Scariest moment in non-horror game.
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I was surprised I got halfway through the second page before someone mentioned The Flood from Halo: CE. Hell, I knew what was coming because I played Halo really late, and I still was scared...
Same, when I went there and saw a dead body near the tree I was like "Well this seems cozy" then all the sudden the scene went to hell when I went inside the shed and poked around. I was shooting anything that moved the slightess, the shit really hit the fan for me when I met the fast zombies. :OProverbial Jon said:
In Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight, there are some weird flying insect-like monsters (Wookieepedia calls them Mailoc [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mailoc]) that drop out of nowhere and start screeching and attacking you. First time I encountered them I really flipped.
In Zelda Ocarina of Time, the Well of Three Features (Dark! Narrow! Scary!) aka Bottom of the Well.
In Zelda Ocarina of Time, the Well of Three Features (Dark! Narrow! Scary!) aka Bottom of the Well.
Hmm, tough one. I can think of a few.
1. Arkham Asylum, the start of the third Scarecrow section. It was only the day after I got my 360 back after it RROD'd and I almost had a heart attack and flung it out the window.
2. Mass Effect, the conversation with Sovereign on Virmire, when it's revealed what he is and the reality of what you're dealing with. It was both awesome and terrifying. The Reapers are just so brillinat mainly because they have no explanation. Though ME2 came lose to ruining it.
3. THAT quest in Oblivion. I think everyone knows the one. When you're trying to find out who the traitor in the Assassin's Guild is.
4. Fallout 3, almost any of the Vaults. Maybe the Dunwhcih too.
5. Tomb Raider Legend, the King Arthur's Tomb one. When you fall down the waterfall into an unusually large water area, that the game won't let you dive in and there's a really creepy moaning noise... Actually most of the old TR had some great moments. But Legend always sticks out.
1. Arkham Asylum, the start of the third Scarecrow section. It was only the day after I got my 360 back after it RROD'd and I almost had a heart attack and flung it out the window.
2. Mass Effect, the conversation with Sovereign on Virmire, when it's revealed what he is and the reality of what you're dealing with. It was both awesome and terrifying. The Reapers are just so brillinat mainly because they have no explanation. Though ME2 came lose to ruining it.
3. THAT quest in Oblivion. I think everyone knows the one. When you're trying to find out who the traitor in the Assassin's Guild is.
4. Fallout 3, almost any of the Vaults. Maybe the Dunwhcih too.
5. Tomb Raider Legend, the King Arthur's Tomb one. When you fall down the waterfall into an unusually large water area, that the game won't let you dive in and there's a really creepy moaning noise... Actually most of the old TR had some great moments. But Legend always sticks out.
Fighting IG-88 in Shadows of the Empire on Nintendo 64 scared the crap out of me as a child. It wasn't just the difficulty, but the depressing atmosphere of the junkyard level, limited lives / continues, underpowered weapons, his distorted voice, and his way of sneaking up and killing Dash instantly.Owyn_Merrilin said:
I nearly shit myself at that one.Ekonk said:
OT: It was when I was really little but I used to think World 8 in Super Mario Bros. 3 had the creepiest music.
Any walking witch in Left 4 Dead 2.
My friend brought it over and while we were playing Dead Center, I heard some odd sobbing sound. I ignored it, but as we reached the upper levels of the mall I could hear it growing louder. For some stupid reason I ignored it, and when we reached the top floor I saw a staggering zombie.
"Hey dude, you missed a zombie."
*Prepares melee attack
"No you idiot that's-"
*Strikes zombie
"..a walking witch."
"ASDKJFFFFFUUU-"
*Dies
"... I knew that."
My friend brought it over and while we were playing Dead Center, I heard some odd sobbing sound. I ignored it, but as we reached the upper levels of the mall I could hear it growing louder. For some stupid reason I ignored it, and when we reached the top floor I saw a staggering zombie.
"Hey dude, you missed a zombie."
*Prepares melee attack
"No you idiot that's-"
*Strikes zombie
"..a walking witch."
"ASDKJFFFFFUUU-"
*Dies
"... I knew that."
oh man... whew... I get very easily scared when I play games. Hell, even Portal freaked me out somewhat when you reach the "rat-man's den". But The Mansion of Madness in TimeSplitters Future Perfect, really scared me. Fuckin' Deerhaunter... 
Ravenholm was also REALLY scary the first time I played Half-Life 2. Fuckin' fast zombies. And Bioshock was also pretty creepy. I actually didn't want to buy it at first because I though it was so scary. Same thing with Ravenholm. Everytime I played through the game again I would always skip that level and jump to the next one.
I don't know how many of you care but I'm going to put it in spoiler tags anyway. It's about Psychonauts...
Singularity was pretty scary too. (In the beginning at least.)
Ravenholm was also REALLY scary the first time I played Half-Life 2. Fuckin' fast zombies. And Bioshock was also pretty creepy. I actually didn't want to buy it at first because I though it was so scary. Same thing with Ravenholm. Everytime I played through the game again I would always skip that level and jump to the next one. I don't know how many of you care but I'm going to put it in spoiler tags anyway. It's about Psychonauts...
The last level is really Fucked Up. I mean REALLY. I mean "what-happens-when-you-mix-a-circus-with-a-slughterhouse"-fucked up. I don't think that game should be rated 12. My 12 year old self wouldn't have been able to finish the game. Though my 12 year old self was kind of a pussy...
I had to play that part with volume turned down and in third person view. Damn hotel.Ekonk said:
Mass Effect 2: Overlord had its jump-scare moments. Just completed it, by the way. (the ending is pure ART. Made me cry.) I have brand new gaming headphones and the shrieks raped my ears.
Singularity tried to be scary but failed, except for two parts where I nearly experienced heart attacks. First scary moment was when you're swimming through tunnels and there's a dead zombie in your face right at the corner.
Second was a proper Youtube screamer. You play a tape and a zombie flashes on your screen, accompanied by a scream.
Mine would probably be when I was playing BIA: Road to Hill 30. I was playing ambush at Exit 4 or whatever and I just got past the mortar team when I find more germans down the hill. I tell Red to fire at them, and I sneak around and kill all but a pair at the bottom of the hill. So I sneak up on them with my pistol and unload a full clip which kills both of them, one falls to the ground while the other is proped up against a wall. I crouch-walked over to him AND HIS HEAD FUCKING MOVED TO LOOK AT ME STRAIGHT IN THE EYES. I literally used the rest of my ammo at that point. I seriously thought he would walk right out of the TV and kill me.
half life 2 episode 2
when you exit the mine thing at the start and your looking for a way to open the gate and as you get out of the crawlspace the hunter pounces on alyx and it drags her away as she claws at the ground trying to get away then it beats the shit out of her and the antlion is about to eat her
maybe that isnt so much "scary" as it is just "JESUS CHRIST" but still i think it counts
when you exit the mine thing at the start and your looking for a way to open the gate and as you get out of the crawlspace the hunter pounces on alyx and it drags her away as she claws at the ground trying to get away then it beats the shit out of her and the antlion is about to eat her
maybe that isnt so much "scary" as it is just "JESUS CHRIST" but still i think it counts
OMG yes. holy SHIT that whole trip down the tunnel listening to her and then seeing the broodmother. Good god that was... extraordinarily unsettling. And then nearly getting slaughtered via tentacle rape didn't help the situation.. I kept postponing going to orzamar in later run-through's because of that...spiffleh said:
