What's The Scariest Game You Ever Played?
<div class="IPBDescription">oh the horror!</div> Whats the scariest game you've ever played, and did it have any effect on your mental wellbeing?
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I had nightmares + thought a zombie would bust out my wardrobe or window at any time.
In a dark room with sound turned up to unhealthy levels I nearly pooped my pants when I encountered the "so much sorrow" spider trap.
<a href='http://www.planethalflife.com/manke/' target='_blank'>They Hunger website</a>
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Trust me.... when you have a couple of 100Watt speakers rigged up to your PS1 at high volume at 2 am with all the lights off...
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Those monkies were downright freaky. You would hear the "tic tic tic" of their claws and realise, frozen, "Oh crap, I don't have enough ammo".
That and those countless times a headcrab lept out at you from the shadows in a vent in HL. Super freaky.
That and that and that ghost in System Shock 2, near the door up the top level right at the start, just before you meet your first zombie.
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I guess games that scare the crap out of you either make you braver or more of a coward.
The screenshots for <a href='http://www.planethalflife.com/manke/' target='_blank'>'they hunger'</a> look pretty good for a half-life mod. Might check it out.
Thats a pure horror game and I'm shocked that nobody has mentioned it.
That was made even worse by the fact you know it's going to happen.
Like the infamous "Dog Corridoor" The first time you enter it on the GC the window nearest you smashes. Or theres that time you can see a zombies shadow tapping a window. (Not to mention the sound of it!)
And Eternal Darkness.
I hate sanity effects.....
Especially one of the times the place turns "evil" (Read: everyting turns into a badly lit, rusty, chain-link fence.) Hell, any of the times the place goes evil would be enough to give a 7yr old an anyarism from fear. you walk around in a creepy evil hospital, and a creepier evil hospital where the rooms are all random and nuts. Then theres the creepy evil school and creepier and eviler fairgrounds... DAMN that was a good game.
SH I and II were both great and still moderatly scary first time through, possibly even seccond and third too.
But for me, the hands down winner is the Aliens mod for the original Doom. And I don't think it was because I was about 10 at the time.
I don't know if it's available anymore, but here's a general synopsis of the first 3 levels:
You're on the spaceship, it's dark, foreboding, and scary feeling. You hear sounds of aliens *all* the time. Every corner you take, you're strafing out to check for aliens, and every time you do, you're waiting for what's around the corner... but there's nothing there - you just hear more sounds coming from all over.
The first 2 full levels are like this. In the middle of the third level (and you haven't seen an enemy yet, mind you), you enter this round room and see someone attached to the wall. You walk up and "talk" with them. Immediately, the lights go out, you hear sounds, the lights come back on, you turn around, and there are SIX aliens standing behind you.
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Resident Evil was good at makin me jump but I was never scared really whereas Silent Hill freaked me out.
I hate the cyber maidens or whatever they are called, things alway scare the hell out of me. Oh, and hte so uch sorrow trap, the first time Im like "AHH, get the helll out of here!!"
another scary game, avp2 was quite scary at times.. tho i never played the levels i watched my bf play it, and some parts scared me
However, Jurassic Park on the Amiga had one part that scared me greatly - the first Doom-style 3D bit when you're going through a bunker and looking out for raptors. It turns out there aren't any enemies in there, but by god you're pooping yourself at every corner.
They were both terrifying in 1993 you nublettes.
Tombraider, when that first came out, I used to shat bucketloads when the giant t-rex used to come at me.
Marine campaing in AvP was way... way too freaky...
I can't stress enough how scary this game is. It's for PS2 and XBOX, btw. I totally recommend it, make sure you play it alone in the dark. (no pun intended :D) It's a hundred times worse then silent hill, if you were at all scared of that. Silent Hill 2 would be my second choice for console, and undying and shock2 being the scariest games for computer i've ever played.
Here's my list:
Clive Barker's Undying
Resident Evil 2
Phantasmagoria
System Shock 2
Doom 2
Castlevania
Serious Sam
Rise of the Triad had those somewhat scary suicidal guys, who would beg for mercy before killing themselves... scary to hear from a long distance firefight.
When I was young, I was freaked out by Wolfenstein. Seeing those red-eyed Nazi's up close, blasting away at me, 5 health left...
on a side not..i installed the regular they hunger 3 w/the rest of the episodes w/it.... i start hunger 3.. and it has a cut scene shows me in a bed and nothing happens....then i think i end up running around in the dark in like a box...what do i do?.....im confused on this one
Half-Life scared me too the first time I played it... Holy ****, I was afraid... <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->