Creepiest Moments You've Had... in Non-Horror Games
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We'll do a walkthrough of the creepiest thing in gaming:
Ooooh a Vault eh? 108? Cool!
Wow, this Vault sure is rusty! Hey, a locked door. May have some good loot!
"Gaaaaaaary..."
What? Probably nothing. Now let's get these sensor modules and look for some Vault suits to add to the collection.
"GARY!"
What?
"GARY!"
Okay, I'm going. >open door<
"GAAAAAAAAAARYYY!!!"
WHOA, WHO THE HELL ARE YOU! AHHHH! NO, THERE ARE MORE?!
Ooooh a Vault eh? 108? Cool!
Wow, this Vault sure is rusty! Hey, a locked door. May have some good loot!
"Gaaaaaaary..."
What? Probably nothing. Now let's get these sensor modules and look for some Vault suits to add to the collection.
"GARY!"
What?
"GARY!"
Okay, I'm going. >open door<
"GAAAAAAAAAARYYY!!!"
WHOA, WHO THE HELL ARE YOU! AHHHH! NO, THERE ARE MORE?!
I see your laugh and raise you the japanese version. Fear the crowLilani said:
On topic I can't think of many at the moment so I'll go with one I had when playing Assassin's Creed 3. There's some pretty bad coding for your mentor, Achilles, in the game to the point when I had 2 of him in the same room practically having a conversation. I thought that was bad until the scene where you bury him after he dies, left me sad that he'd died and he wouldn't be around anymore...he was alive in his chair talking to me in his house. Right after I buried him he was there, I go outside his grave is there.
Ruined the moment and made me run the hell away from that house
Maybe not the creepiest, but it was the least expected in my case.
the silent realms in legend of zelda; skyward sword o_o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCsvp3hXrk0
the silent realms in legend of zelda; skyward sword o_o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCsvp3hXrk0
I don't care what anyone else says, when I saw this thing...
I lost my shit. Thing's damn creepy. Although the scariest part is how everyone dismisses it as a viable threat and just goes about their business.
I'm playing Dreamfall again now and I have to say I find some of the character's really creepy, mostly the way that ONLY their mouth moves when they talk. There are some exceptions and I know it's down to technical limitations at the time but... damn.
Also, totally excited about Dreamfall Chapters. That's a project I was happy to help fund.
I lost my shit. Thing's damn creepy. Although the scariest part is how everyone dismisses it as a viable threat and just goes about their business.
Curses, this was going to be my response!Mikejames said:
I'm playing Dreamfall again now and I have to say I find some of the character's really creepy, mostly the way that ONLY their mouth moves when they talk. There are some exceptions and I know it's down to technical limitations at the time but... damn.
Also, totally excited about Dreamfall Chapters. That's a project I was happy to help fund.
No, there's never an adequate reason to play Fable 3.Mister Spaceman said:
This. The Gary vault was the definition of horror.GamerAddict7796 said:
Ah f**k you just had to remind me. I haven't played the game in forever but I remember a settlement north of it with only two people (with the girl who is crazy for Nuka-cola), and the other guy who was there talked about it, something along the lines of "That place has a bad mojo about it, stay the hell away." Me, being the idiot vault dweller that I am, decided to go anyway.Terminate421 said:Fallout 3, this building
The Dunwich Building
Seriously. This place gives me the chills:
And the basement OH GOD THE BASEMENT
...
Damn you Bethesda for putting a bobble head at the end of the basement if you wanted to 100 percent it, DAMN YOU!
Funny, plenty of people mentioning Bioshock, but neither of my two freakiest parts -
First, the dentist's office. I tried to get a good youtube clip, but watching it has nothing on playing it. I was playing so carefully, making sure a room was fully clear before picking up goodies. I picked up the tonic, knowing I was safe, I turned back round and BAM there he was, like some grinning homicidal maniac. freaked me out for ages.
And the morgue, with the lights flickering and the splicer going through all the containers to sneak up on you. Freaked me right out!
First, the dentist's office. I tried to get a good youtube clip, but watching it has nothing on playing it. I was playing so carefully, making sure a room was fully clear before picking up goodies. I picked up the tonic, knowing I was safe, I turned back round and BAM there he was, like some grinning homicidal maniac. freaked me out for ages.
And the morgue, with the lights flickering and the splicer going through all the containers to sneak up on you. Freaked me right out!
