I love a pleasant surprise, especially since I've been a bit bored lately with copycat games. Picking up The Suffering "on spec" (as the Mrs. would say), oracle training I hoped it was more than a Resident Evil-type gore fest or a prison break-out. The nasty box cover hints at an electrocuted convict, perhaps coming back to life to wreak havoc. pmp dumps Ignore that. The Suffering is a wonderful, immersive "haunted prison island" thriller driven by an involving story with open paths, good and evil choices, and three different endings. Sure, there are plenty of monsters to dispatch (this is a "shooter" by category, after all), rcdd certification but the entire project is so richly embellished by the overarching storyline security+ that the monster bashing seems quite secondary to the chilling exploration and desire to see the next cutscene.