Scariest Game Ever

[Clearing the Eye]

I don't know if anyone reading this has ever seen my comments in the past where I mentioned that video games (or movies, or books, etc.) can't scare me. Not that I'm some tough guy or I think it's cool to be different, I've just never been able to be scared in a game. From Silent Hill to Amnesia, I've always just been immune to horror. Maybe my brain is just broken. But then I found this game... I'm not even joking when I say I almost had a heart attack while playing. Never before in my life have I been this scared.

It's a free game in alpha called SCP: Special Containment Procedures. I don't even know where to start describing this thing. It's a combination of scary and just plain fucking creepy. Basically... you're in a facility and some very bad things have broken containment. You can't fight back, only run. You can manually control your blinking and doing so will save your life--if you can remember to do it while having a heart attack; the first, er, thing you come into contact with can only move when you blink in game. When it does move, it moves super, super fast. When looking at it, it stands perfectly still. The levels are randomly generated, so you never experience the same thing twice.

http://scpcb.wordpress.com/

It's free. Go download it. Turn all the lights off. Put headphones on. Shit your pants. I don't own it or know the person who does. Sorry if this sounds like an ad. I just felt the need to share. I'm nice like that ;D

This is a short let's play I saw that lead me to the fucking delightful thing.

 

[Nouw]

I tried to play it but it gives me a memory related error. It sucks since it looks scary as hell and I love horror games.

 

[Clearing the Eye]

I tried to play it but it gives me a memory related error. It sucks since it looks scary as hell and I love horror games.

Hm. That's odd. I had a little look around for ya and it turns out there's a few possible fixes:

• 1. run as admin
  
  2. make sure your gcard driver is up to date (this one normally fixes this sort of error)
  
  3. download and play a previous version from here: http://poeregalis.com
  
  4. run in compatibility mode for Windows XP (Service Pack 3)
  
  5. restarting your computer can work, apparently

 

[Nouw]

Hmm I'll try updating my driver. Will try again once it's finished installing.

 

[Don Savik]

I first found about SCP on on this forum, and despite browsing the website listings of numerous SCPs, fascinated beyond belief (I love supernatural shit like this) I just.......am scared of the video I get scared easily sometimes. I'll force myself to watch it, but I'm not sure if I can play it yet.

 

[Clearing the Eye]

I first found about SCP on on this forum, and despite browsing the website listings of numerous SCPs, fascinated beyond belief (I love supernatural shit like this) I just.......am scared of the video I get scared easily sometimes. I'll force myself to watch it, but I'm not sure if I can play it yet.

It is so scary that it's fun! It's like being tickled--you want it to stop, but it feels kind of good

 

[Clearing the Eye]

Y'know, you'd think we could evolve to the point that we could recognize that everyone has different opinions of what the best/worst/most fun X is, but no, we keep having to have the "HEEY GUYS, WHUT DO YOU THINK" threads.

*sigh*

Although your contribution to the discussion was breathtaking in its revelatory quality and depth of thought, I'd be remiss if I didn't urge you to leave forums of exchange you dislike. Unless you enjoy playing the fool.

 

[Furioso]

Y'know, you'd think we could evolve to the point that we could recognize that everyone has different opinions of what the best/worst/most fun X is, but no, we keep having to have the "HEEY GUYS, WHUT DO YOU THINK" threads.

*sigh*

I don't think you actually read the thread, he was sharing a game that he found that he thinks is the "Scariest Game Ever" and wanted to share with us, it isn't a thread about what everyone thinks is the scariest game ever (although it will probably turn into that)

 

[Clearing the Eye]

Although your contribution to the discussion was breathtaking in its revelatory quality and depth of thought, I'd be remiss if I didn't urge you to leave forums of exchange you dislike. Unless you enjoy playing the fool.

As side-splittingly humorous as your sarcasm is [SHUT UP! IT'S FUNNY WHEN I DO IT!], that doesn't change the fact that we've a bazillion of these totally unessecary threads. That we really don't need. Because they're unessecary. And we don't need them.