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Well the creepiest thing I've found in game was a glitch I honestly do not know how or why it happened. Hell it wasn't even scary just creepy. Here's what happened I was walking out of the general shop in Whiterun where upon I encountered a guard spouting memes at me, sweet-roll arrow in knee excetera, wanting o avoid him I turned around to go the other way when the guards voice sounded amplified and so I turned around whereupon I found 50 guards walking to me in sync still spewing memes. Again not scary but very unsettling, if anyone can tell me why or how this happened please tell me
Well the creepiest thing I've found in game was a glitch I honestly do not know how or why it happened. Hell it wasn't even scary just creepy. Here's what happened I was walking out of the general shop in Whiterun where upon I encountered a guard spouting memes at me, sweet-roll arrow in knee excetera, wanting o avoid him I turned around to go the other way when the guards voice sounded amplified and so I turned around whereupon I found 50 guards walking to me in sync still spewing memes. Again not scary but very unsettling, if anyone can tell me why or how this happened please tell me
Goddammit, ninja'd.Terminate421 said:Fallout 3, this building
The Dunwich Building
Seriously. This place gives me the chills:
And the basement OH GOD THE BASEMENT
Yeah, that's pretty much my awnser. Bonus point if you go there at lvl 6 by accident.
Not intentionally creepy since its a glitch rather than a gameplay element but Skyrim produced one genuinely creepy moment for me. At a character's funeral where the entire town came out to watch I got as far as burning the body before , as the body turned to ash , The entire populace just froze. Staring , dead eyed , at a burning corpse. They didn't even blink. I couldn't progress or attempt to continue without resetting the console so for 5 minutes I was left with a crowd of static zombies , some of them carrying torches , staring intently at a burning corpse.
It was unnatural to the level of unsettling me.
It was unnatural to the level of unsettling me.
Honestly, I think seeing one of the colonists liquify was probably the most disturbing scene in the ME series for me.Proverbial Jon said:I don't care what anyone else says, when I saw this thing...
I'd probably defend the visuals as a whole, but I do recall some stiff character animations. Ah well.
Seconded on Chapters, it has been too long. Now I shall pine for possibly unattainable stretch goals.
The S.T.A.L.K.E.R series is one of my favourites, but I really struggle to classify it as "horror" or even "survival horror". I certainly play it more like a horror game, and it creeps the shit out of me sometimes, but the game doesn't really have any particular horror elements to back that up. I have no problem calling it "survival", and have had several heated conversations about this in real life, but it doesn't really feel like it's trying to scare you.BurnedOutMyEyes said:
The first time you look in the tank to see Jenova and later on after you escape the cells and head to the top floor and the all the halls are covered in blood. Oh and when you look inside the back room tanks in the flash backs to nibeliheim. Creeps me the fuck out
pretty much all of majoras mask freaked me out as a kid. But the most recent would be fallout 3 which i played with low brightness in my basement with headphones, screw that scared me half to death 
Hephaestus in Bioshock gave me the creeps. Sure, the other parts were plenty creepy, but Hephaestus was just foreboding as hell. It was that single level that really made me feel like the entire weight of the ocean and all of the hostility in Rapture was focused solely on me.
Not sure if Ravenholm in HL2 counts, since that level was specifically designed as a horror level.
And then, there are most underground levels in gritty shooters. Turok, for example. I fucking hate giant bugs, and I hate enclosed spaces, as I can't see around corners, nor can I see if there are any enemies lurking around said corners, and there is less space to flee. So, giant bugs underground is awful. This was also the case in HL2: E2, and in that one you're being chased by Antlion Guards the whole time, so god help you if you don't spot the tiny crawl space you're meant to run to in time.
Not sure if Ravenholm in HL2 counts, since that level was specifically designed as a horror level.
And then, there are most underground levels in gritty shooters. Turok, for example. I fucking hate giant bugs, and I hate enclosed spaces, as I can't see around corners, nor can I see if there are any enemies lurking around said corners, and there is less space to flee. So, giant bugs underground is awful. This was also the case in HL2: E2, and in that one you're being chased by Antlion Guards the whole time, so god help you if you don't spot the tiny crawl space you're meant to run to in time.
My Most Unsettling, Creepy to downright horrifying moments in non horror themed games
Mass Effect 2 Project overlord : The score and those god damn cameras *shudders* oh and let?s not forget the VI screaming.
Also let me just throw in there the Lilith Collector Pod scene as well. I honestly cannot watch that scene to this day *sigh*
Mass Effect ? The Thorian Creepers. Just the sound those things make and how they run at you...
Skyrim ? Anything involving the Falmer...creepy little bastards.
Fallout New Vegas: Jason Bright and the Great Journey mission. I?m new to fallout but yeah this place hell, this game carries a pretty heavy atmosphere; but what really makes this stand out for me was a bunch of elements coming together that created one hell of a tense experience. Sneaking past all those Ferial Ghouls (which are just creepy on their own)along with the Nightkin patrolling the basement with that cloaking on as I tried my best to be as quiet as a freaking speck of dust along with the basic environment...yeah it makes for one creepy frightening experience.
