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When was the last time a game scared you?
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System Shock 2 was the most scariest for me
Agreed a terrific game and very scary.
BioShock
When looking for some items I froze for like a second (really froze, no framedrops or anything, I was in a cooler somewhere) right after I took the item and when I turned around after being unfrozen again there was a splicer screaming, I really screamed.
Also, HL2 has some scary ass monsters xD But that moment in BioShock is the only moment ever I was so scared I screamed !
When looking for some items I froze for like a second (really froze, no framedrops or anything, I was in a cooler somewhere) right after I took the item and when I turned around after being unfrozen again there was a splicer screaming, I really screamed.
Also, HL2 has some scary ass monsters xD But that moment in BioShock is the only moment ever I was so scared I screamed !
A long time ago, so excuse me if the details are a little off.
The big blue alien in the original half life (gargantua?) when you have to get the train functioning again...
I thought I could just run down the big hallway and it wouldn't follow me, but I kept hearing this thumping noise. I turned around and nearly bumped into it. I flew right over the back of my chair.
The big blue alien in the original half life (gargantua?) when you have to get the train functioning again...
I thought I could just run down the big hallway and it wouldn't follow me, but I kept hearing this thumping noise. I turned around and nearly bumped into it. I flew right over the back of my chair.
Doom 3 - especially late at night!
F.E.A.R. had some scary moments that made me jump a little every now and then.
F.E.A.R. had some scary moments that made me jump a little every now and then.
I'd also have to say the resident evil series on ps2, as well as silent hill... playing in the dark... late at night... creepy... things jumping out at me!!!!
I second this.
Though a game that was truly horrifying for me would be Silent Hill 2 or Heavy Rain.
RE4 was weird. I'd be tense but not consciously finding it all that scary.. Panicked a lot but not scared.. Just I had a LOT of RE4 zombie(ish) dreams after playing it. The chainsaw guys and the relentlessness of the Ganados.. I had the same with L4D at first..
Silent Hill series (particularly 1 and 4, though 3 for the panic factor) and Forbidden Siren have been scariest to me. Jeez, Siren Blood Curse gets unnervingly messed up by the end. Breaks a few narrative rules of films and games and actually gets shocking! Project Zero/Fatal Frame is also good for scares. (I'm a horror game collector..)
Oh, and "Sentinel Returns" on PC/PS1.. Brruugh.
Silent Hill series (particularly 1 and 4, though 3 for the panic factor) and Forbidden Siren have been scariest to me. Jeez, Siren Blood Curse gets unnervingly messed up by the end. Breaks a few narrative rules of films and games and actually gets shocking! Project Zero/Fatal Frame is also good for scares. (I'm a horror game collector..)
Oh, and "Sentinel Returns" on PC/PS1.. Brruugh.
Alan Wake had its moments.
Thought Dead Space was amazing. Worried the sequel will ruin it by turning it into an action killfest, a la RE5 (enjoyable but not scary in the least).
Didn't think Bioshock was scary (too caught up in the over-the-top Ayn Randness).
I've been eating sweet and sour tripe ever since.
Thought Dead Space was amazing. Worried the sequel will ruin it by turning it into an action killfest, a la RE5 (enjoyable but not scary in the least).
Didn't think Bioshock was scary (too caught up in the over-the-top Ayn Randness).
does anyone remember Phantasmagoria?
I've been eating sweet and sour tripe ever since.
I think Condemned, always played it with a friend and we'd try to pass the controller to each other . Resident Evil 4 never really scared me (and I get scared quite easily), more intense, like when a chainsaw guy was running at you and you panic
. Resident Evil 4 never really scared me (and I get scared quite easily), more intense, like when a chainsaw guy was running at you and you panic 
I wouldn't really consider myself being scared but instead having an on-edge feeling. I live in the woods and my basement has a lot of windows so I got this feeling when I would play F.E.A.R. at night with the lights off and surround sound a few years ago. It was awesome.
This must be one of the very best. One of the few game levels to have its own reviews in gaming magazines.
What makes it so effective it that for most of the level, you only hear noises, see glimpses of anyone or anything else. By the time you finally meet anyone, you've wound yourself up in anticipation.
(I got such a scare at one point, I leapt up and turned the console off.
)Doom 3 (Xbox), Dark Room, Nice Headphones. I mean, I knew there were scripted events coming up all over the place but that game still made me jump every so often. I haven't had that experience since then.