Games that scared the crap out of you.

[MKScorpion]

In order of scariness:

Condemned: Criminal Origins
Dead Space
BioShock

 

[TiefBlau]

This is a 'scary' games thread and no one has mentioned Project Zero/Fatal Frame? For SHAME!

I still get freaked out playing Fatal Frame 2. The original has more jump-out scares but the second is the QUEEN of atmospheric games. (The king is still Silent Hill 2.)

There it is! I was wondering how long it would take for somebody to mention this.
I will tell you without shame, that the "peeping child" ghost in Fatal Frame 2 made it the only piece of media that ever made me scream like a ***** and run out of the room (but not before taking a sweet photo!)

Oh God, that scene scared me shitless.

Fatal Frame 2 is the single scariest game I've ever played in my life. If you like Japanese horror, it behooves you to play this game.

 

[NewYork_Comedian]

Extended time in Call of Pripyat on Master is enough to reduce anyone to a nervous weeping wreck. Made the mistake of testing out my new headphones with that game, you get the "Oh god! Bloodsuckers all arround me! ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGG! it's breathing in my ear!" factor.

Also snorks. Jump out of fucking nowhere, kick you in the head. You'll find me weeping when there are about 5 of them and im out of ammo. Maybe it's just the ease with which you can die or the fact that the game pretty much forces you to be in panic mode throughout to stay alive since literally anything can happen but STALKER really is unnerving like no other game.

Also bioshock is pretty good at having "oh fuck" moments like the first time you meet a hudini splicer "The fuck?!.... Did that thing just burst into blood and petals-oh god it's back and throwing fireballs!"

Dont forget the music before and when you saw the houdini, it basicly gives you the "oh sh*t something bads gunna happen rrreeeaaalll soon" factor.

 

[flangleelgnalf]

cold fear, i still cant play that shit.

 

[NewYork_Comedian]

Extended time in Call of Pripyat on Master is enough to reduce anyone to a nervous weeping wreck. Made the mistake of testing out my new headphones with that game, you get the "Oh god! Bloodsuckers all arround me! ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGG! it's breathing in my ear!" factor.

Also snorks. Jump out of fucking nowhere, kick you in the head. You'll find me weeping when there are about 5 of them and im out of ammo. Maybe it's just the ease with which you can die or the fact that the game pretty much forces you to be in panic mode throughout to stay alive since literally anything can happen but STALKER really is unnerving like no other game.

Also bioshock is pretty good at having "oh fuck" moments like the first time you meet a hudini splicer "The fuck?!.... Did that thing just burst into blood and petals-oh god it's back and throwing fireballs!"

Dont forget the music before and when you saw the houdini, it basicly gives you the "oh sh*t something bads gunna happen rrreeeaaalll soon" factor.

The worst is when they appear half way through an existing fight. You end up being gang-fucked from all angles and have little recourse but to run like a little girl and try and pick them off. That is unless you have a full tank of liquid nitrogen, i love that stuff. Once froze a room full of splicers, took a bite of my sandwitch, then calmly shattered them with my shotgun. You feel so awesome.

Oh and the first time you pissed off a big-daddy was a moment to remember; "right i'll just shoot him in the- **RAAAAAARW!!* (screen shakes, bowels empty) OH GOD RUN IT'S MAD!!"

Yea bioshock does have its moments.

 

[NewYork_Comedian]

all right, over 100 post and 1,000 views!



Thats a lot right?

 

[Mr. Omega]

When I finally...FINALLY reached the end of Star Fox 64 (i was young) and Andross came out of the green mist background with his big face laughing at my puny ship...I reset the 64.

Good to see that didn't just happen to me (also when I was young.)

 

[SamuelT]

Doom 3. I saw it when I was a kid, eleven years old, and my dad was playing it on our collective computer. The scene were the woman starts screaming, and suddenly her head pops from her neck, lights aflame, with the spine still attached I might add, and then it drops with a sickening *Squelch* gave me many a nightmare.