Oh and of course my first encounter with a mother flipping Death Claw. I was warned about them but figured hey I can run past whatever the hell a Death Claw is I?m sure. Then I see a giant scorpion think ah so that?s a Death Claw eh no prob. Shot it out of the way and went on my way down past the rail way tracks and into this kind of crater half way to the other end I hear this...breathing behind me...and it?s getting louder I stop wondering if it?s my character...no it?s still getting louder.. I turn around OOOOH FUUUUUUUDHGDJHGKJH!!!
Tenchu Stealth Assassins: The Manji Cult level. A level which you are dealing with a deranged cult and mad zombies who used to be the denizens of the village which the psychotic cult has taken up residents in. Meanwhile this magical stone that has been the cause of all of this is actually crying like an infant as you run or sneak about this level. Top all that off with some pretty heavy atmospheric music and yeah you have a pretty unsettling stage in a stealth ninja game.
Oh and Mortal Kombat 2011 Krypt. They did an excellent job with the ambiance and sound effects that accompanied this little feature in the game. Each area was pretty interesting, but the area where all of this comes together to create a rather unsettling atmosphere is The Blood Marsh. An area where bloated bodies float upon the surface of crimson water...I think it?s water. I think what makes it even more disturbing is when it turns out the bodies aren?t actually dead.
Aaaand Donkey Kong 3 Water World ? Yep those levels have actually damaged me. The one level where you have to keep feeding Chomps (I think that was his name) or else he?ll get angry and eat you. That along with the music that accompanied those levels(shudders)...stuck with me for yeeears and were the reasons I would not dare swim alone....fuck you imagination.
Here have a taste
Mass Effect 2 Project overlord : The score and those god damn cameras *shudders* oh and let?s not forget the VI screaming.
Also let me just throw in there the Lilith Collector Pod scene as well. I honestly cannot watch that scene to this day *sigh*
Mass Effect ? The Thorian Creepers. Just the sound those things make and how they run at you...
Skyrim ? Anything involving the Falmer...creepy little bastards.
Fallout New Vegas: Jason Bright and the Great Journey mission. I?m new to fallout but yeah this place hell, this game carries a pretty heavy atmosphere; but what really makes this stand out for me was a bunch of elements coming together that created one hell of a tense experience. Sneaking past all those Ferial Ghouls (which are just creepy on their own)along with the Nightkin patrolling the basement with that cloaking on as I tried my best to be as quiet as a freaking speck of dust along with the basic environment...yeah it makes for one creepy frightening experience.
Oh and of course my first encounter with a mother flipping Death Claw. I was warned about them but figured hey I can run past whatever the hell a Death Claw is I?m sure. Then I see a giant scorpion think ah so that?s a Death Claw eh no prob. Shot it out of the way and went on my way down past the rail way tracks and into this kind of crater half way to the other end I hear this...breathing behind me...and it?s getting louder I stop wondering if it?s my character...no it?s still getting louder.. I turn around OOOOH FUUUUUUUDHGDJHGKJH!!!
Tenchu Stealth Assassins: The Manji Cult level. A level which you are dealing with a deranged cult and mad zombies who used to be the denizens of the village which the psychotic cult has taken up residents in. Meanwhile this magical stone that has been the cause of all of this is actually crying like an infant as you run or sneak about this level. Top all that off with some pretty heavy atmospheric music and yeah you have a pretty unsettling stage in a stealth ninja game.
Oh and Mortal Kombat 2011 Krypt. They did an excellent job with the ambiance and sound effects that accompanied this little feature in the game. Each area was pretty interesting, but the area where all of this comes together to create a rather unsettling atmosphere is The Blood Marsh. An area where bloated bodies float upon the surface of crimson water...I think it?s water. I think what makes it even more disturbing is when it turns out the bodies aren?t actually dead.
Aaaand Donkey Kong 3 Water World ? Yep those levels have actually damaged me. The one level where you have to keep feeding Chomps (I think that was his name) or else he?ll get angry and eat you. That along with the music that accompanied those levels(shudders)...stuck with me for yeeears and were the reasons I would not dare swim alone....fuck you imagination.
Here have a taste
I think Majora's Mask was the first game to pull that shit on me.
I still get terrified by the 'Final Hours' music.
It's so eerie and... *shudder*
Something about that game was so unsettling, the only Zelda game to really blend fantasy with a little undertone of drama-horror. It was very subtle and you had to really look at it objectively. (I've always been a look-at-the-big-picture person even as a kid)
But yeah... it was there.
No BenDrowned doesn't scare me, before anyone says anything, I think the game is eerie all on it's own.
I still get terrified by the 'Final Hours' music.
It's so eerie and... *shudder*
Something about that game was so unsettling, the only Zelda game to really blend fantasy with a little undertone of drama-horror. It was very subtle and you had to really look at it objectively. (I've always been a look-at-the-big-picture person even as a kid)
But yeah... it was there.
No BenDrowned doesn't scare me, before anyone says anything, I think the game is eerie all on it's own.