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imported_Imp
Diamond Member
I started telling out loud and turned the lights on when I played the Haunted House part. It still didn't hold a candle to System Shock 2 though. You're a fellow monster in VtM:B. You are just human, augmented, but human in SS2 and totally alone. So many shadows... I lost count of the times I jumped.
WaitingForNehalem
Platinum Member
"In the eyes of the Many..."
zerocool84
Lifer
L4D isn't scary but it does creat an eerie atmosphere which is especially difficult since it's basically a multiplayer only game.
Cookie Monster
Diamond Member
Deadspace. The combination of eerie music, players POV and enemy design really scared the shit outta me at times.
I've had a few moments in Fallout 3 that might qualify. In general, that game shouldn't be that scary because you have a radar that shows you enemy markers. Except when you let your guard down because you don't see any enemy markers and end up getting ambushed from behind by those creepy feral ghouls 😱.
Also, I was looking at the Fallout 3 Wiki and ended up seeing some spoilers about a certain building that might be on the same level as the haunted house from VTM:B......
(haven't explored it yet myself)
Also, I was looking at the Fallout 3 Wiki and ended up seeing some spoilers about a certain building that might be on the same level as the haunted house from VTM:B......
(haven't explored it yet myself)
Comdrpopnfresh
Golden Member
you know was keeps the living turd constipated inside of me? Getting L4D and being very very happy with it... thinking I'm on a roll w/ gaming success.... then getting Fallout3 (which is supposed to be better).... and not getting it go past "new game". that's horror
if a developer could encapsulate that into the next 'witch' in the l4d series..... people will be crying/crapping/dying @ their keyboards
if a developer could encapsulate that into the next 'witch' in the l4d series..... people will be crying/crapping/dying @ their keyboards
The Witch in L4D didn't really do it for me. I guess it's because she's so easy to find and avoid... there's not really any surprise or story involved.
A couple game moments that scared the sh3t out of me and/or were horrific:
- Fear: the birthing scene and anytime the girl pops up
- Dead Space: most of the scenes with Nicole, especially at the end sequence
- Condemned 1 & 2: most of the darker scenes; the doll factory; the bear chase
- The tomb scenes in Wolfenstein
- RE4: Most of the game
- Thief 2 & 3: The entire games are creepy with apexes in several unique levels like the treetop levels (T2) and the orphanage (T3)
I think once a game introduces elements that are completely unbeleivable and skew too far from the initial storyline (e.g., the supernatural elements in Condemned 2, the horde in Halo), it immediately loses its fear factor. Subtility is key. The only exception is if the game starts out ridiculously outlandish to begin with like in Doom 3 -- then there's license to be stupid.
A couple game moments that scared the sh3t out of me and/or were horrific:
- Fear: the birthing scene and anytime the girl pops up
- Dead Space: most of the scenes with Nicole, especially at the end sequence
- Condemned 1 & 2: most of the darker scenes; the doll factory; the bear chase
- The tomb scenes in Wolfenstein
- RE4: Most of the game
- Thief 2 & 3: The entire games are creepy with apexes in several unique levels like the treetop levels (T2) and the orphanage (T3)
I think once a game introduces elements that are completely unbeleivable and skew too far from the initial storyline (e.g., the supernatural elements in Condemned 2, the horde in Halo), it immediately loses its fear factor. Subtility is key. The only exception is if the game starts out ridiculously outlandish to begin with like in Doom 3 -- then there's license to be stupid.
NoSoup4You
Golden Member
I'll just go ahead and admit that the Ravenholm level in HL2 was creepy the first time I played it. HL2 was my first game in the HL series by the way, so I loved it and got really into it. I've played through that level several times since then and it's not at all scary, but the first it was pretty creepy to me.
I loved the part in the Medical Pavilion of Bioshock when the splicer is standing right behind you. Definitely got a jump out of me.
I loved the part in the Medical Pavilion of Bioshock when the splicer is standing right behind you. Definitely got a jump out of me.
zerocool84
Lifer
Any game that has a little girl as some kind of enemy. You know if it's a little girl it's ganna pack a big punch. It's especially bad if they do their little girl laugh and it echos. The witch isn't that scary though.
homercles337
Diamond Member
Umm, n00b, games are NOT girls.
