Scary things in gaming - that shouldn't be.

[SharPhoe]

For clarification, I'm not referring to horror games where things are SUPPOSED to be scary, I'm talking about times when you're playing a game, and something happens or comes along that makes you jump from your seat in terror... unintentionally.

Take, for example, the fact that I'm always - ALWAYS - petrified of anything in a game that is or even closely resembles a spider (I'm severely arachnophobic). I couldn't play through Ocarina of Time without half-looking away from the screen whenever I knew a Skulltula would be coming along, same with Twilight Princess.

Phobia or no, have there ever been any gaming moments like that for you?

EDIT: Thanks for answering my off-topic question, guys. I just remembered that game from an X-Play review and couldn't think of the name to save my life.

 

[Curtmiester]

Dude watch a MadWorld video... it will fuck you up.

 

[SquirrelPants]

The dentist from Bioshock. I still can't remember where he pops up, so every time I see him, I get freaked out.

 

[Brotherofwill]

Portal made me jump atleast once. I was really having a hard time with GLaDOS, his voice just sinks into your head.

 

[Rational-Delirium]

There I was, midnight, with my PS3 and Oblivion. The music turned sinister while I was traipsing through the wilderness. Slightly worried, I turn around and WHAM! a wolf with big, snarling teeth jumps out of absolutely nowhere!
And then I killed it with a flare, but hey, I still jumped.

 

[Da_Schwartz]

There I was, midnight, with my PS3 and Oblivion. The music turned sinister while I was traipsing through the wilderness. Slightly worried, I turn around and WHAM! a wolf with big, snarling teeth jumps out of absolutely nowhere!
And then I killed it with a flare, but hey, I still jumped.

not for nuthing but the wraiths in oblivion can be pretty damn creepy sometimes. I dont have a phobia or anything but the large insects in fallout3 were nasty to. Moreso on PC with a big monitor and good gfx cards. jsut too much detail. it would freeze in on vats sometimes and i was like ugggh .

 

[Flying-Emu]

Game you're thinking of is P.N. II or something like that. I just remember the first part stood for Product Number.

 

[ZZoMBiE13]

P.N.03

 

[DrummerM]

Skull Kid in Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask freaked me out. Partly because of the mask he wore, and because of the way he kept cocking his head so much.

 

[willard3]

Michael Jackson in Moonwalker. He goes around shooting sparkles at people and rescuing little girls stuck in closets.

I don't think I need to say anything more.

 

[Undeed]

I'm fairly sure Manhunt was supposed to be messy as opposed to frightening, but I finished the tutorial level and have never gone bcak to that game. I guess trying to play it alone in the twilight hours was a bad idea...

 

[KValentine]

I found the bloodcurdling screams of the innocent people (especially the crowds and people in buildings) rolled into a ball during the Katamari games scary yet oddly therapeutic.

 

[Skizle]

as a kid the screams that the re-dead did when you got to close scared the piss out of me in Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

 

[Noone From Nowhere]

The constant dread that the game would crash on me in Fable 2 is the only thing that approaches the fear that the X-Box 360 itself might fail on me.
As for in-game unexpected startlers, Phanto from Super Mario Brothers 2. His sheer determination to kill the player characters unless they dropped the key was a bit disturbing in such a bright and clorful game at the time.

 

[Calamity]

The Hunters from HL2: Ep2 always creep me out, despite the fact I know when and where they will show up now, I still can't get over the first time I ran into them.

 

[Hexadecimal16]

I found the bloodcurdling screams of the innocent people (especially the crowds and people in buildings) rolled into a ball during the Katamari games scary yet oddly therapeutic.

Yeah, it's kind of disturbingly satisfying.

Chain Chomp in Super Mario 64 always freaked me out a little.

 

[Raven's Nest]

I guess nearly everything in the original Alone in the dark game...

Yeah they were meant to be scary back then, but even when you see them now, the triangle-handed polygon wonder zombies are actually terrifying.

 

[Incompl te]

Portal made me jump atleast once. I was really having a hard time with GLaDOS, his voice just sinks into your head.

Happened to me but i got freaked out when you fall in the toxic liquid. I think i have a fear of open water as if a shark will pop out or something...