What's the most scared you've ever been in a game?

[Crimson King]

In no particular order:
1.) In Silent Hill 3, the was a random noise heard in the Subway area that made me literally drop my controller in terror.

2.) In the Indie game Which there's this spooky woman that pops up behind you around and no matter how prepared I am, I still jump every time I turn around.

3.) The overall ambiance and atmosphere of the hub area in the sourcemod, Underhell, makes it hard to tell what's worse, the scares or how much it'll cost to fix the holes your fingers made in your chair.

 

[Lugbzurg]

Honestly, I just don't seem to get scared as much as most people. Or, maybe, I'm just subconsciously avoiding it. But, I do never much want to play Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther in the middle of the night with the lights off and my headphones or earbuds on and see what happens.

At this point, the only game that's come anywhere close to leaving me with some kind of dread about what's behind the corner has been Half-Life. That game is way scarier than Left 4 Dead. And, it has a more pronounced focus on survival. I have no idea why Left 4 Dead is marketed as a "Survival-Horror" game. It just doesn't work. Wanna know what the easiest way to kill any and all fear or dread one might have in a game? Put a gun in the player's hands.

 

[Devil's Due]

For me...

Dead Space series, mainly the first one when you're still new to the terror.

Fallout 3's Dunwich Building and that vault where you see things

BioShock for the most part of the beginning and a few parts near the end

A few moments in Alan Wake when you see the enemy and go "how am I supposed to...", e.g. a freaking steam roller comes alive by itself and chases you, when all you have is a flashlight

Half-Life 2's Ravenholm is another, I was pretty young at that time, staying up at midnight with the headphones on and my lights off, alone, and did not expect it.

And finally, this is a bit of an odd one, but since I was so young at the time; Gears of War when you first encounter the Berserker. I mean goodness, even with my friends over I was TERRIFIED, because you have this GIANT, invulnerable monster that freaking charges you and can kill you in one hit, screams a way that freaks you out, and worst of all the only way to kill it is to stand in its path and make it charge at you and dodge it the last second so that it may destroy the walls in the way until you're able to escape outside and use the Hammer of Dawn. First time I ever freaked out in a game. Ever.

 

[Jaeke]

As an 11 year old looking at BioShock for the first time, I mean come one. Hornets flying out of limbs, blood splattering, and a sudden drill to the innards AS IT WAS TURNING ON! Scared the hell outta me.

 

[Scarim Coral]

The Regenerator from Resident Evil 4. I cannot stand unnatural voices that sound nothing I have heard before.

 

[Atmos Duality]

Dungeons and Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin

I was nearly out of weapons better than iron, and completely out of food for healing.
Nearly any door I opened next could end me...and then I heard the 4-bit digital growl of the Tarmin Minotaur while searching for a path back to the upper level.

I rounded a corner, and a secret panel opened on the right wall revealing a Wraith. I darted backward and into a 3-way intersection...right into the Minotaur....and died.

Yeah...I was 8 years old.

 

[Robot-Jesus]

No more heroes.
Bad Girl.

at first it wasn't so bad, but by the 30ith time she beat my ass to a bloody pulp I leaned who's ***** I was. I still fear colourful party dresses.

 

[Erttheking]

Defiantly while playing Fallout New Vegas Dead Money. Those freaking Ghost People.

 

[pyrosaw]

Pyramid boss fight Silent Hill 2 anyone?

 

[OneOfTheMichael's]

Though video games try to scare me, I haven't found any to really make me jump out of my skin. But when i was a bit of a chicken i used to be freaked out by the mirelurks from fallout 3. But then i grew some balls and continued to play other games like dead space 2, without get scared, only startled.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

Dark Souls.

I am scared every second of gameplay, because that game has some goddamn horrible monsters that like to one shot your face

Spoiler: Oh hi there I would like to stretch my arms out and give you a hug.

 

[Nieroshai]

Minecraft.

There i was, in a dirthouse with a half-finished roof. hearing all sorts of ungodly sounds just outside. I had no windows, beside the one in my front door. But i didn't dare to go near it, because a few seconds ago an arrow flew past my nose as i tried to go near it. "What was that sound?! a SPIDER!". I knew they could climb walls, and my roof was unfinished. so my options were: to fight the vile beast, or flee.
I hurried to the door knocked it down, showing a skeleton and a few zombies out of my way and ran, with only a few scrapes from the encounter. Without looking back i headed to the forest, and found a nice big tree, and lighted a torch. i couldn't see any of the horrid creatures, but i still felt watche-
"TSSSSSSSS...."

Endermen scare the crap ouut of me. I got used to creepers and have tons of security measures in place. ...none of which prevent teleportation or creepy hich pitched... is it laughing? And the face they make before charging you, only to teleport away an inch frome your face. The fear comes from not knowing when they'll decide to teleport back... and whether or not they still remember the color of your eyes.

 

[Nieroshai]

Playing Doom when I was 10. My dad kept the PC in a dark corner of my room so it was always creepy.

Personally, I can't really feel anything BUT adrenaline when the game's entire soundtrack is digitized metal. I just feel pumped and powerful. So... to change that, I muted the music and listened to the Dead Space 2 soundtrack instead. WHOLE new tone...

 

[Ignatz_Zwakh]

I'd say a tie between my first time playing REmake for the GC and Dead Space. REmake freaked the bejesus outta me, meek adolescent I was. The horror bug had yet to really take hold within me and everything I encountered in it seemed like some horrible manifestation of the mansion's id come to devour me whole.

As for Dead Space, I know most people accuse it of being un-scary, but I found it terrifying. The necromorphs, the claustrophobia, it all really ate at my nerves. By the final shot of the game I was quaking in my boxers.

Apart from those two there were likely others, but they come to mind more than most.

 

[Don't taze me bro]

The original Alone in the Dark was probably the first game that made me jump. Then Project Zero (Fatal Frame) literally gave me goosebumps. I was asked to review it for an Xbox related website. I was alone, at night, with the lights off and it was great.

 

[Starglider]

System Shock 2. Played that as a student over a long weekend, with giant projection screen + surround sound + total blackout + munchies + complete isolation from reality. I think that's the most immersed I've ever been in a video game world, and damn it was genuinely scary. Dead Space was a pretty good modern equivalent, obviously better graphics, but the pacing and inventiveness isn't on a par with SS2.

 

[lettucethesallad]

I played Bioshock with a friend in a completely dark apartment in the middle of the night. Splicer sneaks up from behind, I turn around and get a screen full of crazy splicer mask. We both screamed bloody murder, turned the game off and played Viva piñata for the next hour or so just to calm down.

 

[Fieldy409_v1legacy]

Doom 3. Oh my god. I had a save for every room because I was so afraid of going through a doorway.

Funnily enough though, the game became not scary when I went to hell, and then became scary again after I came back. Dark corridors and supernatural jump scares work better than over the top fire and brimstone.