Games that Actually Scared You
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peter jackson's king kong genuinely freaked me out a couple times. that game nailed the atomsphere and the feeling of desperartion and survival
I'm usually not scared that easily .. but Amnesia did it for me ... all the hallucinations, the hero's phobia of darkness and the excellent monster and sound design combined managed to really create some genuinely scary moments.
There is also the game that inspired Amnesia in the first place IMO (way too many similarities) .. Haunting Ground by Capcom .. there was that one moment in the game that made e jump from my seat .. sigh .. it scared the living lights out of me and i really never saw it coming .. that's even more genuine than the moments from Amnesia .. pretty much the only time i "really" got startled and panicked while playing a game.
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There is that crazy housekeeper lady that chases after the main heroine wanting to kill her ... and there is a system for hiding under beds and into cupboards to escape from her or any other pursuer .. after one extreme chase .. i managed to lose her ... walked into a room .. thought i'd check the cupboard ... BAM .. she came out from inside the cupboard i randomly chose to check *WHAT THE !!!! .. oh Shi-* .. the controller almost flew out of my hands and i really panicked for a moment .. luckily i manged escape her .. but she really gave me one hell of a scare i never saw coming XD
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Make a sequel for this game CACOM .. i demand it XD
There is also the game that inspired Amnesia in the first place IMO (way too many similarities) .. Haunting Ground by Capcom .. there was that one moment in the game that made e jump from my seat .. sigh .. it scared the living lights out of me and i really never saw it coming .. that's even more genuine than the moments from Amnesia .. pretty much the only time i "really" got startled and panicked while playing a game.
*****spoilers if you haven played the game*****
There is that crazy housekeeper lady that chases after the main heroine wanting to kill her ... and there is a system for hiding under beds and into cupboards to escape from her or any other pursuer .. after one extreme chase .. i managed to lose her ... walked into a room .. thought i'd check the cupboard ... BAM .. she came out from inside the cupboard i randomly chose to check *WHAT THE !!!! .. oh Shi-* .. the controller almost flew out of my hands and i really panicked for a moment .. luckily i manged escape her .. but she really gave me one hell of a scare i never saw coming XD
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Make a sequel for this game CACOM .. i demand it XD
Fatal Frame. I didn't even play it. My buddy did while I was on the comp, and it was still freeky
Not gonna lie, I found Undead Nightmare to be very creepy. Seeing a zombie stumbling in the distance through the foggy horizon, the urgency and constant need for higher ground in combat, a truly desolate atmosphere and the anxiety whilst travelling alone... It was everything I had hoped a zombie version of Red dead would turn out to be.
Seriously. The way the basement environments pull you in, and that one sequence in Point Lookout where you're tripping on the hallucinogenic plants was amazingly unnerving and well done.General Ken8 said:
Edit: Well, not just the basements, really many of the indoor environments have this feeling of solitude and danger.
Mmh, games that scared me... This list sums it up:
1- Silent Hill 1,2 and 4 (I didn´t play 3)
2- Alone in the Dark 3(I was really young when I played it and hadn´t played horror games before)
3- Alone in the Dark - The New Nightmare (for the PS1)
4- Parasite Eve 2
1- Silent Hill 1,2 and 4 (I didn´t play 3)
2- Alone in the Dark 3(I was really young when I played it and hadn´t played horror games before)
3- Alone in the Dark - The New Nightmare (for the PS1)
4- Parasite Eve 2
DooM³.
I can remember waiting for a revenant to come around a corner towards me, and actually shaking. Everything in the game makes you feel exposed, whether it's having the torch out, knowing that you're not ready to shoot anything that moves the moment you see it, being left a bit more in the open than you like, or a bit more shut-in than you like. I also had a moment where I'd just finished a battle with some cherubs, so I didn't expect any enemies for a bit, but there was an imp directly behind the next door - I yelled and flailed my mouse around so much that it looked like my player was having a panic attack.
Quake.
The first time we hooked up the amp' and speakers to the computer I played it, and the first time a fiend ran towards me I nearly fell backwards out of my chair.
Skyroads.
Try playing that without having the nerves of an alcoholic, chain-smoking policeman from a movie set in New York. Falling down those pits is a screaming frustration you're constantly fearful of, but somehow you want to keep playing.
I can remember waiting for a revenant to come around a corner towards me, and actually shaking. Everything in the game makes you feel exposed, whether it's having the torch out, knowing that you're not ready to shoot anything that moves the moment you see it, being left a bit more in the open than you like, or a bit more shut-in than you like. I also had a moment where I'd just finished a battle with some cherubs, so I didn't expect any enemies for a bit, but there was an imp directly behind the next door - I yelled and flailed my mouse around so much that it looked like my player was having a panic attack.
Quake.
The first time we hooked up the amp' and speakers to the computer I played it, and the first time a fiend ran towards me I nearly fell backwards out of my chair.
