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Most disturbing characters in all gaming?
- Thread starter Mineshaft_Gap
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Nah, they're just wiggling. If you're seeing what I think you're seeing - that's the other mannequin's leg.
SpookyFries
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Fucking hated the mall in SH3
Zelda Skyward Swords' Ghirahim - by a long shot:
second would be Metroid Prime in MP1.
Nah, I found Zant to be way more disturbing.
They're kind of opposites, really. When you first meet Ghirahim, he's creepy and insane, but gets more serious towards the end. When you first meet Zant, he seems really serious and intimidating before revealing the fact he's batshit insane.
Nah, I found Zant to be way more disturbing.
They're kind of opposites, really. When you first meet Ghirahim, he's creepy and insane, but gets more serious towards the end. When you first meet Zant, he seems really serious and intimidating before revealing the fact he's batshit insane.
Nahh man.. Really is Ghirahim for me. His "femme" shape is what scares the shit outta me. It just makes me uncomfy as fuck.
thekiddfran
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Pyramid Head from Silent Hill
Came here to post this.
Dr. Buni
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What do you find disturbing about Ghirahim? As MrBadger above, I find Zant way more creepy, specially after his mask falls and he reveals his true self.
Astral Dog
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The Dollmaker on Alice Madness Returns was creepy.
Stereogatari
Banned
*Shivers. So I'm not the only one.
O.v.e.rlord
Banned
Everything from Dead Space 1
TheExhaustedWalrus
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Those damn mushroom men from Dark Souls. Scare the shit out of me for some reason.
Man, that's just pure pain.nobody posted this yet?
Ecto311
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nobody posted this yet?
And what / who the fuck is this? Names? Should be bannable or a forum wide rule - at least spoiler tags or whatever but why post just a pic and assume we all know what it is?
Stereogatari
Banned
I don't know if they count as characters, but the monsters in Tomb Raider 1 were creepier than anything that came in the 4 sequels:
Mentioned yet?
ON A NINTENDO CONSOLE!
OMG - Killer 7. I sure remember!
SniperHunter
Banned
Stalker from Half Life 2. Humans or aliens modified by the Combine for slave work
Y'what? He's scary because the encounters with him are impeccably designed. It's a perfect example of how the look of a character doesn't matter – it's how the creators use the character in level/game design which is paramount. Tell me you didn't crap yourself when (serious encounter spoilers)
he suddenly walks out on the rooftop from behind you, with that perfectly placed camera angle, and you panic madly for a few seconds before he chucks you off? Or when you go into the museum and see a load of realistic paintings - one of them with him incongruously standing in the middle. James's caption: '... It's him.' Just genius.
For some reason, killing off hundreds of clones, some of which were previously me, was very unsettling
Excellent point - but it isn't the character who's disturbing, is it?
Garrett??
FlyingSaucer
Banned
Senran Kagura .Some really disturbing imagery of morbid, freakish, Freudian psycho-monsters.
Congrats OP for your choice of I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
I've only read the novel, thought.
Congrats OP for your choice of I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
I've only read the novel, thought.m_shortpants
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Pretty much everyone in BioShock. That game just had such an unsettling atmosphere. The actor guy and the plastic surgeon were particularly disturbing.
Dead Hands from Ocarina of Time is pretty messed up too.
Dead Hands from Ocarina of Time is pretty messed up too.
kittenbreath
Member
Your Gods hate you and actively try to come up with inventive ways to wipe you out...that's the most depressing shit I've ever seen.
Sounds like me when I was kid and playing the original Sim City. You think the taxes are too high, eh? Giant monster attack it is then.
So my contribution to the thread would be "any nine year old playing Sim City"
ReDeads always scared the shit out of me when I was younger, but the ones in Wind Waker are the worst. That scream!
Agreed, I was shocked to see them in such a cute game! Genuinely scary and I hate the way Link trembles like that.
For my own contribution - not the creepiest by a long shot but he hasn't been mentioned yet - Seymour from FFX.
His veins and that strange tearing on his torso, combined with his weirdly soft Winnie the Pooh voice just made me really uncomfortable as a teenager
Backfoggen
Banned
Zelda Skyward Swords' Ghirahim - by a long shot:
second would be Metroid Prime in MP1.
There are a TON in Zelda -- many mentioned in this thread already. I'm actually pretty surprised by that. The Zelda characters are more unsettling to me in general than the legit horror game ones. Who would have thought?
Calamari41
41 > 38
This is so over the top, it's like a comedy or something.
WhiskeyKnight
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I couldn't even play Amnesia because of these guys.
Spring-Loaded
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Nah, I found Zant to be way more disturbing.
Benedict Cumberbatch?
Rushersauce
Banned
:dead
SmartWaffles
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Gravemind in Halo 2 Anniversary's updated CGI cutscenes, it scares me.
Mr. Poolman
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Poison Headcrabs from Half Life 2.
I know they can't kill you, still doesn't stop me from going on a shooting spree as soon as I hear one.
Listen to this!!!
I don't know if they can be called a character, but I hate them so much that doesn't matter
I know they can't kill you, still doesn't stop me from going on a shooting spree as soon as I hear one.
Listen to this!!!
I don't know if they can be called a character, but I hate them so much that doesn't matter
freeofgreed
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Holy shit what?
Violence Jack
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Matt Helms from No More Heroes.
TheJollyCorner
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The Aristocrats in Rule of Rose are disturbing in a non-gory way
A bunch of kids bullying a grown woman... In some disturbing ways :I
Just out of curiosity- did you play through Rule of Rose in its entirety?
Adult Jennifer
was never actually physically tormented by the kids. She's traumatized by childhood events & dealing with repressed memories, but yeah, it makes it even more unnerving IMO imagining that stuff happening to a little kid.
Hoffman was a dirty old
pedophile
StrayDog
The whole story of RoR, once it all reveals itself, is just terribly tragic & disturbing.
My personal entry for this thread would be the lovely Piggsy, from the first Manhunt.
Nothing too deep or mysterious about him- just a violent psychopath that wears a hollowed-out pig head for a mask & makes pig noises. He inhabits a dark, nasty, rotting house, waiting for the next contestant to dismember with his chainsaw.
Oh yeah- he also doesn't wear clothes.
The Piggsy fight in Manhunt was one of the most tense moments I've had in any game. This maniac's disturbing nature made this a horrifyingly memorable fight.
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