has a game ever scared/startled the shit out of you?

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Been playing Fatal Frame 2 on xbox the last few days, and it is the most disturbing game (apart from Fatal Frame 1/Project Zero, which is in the same league) I've ever seen. Those Japanese really love their child sacrifices... :puke:
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Post by Mr.Magnetichead »

Never. I'm hardcore.
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Post by VoxProminence »

fatal frame 2. nuff said.
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Post by brisk »

Not really. Silent Hill on the PS1 was quite creepy, and Resident Evil made me jump a few times, but i've certainly never been scared playing a game.

I've dropped the mouse from my desk a few times playing Q3 though (getting an unexpected rail down your throat will do that to you)
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YourGrandpa wrote:The first Resident Evil, where those mutant dogs jump through the windows it that narrow corridor.
Same here. It didn't help that I was sat in a room with Fury and his brother, who had both played the game and knew the dogs were coming, and yelled out to startle me at just the right time. Practically hit the ceiling, the fuckers. :icon26:
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Post by 4days »

silent hill,
system shock 2,
a few have startled me, but those two are the only ones i can remember being genuinely spooked by.
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Post by Freakaloin »

if games scare u, its time to grow up...
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Post by Geebs »

Silent Hill 2, Thief 3, AvP all scared the crap out of me at points; and yeah, the "lights off" scene in Unreal was awesome. Silent Hill's a bit wierd though, they do the psychological horror stuff well and then when you finally meet the monsters, they generally look like a condom full of shit.

I'm still pissed off that there's a bug in my copy of Silent Hill 4 which crashes it early on in the game :(
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Post by Pext »

Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2, DooM 3
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Post by [xeno]Julios »

just curious - are there supernatural elements in the thief series?
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Post by Pext »

yes, dryads, fearies and stuff i think. and walking trees and the like.
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[xeno]Julios wrote:just curious - are there supernatural elements in the thief series?
have you not played them? can pick them up on budget for next to nothing - well worth doing.
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Post by axbaby »

creepy sounds from original Doom and
an old dos game with a lot of Gieger images "wicked scary game"
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Transient wrote:
YourGrandpa wrote:The first Resident Evil, where those mutant dogs jump through the windows it that narrow corridor.
Same here. It didn't help that I was sat in a room with Fury and his brother, who had both played the game and knew the dogs were coming, and yelled out to startle me at just the right time. Practically hit the ceiling, the fuckers. :icon26:
i was waiting for that, muahahaha.
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Post by Grudge »

The zombies in Quake scared the shit out of me. That moaning was terrifying the first time I played it.

I never made it to Shalebridge Cradle in Thief III, maybe I should reinstall it.
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Post by losCHUNK »

doom 3 once

was about 2AM on a stormy night with the windows open (gotta get the atmosphere)

i was running through corriders like 'hey, pwned'

so i finish the room off and decided to take this opportunity to reload my empty guns

so i puts the flash light away, goes through the guns to reload and pull the flash light back up..... i fucking shit, theres a zombie in my face wielding a big ass spanner thing, i flinched backwards and fell clean off my chair and died :(
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Post by [xeno]Julios »

lol
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Post by Canis »

There's a video of Casedogg getting scared shitless at D3 and then laughing his ass off.
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Post by losCHUNK »

yea found that on memphs comp the other day, pretty funny :smirk:

the one where he was trying to whistle had me cracking up though
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Post by seremtan »

first time i played q2 the guys in jail saying 'kill me now', 'make it stop' etc were freaky
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Fury wrote:
Transient wrote:
YourGrandpa wrote:The first Resident Evil, where those mutant dogs jump through the windows it that narrow corridor.
Same here. It didn't help that I was sat in a room with Fury and his brother, who had both played the game and knew the dogs were coming, and yelled out to startle me at just the right time. Practically hit the ceiling, the fuckers. :icon26:
i was waiting for that, muahahaha.
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Post by S@M »

dont forget the chilling feeling of minesweeper when with one more click you can clear teh board, but there are three mines left of the four available spaces
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Post by DiscoDave »

Quake 1 - When i was very young

Doom 3 - In my flat, everyone's gone to bed, headphones on and volume up. Fuck thats scary shit
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Post by ^misantropia^ »

Episode 1 of the original Doom kept me awake at night. No game after has ever done that to me.
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Post by [FTF]Pyro »

^misantropia^ wrote:Episode 1 of the original Doom kept me awake at night. No game after has ever done that to me.
yeah..... scary


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