Skyroads.
Try playing that without having the nerves of an alcoholic, chain-smoking policeman from a movie set in New York. Falling down those pits is a screaming frustration you're constantly fearful of, but somehow you want to keep playing.
I felt that way about FEAR. It absolutely rank of "American marketing department hires average director to rip off recently successful Japanese horror films", except it was a game, so it was kind of a rip-off of movies like that.Cobbs said:Dead Space was "Supposed" to be scary. (supposed in air brackets)
Probably the only truly scary game I've played was the first FEAR. Then again when I played it I was 10 and was playing it at midnight with no lights and and surround sound.
Pretty much the only game that's really got my fear induced adrenalin rushing was Far Cry
Damn those mutant apes are scary
Damn those mutant apes are scary
Half-Life 1 was pretty scary, due to the atmosphere. There was a horrible disaster with the experiment, and now there's bodies everywhere, explosions, aliens warping in from a distant planet, all looking for Gordon Pie, and just when you reach the surface, even the military is out to kill you. Not for what you are, but because of what you know.
Ravenholm was pretty scary too. Hate those fast zombies and poison headcrab zombies.
Ravenholm was pretty scary too. Hate those fast zombies and poison headcrab zombies.
Amnesia and silent hill 2 (maybe 1) are the only games that have really creeped me out.
The rest kinda made me jump at times, but thats it really...
The rest kinda made me jump at times, but thats it really...
I'm a scaredy cat, so I get scared by lots of stuff.
Half-life 2. Ravenholm is a scary place.
Left 4 dead 1 and 2. Suddenly zombies everywhere.
Fallout 3 and NV. Suddenly Deathclaw and other stuff right in front of you.
Bioshock 1 and 2. Same reason as L4D and Fallout.
And other games as well.
Half-life 2. Ravenholm is a scary place.
Left 4 dead 1 and 2. Suddenly zombies everywhere.
Fallout 3 and NV. Suddenly Deathclaw and other stuff right in front of you.
Bioshock 1 and 2. Same reason as L4D and Fallout.
And other games as well.
Amnesia and Thief 3: Shalebridge Cradle should be far and away the top two entries on any "scariest games" list. It's not as if games like Vampire The Masquerade, Silent Hill, Fallout 3, Half Life 2, System Shock 2, etc, etc, don't have their scary moments or "boo" instances...they do. But in all those games you are a heavily armed juggernaut who can realistically expect to defend yourself from anything that goes awry. In Thief you're a wussy Thief, and in Amnesia you're just a wussy wuss. There is no fighting back. You are truly helpless in the dark. So there's that.
Also, both Amnesia and Shalebridge do a masterful job of using sound and suspense to ratchet up the tension level before unleashing their (fairly rare) threats. There is nothing so scary as the player's own imagination. So you're far better off getting them thinking and worrying...jumping at footsteps, if you will...then unleashing waves of demons at them to gun down. The first zombie monster I saw in a Silent Hill game was terrifying. The 50th was humdrum. Oh, another zombie. I guess...I guess I'll just beat this one to death, too.
I'll give the slightest of nods to Thief 3 and Shalebridge Cradle over Amnesia simply for the fact that you go into Amnesia ready to be scared. There's no questions...you know what you're there for. You know you're in for a wild scary ride, and you're braced for it. In Thief, you're just some Thief doing some thieving, and suddenly you're in a haunted insane asylum shit-bricking your pants.
Also, both Amnesia and Shalebridge do a masterful job of using sound and suspense to ratchet up the tension level before unleashing their (fairly rare) threats. There is nothing so scary as the player's own imagination. So you're far better off getting them thinking and worrying...jumping at footsteps, if you will...then unleashing waves of demons at them to gun down. The first zombie monster I saw in a Silent Hill game was terrifying. The 50th was humdrum. Oh, another zombie. I guess...I guess I'll just beat this one to death, too.
I'll give the slightest of nods to Thief 3 and Shalebridge Cradle over Amnesia simply for the fact that you go into Amnesia ready to be scared. There's no questions...you know what you're there for. You know you're in for a wild scary ride, and you're braced for it. In Thief, you're just some Thief doing some thieving, and suddenly you're in a haunted insane asylum shit-bricking your pants.
For me it was Diablo. The first one, only because of the Butcher and the fact that the dungeons were randomly generated so you'd never know if you were going to have to face him. If you did, you were only level 3 or so; You would innocently open some random door on the second level of the church basement, and the bassy, breathy voice would greet you with "Aah, fresh meat" from out of a room full of dismembered bodies and you would only vaguely see some figure running at you crazily fast before immediately chopping you up into little bits.
Thief 3 - Shalebridge Cradle. If you've played Thief 3, you will never forget this level.
But the one that got to me was the Hotel Lobby area for Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines.
But the one that got to me was the Hotel Lobby area for Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines.