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Best scary moment in a non-horror game.
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Acquiescence
Member
These things in Soul Reaver...
... scared the shit out of me when first playing the game. Especially when trying to solve a block puzzle, where they'd periodically drop down out of nowhere and attack. Always had me on edge.
... scared the shit out of me when first playing the game. Especially when trying to solve a block puzzle, where they'd periodically drop down out of nowhere and attack. Always had me on edge.
Amentallica
Unconfirmed Member
It was more spooky than anything and it got me to jump just a little.
In Uncharted 2 as you're progressing the story, following the train sequence which is much later in the game, you're exploring mountainous regions and being guided by someone native to the region. However, in a few shots, but more specifically the first, I believe your character climbs a ladder and the camera is situated very far behind him, and what you think is a black wall in the foreground then moves and you realize it was some creature/beast. That and subsequent moments when there are glimpses of it around the area. Loved that shit!
In Uncharted 2 as you're progressing the story, following the train sequence which is much later in the game, you're exploring mountainous regions and being guided by someone native to the region. However, in a few shots, but more specifically the first, I believe your character climbs a ladder and the camera is situated very far behind him, and what you think is a black wall in the foreground then moves and you realize it was some creature/beast. That and subsequent moments when there are glimpses of it around the area. Loved that shit!
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
The Flood reveal in Halo. No contest.
All these husks ME2-ME3 missions fail to scare compared to that one abandoned ship in ME1. People who played it know what I mean.
Wonko_C
Member
This one, also.
Dunno, i found that really creepy. The fact that it was something you weren't supposed to see added to the creepiness.
Why are people insisting on not naming their screenshots?
Don't even try to play Dark Souls 2 then. It's nasty on the spider front.
figadapaura
Member
Why are there always giant spiders?! And why am I always taken by surprise?
I've done that mission probably 5 or 6 times and it's still creepy as shit.
ResidentDante
Member
This one, also.
Dunno, i found that really creepy. The fact that it was something you weren't supposed to see added to the creepiness.
Can you please explain? Looks like GTAIV or something on the map and character?!
This, it's like "Muahahaha, I'm gonna make people wonder what the fuck this is!"
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
I honestly think it's lazy design, can they not come up with something more interesting? At least the resident evil series stopped bothering with them.
It's GTAIV, it's the heart of Statue of Happiness.
rasberryjam
Member
Yeah, it's GTA IV. If you go inside the Statue of Liberty equivalent in that game, you can climb a ladder up and find a massive, chained, bleeding heart.
Edit: I done got beat.
figadapaura
Member
I always expect something different and I'm always disappointed. I should probably check for stuff like this before I buy games.
Was gonna say Demon's but I reckon it is actually a full blown horror game. The best part of the Valley of Defilement entrance was the player messages. As I emerged into the swamp all it said was "Welcome".
Grenouille
Member
Fuck.
KingHenrik30
Member
Gone Home:
When you pick up the cross in the crawlspace and the light goes out
rasberryjam
Member
That mother-hugging mask from Super Mario Bros. 2 was probably one of the most terrifying things I endured as a child.
Edit:
Oh man, I was the roughest, toughest vampire until I entered that mansion. Then I became a bumbling Scooby-Doo character.
figadapaura
Member
I hated that so fucking much. I didn't jump or anything, I was just in shock.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Boys of Silence from Bioshock Infinite
TheBrain76
Member
In Arkham City the
Something felt off from the second I entered the room. After it happened I had to walk away from it for a while. It was great!
giant fucking shark
Where is that location?Boys of Silence from Bioshock Infinite
They're only in that hospital bit.
Pakoe
Member
This one got me so bad, i rarely get scared from games/movies but this one came out of the blue.
Yes! So damn early in the game, too.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
They were a bigger part of the game earlier in development, they featured in a lot of media back then.
dripdripsplash
Member
God damn. That part was spooky. I need to get back to complete that game....
rasberryjam
Member
One of the last bosses
(Ming Xiao)
D
Deleted member 57681
Unconfirmed Member
Fuck dark waters in general, but Tomb Raider 2 got really carried away with that.
Good shout, All the better for being so unexpected.
Fancy Clown
Member
When I was a kid the first level of timesplitters 2 always scared the shit out of me when all of a sudden you were swarmed by
. Also the notre dame level
zombies
figadapaura
Member
Oh yeah that part nearly made me stop playing. Completely unexpected.
yes, and more recently, the asylum in thief 4.
jaydub6669
Member
I had a Bear scare the mess outta me the other day playing Skyrim.....
