has a game ever scared/startled the shit out of you?

[Bdw3]

Tresspassor had me flintching the mouse and and saying "oh shit!" from time to time.

[Geebs]

creepy sounds from original Doom and
an old dos game with a lot of Gieger images "wicked scary game"

Dark Seed?

[[xeno]Julios]

Episode 1 of the original Doom kept me awake at night. No game after has ever done that to me.

yeah..... scary

lemme guess you're under 25...

[PieceMaker]

Thief 3 had some great parts that gave you those feelings of "Holyyy SHIT!!!!" RUN!

Playing with headphones and in the dark made it the best.

Same with Doom III. PLaying it before reading about all the spoilers
was a plus.

I do say casedoggs video was a good one watching. I have it here
but don't have any space to host it. If anyone wants it PM me and I'll email it. It's only 5.8 megs.

[Scourge]

Thief 3 had some great parts that gave you those feelings of "Holyyy SHIT!!!!" RUN!

Playing with headphones and in the dark made it the best.

Same with Doom III. PLaying it before reading about all the spoilers
was a plus.

I do say casedoggs video was a good one watching. I have it here
but don't have any space to host it. If anyone wants it PM me and I'll email it. It's only 5.8 megs.

I can host it.

jwivie (at) gmail

[Scourge]

Here's the Casedogg vid provided by PieceMaker.

http://members.cox.net/jwivie2/q3w_CaseDoom3.mpg

[PieceMaker]

Thanks for hosting scourge34!!!!

*waves*

[Scourge]

No problem. :icon14:

*waves back*

[Tormentius]

the "they took my baby" part of doom3 kinda freaked me out.
and i remember some semi-disturbing parts of night-trap on the sega cd.

Yeah that and the science chick's head coming off and flying around in Doom 3 were the two most disturbing game scenes for me.

[Bdw3]

Anyone else nearly shit their pants the first time the motion sensor beeped while playing the first AvP?

[axbaby]

creepy sounds from original Doom and
an old dos game with a lot of Gieger images "wicked scary game"

Dark Seed?

yup .. very good game.

[Dr_Watson]

creepy sounds from original Doom and
an old dos game with a lot of Gieger images "wicked scary game"

oh shit.... DarkSeed was the name.
that game was freaky as hell.
Awesome puzzle/adventure game... one of the only ones i remember where you could actually fuck up to the point of not being able to win.

[Denz]

Silent Hill

[Jackal]

The fucking scissorman from Clocktower. Holy fuckballs.

[o'dium]

The fucking scissorman from Clocktower. Holy fuckballs.

I remember that game! Mate had it on import when nobody in the UK had aclue what it was, it was fucking CRAZY

[xer0s]

Here's the Casedogg vid provided by PieceMaker.

http://members.cox.net/jwivie2/q3w_CaseDoom3.mpg

This link is dead, please fix it…

[Mat Linnett]

Ah, the world before YouTube.

[houston]

Wow, I thought Quake III was meant to be hardcore. Why are they all such pussies?

[Lieutenant Dan]

Now that this thread has been resurrected, definitely felt some genuine fear playing through Resident Evil VII. Sure the combat in places, but also the grandma in the wheelchair that randomly appears, but doesn't do anything 99% of the time.

[Eraser]

Outlast.
I never finished the game because I realized I just didn't feel good while playing it.

[Don Carlos]

Doom got me back in the day; opened a door and a Pinky was there munching my face.

I hate scary games so tend to not play them. Same for films.

[duffman91]

Silent Hill

I agree. Ended up playing until the end over a weekend with my friends in high school. Did the same later on with Silent Hill 2.

[Mat Linnett]

I used to love scarey games, and part of me still does.

But I noped out of Resident Evil 7 at the first boss fight; not because of the boss, but because the tension and atmosphere was just dripping, and had built up so much by that time, I was just a nervous wreck.

I can appreciate the game for bringing a lot of that "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" horror to gaming, and graphically, it was incredible (and paved the way for the excellent set of REMakes we've had recently.)

But it's just too much for me these days.

Similarly, I know in my bones that one of the best levels in gaming ever is Shalebridge Cradle from Thief: Deadly Shadows.
The guy who made it, Jordan Thomas, was a modder for the first two games, and has since gone on to make other standout levels and games, such as Bioshock's Fort Frolic.
But it will take a lot for me to ever play that level again. It so deftly flips the game's mechanics on its head, and makes you crave the light, where up until that point, the whole game has been about the power of lurking in the shadows.

[Κracus]

Resident Evil 2 was the only one to do it. Scared the fucking crap out of me when that dog jumps through the window early in the game.

[Bacon]

Here's the Casedogg vid provided by PieceMaker.

http://members.cox.net/jwivie2/q3w_CaseDoom3.mpg

This link is dead, please fix it…

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