Also, they're repetitive.

Mmm. Indeed. I too find video game forums a poor place to state one's opinion of video games and share floors for discussion on the topic. If only individuals would keep their thoughts to themselves and not share what they feel to be an interesting game with others, here, in this video game forum.

Surpassed only by your wit is your ability to make a valid point.

 

[Clearing the Eye]

Mmm. Indeed. I too find video game forums a poor place to state one's opinion of video games and share floors for discussion on the topic. If only individuals would keep their thoughts to themselves and not share what they feel to be an interesting game with others, here, in this video game forum.

Surpassed only by your wit is your ability to make a valid point.

Thanks for reminding me. I'd forgotten that a valid expression of great intellectual capacity is just as valid after it's been done about 200 frickin' times. Except calling those "which gaem is teh best" threads "intellectual" does horrible things to the english language.

I would hazard venturing into a criticism of what is and isn't harmful to a langue through the use of improper grammar and spelling. For instance, you will find English is capitalized and commas to be very useful. But I digress. Less you have any further profound thoughts to share with us on the ill nature of discussing video games here, in this video game forum, perhaps your time is best spent elsewhere?

 

[Montezuma's Lawyer]

I don't know if anyone reading this has ever seen my comments in the past where I mentioned that video games (or movies, or books, etc.) can't scare me. Not that I'm some tough guy or I think it's cool to be different, I've just never been able to be scared in a game. From Silent Hill to Amnesia, I've always just been immune to horror. Maybe my brain is just broken. But then I found this game... I'm not even joking when I say I almost had a heart attack while playing. Never before in my life have I been this scared.

It's a free game in alpha called SCP: Special Containment Procedures. I don't even know where to start describing this thing. It's a combination of scary and just plain fucking creepy. Basically... you're in a facility and some very bad things have broken containment. You can't fight back, only run. You can manually control your blinking and doing so will save your life--if you can remember to do it while having a heart attack; the first, er, thing you come into contact with can only move when you blink in game. When it does move, it moves super, super fast. When looking at it, it stands perfectly still. The levels are randomly generated, so you never experience the same thing twice.

http://scpcb.wordpress.com/

It's free. Go download it. Turn all the lights off. Put headphones on. Shit your pants. I don't own it or know the person who does. Sorry if this sounds like an ad. I just felt the need to share. I'm nice like that ;D

This is a short let's play I saw that lead me to the fucking delightful thing.

From what I've seen, this isnt really all that good of a game, all about jump scares and randomly generated levels? Talk about a lack of atmosphere...and horror is all about atmosphere.

 

[Caliostro]

[HEADING=1]This is a public service announcement.[/HEADING]

Y'know, you'd think we could evolve to the point that we could recognize that everyone has different opinions of what the best/worst/most fun X is, but no, we keep having to have the "HEEY GUYS, WHUT DO YOU THINK" threads.

*sigh*

I'm honestly tired of repeating this, so let's use this as an example this time:

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[Clearing the Eye]

I don't know if anyone reading this has ever seen my comments in the past where I mentioned that video games (or movies, or books, etc.) can't scare me. Not that I'm some tough guy or I think it's cool to be different, I've just never been able to be scared in a game. From Silent Hill to Amnesia, I've always just been immune to horror. Maybe my brain is just broken. But then I found this game... I'm not even joking when I say I almost had a heart attack while playing. Never before in my life have I been this scared.

It's a free game in alpha called SCP: Special Containment Procedures. I don't even know where to start describing this thing. It's a combination of scary and just plain fucking creepy. Basically... you're in a facility and some very bad things have broken containment. You can't fight back, only run. You can manually control your blinking and doing so will save your life--if you can remember to do it while having a heart attack; the first, er, thing you come into contact with can only move when you blink in game. When it does move, it moves super, super fast. When looking at it, it stands perfectly still. The levels are randomly generated, so you never experience the same thing twice.

http://scpcb.wordpress.com/

It's free. Go download it. Turn all the lights off. Put headphones on. Shit your pants. I don't own it or know the person who does. Sorry if this sounds like an ad. I just felt the need to share. I'm nice like that ;D

This is a short let's play I saw that lead me to the fucking delightful thing.

