Creepiest PC Game Level Ever?

[CptStern]

it made me scream like a little girl at times ..the mage guild building was the worst imo ..I mean why the hell were Oblivion's most powerful mages all stuck in the same doorway? ..all to turn at me at the same time with dead eyes and vacant expressions

 

[Solaris]

I agree with Sulk, playing after montignac, my heart was litterally beating like mad, I was sweating crawling along in a jungle, then I heard troops running past, I've NEVER been more scared in my life.

 

[vistrel]

Ravenholm wasn't scary at all. Meh.
Bloodlines mansion wasn't scary either cos of one silly ghost.

The most scary game I've ever played was AVP2. Imagine going down the hive all by yourself getting attacked by freaky animals in dark. Now that's a scary game.

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/883/av1nj6.jpg

 

[Zerox]

I couldn't even finish the AVP demo, turned it off when the Alien jumps at you at the destroyed bridge. GAH!

 

[Lucid]

Wow, Silent Hill's certainly getting a bunch of mentions.

Which one is the scariest?... I feel like dusting off my PS2 today.

 

[xcellerate]

I've never been scared by any video game...Doom 3 probably got the closest, but then it just got annoying with it's unrealism.

<Standing in doorway looking into room>
<throws grenades behind box...nothing>
<takes 2 steps into doorway>
<50 million guys run out from behind box>

I pretty much just ended up running into rooms as fast as I could and cornering myself in the back so I could just trigger everything, then deal with it.

 

[Atomic_Piggy]

<Standing in doorway looking into room>
<throws grenades behind box...nothing>
<takes 2 steps into doorway>
<50 million guys run out from behind box>

Never actually played Doom 3 myself, judging from this I'm glad I didn't waste money on it.

 

[repiV]

Shalebridge Cradle, without doubt.
The idea of being scared by a game is absolutely proposterous to me, but the Cradle really did manage to creep me out a bit. So hats off for that. I was absolutely glued to the screen...brilliant.

 

[Lucid]

Shalebridge Cradle, without doubt.
The idea of being scared by a game is absolutely proposterous to me, but the Cradle really did manage to creep me out a bit. So hats off for that. I was absolutely glued to the screen...brilliant.

Why is it such a ridiculous thought to be scared by a video game?
If it has the ability to immerse you into the game enough, there's no reason why it shouldn't make you jump or make you feel uneasy.

 

[Doppelgofer]

Wow, Silent Hill's certainly getting a bunch of mentions.

Which one is the scariest?... I feel like dusting off my PS2 today.

play them all but in MY humble opinion, the scariest is the first

silent hill 2 is more psychological fear
silent hill 3 is in your face 'oh my god thats disgusting' fear
silent hill 4 is...hmmm...just twisted weird fear

 

[repiV]

Why is it such a ridiculous thought to be scared by a video game?
If it has the ability to immerse you into the game enough, there's no reason why it shouldn't make you jump or make you feel uneasy.

I've been a hardcore gamer every year of my life up until several months ago, and I've never been scared by a game yet. That's why.

 

[CptStern]

I've been a hardcore gamer every year of my life up until several months ago, and I've never been scared by a game yet. That's why.

your loss ..personally I like how immersive some games are; having an emotional response is part of that

 

[Lucid]

your loss ..personally I like how immersive some games are; having an emotional response is part of that

Yeah, I tend to scare easily... which I love that about myself when it comes to games.
Makes playing them all the more fun.

 

[StardogChampion]

Never actually played Doom 3 myself, judging from this I'm glad I didn't waste money on it.

Well it's pretty much a lie anyway. Go play a demo of it or something.

 

[Shift]

I agree with Sulk, playing after montignac, my heart was litterally beating like mad, I was sweating crawling along in a jungle, then I heard troops running past, I've NEVER been more scared in my life.

will agree, one of the most tense gaming levels i have ever played

 

[Atomic_Piggy]

Why is it such a ridiculous thought to be scared by a video game?
If it has the ability to immerse you into the game enough, there's no reason why it shouldn't make you jump or make you feel uneasy.

Because its no real. It might make you jump, even sweat, but not actaully be SCARED of it, as in have a fear.

 

[<RJMC>]

some games you said where scary in my opinion werent so scary

fear was only scary in the scripted moments cuz you dont know what will happen,the rest was meh

doom3 was only scary if you ignored a monster and sudenly you find him very close to you,the rest meh,and I only liked it cuz it feel like a old school game whit super graphics

that bloodlines video wasnt so scary,they just trow all the gliches at the same time

games like silent hill and fatal frame are scary,especially fatal frame is very atmospheric and unconfortable
cuz I think thats something that makes games scary,a feeling of unconfort like in fatal frame that you know that gosht are close and the questiong is when they will appear

or in AVP2 that you can see shit but you know the aliens are there

or in silent hill that a monster can kill you easily and you have very few bullets

ravemholm was scary when you feel trapped by the zombies

so honestly,its me or you people get scared easily?

 

[repiV]

your loss ..personally I like how immersive some games are; having an emotional response is part of that

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that nothing scares me in life, either.

 

[<RJMC>]

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that nothing scares me in life, either.

what if some hobo put a gun in your neck and force you to go inside a dark place?

I think kind of the same,since is not real games and some movies cant scare,so they hav to use other ways to make you feel like that,like unknow stuffs

 

[Shift]

So a mad man with a weapon kidnaps your family and says he is gonna kill them all in a horrible way unless you do these unspeakable things, would you be scared then?

Or if you were a soldier in Iraq? Dont go saying you aint scared of anything when you haven't experianced everything

 

[repiV]

So a mad man with a weapon kidnaps your family and says he is gonna kill them all in a horrible way unless you do these unspeakable things, would you be scared then?

Or if you were a soldier in Iraq? Dont go saying you aint scared of anything when you haven't experianced everything

What's the use in conjuring up fictitious scenarios in order to a prove an irrelevant point?

 

[Adrik_Senturu]

Eh AvP Isn't that scary. The first level in the human campaign is a bit tense but its not "OH GOD NIGHTMARES" scary.

Silent Hill of course, and a few moments in the Lab part of F.E.A.R.

Also, the first time I ever actually jumped in my chair from being frightened in a Video game was in Half-Life 1 :| It was the last bit of the part where your on the Cliff Face. I was heading to the pipe to get in and continue and I jump in an-OH GOD HEADCRAB. After facing a helicopter and a bunch of Marines the last thing on my mind was a headcrab jumping at me from the dark. Caught me off guard. Bastard.

 

[Shift]

What's the use in conjuring up fictitious scenarios in order to a prove an irrelevant point?

I just gave you scenerios that would scare most people rhetorically, to think about.

But you haven't answered my question, how can you possibly fear nothing in life when you haven't experianced everything in life, are you put in extremely tense and frightening situations everyday? I doubt it.

 

[repiV]

I just gave you scenerios that would scare most people rhetorically, to think about.

But you haven't answered my question, how can you possibly fear nothing in life when you haven't experianced everything in life, are you put in extremely tense and frightening situations everyday? I doubt it.

I fear nothing that I experience, and I have every reason to believe that I wouldn't fear being in Iraq. I haven't exactly had a comfortable life.

 

[Shift]

Its so easy to say i think i wouldn't fear being in Iraq when you haven't been, you underestimate the danger the of Iraq, you are in as much danger as you were in Veitnam. You see civilians, but you dont if they are friendly or a terrorist, and if your guard is let down for one second, before you know it, your legs are blown off. You drive in an armoured convy, a small child stands in the way urging you to stop to give aid, to which seconds later, armed terroritsts with AT abilities come out of no where and decimate the entire collumn. You think your safe in an armoured transport partolling the steets when all of a sudden you are ambushed, the top hatch is open, and an explosive or molotov cocktile concoction is dropped inside, you either you get blown to pieces, or slowly burn alive.

That is the sort of things those soldiers face, so dont go say you would not fear that. Yeah sure there is the line between fear and bravery, bravery is just the extent for someone to control their fear, and in most cases use it to become better at what they do.

But dont make judgements of your lack of fear or how brave you are in situations, when you haven't experianced those situations, to reflect my original point.

 

[ríomhaire]

Walking into any room in Resident Evil 2 and hearing the awful sounds of the lickers' laboured breathing. Every moment expecting one to fall off the cielling and attack you. Not so much later in the game, but while I was still in the police station, it creeped me out. Also, being chased by the tyrant/Mr X. You do a puzzle, he suddenly slams through the wall, you run out the door and as you run through the hallway he bursts through the wall of the room you had just left him in and chases you again. Not so much creepy as terrifying, but still.

Ravenholm was mush creepier though, the first time at least. I actually felt sorry for those zombies sometimes after I had lit them on fire

Believe it or not, the Opposing Force demo (First taste of Half-Life I ever had) scared the crap out of me. I knew nothing about what was going to happen and the intro was just "HOLY SHIT!". I found the headcrab zombies incredibly creepy, while the vortigants simply scared the crap out of me.