Qbah
Diamond Member
System Shock 2 in general and the Marine campaign in AvP 1 stand out for me. The atmosphere in SS2 was so intense... the sounds and voices so perfect, the music,the PDA messages... the corridors... the story you discover... How such a great achievement, first FTL ship, pride of humanity, a dream, ended so bad... perfect 🙂
And Marine in AvP? You just knew you would die in a moment. No quick save too. And the fact that you had a powerful gun and a radar didn't help one bit 😀 Frankly, the beeping just made thigns worse 😀 I jumped so many times in this game it's not funny. My friend was watching once over my shoulder when we were looking for something in an elevator shaft or something... Faces glued to the screen and then a bloody facehugger jumps us. My friend landed on the floor a good meter away 😛
And Marine in AvP? You just knew you would die in a moment. No quick save too. And the fact that you had a powerful gun and a radar didn't help one bit 😀 Frankly, the beeping just made thigns worse 😀 I jumped so many times in this game it's not funny. My friend was watching once over my shoulder when we were looking for something in an elevator shaft or something... Faces glued to the screen and then a bloody facehugger jumps us. My friend landed on the floor a good meter away 😛
Most recent game that scared me...probably bioshock. I had a few nervous moments in fallout 3 and gears of war, but not particularly scary, just "omg, I'm gonna die."
The witch did not scare me, mainly because the opening video kind of clues you in on what's up with her.
Haunted house part didn't really bug me. That's mainly because I realized pretty quickly that there weren't any enemies in it.
I never really felt weak in VTM:B either. Like you said, you're a monster. I was a Malkavian, so I had powers that easily took care of any mortal, no matter how powerful, and would turn them against vampires and monsters. For everything else, by the end of the game I had tons of overpowered weapons with ammo that wasn't being used on humans. Not to mention you could get some ridiculously badass swords, despite being a malkavian I was able to charge right through hordes of powerful enemies slicing and dicing. I was pretty dependent on feeding frenzies to restore health and blood power though. (or just repeated mashing of the F key until it worked)
The witch did not scare me, mainly because the opening video kind of clues you in on what's up with her.
Haunted house part didn't really bug me. That's mainly because I realized pretty quickly that there weren't any enemies in it.
I never really felt weak in VTM:B either. Like you said, you're a monster. I was a Malkavian, so I had powers that easily took care of any mortal, no matter how powerful, and would turn them against vampires and monsters. For everything else, by the end of the game I had tons of overpowered weapons with ammo that wasn't being used on humans. Not to mention you could get some ridiculously badass swords, despite being a malkavian I was able to charge right through hordes of powerful enemies slicing and dicing. I was pretty dependent on feeding frenzies to restore health and blood power though. (or just repeated mashing of the F key until it worked)
Invisible Evil
Golden Member
Phantasmagoria!!!!!!!
zerocool84
Lifer
Yea it's campy to the max which is what they were going for and they did it fairly well.
Glavinsolo
Platinum Member
The elemental dude from bioshock. the one that can warp all around. I think I was doing something and facing a table and turned around and he was standing right behind me. Freaked the crap out of me.
Witch not so much. Actually L4d is the least scary now that I've played infected.
They made it so you hear the witch a mile away.
-Turn off lights
-If avoidable, walk around
-If not, stand back and open fire all at the same time
-profit
Witch not so much. Actually L4d is the least scary now that I've played infected.
They made it so you hear the witch a mile away.
-Turn off lights
-If avoidable, walk around
-If not, stand back and open fire all at the same time
-profit
Yep, I agree that L4D isn't scary at all, especially since you have 3 teammates.
At least for me, games where you have enemies coming at you non-stop (so, pretty much all online FPSs) don't feel scary. It's those games where there's a lull and either a) you let your guard down and get surprised, or b) you're on edge because you're not sure if there are any enemies around or not -- those are the scary ones.
With L4D, you know that regular infected are everywhere, and with special infected, their audio cues give away where they are. I think even certain parts of Oblivion (the trapped dungeons) were more scary than L4D.
At least for me, games where you have enemies coming at you non-stop (so, pretty much all online FPSs) don't feel scary. It's those games where there's a lull and either a) you let your guard down and get surprised, or b) you're on edge because you're not sure if there are any enemies around or not -- those are the scary ones.
With L4D, you know that regular infected are everywhere, and with special infected, their audio cues give away where they are. I think even certain parts of Oblivion (the trapped dungeons) were more scary than L4D.
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