex, though not graphic, and a very young girl with hair that barely covers her naked breasts), and foul language.

In addition to being a first-person shooter, this game has survival horror elements which make it particularly scary and full of creepy imagery.

The game is obviously scary. As shown by the name of the game and the Box art. The violence is extreme, The blood is very high with extreme amounts of it. You find random limbs everywhere which isn't very nice.

You decapitate people a lot and you have lots of scares that would make kids not sleep for weeks. There is a rape in this too. There is some language but its not that of a worrying factor.

#10 Aliens Vs. Predator

Alien vs. Predator has gratuitous violence against aliens and humans alike. It contains more graphic killing than other sci-fi shooters such as Halo, which is somewhat pale in comparison, violence-wise.

The Aliens and Predators are encouraged to kill up close and personal with blades, jaws, and other melee weapons, which results in plenty of blood spurts, dismembered limbs, impalement, and decapitated heads. Like the movies, Alien babies can pop out of a human's chest.

The predators rip people's spines and heads out. Aliens bite people eyes out. It was even banned a few times around the world. There is strong language with a few f-words and s-words. definitely not a game for kids. A game for the fans of the movies. The game also has a lot of profanity.