Minecraft... the horror, the horror

[adasdad]

As many Minecrafters will tell you, this is a surprisingly scary game. The sheer randomness of the world means you have literally no idea of what might be around the next corner, and if you have ever found yourself deep underground with no clear exit and a dwindling supply of torches you'll know just how scary that can be.

Well, it just got a little, or a lot, scarier. As of the latest update spiders can climb up walls.

Yeah, those castle walls you've built? Not so safe now, are they?

For discussion: what's been your scariest moment in Minecraft? I'd say mine would be one of my first nights above ground, when I'd built a little cabin on a hill but made the mistake of not having any torches. The horde of monsters that ammassed around outside the cabin that night, and the noise of them all was quite nerve wracking.

I'm beginning to feel more and more like the only person that isn't scared by this game

...and everyone I know who's scared of it is a complete pansy and acts like a douche whenever I mention it

in short- I don't understand how this is scary, stop trying to convince me it is
and go play amnesia and make sure you don't crap yourself (because if minecraft scares you... dang that's sad)

minecraft is by no means scary for everyone. the fear it invokes is a primal fear of the unknown, with, of course, the occasional creeper jump scare. so if you think that it's sad that we are scared by minecraft, dang, that's sad.

 

[adasdad]

anyway, scariest moment for me is finding a tunnel that branches off in a whole bunch of directions. whereever you go, mobs could sneak up on you.

 

[worldruler8]

why did you necro this...WHY?

 

[jpoon]

Spiders and creepers always freak me the hell out, especially when they drop on top of you suddenly. Creepy game!

 

[WOPR]

minecraft is by no means scary for everyone. the fear it invokes is a primal fear of the unknown, with, of course, the occasional creeper jump scare. so if you think that it's sad that we are scared by minecraft, dang, that's sad.

Scarred and startled are two different things.
Example; Fallout 3, the ghouls just aren't scarry (to me), having a landmine blow up right next to me startles me.

I'd say the same thing about Minecraft, but there's nothing startling about a creeper unless you honestly don't hear the "sssssssssssssssssss" before the loud, inevitable, unexpected*, "BOOM!"

 

[TehCookie]

minecraft is by no means scary for everyone. the fear it invokes is a primal fear of the unknown, with, of course, the occasional creeper jump scare. so if you think that it's sad that we are scared by minecraft, dang, that's sad.

Scarred and startled are two different things.
Example; Fallout 3, the ghouls just aren't scarry (to me), having a landmine blow up right next to me startles me.

I'd say the same thing about Minecraft, but there's nothing startling about a creeper unless you honestly don't hear the "sssssssssssssssssss" before the loud, inevitable, unexpected*, "BOOM!"

I find the ssssss scary since you know the boom is coming. Especially when you can't see the creeper so all you can do is shit you pants and run and hope you're running away from the creeper. Sure it's startling to instantly die or get hurt, but when you know it's coming and you can't stop it is way more scary for me.

 

[Biodeamon]

As many Minecrafters will tell you, this is a surprisingly scary game. The sheer randomness of the world means you have literally no idea of what might be around the next corner, and if you have ever found yourself deep underground with no clear exit and a dwindling supply of torches you'll know just how scary that can be.

Well, it just got a little, or a lot, scarier. As of the latest update spiders can climb up walls.

Yeah, those castle walls you've built? Not so safe now, are they?

For discussion: what's been your scariest moment in Minecraft? I'd say mine would be one of my first nights above ground, when I'd built a little cabin on a hill but made the mistake of not having any torches. The horde of monsters that ammassed around outside the cabin that night, and the noise of them all was quite nerve wracking.

they've actually had that for a while now...that's you make roofs for a house and make a moatof lava.

I'd have to say the scariest thing isn't really scaring it's just little things that add up and slowly degrade your courage and sanity. such as odd formations in the middle of nowhere, seemingly impossible events that could not have been caused by random chance, the ambient music of caves/dungeons and the banging of the undead as they pound at your door at night(yes, that's been included in the update).

 

[Averant]

As many Minecrafters will tell you, this is a surprisingly scary game. The sheer randomness of the world means you have literally no idea of what might be around the next corner, and if you have ever found yourself deep underground with no clear exit and a dwindling supply of torches you'll know just how scary that can be.

Well, it just got a little, or a lot, scarier. As of the latest update spiders can climb up walls.

Yeah, those castle walls you've built? Not so safe now, are they?

For discussion: what's been your scariest moment in Minecraft? I'd say mine would be one of my first nights above ground, when I'd built a little cabin on a hill but made the mistake of not having any torches. The horde of monsters that ammassed around outside the cabin that night, and the noise of them all was quite nerve wracking.

they've actually had that for a while now...that's you make roofs for a house and make a moatof lava.

I'd have to say the scariest thing isn't really scaring it's just little things that add up and slowly degrade your courage and sanity. such as odd formations in the middle of nowhere, seemingly impossible events that could not have been caused by random chance, the ambient music of caves/dungeons and the banging of the undead as they pound at your door at night(yes, that's been included in the update).

...yeah, this thread was made back in january.

of 2011.

thread necromancy, anyone?

 

[lacktheknack]

16:35 is where the hilarity begins.

They sound about 13, so they deserve everything they get.

lolwut? She's twenty-something, and tortures herself psychologically for your entertainment, and she "deserves everything she gets"? (She's not just a nobody, either, she has one of the most famous Amnesia LPs on Youtube.)

 

[Kahunaburger]

I'm actually 100% okay with this necro because this isn't an ME3 thread.

I think the reason why Mincraft is better at jump scares than many games that try to be scary is because the game is random. You can't get inside the level designer's head and predict where they're going to put a monster, because there's no level designer. Proceduralism, man.