Poll: MineCraft? Scary?
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Well the game itself isn't scary, but when you've just finished building an epic masterpiece and turn around only to see a creeper pop out of nowhere and take over an hours work to hell and back, is truly terrifying.
That and the GODDAMNED SPIDERS!
*Edit* Actually, the surreal sounds you hear in unexplored caves are creepy as all hell.
That and the GODDAMNED SPIDERS!
*Edit* Actually, the surreal sounds you hear in unexplored caves are creepy as all hell.
And that's not scary? I'm not ashamed to admit I jumped out of my chair screaming the first time a creeper snuck up on me and exploded. Also, the first time I heard the cave sounds (and for a while afterwards) set shivers up my spine.WOPR said:
Minecraft has been the only game to make me jump in...as long as I can remember.
It seems to lure you into a false sense of safety, and then there's a sizzle and you die.
Also there's more penalty for death in this game than there is for most others. Running back to where you died at night without weapons can sometimes be quite a trial.
It seems to lure you into a false sense of safety, and then there's a sizzle and you die.
Also there's more penalty for death in this game than there is for most others. Running back to where you died at night without weapons can sometimes be quite a trial.
Well... I wouldn't go so far as to call it "scary". It doesn't scare me like I was scared of some scenes involving Alma in F.E.A.R.
It's definetely unnerving though. When you're down in a tunnel, and you suddenly get one of those sounds it makes. Stuff like that.
Also, your specific example involving your friends and an unnoticed creeper sneaking up behind them is a very common thing.
It's not so much scary as it is starteling though.
TL;DR:
Minecraft isn't scary, but it's unnerving and starteling.
It's definetely unnerving though. When you're down in a tunnel, and you suddenly get one of those sounds it makes. Stuff like that.
Also, your specific example involving your friends and an unnoticed creeper sneaking up behind them is a very common thing.
It's not so much scary as it is starteling though.
TL;DR:
Minecraft isn't scary, but it's unnerving and starteling.
I'd say that's more annoying then scaryFighterblaze said:
No it's not scary, and if you think that's scary you really need to play something with a rating higher then "E"theComposer said:
Startling? yes, I'll admit that when I don't see a mine in Fallout 3 and hear this giant BOOM from no where while listening to music I'll jump then go "crap! I'm in a minefield..."
but it's not "scary"
people need to look up the difference between "scary" and "startling"
Dead Space = Startling
Amnesia = Scary
Not 'scary' per-se...
But the game does have some pants-changing moments.
Such as:
Being Creeper-dropped is never, ever pleasant.
Spelunking a cave system you have yet to explore, and you hear plenty of monsters. (Skellys always get to me, arrow shooting bastards...)
The Nether the first time you go there.
And of course, being reckless in a very dangerous situation.
Keep in mind, all the above examples are taken from the perspective of hard mode.
When monsters can 2-4 shot kill you (Or instagib if we include Creepers) you learn your mortality very very quickly and become quite self-aware of it.
In short, it's probably not true 'scary' and more like 'instinct of self preservation', if that makes any sense.
But the game does have some pants-changing moments.
Such as:
Being Creeper-dropped is never, ever pleasant.
Spelunking a cave system you have yet to explore, and you hear plenty of monsters. (Skellys always get to me, arrow shooting bastards...)
The Nether the first time you go there.
And of course, being reckless in a very dangerous situation.
Keep in mind, all the above examples are taken from the perspective of hard mode.
When monsters can 2-4 shot kill you (Or instagib if we include Creepers) you learn your mortality very very quickly and become quite self-aware of it.
In short, it's probably not true 'scary' and more like 'instinct of self preservation', if that makes any sense.
Dude, play Amnesia... or Silent Hill- no actually scratch thatVarchld said:
Play Amnesia or Eternal Darkness, those are the ONLY games to ever scare me (with the exception of Darkseed, but that's because old games get at me more then new ones)
And I hate to be the person to pull this, I mean I REALLY hate it but- graphics; that's all I really need to say, Cubivore was more terrifying in that sense for a cube based game but that's because you were being chased by things that would eat you in your sleep that you couldn't kill because they had 2+ more limbs then you!
but yeah, the cutesy graphics of it (it's "charm") no, and I'm guessing I'd be called crazy for calling Mario 64 scary, but "those boos that come out of no where, and compared to minecraft it looks so real!"
-see what I'm getting at?
I think people are giving it too much credit because it's an indie game is all
No it's not scary, and if you think that's scary you really need to play something with a rating higher then "E"theComposer said:
Startling? yes, I'll admit that when I don't see a mine in Fallout 3 and hear this giant BOOM from no where while listening to music I'll jump then go "crap! I'm in a minefield..."
but it's not "scary"
people need to look up the difference between "scary" and "startling"[/quote]
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^F'ed that bit up, just pretend it's a Quote >.<
Seriosuly though. If you know the difference yourself, then you shouldn't have made this topic in the first place.
Your whole point, according to your opening post, is to find out what people find scary about it.
Also, insulting a person for having a lower threshold for scariness then yourself is... well... especially when your own friends, according to your own words, get the same jitters.
Well, the sounds in Minecraft are scary as hell. I almost pissed my pants when I was in the Nether and a ghast (a flying ghost that shoots fireballs) destroyed my portal and there were zombie pigmen and ghasts everywhere, all screaming as a rain of fireballs flew towards me u.uWOPR said:
Those screams creep me out.
And cave-exploring is also scary to me when it's almost pitch black in an area and you hear monster sounds.
But I think how much death can actualy matter in Minecraft adds a lot to the scariness.
I don't actualy know the definition of scary, but the feeling I had doing these things in Minecraft were similiar to the ones that I had playing the Dark Amnesia demo.
(I think I spell similiar wrong..)
Fine, we'll call it startling. But I don't jump out of my chair if someone sneaks up behind me and shoots me in an FPS. My point is there's something about Minecraft that a loud noise from behind you more...startling that most other games.WOPR said:
If you want scary, the sounds that Ghasts make in the Nether are more than a bit unsettling.
Well, part of the scare of creepers is that you can't hear them, and they break a lot of stuff. They aren't too scary in themselves, but the "Shit shit shit everything I built is about to explode!" factor is certainly alarming.
Just a question have you played it? I haven't but before you start criticizing everyone for thinking that it is scary, try playing it.
Minecraft no,WOPR said:
Dead Space, yes (it embodies a lot of my own phobias, adding in the monsters doesn't help me >_<)
And dude.. Is that guy in your image from that one Starsiege game(whose name I forget)?! He was a total bad-ass cyborg thingy..
WOPR, did you know that some countries have this notion that people are different, and have different (so called) opinions on stuff. It's a rather radical idea proposed by some philosophers that not everyone agrees on the same things, so what's scary to some might not be scary to others, it's an alien concept, to be sure, but some people might not find Amnesia scary, and some people might find Dead Space scary (or, heavens forbid, actually GOOD, can you imagine?).
Yeah, minecraft is one of the scariest things I've played lately. You just get so invested in it.
Yeah, minecraft is one of the scariest things I've played lately. You just get so invested in it.