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Enemies that make your skin scrawl?
- Thread starter Lightning Count
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Transistor
Banned
For me, it was Amnesia's environments that made it unsettling, not the enemies.
SOMA had more unsettling enemies.
Only enemy that genuinely makes my skin crawl. Nothing, even in horror games or souls games comes close for me.Poison headcrab from Half Life. Horrible things.
They're the GOAT: a master class in making you truly fear an enemy.
First, you mainly encounter them clinging to a horribly moaning and mutated human... that throws the fuckers in your direction with damn good aim - if they hit you're insta down to low HP and any other hit is curtains; if they miss you've now got to deal with the original infested mutant plus the black headcrab now scuttling around you; and more will be thrown your way...
Second once you get rid of the host you can easily still have a few lone black head crabs scuttling around you and they all mean insta low health with next hit kills if you're not quick about dispatching the lot...
Then there's the design of the black headcrab itself. Horrible looking, very creepy mewing sound, moves lazily around... then scuttles like mad if injured... and the second it's in range it leaps and insta low healths you - all with horrible sound effects...
Finally there's valves evil placement of the fuckers... sure the first one they give you a bit of space but after that you'll encounter them in horribly constrained quarters and frequently in the dark to boot...
The entire design (and their use in the game) is designed to condition you to loathe them with the utmost passion.
Every hardcore HL2 fan I know who replays game always makes sure they're ready with OTT weapons to take 'em out immediately if not sooner because you end up unable to stand being in their living presence...
Jesus fucking Christ this thing is a creepy design. Seriously unsettling, even for someone like me who hasn't played The Forest.If I have to pick 1, I'd say Virginia/Spider Mutant from The Forest.
Visually disturbing, difficult to fight, and their almost always accompanied with creepy mutant babies.
Fun fact: Those creepy lumps on the snakes? Those are ticks swollen up by their blood. Google "snake covered in ticks" if you want to see what that looks like on a real snake.Pretty much. I'd never wanted to get out of an area faster than when I reached The Forbidden Woods. I'd be exploring areas before then,but once I got there I just tried to go from point A to B as fast as possible. I mean, look this shit
They're officially called "cramped caskets".
Hippopuncher12
Member
Never played Amnesia but all I see is some water on the floor.
The monster is invisible, so you can only see the splashes it's making. It's part of one of the game's best sequences.
GamerSciz
Member
Dude the guys from The Suffering way back when were scary as heck. They had blades for their hands and legs and crawled on the ceiling like spiders before they pounce. Hearing the sounds of their blades above you freaked me out to no end.
https://youtu.be/xPwCLa8WKYo?t=5m51s
https://youtu.be/xPwCLa8WKYo?t=5m51s
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
Sorta NSFW
This freaking thing is horrifying. It splits open at the vagina and torso to reveal weird fleshy like tentacles IIRC. It's the Temptress from Dante's Inferno and even Google is refusing to locate me any images of this thing in action or it's 'open' design. That's how gross this thing is.
This freaking thing is horrifying. It splits open at the vagina and torso to reveal weird fleshy like tentacles IIRC. It's the Temptress from Dante's Inferno and even Google is refusing to locate me any images of this thing in action or it's 'open' design. That's how gross this thing is.
Tavernacle12
Member
I'm gonna throw in another vote for the Cainhurst Castle blood-tick women. Not only are they absolutely freaky looking but I had an easier time beating the Castle's boss than I had killing just one of them (admittedly because after I failed for the fifth time I just ran past them screaming).
Despite me hating horror games, I think bloodborne was great because you can actually fight. Things are creepy, but you are given the tools to fight them. Unlike actual horror games that make you hide from everything because the game gives you nothing but a candlestick and a colored soap statue or some shit.
Every now and then you see a few giant pigs that look fairly normal aside from being gigantic. they're tough enemies but you learn to beat them.
So near the end of the game, you see the backs of these guys and you're like "oh, more pigs."
Then they turn around and you're like FUCK
These guys are good because they are built up over the course of the game and are set up specifically to screw with you.Lots of things in Bloodborne, including these beautiful pigs:
Still don't know how did I get platinum in this game, as a coward gamer!
Every now and then you see a few giant pigs that look fairly normal aside from being gigantic. they're tough enemies but you learn to beat them.
So near the end of the game, you see the backs of these guys and you're like "oh, more pigs."
Then they turn around and you're like FUCK
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
reapers from re 5 giant human sized cockroaches that hold you and will keep stabbing you with their forearms even after you have died
The Hermit
Member
The Siren series has had a lot of good ones.
I am pretty immune to this kind of thread, but fuck this. I am really grossed out
Basketball
Member
Those spider ladies in Dark Souls 3
shame they don't do much
shame they don't do much
MrS
Banned
Same. That shit still freaks me out.
Lightning Count
Member
Nooope
Fixed the broken link.