And then it started screaming, and attacking.

The horrors...

 

[MasterSteef]

Batman: Arkham Asylum, when Batman was doing a slo-mo finisher and punched a guy full force in the nuts and there was a horrible "crunching" noise. It made me afraid for the safety and well being of my own "junk", also the scarecrow scenes were pretty damn freaky too.

 

[Macgyvercas]

Hmmmmm.
Not really sure.

Only BioShock and Dead Space made me Jump.

Iv never really been scared that badly before by a game.

That one bit in Dead Space where the woman slits her own throat was BEYOND disturbing.

 

[blankedboy]

The Island of the Dead mod for Aliens vs. Predator 2. The original game was mildly scary, but that was overkill. Apparently there's a sequel coming out D:

 

[The Night Shade]

Thiefeadly Shadows the asylum part always freak me out its too scary,i stop playing once i get to that place

 

[NewYork_Comedian]

Batman: Arkham Asylum, when Batman was doing a slo-mo finisher and punched a guy full force in the nuts and there was a horrible "crunching" noise. It made me afraid for the safety and well being of my own "junk", also the scarecrow scenes were pretty damn freaky too.

Lol one of my favorite wtf's of games is when he made it look like the game had crashed, but them his voice was cackling when it when it "crashed" and i was like "the hell is happening?"

 

[Mr. Omega]

I've noticed a trend here. Most of these either involve the words
"Jump-scare", "When i was (Insert age here" ), or moments that everyone seems to agree was scary.

OT: Ironically, I played Dead Space, had a lot of jump-scares, but the issue was that it wasn't mine, it was a friend of mine's. I had heard it was scarry, and that was the reason I was playing; to get the crap scared out of me. Despite the scares, I wanted to finish, but next time I went to see him, he had finished and traded it in. Were there any really good scares beyond the first third of the game, or was it more of the jump-scares?

 

[MultiColouredWonder]

Super Mario 64's piano anyone?

Yup. But I haven't played that game in forever.

 

[Yosato]

Condemned 1 creeped me out back in the day, but another big one for me was Fatal Frame, or Project Zero for the original X-Box. The game itself was actually really good, but seriously I played it at about 10-11 and oh my jesus it scared me. For those that haven't played it you basically have to walk around a haunted mansion at a snail's pace looking for your brother and taking pictures of fucking ghosts.

 

[NewYork_Comedian]

I've noticed a trend here. Most of these either involve the words
"Jump-scare", "When i was (Insert age here" ), or moments that everyone seems to agree was scary.

OT: Ironically, I played Dead Space, had a lot of jump-scares, but the issue was that it wasn't mine, it was a friend of mine's. I had heard it was scarry, and that was the reason I was playing; to get the crap scared out of me. Despite the scares, I wanted to finish, but next time I went to see him, he had finished and traded it in. Were there any really good scares beyond the first third of the game, or was it more of the jump-scares?

Not a whole lot of the post are about jump scares, some games mentioned are scary because of the atmosphere. Silent hill, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., bioshock...

 

[NewYork_Comedian]

Condemned 1 creeped me out back in the day, but another big one for me was Fatal Frame, or Project Zero for the original X-Box. The game itself was actually really good, but seriously I played it at about 10-11 and oh my jesus it scared me. For those that haven't played it you basically have to walk around a haunted mansion at a snail's pace looking for your brother and taking pictures of fucking ghosts.

Playing either condemed game in the middle of the night is not a good idea.

And i would know. dont ask but it ended badly.

 

[5h4rk700th]

I dunno why, but some of the Pokemon sprites in R/B/Y(Golbat, Haunter, ect.) freaked me out when I was three.
Silent Hill 2 was 'sleep with the bedroom light on for all eternity' scary. I still almost soil my pants when I see Pyramid Head again..
And Majora's Mask. Don't even get me STARTED on Skull Kid OR Majora.