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Theres only been two times when a video game has honestly scared me enough to make me jump. The first was from Resident Evil; Theres a long L hallways towards the start of the game, just about when you reach the turn, the windows break and the dogs come rushing in. I damn near wet myself the first time I went through that, but at least now i can laugh about it.
The second time is from Dead Space. I'd just cleaned out a room with one of the upgrade benches and a bunch of other goodies. When i went to leave, i paused in the doorway for a sec, waiting for a monster to appear. Sure enough he did, and i blasted him into pieces. Confident that the area was secure, i leave the room and turn right, right into the face of another monster who was just chilling outside the door. I actually dropped the controller becasue i jumped so bad lol.

Gwar! wrote:Silent Hill 2.

Made me poop my pants so it did. D:

I did not quite get the point where I soiled myself, but there were scenes where I got a little jumpy. One scene where your in a public washroom and you move near a stall only to hear a loud scream followed my several loud thumps coming from the stall. Hearing Pyramid Head dragging around that huge machete could get had on the nerves too (since nothing in your arsenal could kill him).

Not really a scary game but....

Giygas in Earthbound. Seriously a true WTF moment.

I was wondering when that would make its way into this thread...

I remember playing through Resident Evil 4 and not being frightened at all.

Then I walked into the dining room. It was an impressive looking place, and seemed to be just the sort of place where something important would happen. I saw portraits on the walls, and plaques underneath with cryptic messages of blood and death. A creepy music I hadn't heard before (The RE puzzle music) came on. After wandering through hordes of zombie villagers, I was struck by how peaceful everything seemed. I knew that somehow, there was something hiding there... Something I had missed. I wondered what sort of horrible monster would appear. Was it invisible? Would it attack me when I found whichever hidden door was in the room? Was it waiting for me to make a mistake? I very nearly broke down crying as time stretched on and on. I began shooting things randomly, yelling "WHERE IS IT? WHERE IS IT?" And then... I shot the wine glass, and a door opened.

I was dumbfounded. There hadn't been anything in the room. It was just a puzzle. I had nearly broken down, not over the guy with the chainsaw, not over the village leader who split in half, but over a puzzle. And I had no idea what it was until I solved it.

Most terrifying game for me was Alone in the dark 1, when I was 7. The monsters are almost invincible and look freaky as heck, the background sounds are EVIL and you get chased so many times.

And those bloody tentacles from the pool in Another World. That game was cool, but the starting point....ugh.

I was only about 14 (I'm 28 now) but in Resident Evil 2 I jumped out of my skin when that Licker comes flying through the one way mirror in the interview room. I'll always remember that. The first time I realised that a videogame could affect me in the same way as a film. More to the point Radroaches sometimes make me jump in fallout 3. Specially with a high sneak skill. They haven't me and i haven't seen them, I switch on my torch cos i think the areas safe and i'm pretty much sat on top of one. Scary stuff.

Lol. Fail. Radroaches are like the mudcrabs of fallout 3.

Hugos House of horrors when i was a kid. You know you have to face that dog, but the first time, it really freaked me out. looking back, it's pretty laughable

Ahh man...

AvP made me jump a few times playing as the Marine.

Doom 3 made me jump, when I'd start playing like a boob and let my guard down and something would jump at me.

I've even jumped playing Counter-Strike online, but usually it's because it's down to me versus 1 other person and we're sneaking around trying to find each other and out of no-where through my 5.1 surround sound system with woofer comes the bang and death of the AWP BOOM! And I'm dead. >_<

Full creepy and jumping and scary (as in I don't want to go in there feeling) definitely the original Silent Hill game, omg...the babies...I hated the babies....in the school...I got to that part and pretty much turned the game off and I haven't played it since. That was like years ago, I can't even remember when it came out.

F.E.A.R. had some decent scare points in it, but nothing that made me jump....oh wait...no there was one...when you came down a ladder in the first game and right as you turn around BAM! There she is, right in your face. >_<

Bad thing is I play games on a 40" LCD HD TV... so everything is damn near life size on my monitor and I sit like 2-3 feet away, so everything is "in your face".

I think that's it, can't remember anything else at the moment.

I just scared my brothers Girlfriend something fierce.

I was able to convince her to play F.E.A.R. 2, and she got to her first Alma encounter quite well. I have played the game so many times it was like "Oh, hey, it's Alma".

Oh no. My Bro's Girlfriend litterally threw the controller, screamed "Who the feth is she!" and started crying

Am I going to hell?

Slarg232 wrote:I just scared my brothers Girlfriend something fierce.

I was able to convince her to play F.E.A.R. 2, and she got to her first Alma encounter quite well. I have played the game so many times it was like "Oh, hey, it's Alma".

Oh no. My Bro's Girlfriend litterally threw the controller, screamed "Who the feth is she!" and started crying

Am I going to hell?