Lumpy Onion
Member
Those poor guys with egg sacks on their back praying for death in Dark Souls 1. They don't really pose much of a challenge but just thinking about their disgusting and sad existence creeps me out.
mcz117chief
Member
How is that scary? Like the previous poster said, the monsters are laughably stupid looking but the environments are amazing.
CosmicRomancer
Member
The Hunter/Regenerator from Dead Space
Seeing those eyes in the dark
2 pages, no mention of Amnesia..
Kaernk
All these times a million plus the Stalker from Dead Space 2. Their shriek, their stealthy nature and the speed at which they come at you made for a terrifying first encounter...
decoyplatypus
Member
Welp, you successfully made my skin crawl. And I did not even look for photos.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
There really is not a lot of Forbidden Siren love in this thread.
I really hope after Gravity Rush 2 they go back to Siren.
I play a lot of niche horror games, so will try to do a post here later.
Those chaos eaters from dark souls are pretty nasty looking and even worse when they pick you up and toss you in their mouths.
I always thought these guys were adorable. Their big old tube arms and googly eyes make them look really goofy to me in an endearing way. Except for the blender inside their mouths.
If I have to pick 1, I'd say Virginia/Spider Mutant from The Forest.
Visually disturbing, difficult to fight, and their almost always accompanied with creepy mutant babies.
I have to say,when I bought that game I wasn't expecting to find a cave full of mutant dead babies and THAT thing
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
How about I just agree with everything in this thread, especially Dusk Golem's post
LinkSlayer64
Member
Giant Spiders.
Always giant spiders.
Always giant spiders.
Thats a good one.
And to this day every enemy from Half life 1 still creeps me out alot worse than actual horror game enemies do.
mrmickfran
Member
Same here D:
Then I realized that I HAVE to go there for NG+
Why make such an awesome area like Cainhurst optional but have garbage like the Forbidden Woods mandatory
butman
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Gangster Bastard
Member
Insane Cancer from Silent Hill 3:
There's no oh-no moment like wandering through a narrow hallway, and the radio suddenly comes on and starts playing that distinct low static.
Also the Slurpers, fuck 'em. Don't use the katana.
There's no oh-no moment like wandering through a narrow hallway, and the radio suddenly comes on and starts playing that distinct low static.
Also the Slurpers, fuck 'em. Don't use the katana.
Transistor
Banned
Even with phobias, the Forbidden Woods should never EVER be considered garbage
What isn't nowadays?
Yeah, I'll second the bloodlickers from Bloodborne. Those always get to me. Especially in that river of blood.
The first time encountering the brainsucker in Bloodborne also really got to me. It was the first
I encountered and was unexpected, creepy, and fatal because offcourse he grabbed me.
The first time encountering the brainsucker in Bloodborne also really got to me. It was the first
alien type of enemy
Yep. It's Bloodbourne: The Thread. The giant fuzzy insects with a vertical mouth and one big tentacle at the top are probably the things that made me the most scared in that game. Basically anything around Byrgenwerth really freaked me out because bugs are gross and I hate them.
For pretty much the same reason the plagas in RE4 are also really creepy.
The way the legs move and how they scuttle around after they come out of the heads is super gross. No thanks.
Bugs are the worst.
For pretty much the same reason the plagas in RE4 are also really creepy.
The way the legs move and how they scuttle around after they come out of the heads is super gross. No thanks.
Bugs are the worst.
Fuck 'em
If you want kids to understand the concept of consent, you should just have them play that tomb in Ocarina of Time and make them understand how it feels to be violated by those bastards.
While nowhere as ghoulish as the original bug zombie things that turned into Splicers for BioShock would be, BioShock 2's "crawler" Spider Splicers are still really freaky, especially since they tend to come out of vents and such a lot more often and are stealthier than the original game.
Obviously intended by thr devs, but the one who causes this:
Not as scared of him when I first played (when I was like 10? Lol) tho. Recently replayed Re5 tho with a friend and we can take care of him pretty easily. Still, my heart dropped a few times to my stomach when he got near me.
Doesn't really worry me ingame, but dude gives me chills.
Not as scared of him when I first played (when I was like 10? Lol) tho. Recently replayed Re5 tho with a friend and we can take care of him pretty easily. Still, my heart dropped a few times to my stomach when he got near me.
Doesn't really worry me ingame, but dude gives me chills.
Not really enemies but the crones from Witcher 3 gave me such a queasy feeling. Thinking about it still makes me uncomfortable. From their twitchy animations to their designs ("Yo you have a dead embryo attached to you? And you? What's wrong with your limbs? You a lepper? Holy shit is that a beehive in your eye?) But also the music and the atmosphere in the bog added to my feeling of uneasynes. *shiverd
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
Yo fuck these things, I hated their noises more than anything and how they would randomly shriek at the top of their lungs without you even engaging them. I played with headphones on and hated their little ambush shriek everytime.
Patrick S.
Banned
Oh my god, Bloodborne really is nightmare fuel! I really really want to play this :O
Anyone have a spare PS4 for me?
Anyone have a spare PS4 for me?
Transistor
Banned
I'll chip in $5 for you to get one