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maxcriden · Oct 31, 2014

I'm especially looking for things that are just spooky or scary, and not straight-up horror or downright terrifying (unless they're a bit out of place in an otherwise unscary game).

As an example,

This is Snacker the Shark from Banjo-Kazooie.

As a child I played this game thinking it was a whimsical adventure. But it's also quite scary in parts. Mad Monster Mansion, Gruntilda's taunting rhymes...the bizarre and terrifying Game Over cinematic...these are all frightful, but none compare to that feeling when you're swimming along for the first time in Treasure Trove Cove and the music changes (I think! It's been a while) and starts getting all forebording and Snacker moseys on up to take a bite.

Okay, have at it!

Zombie Lyle · Oct 31, 2014

SliceSabre · Oct 31, 2014

Gotta give it to Ravenholm in Half-Life 2.

Place is a freak show considering surprising the zombies are at times and how creepy it is when you use fire against and hear they screaming in pain while they burn.

Zareka · Oct 31, 2014

dat first post

Also,

I stopped playing for like a week after stepping into the town and being greeted with that sight. Terrified me as a kid like nothing else.

maxcriden · Oct 31, 2014

Zombie Lyle said:

Zareka said:
dat first post

Also,

I stopped playing for like a week after stepping into the town and being greeted with that sight. Terrified me as a kid like nothing else.

Both of those terrified me as a kid. Even now when I listen to the SM64 OST and the Boo track comes on... *brr*.....

SJRB · Oct 31, 2014

The eel/fish colossus in Shadow of the Colossus.

That shit was scary. Dark, murky water. This HUGE creature swimming underneath you.

Juke Joint Jezebel · Oct 31, 2014

Mad Monster Mansion from Banjo Kazooie.

2spooky4me!

bjork · Oct 31, 2014

There's a room in Impossible Mission with no robots in it. Normally, the only robot-free rooms will have a mini-game involving sound patterns on a large checkerboard thing, but this one doesn't. It's a regular room with searchable items and no robots. So you cruise in there thinking it's a freebie, and then one of those floating balls descends from off-screen right above you. First encountered it when I was about 9 and I never forgot that. Even replaying it now, going in that room makes me all tense.

RPGamer92 · Oct 31, 2014

Tower of Latria in Demon's Souls:

maxcriden · Oct 31, 2014

Oh man, MMM is rough.

Kyne · Oct 31, 2014

#crimsonheads

Nopenopenope.

All of my nopes.

biteren · Oct 31, 2014

i cant pinpoint a scary part really but the whole games is a creep fest

Strife In a Teacup · Oct 31, 2014

Thief: Deadly Shadows - The Cradle

Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines - Ocean House

maxcriden · Oct 31, 2014

In some ways, Rusty Bucket Bay was even worse.

There was just something so foreboding about the place.

Icefire1424 · Oct 31, 2014

Love that N64 is dominating the list thus far. As not to break the trend, I present:

maxcriden · Oct 31, 2014

Icefire1424 said:
Love that N64 is dominating the list thus far. As not to break the trend, I present:

That was pretty freaky, and a tough boss fight. The Mode 7 (I think) is really impressive in that fight.

Ultima_5 · Oct 31, 2014

By far:

Pokemon - Lavender Town

oh man, that music

PseudoViper · Oct 31, 2014

I rarely play horror games, and I found this game to be all around scary.

JoJo UK · Oct 31, 2014

I don't think I completed Clive Barkers Undying because it freaked me out so much when I was younger.

KarasuEXE · Oct 31, 2014

PseudoViper said:
I rarely play horror games, and I found this game to be all around scary.

Man, RE4's atmosphere was so tense. The locations, the music, the background sound ... also:

*shivers*

BloodMoney · Oct 31, 2014

System Shock 2
Hydroponics

backflip10019 · Oct 31, 2014

I guess it's not spooky or scary as much as it has a great Halloween vibe to it.

drspeedy · Oct 31, 2014

Literally my first time being too frightened to play a game (yes, I morph balled into the obvious exit), made it all the more marvelous defeating her...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9M92rO6WmQ

Banjotanooki · Oct 31, 2014

REmake (The cabin)

I knew right from the get go that something was in there waiting for me.

MisterM · Oct 31, 2014

Kinthalis · Oct 31, 2014

Fucking HLF2 Ravenholm:

Also Thief's (2 I think?) super creepy asylum level.

Anura · Oct 31, 2014

Does the whole of Termina from Majora's Mask count? The entire game is a creep fest.

Jaxx · Oct 31, 2014

Demon's Souls 3-1. One of my favorite areas in any game.

Yoshichan · Oct 31, 2014

FFVII

edit: dat EmilyKing though

maxcriden · Oct 31, 2014

Anura said:
Does the whole of Termina from Majora's Mask count? The entire game is a creep fest.

Oh, sure, that's a great one.

GooeyHeat · Oct 31, 2014

Here's a Halloween video game tune that's so bad it's good!

the Knuckles rap songs are the pinnacle of human achievement

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