Yes, but it was probally worth it.

Con sarned frakking poisonous headcrabs!

To be honest, I'm not really one for horror games, they'd just tend to make me feel a bit meh, I decide why bother, then go play something I find fun. :S

The Pain from MGS3.

I blame a phobia of bees/wasps/hornets.

I really hate saying this one, but Fable 3.

Walking though the Silverpines woods for the first time and have one balverine come out of nowhere from behind you and howl.

I cursed and immediately thought about this thread.

resistance: fall of man
theres theses things that walk realy slowly and i missed on i walked around a courner and this thing comes from behind and like screams and noms on your face
i was like agggghhhhhh
bro was like WHHAAATTTT!!!
SOmething just nomed on my face

The first Condemned game, I sat down to play this game one evening, got into the first level, got freaked out running through the adandoned building and then in the second level in an office like building, there is a scene were you enter an office and it has a window out on the hallway with frosted glass, I turn the corner into the office to see an enemy pressed up against the frosted glass watching me. I turned off the game, put it back in it's case, put the game back in the plastic bag it came in, placed the game by the door, found a bible (even though I am not religious in any way) and placed it on top of the game and then closed the door so I could sleep that night. That game was too creepy for me, struck a chord on a bad level.

Robertm80 wrote:The first Condemned game, I sat down to play this game one evening, got into the first level, got freaked out running through the adandoned building and then in the second level in an office like building, there is a scene were you enter an office and it has a window out on the hallway with frosted glass, I turn the corner into the office to see an enemy pressed up against the frosted glass watching me. I turned off the game, put it back in it's case, put the game back in the plastic bag it came in, placed the game by the door, found a bible (even though I am not religious in any way) and placed it on top of the game and then closed the door so I could sleep that night. That game was too creepy for me, struck a chord on a bad level.

Why the feth did you put a bible on top of it if you are nonreligious?



Okay, this is totally ridiculous: I was playing Jak 3 at 4:00 AM, driving around randomly in the wasteland at night, not really sure of what I was doing (I was almost asleep ) and a marauder thing goes SLAM! right into the side of my vehicle, seemingly out of nowhere. I jumped and dropped my controller.

Slarg232 wrote:I just scared my brothers Girlfriend something fierce.

I was able to convince her to play F.E.A.R. 2, and she got to her first Alma encounter quite well. I have played the game so many times it was like "Oh, hey, it's Alma".

Oh no. My Bro's Girlfriend litterally threw the controller, screamed "Who the feth is she!" and started crying

Am I going to hell?

I never finished F.E.A.R for 1 simple reason… the bastard Orwellian cut scenes that forcibly stopped me from kicking ass

The first time I came up against the antagonist (not Alma the one dude who might be your brother?) just before he whacks you with a 2x4 on the roof I shot him before the cut scene yanked the controller from my hands.

Same with Alma when I first saw her (hallway fills with fire moment) emptied both smg (dual wielded) clips into her evil little chest before a cut scene threw me out a window...

Honestly if it weren’t for the cut scenes I would have dispatched both antagonists in the first five minutes.

Slarg232 wrote:I just scared my brothers Girlfriend something fierce.

I was able to convince her to play F.E.A.R. 2, and she got to her first Alma encounter quite well. I have played the game so many times it was like "Oh, hey, it's Alma".

Oh no. My Bro's Girlfriend litterally threw the controller, screamed "Who the feth is she!" and started crying

Am I going to hell?

Thats awesome. I am lol so hard.
Must stop laughing..

Ma55ter_fett wrote:

Slarg232 wrote:I just scared my brothers Girlfriend something fierce.

I was able to convince her to play F.E.A.R. 2, and she got to her first Alma encounter quite well. I have played the game so many times it was like "Oh, hey, it's Alma".

Oh no. My Bro's Girlfriend litterally threw the controller, screamed "Who the feth is she!" and started crying

Am I going to hell?

I never finished F.E.A.R for 1 simple reason… the bastard Orwellian cut scenes that forcibly stopped me from kicking ass

The first time I came up against the antagonist (not Alma the one dude who might be your brother?) just before he whacks you with a 2x4 on the roof I shot him before the cut scene yanked the controller from my hands.

Same with Alma when I first saw her (hallway fills with fire moment) emptied both smg (dual wielded) clips into her evil little chest before a cut scene threw me out a window...

Honestly if it weren’t for the cut scenes I would have dispatched both antagonists in the first five minutes.

Thats awesome

Ghoul Forest 3 for Doom 2.
Run over the Creeper (which looks like a little white dot floating on the floor) and this pops on your screen and plays the screamer sound effect
It may not seem that scary, but when it's 11:30 at night, you're looking around for the flying skull and you run over this it is definitely a brown pants moment.