What non-horror game scared you the most?

[InnerRebellion]

you all know what im talking about

Oh god. On my first day of playing, it went like this:
"Haha, I haven't seen any Creepers! I'm gonna dig a cave shelter!"
-Makes door-
"Still nothing... almost night!"
-Hears foot steps-
"Hey, what was that?"
-Turns around-
"No, please, no, no go away!!!"


OT: Hmm. I have to admit, Re-Deads scared the shit out of me.

 

[linkvegeta]

I would really have to say minecraft, other games have only startled me but minecraft really gives me the creeps.

 

[Verkula]

Fallout 3

Specialy when this music was playing.:O

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_t2oYN4lZA

 

[Assassin Xaero]

If it scares you, it is a horror game.

No it isn't, because not all horror games are scary (Doom 3, The Suffering, Dead Space).

OT: Minecraft is the only one that comes to mind... When I was younger the beginning of Metroid Prime 2 was kinda scary...

 

[LightspeedJack]

Final Fantasy VII. Remember I was about 7 when I first played it and that game has some freaky shit for a 7 year old. For example the scene where you see the headless Jenova, the wierd creature that escapes from the pod at the mako reactor, the blood covering the floor and the freaky music in the Shinra HQ and the murdered giant snake impaled on a massive spike. It didn't really make me scream but it did give me the chills.

 

[Kontar]

you all know what im talking about

This, one million times this.

Minecraft has made me jump in terror more than horror games, and has creeped me out way more than it should for what it is.

 

[octafish]

Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines the hotel level, it has tightly scripted scares but the atmosphere created by the sound design helps considerably.

 

[Dfskelleton]

Dead Space.

I was going to say this... exactly...

 

[lee1287]

Hmm... Ocarina of time, Hyrule at night. Also that big one eyes scorpion thing you had to shoot then stab in the eye...

 

[Easton Dark]

Ocarina of Time.

THOSE RE-DEADS IN TOWN!

 

[katsumoto03]

Oblivion heres why
"Ok theres zombies awesome -_-"
"what was that?"
ohh!
"OH MY GOD WHAT THE FUCK DIE DIE DIE!!!"
yeah....

This. Once I made it to the end gate, I saved so I would never have to do it again when creating a character. God, I hated that place.


My capatcha was: hurr therman.

I lol'd.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

If it scares you, it is a horror game.

No it isn't, because not all horror games are scary (Doom 3, The Suffering, Dead Space).

OT: Minecraft is the only one that comes to mind... When I was younger the beginning of Metroid Prime 2 was kinda scary...

If it doesn't scare you, it isn't a horror game.

Umm, yeah it is. Either you're a troll or ignorant about genres.

Scary != Horror

Something doesn't have to cry to make you sad, people don't have to get married to make it a love story, and you don't have to be scared to make it a horror game. I've seen a bunch of people say Doom 3 was scary, and it didn't scare me. It's genre isn't dependent on the reaction of the player.

I've even had a friend that said the song "So Cold" (or whatever it was called) by Breaking Benjamin was too hardcore for him. Does that make it hardcore? No.

 

[Snotnarok]

Minecraft....A thousand times Minecraft...

*digging* oh look a hole into a cave! .........Wow um...it's dark...*fills it up and keeps going*

 

[Omikron009]

Definitely Minecraft. The only two games that have ever come close to scaring me have been Dead Space 2 and Minecraft.

 

[Guitar Gamer]

I'm not going to lie here. It was one early part in one game. The Fellowship of the Ring. Mind you I was 11 years old but escaping the Ringwraiths while attempting to leave the shire was the scariest thing I had experienced for a long time. You couldn't even do all that much about it once they found you. I had read the books and my thoughts of those plus their presentation(mostly that horrifying screech) scared the hell out of me.. Actually....I don't recall ever finishing that game. I feel like quite the coward now.

I spent several hours on that level actually, scared my to a point that I would stand behind a rock for a half hour waiting for it to be TOTALLY clear before I went.

As for the games that scared me? does Ghouls'n'Ghosts count?
mind you I was 4 but hell that was pretty scary stuff back then.
I don't know if Bioshock counts as a non horror game, granted it is obviously an FPS but it had parts designed to scare you so......
Also minecraft.......ssssssssssssssssssss

 

[Layzor]

The Oddworld games. To this day, Abe is the freakiest thing I've ever seen.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

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Horror -

1 a : painful and intense fear, dread, or dismay <astonishment giving place to horror on the faces of the people about me ? H. G. Wells>
b : intense aversion or repugnance
2
a : the quality of inspiring horror : repulsive, horrible, or dismal quality or character <contemplating the horror of their lives ? Liam O'Flaherty>
b : something that inspires horror
3
plural : a state of extreme depression or apprehension

If the game does this, it is a horror game.

"the quality of inspiring horror"

Thanks for proving my point. No where on there does it say it scares you. Horror games make use of a horror theme, because you can't make something that will scare everyone. Like it or not, a game does not to be scary to be horror. It even says that in a definition of survival horror:

"Survival horror refers to a subgenre of action-adventure video games which draws heavily upon the conventions of horror fiction. The player character is vulnerable and under-armed, which puts emphasis on puzzle-solving and evasion, rather than violence."

 

[Vivace-Vivian]

When I was a kid The Ripper in Medievil 2 scared me. Shockingly, Quake 4 made me cringe a bit at times.