Bioshock started with enemies jumping out of corners then just when I thought I had it figured out the lights started going off, corpses started attacking me and statues followed me across entire levels.
What do you feel are the scariest elements of games?
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This. I don't count cheap startle moments as genuinely scary. A game that pulled that off with me would be FEAR, especially the office level where you first meet those cloaked melee guys. A large portion of the level is completely enemy-less, but dear gods it's scary. You know they're going to pop up at sóme point, just when and where....no idea. After you've discovered the trick (you hear a chirping sound, engage slow-mo, look behind you/above you/etc and shoot) however, it's not even remotely scary anymore.Wardog13 said:
Also BioShock, especially Fort Frolic after you got attacked by those gipsen covered splicers. You never knew which statue was a real splicer, made me paranoid as hell.
I think the eternal darkness series whole madness thing was terrifying.
I remember that half the time i couldn't tell what was actually happening and what was fake
not to mention how some of the effects seemed real. Once the game made me think all my files had been erased, scariest moment EVER.
I remember that half the time i couldn't tell what was actually happening and what was fake
not to mention how some of the effects seemed real. Once the game made me think all my files had been erased, scariest moment EVER.
Luigis Mansion when you are low on health, haha! (Those freakin' invisible Ghosts who strangle you to death!)
This is exactly what I'm talking about. Those things would literally be brushing you as they passed. I'd always wait for one to do it's rounds several times before I moved - even if the thing was on the other half of the map, it was never the right time to break free from the wall... just in case... And when those lights started to flicker - :OAce of Spades said: