Games that aren't supposed to be scary, but scared you

[T-Bone24]

One of the early Spyro the Dragon games, it might have been the first one. There was a level on a city in the sky or something, and you had to follow a yeti-like creature, but hide when it turned around. That thing scared the metric fuck out of me.

 

[nick n stuff]

fallout 3 gets me. mirelurks, deathclaws and yes the dreaded molerat.

 

[Svenparty]

I find cold and sterile enviroments much more creepy and disturbing than dirty dishevelled ones. This made Portal hard to forget about at night thinking of GlaDOS etc.

 

[Optimus Hagrid]

Pokemon.

So close, but alas no.


I remember hearing it and running from my gameboy.

 

[StarStruckStrumpets]

Spider-Man on PSX.

Venom and Carnage fucking creeped the hell out of me.

 

[pelopelopelo]

I once played Gran Turismo on mescaline and was really scared of what would happen if I were to crash, because the couch had no seatbelts.

Now that sounds fun. I think I played Mario Kart while on mushrooms once. It didn't make a whole lot of sense.

Haha, fuck gaming on shrooms. NOTHING makes sense. The only reason I was able to watch Star Wars was because I knew in my head what was meant to be happening.

And don't even get me started on conversations.

"Shall we move the TV to the other side of the room?"
"What?"
"The TV, shall we move it?"
"What?"
"The TV!"
"What TV?"



Medal of Honor: Underground, the bit when you're creeping around in the underground tunnels (don't really remember anything else about the level...) used to really freak me out, because it has really atmospheric lighting and there's the constant background noise of people moving about in the tunnels, got so jumpy thinking there were Germans around every damn corner!

 

[Tharwen]

After watching The Empty Child, any game with the pandemic logo on the startup screen.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

I found the Forest Temple (the second time you visit it; as an adult) in Ocarina of Time to be freaky.

 

[Woodsey]

Oblivion when I went into my first cave. The dark surroundings and creepy music still puts me on edge sometimes.

I simply cannot go into forts, after 4 years. I think I've been into 3 at the most in all that time.

 

[Eerors]

In Cardiff, there was this simulator in the Techniquest museum. Basically it was a showcase for interactive gameplay or something like that.
The game they used? Escape the oilrig!

It wasn't a great game by any standards but, the scary bit was when your trying to get to the chopper. For some reason, your character get sucked into a flaming corridor. When your young, that was a pretty scary moment.

Oh, the oil rig was an exploding fireball. Did I forget that bit?

EDIT:

Skip to 7:18

Why does the alien thing thrust at you at the start of the fight? That's quite scary.

 

[TheXRatedDodo]

I once played Gran Turismo on mescaline and was really scared of what would happen if I were to crash, because the couch had no seatbelts.

Had I been drinking anything, there would be a torrent of it pouring out my nose from how hard I am laughing right now at the image of someone stoned and scared shitless of their own couch.

Forget stoned dude, Mescaline is a powerful hallucinogen
Which makes the image all the more hilarious in all fairness.

 

[The Singularity]

Freaking Bioshock made scared me to death every time things jumped out and raped me. Or jumped out and died after I flailed about with my wrench.

 

[Worgen]

Mario 2 is pretty creepy.

It's weird because it was a re-skinned version of a Japanise game. It still didn't stop the popularity surge of the transvestite known as birdo.

everyone likes tyrannies, especially ones that shoot eggs

 

[Mr. Gency]

Half-Life 2 or any game with infrequent combat.

I always felt like an enemy was gonna jump me at every corner.

 

[Jerious1154]

The first Harry Potter computer game when I was seven years old. I jumped so high every time I walked into a room and one of those creepy-ass gnomes started sprinting at me.

 

[Worgen]

I find cold and sterile enviroments much more creepy and disturbing than dirty dishevelled ones. This made Portal hard to forget about at night thinking of GlaDOS etc.

you would have loved one job I had, I worked in a clean room so it was all white and cold and sterile, hell one night they did a fire drill and we had to stay in the fab so we were there as this creepy ass alarm rang in the back ground, I swear it was never as quiet as it was that night

 

[Svenparty]

I find cold and sterile enviroments much more creepy and disturbing than dirty dishevelled ones. This made Portal hard to forget about at night thinking of GlaDOS etc.

you would have loved one job I had, I worked in a clean room so it was all white and cold and sterile, hell one night they did a fire drill and we had to stay in the fab so we were there as this creepy ass alarm rang in the back ground, I swear it was never as quiet as it was that night

Sounds horrible thanks for the nightmares!

 

[Enigma6667]

My God, there was this one time I was going through Point Lookout in Fallout 3, and it took me forever to kill these Creepers, so I had to use my Fat-Man to finally end them before my health was out. Seeing that I only had a few points left, I quickly went inside this small house (This was on my way to the Bog Sanctuary, I believe) and while I was rummaging through the items I could take, I heard a loud as fuck hill-billy voice say, "Ma brought me dinner" or something like that, and proceeded to beat me and make me shat my pants. Killed him right when I had 3 points of health left. I proceeded to take his bed and replenish my health, and walk out. When I finally made it to the Bog Sanctuary and I was on my way, a Swamp-Creature-Thing literally just popped out of the ground and brownened my pants further.

I have no idea why, but Point Lookout was quite frightening.

Oh yeah, and Portal. The atmosphere of the "Behind the scenes" portions was quite creepy, and knowing the true fate of the Aperture Science Enrichment Center Staff was creepier. But a nice slice of cake was at least able to put a damper on them.

 

[Mr. Gency]

the grims from Resistance 2 scare the crap out of me. especially the part in the dark apartment.

Ah yes, that part was creepy as hell.

I'm not going to Chicago any time soon.