From what I've seen, this isnt really all that good of a game, all about jump scares and randomly generated levels? Talk about a lack of atmosphere...and horror is all about atmosphere.

I think there's a ton of atmosphere, personally. It creates this intense environment of paranoia, where you're constantly on edge because you know Blinky is close, just not where. Forcing you to have to look at him to prevent him from moving causes a lot of moments when the player is running for their life, heart beating out of their chest, not knowing if you should turn around to look or keep going for the next door. You're in such a panic you can't think straight.

It's not the slow build environment of, say, Amnesia. It's more of just a general heart pounding experience that doesn't stop from the very start. It's also only in Alpha, so the bulk of the art and things are still missing. But if it scares me this much to play it when it's only just put together, I think the end product should be a trip to the hospital waiting to happen XP

 

[throwmeawaykid]

Hey guys i am a massive horror fan and i have played every horror game from silent hill to siren and this game (SCP: Containment Breach) is no exception. However it is not the scariest game i have played if you "mental masochists" want more horror after playing this i strongly suggest "Cry of Fear", a Halflife 1 mod that is the single scariest experience i have ever had. It's really good and even has an online co-op mode with a separate storyline! but this is still really good it just goes to show that the AAA developers just cannot do horror anymore, which is really sad, but as long as modders and indie devs keep making what they are making we will have great horror epics for years to come! (I am hoping so anyway!)

 

[Clearing the Eye]

Hey guys i am a massive horror fan and i have played every horror game from silent hill to siren and this game (SCP: Containment Breach) is no exception. However it is not the scariest game i have played if you "mental masochists" want more horror after playing this i strongly suggest "Cry of Fear", a Halflife 1 mod that is the single scariest experience i have ever had. It's really good and even has an online co-op mode with a separate storyline! but this is still really good it just goes to show that the AAA developers just cannot do horror anymore, which is really sad, but as long as modders and indie devs keep making what they are making we will have great horror epics for years to come! (I am hoping so anyway!)

There sure is a lot of horror mods for Half-Life games. Wonder why.

 

[throwmeawaykid]

Hey guys i am a massive horror fan and i have played every horror game from silent hill to siren and this game (SCP: Containment Breach) is no exception. However it is not the scariest game i have played if you "mental masochists" want more horror after playing this i strongly suggest "Cry of Fear", a Halflife 1 mod that is the single scariest experience i have ever had. It's really good and even has an online co-op mode with a separate storyline! but this is still really good it just goes to show that the AAA developers just cannot do horror anymore, which is really sad, but as long as modders and indie devs keep making what they are making we will have great horror epics for years to come! (I am hoping so anyway!)

There sure is a lot of horror mods for Half-Life games. Wonder why.

Two words, man. Source. Engine. It's really good to use and using Source SDK makes it easier to get your product out there and in the hands of the world. That and valve welcome people to mod their games where as certain other companies like ones that make a certain awesome sci-fi epic starring a character you make focusing on choice based gameplay, which shall remain nameless, hate the thought of people not working for them making things.

 

[BiscuitTrouser]

SCP: Special Containment Procedures.

Wait wait wait.

SCP?

Like the SCP insane objects list?

The creepiest fucking list ive ever read?

THAT SCP?

Is it based on this? If you havnt read SCP i suggest you do, the website confirms its based on SCP list.

http://www.scp-wiki.net/

All objects deemed "Evil and innimical to human life" are filed under "keter". Read through the keter list. They range from comical to utterly fucking horrifying. I believe there is an entry for the creature youve described as the enemy. Yeah. This thing.

http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-173

It isnt even making the grade for keter. Theres some real nightmare fuel in that list trust me. Read it if you get the time.