Games that Actually Scared You

[Kaland]

Bad Mojo. Arachnophobia did NOT help! Damn spiders, every time.

Yes, someone else played bad mojo!! I love this game, and you, for having played it. I remember being creeped out already at the very start in the part with the spider and the cigarette.

As for games that actually scared me, Amnesia:TDD. It's the answer of most people for a reason. Demon's Souls scared me too, in the beginning. As someone mentioned already, you get used to its world of misery pretty soon though.

 

[Slangeveld]

Thief Deadly Shadows, that mission in the Cradle. Dunno why.

 

[Denamic]

Every single person who has ever played Amnesia have either been close to or actually shat their pants.
Anyone who says otherwise has either not played the game or is just plain lying.

 

[Strangeronpcp]

Metro 2033 i hope the nest one will ceep the atomsfear and i hope they will not make it in to a cod clone

 

[mitchell271]

The only genuinely scary games to me are the Silent Hill series (about half of them), Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Demon Soul's, Clock Tower and Eternal Darkness (my save file! NOOOOOO!!!!). Dead Space was not scary. Left 4 Dead is not scary. Resident Evil is not scary.

 

[Dalek Caan]

Edit: Oh yeah, Minecraft, especially exploring caves solo.

Awe man! You edit ninja'd me.

But yeah, I don't know what it is, but even playing in peaceful mode, exploring in the dark depths still feels creepy.

I guess it is the classic fear of the unknown, or breaking a bit of stone wall and lava comes pouring out.

It's worse when I sometimes hear the sounds of footsteps and digging nearby. I don't give two shits what Notch says, Herobine exists and that fucker is hunting me. Other scary games include Bioshock, Dead Space and Fallout 3.

 

[General Ken8]

Amnesia, of course, but then a few parts of Fallout 3 as well. It seems weird, but some parts of that game freaked me out

 

[Irriduccibilli]

Amnesia Amnesia Amnesia. Good golly this game is scary, but it's hilarious to watch other peoples reaction to the game. I found this video some time ago

 

[Magicmad5511]

i was terrified of the mansion of madness in timesplitters(

I'd forgotten about that level. Damn DeerHaunter in Timesplitters Future Perfect. That creepy moose thing.

OT:I tend to shy away from horror in general so one of the earliest things that scared me in a video game that I can remember was in Jack and Daxter. When I crashed a water vehicle and a lurker shark attacked me I was pretty scared.
I was quit young but I've always been creeped out by deep water because of the idea of a giant fish swimming up from below. Not sure why.
The same fear stopped me from playing one part of MGS3 because I was convinced there would be crocodiles or something.

 

[Mrmac23]

Minecraft. Look into the dark segments of a cave and tell me you don't get uncomfortable.

Also, the new music discs are generally quite nice. Then you find the broken disc that plays a track simply called "11". Take a listen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ2YckuyQC8&feature=related

PEACEFUL MODE FOREVER.

 

[Paularius]

Thief 3.
Shailbridge Cradle map.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

FEAR/Extraction Point/Perseus Mandate
Penumbra/Amnesia

As you may or may not have guessed, the topic of this forum is games or part of a game that scared you, or maybe someone you know. Was the game supposed to be scary? (A la Dead Space, Amnesia, Left 4 Dead) or did some part of the gameplay strike some nerve in your terror receptors?

>Dead Space
>Scary
>Wat

I could see how people could find Dead Space scary (to me in was more funny because the creatures jumped out, pretty much said "booga booga", then tried to attack you), but Left 4 Dead? Left 4 Dead has the horror theme, but was far from scary. It didn't even have the "this could be scary" feel to it. Especially the second one. They kinda took away the horror element there.

 

[Custard_Angel]

So far... none.

I've played Amnesia and Dead Space and most of the other obvious answers and never found them frightening.

I've sometimes winced at games and felt uncomfortable playing them, but I've never had one of those "ohshitohshitohshitohshithesstandingoutsidemydoor" moments.

 

[Jaebird]

The underwater level from Super Mario 64, with the giant eel. That shit terrified me as a kid, what with the near-pitch black depths and lurking monster, AND the constant fear of running out of breath while trying to do an objective. I had to put that game down for a while after entering that level.

 

[Chocolate Mousse]

Left 4 dead is more pulse pounding and intense than actually scary. it's far too arcade-ish to be scary.

 

[Headsprouter]

The first time I saw I centaur in fallout 3. It....was....magnificent. Whoever came up with that had BAD nightmares. In Fallout: New Vegas the evolved ones were awesome. I was genuinely glad to see them. Easy, though.

 

[ABLb0y]

Haunting Ground. Especially Diana or whatever the hell the android's name was.

 

[Joaquim Guerreiro]

Ive been playing through Metro 2033 again these last few days, its pretty fucking scary at times, I tell you that much. It actually scares me more than Amnesia, although that was pretty creepy too.

Condemned...yeah, pretty much Condemned. Also, Cthulhu, Dark Corners of the Earth.

Dark Corners of the Earth is probably the scariest game I have ever played, no joke.

DCotE is really scary, and not in a slash movie sense. I love the part before you have any weapon, the way it makes you even afraid to explore the world. Too bad it ruins everything as you pick up weapons and start killing squids like Serious Sam.

 

[CRRPGMykael]

FUCKING AMNESIA: THE DARK DESCENT, OK?!NOW STOP WITH THE FUCKING TOPICS ASKING ABOUT SCARY GAMES OR SCARY SITUATIONS IN GAMES OR SCARY AUDIO OR WHATEVER,WE ALL KNOW THAT ABOUT 60% OF THE ANSWERS ARE GONNA BE AMNESIA: THE DARK DESCENT.
With that out of the way, when I was like 5, I was scared of Super Mario Bros. because I didn't want to get killed by a goomba and I couldn't stand that pressure, so I just watched my dad play.

 

[William Dickbringer]

amnesia got me also I got scared in fear 1 and fear 2 got me with one jump scare and resident evil 4 first time playing it dr. salvador snuck up on me and got me which made me jump penumbra overture got me hell can barely bring myself to finish the game and some parts of fallout 3 when I was a low level and a deathclaw comes out of nowhere and attacks me from behind (that's when I started walking in third person mode in that game)