Poll: Whats scarier, fire, water or ice?

[Scarecrow]

In video games we all have levels based around one of these elements. But what do you find more scary? My vote is with water because you just don't know what lurks down there. Well that and it's the element of one of the coolist bad guys of all time, Rahab. But anyway, tell me what you think.


ps, sorry about the Rahab thing, I'm a bit of a Legacy of kain fanboy.

 

[Ekonk]

Water. Half-Life taught me that. Also a gigantic seamonster in the documentary Walking With Dinosaurs made me scared of water for a good long time. I dreaded every single swimming lesson I ever had.

 

[Scarecrow]

The fact that you spell scarier scaryer.

OT: None of them scare me, Though Fire stages do lead to more damage.

I'll change that. Thanks

 

[CloggedDonkey]

Ice. The thought of forever being caught in ice and surviving for millions of years, just to emerge to a world you know nothing about, not to mention all of the loved ones you knew not only died thinking you where dead, but you also never being able to say your last words to them is utterly terrifying. Luckily you can't survive being stuck in ice, so no worries there.

 

[Tzekelkan]

Water levels, because the controls usually suck.

 

[Crudler]

In games, it'd probably be water, if it were dank, dark and it meant your weapons were disabled while you were in the water. This would result in a frantic scrabble to land and attacking in a frenzy.

However, I severely burned my hand last summer, it got better but my god it hurt like a mother, I have greater respect for it, so I voted fire.

 

[HeySeansOnline]

Water you drown rather quickly or just die quickly of sickness, iceyou just get tired and die, but fire is all massive pain, and even though you lose all feeling after, when those nerves come back ...

 

[Dexiro]

In games, water. Annoying slow swimming combined with GIANT DEADLY SHARK is terrifying!

In real life, fire. Just because of how destructive it is, and i definitely wouldn't want to be caught in it.

 

[Omikron009]

In real life, deep water.

In video games, nothing.

 

[Pigeon_Grenade]

id have to say a flaming ball of Water with Ice Spikes would be scary

 

[teqrevisited]

My vote goes to ice. Ice levels / areas or whatever tend to have the usual slidey-floor effect making your inevitable trip to the bottom of an incredibly deep chasm last for an age.

Fire is probably the least scary to me. Having first gone through the once dreaded torch room of the Palace Midas level in TR1 and since then being subjected to Blizzard's firm belief that adding fire makes things harder I just don't fear it anymore. Fire is meh.

 

[Danzaivar]

Underwater maze sections with only the odd breathing spot are awful. Water trumps the rest easily.

 

[enzilewulf]

Water. God I hate any water level in a game like "Crash Bandicoot" or "Mario". FUCK YOU BLOOPER!

 

[Lucane]

Based from Mega Man Legends 2 Water levels (not for being scary though) they usually limit your movement and or weapons in them compared to fire or ice areas that will just have alot more insta kill spots, can't touch or burn/freeze spots but mostly you won't have to climb up a wall of magma or deactive a flood gate in a ice temple.

 

[More Fun To Compute]

Is nobody making the case for fire because it's too obvious and we are all so edgy here?

Fire is really hot and tends to burn you badly on contact even through clothes. Ice can burn as well, but come on, not to the same level. Fire is also really fast and unpredictable in how it appears and spreads. It can rob you of your breath as fast as water and the smoke and flames can blind you to danger just as easily.

 

[Cody211282]

Ice, I hate sliding when i jump.

 

[crudus]

Water. Most games don't allow you to swim so it is usually instant death.

 

[Jewrean]

In terms of real life = Fire
In terms of video games = Water

Let's face it, humanoids that breath oxygen were not meant to swim as much as they were to walk around. And if you translate that to a video game with clumsy controls it just triples the disaster. Not to mention that all water-based levels seem to be time-based... and nobody likes them.

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