Gaming moments that make you panic.

[mirasiel]

Chrysallids..X-com.

Usually when your best trooper spots them with insufficient time left to do anything other than fire off a poorly aimed panic shot...
Then the horror begins as 1 chrysallid becomes 2, who infect 2 more hosts and become 4 and so on until the entire world is consumned by the horde....


gah...flashbacks man....you cant understand...you werent there!

 

[dancinginfernal]

Snip

That had to be one of the most aggravating yet scary parts of a game I've ever played. So intense.

Also, nice job with the pun there.

 

[franconbean]

Chrysallids..X-com.

Usually when your best trooper spots them with insufficient time left to do anything other than fire off a poorly aimed panic shot...
Then the horror begins as 1 chrysallid becomes 2, who infect 2 more hosts and become 4 and so on until the entire world is consumned by the horde....


gah...flashbacks man....you cant understand...you werent there!

Jesus christ, i remember those bastards. The sound they make when they see your soldiers makes me quake in my chair.
But then again, its one of the reasons i LOVE X-com.

 

[Snowblindblitz]

No Heavy Rain mentions? Most of the fight scenes in that, just because in my mind was racing "One wrong button and I KILL this character!"

Had to pause afterwards.

 

[SaunaKalja]

Here's a very general one: Time limits in strategy games. "Defend for X minutes" aren't quite as bad, but if there's a "Destroy X before time runs out" or similar objective, I'm panicking my ass off. And the longer the time limit, the bigger the panic.

 

[Ima842]

In crysis 2 when I ran out of energy in the middle of the Battle (every battle)

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth:

"Why, I'm just going to go ahead and sleep in this fishy hotel in Innsmouth. Surely nothing will go wrong as long as I lock the door, right?"

Seconds later,

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

That. Too bad the game was pretty bland shortly after getting out of Innsmouth (or what I've played so far).

 

[Euphbug]

Happened on the night right after I put the new sign up. Haven't even tried to solve this problem yet, might just build a new house.

Spoiler

(hint: look at the top window carefully)

I will remember to NEVER leave my door open when I go off again.

 

[GameMaNiAC]

Usually during chase scenes in various games... When I'm the one who's being chased, of course.

 

[Windown95]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBpWn0j8A-0

Sonic drowning theme, almost threw my controller down and shut my gamecube off first time I heard. That is my definition of panic in a video game.

 

[Johnny Reb]

whenever i have to go into the ghoul infested subways in Fallout 3, or the zombie/vampire infested caves of Oblivion.

I know that some people don't find them scary but i really dread entering them.

 

[FairlyFrightenedFeline]

Whenever you play Amnesia The Dark Descent

 

[LittleChone]

DX

 

[Euphbug]

Snip Pic
DX

urgg, I hated him and his blasted well. First time I found his room I just stood there for a while. Then I got near one of his hands. Pure nightmare fuel DX

 

[Urgh76]

Anyone who's played this agrees with me no matter what

Rugrats A search for Reptar.

THE FUCKING GOOSE

 

[Dunstann]

THE FUCKING GOOSE

HAWWWWWWWWWWWW!

I remember that and the boogeymen.
My sister had to play those levels for me! MY SISTER!

 

[Drop_D-Bombshell]

Leeet's see. Oh! In Doom 3, when Pinky pops up. I'm trying to get away and Pinky is just there mauling away at me. Not my favorite moment, but it does make me panic.

I remember my first encoutner with pinky. As he was trying to break the door open i was sniggering and making fun of him thinking that i was safe. Then he smashed through the glass and had me cornered. I swear i wet myself that day.

 

[Shadie777]

My recent moment was in Fallout New Vegas.
I was sneaking in cave a full of deathclaws. Everytime I moved my HUD displayed caution.
There was probably like a dozen deathclaws near my face.

 

[MrJKapowey]

Happened on the night right after I put the new sign up. Haven't even tried to solve this problem yet, might just build a new house.

Spoiler

(hint: look at the top window carefully)

I will remember to NEVER leave my door open when I go off again.

In the words of the great Kevin(1811)...

'Aww, bad luck mate!'

OT:

Erm, MW2 twice in the final mission, I thought I'd screwed it up when you went over the waterfalls and when Shep. smacks you on to the car roof.

Also whenever I go around in the early morning after dawn on the Escapecraft servers. I open my little hole, and see a Creeper.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...

[small]I haven't died yet though![/small]

EDIT:

Quote the Claymore, Nevermo- I mean *click*

I used to panic, these I have just enough time to regret running through that door between the click and explosion.

Yup, times ten...

 

[SageRuffin]

Seeing my subtitles at the bottom of the screen say [Hunter Warning!].

And, by extension, hearing a hunter's blood-curdling scream of rage.