Most dreaded sounds in gaming.

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http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HellIsThatNoise

There are other mediums included, but the gargantuan size of the video game section says something (I don't kow what, exactly, but it says something). And while it's tempting to be completely unoriginal by simply leaving a link, I will have to nominate almost all the music in Silent Hill. If it can even be called music...

 

[LogieBear]

Fast Zombies from Half Life 2, Scares the living shit owta me

 

[Doinstuffman38]

Sound of any Special Infected from Left 4 Dead.

For me, it's the music that lets you know a Tank is about to beat your face into a fine mist, cut it into lines, and snort it.

That, or the sound of a Mauler on wave 50 of Horde mode on Insane lumbering toward me.

 

[Joshimodo]

While a good amount of these are agreeable, 2 that pop to mind are:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cWbLagjxbA
Hateful bastards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VBvKobFQ2g&feature=related
As soon as you heard footsteps, you knew this theme was coming shortly after...

 

[TheBaron87]

I guess this hasn't been mentioned because it's simply too horrifying to remember, but for me it's far too horrifying to forget.

 

[StriderShinryu]

Zelda or Metroid when you're down to almost no life.. if you're in a dangerous place, you know you're going to die. If you're in a safe place but can't find a health up or heart it's just insanely annoying.

Also, the Silent Hill horn/siren that sounds as the world changes. *shudder*

 

[hi_im_h]

Another classic is "Nuclear Launch Detected" from Starcraft when you are playing one on one against a terran. Usually this is followed by you shouting "Where is that fucking ghost!?"

easily the most nerve racking sound any online RTS player can experience

 

[Mister Awesome]

I hate it when the zombies in HL2 beg for your help. Same as the ones in System Shock 2. It disturbs the fuck out of me.

i agree, i hate when i'm just walking around, and just BOOM! 20 fucking zombies coming around a dark corner, scariest thing ever

 

[Art3rius]

And before this thread goes to the second page, let's not forget the 'PEW!' sound that is made when your computer overheats and shuts down. My PC has a overheating problem, you see. It can play DA:O for about two hours and Sims 3 for ten minutes. *Sigh..*

 

[The Paradigm]

The Fleshpound getting enraged.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C118AoM4v4k
You could be firing into a crowd, and then you hear this, and you're like "Oh shi..."

 

[Prophetic Heresy]

I almost forgot the dread all of these sounds used to instill in me. Now it's an entirely different reaction. After I hit 17 or so it changed from "No, not another one, where is it?" to "Where is this bastard, I'm gonna send him back to hell!".

 

[coldshadow]

sonic drowning music scared the crap out of me.

 

[shotgunbob]

Playing L4D2:

DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

DUNNNNNN DUN DUN

I hate hearing the tank soundtrack

 

[SoranMBane]

-The sounds of the Hunter from Dead Space during the bits where it's stalking you. That's the only enemy in the game that actually scares me without having to use the cheap startle method.

-The sound of the Chameleon running towards you in Resistance 2.

-Barking dogs in Call of Duty 4.

-The string-plucking sound from missing notes in Rock Band.

-The sounds made by both the fast and poison headcrab zombies and the grunting of the antlion guards in Half-Life 2.

 

[SimuLord]

A series of loud clicks from a hard drive followed by a trip to Best Buy and a complete reinstallation of the operating system and all my games.

Protip: Don't buy Maxtor drives. I've owned two and they both failed spectacularly.

 

[Poisoned Al]

JOIN US! JOIN US! JOIN US NOW!

 

[ezeroast]

Nuclear launch detected
Edit: oh and the silent hill radio crackle

 

[jojoemon]

"Our SCVs are under attack" That one makes me sad.

 

[Kuilui]

Not much gets to me but the most dreaded sounds for me would be hearing the hunters and lickers in Resident evil. Also the tank in l4d expert mode really. At least one person always says "ah hell" or worse.