Games that scared you that probally should not have.
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defiantly minecraft the music always starts playing at the most unexpected time (even if its not scary cave music) and i end up throwing my mouse across the table
I remember when I was little and I played Donkey Kong Country 3 on the Super Nintendo. That game to me had an entirely different "feel" than the previous two. It just felt creepy to me playing throughout it. However, what really stood out to me was fighting the snowman boss. That thing scared the crap out of me and I switched the game off. Silly as it may be the only way I was able to beat it was to have my mom and sister in the same room with me. The boss music for that game didn't help either. It felt rather unsettling to me. Of course I was real little back then and I was a child that was scared of everything. I believe even my mom thought that the snowman looked really freaky to her and said the whole, "I can't believe they would put something so frightening in a video game." For the longest time though I was frightened by snowmen. Looking back on it....I really hated that game.
OH! I forgot Myst. Myst isn't scary whatsoever but I kept getting this feeling like something was going to jump out at me from nowhere throughout the whole game.
OH! I forgot Myst. Myst isn't scary whatsoever but I kept getting this feeling like something was going to jump out at me from nowhere throughout the whole game.
I don't think that FEAR qualifies as a game that scared you that probably should not have. Because, you know, it's called FEAR.Banana Phone Man said:
OT: When I was a kid, I had a Gamecube game called Dave Mirra's Biking something or other. Anyway, crashing in that game would kind of freak me out. One night, I was playing it at like 11 at night (which was really late for me at the time) and it was pitch black and dead quiet, and I crashed in to some dumpster. All of a sudden, the game emits some kind of whining sound, that sounded like a ghost. I damn near shit my pants, and ran upstairs as fast as I could, and cowered under my bed. The next day I went down to the game, and it was still making the noise. I ran over and turned it off, and got this feeling that I imagine a knight would get after slaying a dragon. I then took the game, snapped it in half, and threw it out.
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PET Nuclear Power Plant [http://gb64.com/game.php?id=10244&d=45&h=0]. I was like, eight, and the repeated warnings that my actions risked a meltdown freaked me out. My mom watched me for a bit and said "You know, it's okay to turn the computer off." I'd been so focused and worried I hadn't even thought of that!
PET Nuclear Power Plant [http://gb64.com/game.php?id=10244&d=45&h=0]. I was like, eight, and the repeated warnings that my actions risked a meltdown freaked me out. My mom watched me for a bit and said "You know, it's okay to turn the computer off." I'd been so focused and worried I hadn't even thought of that!
For some reason, Metal Gear Solid always had its little moments that scared me. Most of the time it was from messing up in a way that went beyond just Snake dying. Whether it was shooting Baker to death (Cue Ocelot yelling: "You IDIOT.") or dying at the end of MGS4
, these moments just brought chills to my spine in the worst way possible. The series is still my all time favorite though.
Speaking of messing up, I guess game over screens mostly gave me the creeps. I have no irrational fear of failure, so I guess that was just the game directly telling me that I was messing up that scared me.
and having the (Continue - Exist) option at the game over screen
Speaking of messing up, I guess game over screens mostly gave me the creeps. I have no irrational fear of failure, so I guess that was just the game directly telling me that I was messing up that scared me.
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The first Uncharted. The cursed people/monster thingys scared the hell out of me. That and Fallout 3 the first few days I played it. Hitting VATS only to find out that behind me was a radioactive zombie going to ***** slap me.
Well a few of the mentioned games here are actually horror games such as FEAR, BioShock and Doom 3. While those did scare me (BioShock lost its **** about halfway and went action though), Halo: Combat Evolved when you first meet the flood.
My sister and I had been playing co-op until about three in the morning and after that cutscene with the flood we just got really scared and I felt physically ill...it probably didn't help that I had/have an anxiety disorder but still.
My sister and I had been playing co-op until about three in the morning and after that cutscene with the flood we just got really scared and I felt physically ill...it probably didn't help that I had/have an anxiety disorder but still.
Fallout 3
When I'm down in a Vault or a cave alone with the radio off in the dimly lit and cramped passages, I get really uneasy and want to leave. It really sucks when I'm down there and get lost because every corridor looks alike. Every single one. It doesn't help that the only company I have in those places are blacked skeletons still clutching a pistol to hold off whatever killed them or even the still fresh corpses of raiders that got unlucky pillaging the place.
When I'm down in a Vault or a cave alone with the radio off in the dimly lit and cramped passages, I get really uneasy and want to leave. It really sucks when I'm down there and get lost because every corridor looks alike. Every single one. It doesn't help that the only company I have in those places are blacked skeletons still clutching a pistol to hold off whatever killed them or even the still fresh corpses of raiders that got unlucky pillaging the place.
For me Occorina of Time had lost of stuff when I was a kid. The 1st boss in the deku tree I always had to have my brother beat for me. Being inside the giant fish freaked me out, the Forest Temple was extremely creepy, and I refused to even attempt the shadow temple/well level.
also, and I know it doesnt count because it is a horror game, but Fatal Frame scares the shit out of me and I still refuse to touch it
also, and I know it doesnt count because it is a horror game, but Fatal Frame scares the shit out of me and I still refuse to touch it
Halo: CE when you first meet the flood. I absolutely refused to continue playing that level unless it was daylight with a friend sitting nearby me (I was 7 at the time, what can I say?)
And whenever being chased by some big monster thing that'll kill you in one hit. Heck, the Gears of War Berserker's scared me when I first ran into that thing. All is fine then Carmine #450 gets the crap beat out of him no less then 20 feet from you because he decided to ran away.
Once again, needed a friend to finish though. Though I later am able to play games fine now, such as BioShock, Alan Wake, Dead Space, and whatnot solo at night. There are still those... moments, that just catch you off guard that freak you out.
And whenever being chased by some big monster thing that'll kill you in one hit. Heck, the Gears of War Berserker's scared me when I first ran into that thing. All is fine then Carmine #450 gets the crap beat out of him no less then 20 feet from you because he decided to ran away.
Once again, needed a friend to finish though. Though I later am able to play games fine now, such as BioShock, Alan Wake, Dead Space, and whatnot solo at night. There are still those... moments, that just catch you off guard that freak you out.
Oh god, you mean the part in the cave where it would chase you? I was shitting absolute bricks during that bit. When the safe cave is just so close, but that massive antlion is charging towards you at an alarming pace... it's terrifying. I don't blame you.sennius said:
I'm gonna be boring and say the Flood level out of Halo - unfortunately I knew what was coming, as I played Halo fairly late (only finished it last year 
) but I was still nervous as Hell throughout the cutscene.
Also the VERY first headcrab in HL2 - when you're in the canal, and you go down an ordinary- looking tunnel slightly off the normal track, you just see a few boxes at the end, then BAM! A half-dead zombie breaks out of the box and lunges for your face. I refused to play that game for a good few days after that...
Oddly, also the Splinter Cell games - I get really nervous when the threat of detection is three, so at first I got kind of scared playing the first few missions.
) but I was still nervous as Hell throughout the cutscene.Also the VERY first headcrab in HL2 - when you're in the canal, and you go down an ordinary- looking tunnel slightly off the normal track, you just see a few boxes at the end, then BAM! A half-dead zombie breaks out of the box and lunges for your face. I refused to play that game for a good few days after that...
Oddly, also the Splinter Cell games - I get really nervous when the threat of detection is three, so at first I got kind of scared playing the first few missions.
