Things that scare you the most in games.

[everythingbeeps]

The "scariest" moment I recall in a video game occurred in a game whose title I don't even remember. I know it was survival horror, took place in a prison, and there was a sequel.

Anyway, there was a part very early on where you're wandering through the empty prison, and you can check out security cams. When you do so, one of the cams is of the room you're in, and you see yourself from the back. It shows a monster sneaking up on you, and when you panic and back out of the cam....there's nothing there.

That moment was pretty awesome.

The second biggest "jump" I've gotten was because of a small glitch in Bioshock. I was wandering, came across a tape recorder, listened to it, and when I turned around to leave, there was a splicer standing right there. Like right up on me. Not attacking me, just standing there. That was creepy.

 

[Urgh76]

Hi there.

Also as has been mentioned time after time here, segments with a countdown in some way.

If anyone recalls the Silent Realms from Skyward Sword, that's the type I'm going on about.

 

[GodofDisaster]

The only creatures I remember truly scaring me are the Hunters from Resident Evil.
Despite the quiet footsteps, they are true to their name as in they're sneaky, fast and strong bastards. They can take you out in 2-3 hits, so if your health is running on yellow and you're not fast enough, they take your head clean off before you even get the chance to say oh shit.

 

[WaysideMaze]

Frostbite spiders. Motherfucking frostbite spiders.

At least the modding community got rid of them for me

 

[WaysideMaze]

The "scariest" moment I recall in a video game occurred in a game whose title I don't even remember. I know it was survival horror, took place in a prison, and there was a sequel.

Anyway, there was a part very early on where you're wandering through the empty prison, and you can check out security cams. When you do so, one of the cams is of the room you're in, and you see yourself from the back. It shows a monster sneaking up on you, and when you panic and back out of the cam....there's nothing there.

That moment was pretty awesome.

Sounds like The Suffering. I never played it but I did hear awesome things about it.

 

[everythingbeeps]

The "scariest" moment I recall in a video game occurred in a game whose title I don't even remember. I know it was survival horror, took place in a prison, and there was a sequel.

Anyway, there was a part very early on where you're wandering through the empty prison, and you can check out security cams. When you do so, one of the cams is of the room you're in, and you see yourself from the back. It shows a monster sneaking up on you, and when you panic and back out of the cam....there's nothing there.

That moment was pretty awesome.

Sounds like The Suffering. I never played it but I did hear awesome things about it.

That's it. I didn't actually play much. Like the first hour or so. Just one of those games I started but never got around to continuing.

 

[Keneth]

Things I can hear, but can not see.

The little baby demons scrabbling around in the pipes in Doom3 freaked me right the fuck out.

 

[Thepistolman1234]

Things people do with and in games scares me more than the actual games, things like the child killing mod for Skyrim, and anything to do with Manhunt, it scares me that people do that and don't really care.

 

[jimik1990]

Anything where I feel a sense of vulnerability. And atmosphere. The opening levels of Doom 3 used to scare the living bejesus out of me, because the lighting (or lack of) was well-done, sound was good, with the crackling radio and rumbles, and the tiny torch all helped to create the sense that shit was really going down all over the place.

 

[theevilgenius60]

The shit that creeps me out is when you've been through a lot of baddies, scary inhuman ones and are left alone in cramped quarters(example:a hallway you fell into from above, closed on one side with one way to go and you know the beasties heard you fall and know where you are) there is bad visabily, say fog or darkness with only a flickering, dying flashlight to see with. There are several large, concealed hiding places ahead for the night lurkers and you just know it. As you take your first step a creepy violin and/or slightly off little girls singing slowly fades in, building with hints of something larger and scarier in the music as well. That kind of thing scares the piss out of me

 

[Elemental]

Mine would definently be:
Underwater levels: because I always feel out of my element, and I never seem to be able to see if they are coming at me until its too late.
Tiny enemies: especially the ones that are either: fast, do large damage, make creepy noises(im looking at you poison head-crab!) or are snakes, seriously, fuck snakes.

So much this. That monster-fish in Quake 2 still haunts my dreams