It’s a good time to be a survival horror-obsessed gamer right now. With games like Silent Hill: Shattered Memories and Ju-On: The Grudge coming down the pipeline, we hopefully have a lot of good scares coming our way. However, the game in this genre that’s caught my attention the most is Cursed Mountain, a Wii title from Deep Silver that sends the player on a mountaineering adventure in Tibet only to find the long climb has more threats than high altitudes and freezing winds.

While dashing past the Nintendo booth on the way to an appointment, I spotted Cursed Mountain in playable form on the E3 show floor, and I ran up with a dopey grin on my face to cram in a few minutes with it. Hence the whole “quick and dirty” part … anyway, a few minutes is enough to get an impression, and boy, did I get one. Hit the jump to learn why I think Cursed Mountain will be the horror game of the year.