Some levels of FEAR creeped me out to no end. When the image of dead people flashed it didn't really scare me, but the rooms full of blood and the rooms on fire and the ghosts in the later levels scared the crap out of me (On first playthrough I was so terrified that I didn't even consider shooting them, I just ran)

But nothing I have ever played has come close to Silent Hill 2. The issolation, the twisted world, the endless dark corridors and endless drops into hell (I understand taht this annoyed and bored some people but I just found them incredibly scary).

 

[Sulkdodds]

The treehouse level? I found Far Cry quite the average game, but as I was slowly creeping across the catwalks and bridges, watching below into the mist as figures crept through the foilage and I cast my eye on a merc jeep that I could have sworn was manned a couple of minutes ago, I felt pretty damn isolated and afraid.

That's the one, plus a few other similar segments. I had my own Jurassic Park moment - creeping through the jungle, about to take my shot at a Trigen, when suddenly I hear that awful heavy breathing death-rattle from behind me. "Clever girl...YARGH!"

Yeah, it was the breathing that did it - and the open environment. Something being able to come at you through the trees and undergrowth from any direction is worse than being stuck in a corridor. Especially at night...

But if we're going to go for MORTAL TERROR then it is definitely Operation Flashpoint. That game managed and still manages to be incredibly immersive despite crap graphics, and through a combination of utter realism, intensity and really harsh death penalties...well, it puts the fear of bullets into you.

 

[repiV]

Its so easy to say i think i wouldn't fear being in Iraq when you haven't been, you underestimate the danger the of Iraq, you are in as much danger as you were in Veitnam. You see civilians, but you dont if they are friendly or a terrorist, and if your guard is let down for one second, before you know it, your legs are blown off. You drive in an armoured convy, a small child stands in the way urging you to stop to give aid, to which seconds later, armed terroritsts with AT abilities come out of no where and decimate the entire collumn. You think your safe in an armoured transport partolling the steets when all of a sudden you are ambushed, the top hatch is open, and an explosive or molotov cocktile concoction is dropped inside, you either you get blown to pieces, or slowly burn alive.

That is the sort of things those soldiers face, so dont go say you would not fear that. Yeah sure there is the line between fear and bravery, bravery is just the extent for someone to control their fear, and in most cases use it to become better at what they do.

But dont make judgements of your lack of fear or how brave you are in situations, when you haven't experianced those situations, to reflect my original point.

I'm not sure how we got onto the subject of war here, but since you insist on pushing the topic, I've never been afraid of my epilepsy which was so severe I was unable to have any semblance of a normal life for five years and crushed all my dreams and aspirations (military, incidentally), I wasn't afraid to testify against a police officer that sexually abused me for eight years in an open court, I'm not afraid now that my mum's terminally ill and it's certainly not because I don't care.
This is but a snippet of all the ****ed up things that have happened in my crazy life. Want to point a gun in my face? Bring it on.

 

[Shift]

Nah i think the original Silent Hill was the scariest, the dark and creepy puzzles, the chilling errie fog around town that you would head down a dark alley and your radio gets louder and louder, and when reality changed from the real world to the ****ed up world, had me glued to the screen. I was first playing through it though, it was a few years ago and it was my first experiance of Silent Hill, which is why i think it successed over the others.

 

[Shift]

I'm not sure how we got onto the subject of war here, but since you insist on pushing the topic, I've never been afraid of my epilepsy which was so severe I was unable to have any semblance of a normal life for five years and crushed all my dreams and aspirations (military, incidentally), I wasn't afraid to testify against a police officer that sexually abused me for eight years in an open court, I'm not afraid now that my mum's terminally ill and it's certainly not because I don't care.
This is but a snippet of all the ****ed up things that have happened in my crazy life. Want to point a gun in my face? Bring it on.

Ill end it here for myself because we'll go around in circles, this still does not prove you fear nothing because you haven't experianced every scenerio that may scare the life out of you in your life yet.

 

[repiV]

Ill end it here for myself because we'll go around in circles, this still does not prove you fear nothing because you haven't experianced every scenerio that may scare the life out of you in your life yet.

Noone has experienced every scenario that may scare the life out of them. It doesn't stop fearlessness being a valid and recognisable personality trait. I really don't see your point, and moreso I am baffled at how much effort you're putting into something so insignificant.

 

[xcellerate]

Well it's pretty much a lie anyway. Go play a demo of it or something.

What part of it did I lie about?? I have thrown grenades into places (like behind a box) only to have a guy pop out when I take a couple steps forward.

 

[MultiVaC]

I fear nothing that I experience, and I have every reason to believe that I wouldn't fear being in Iraq.

Are you trying to be the new Short Recoil?

 

[Shift]

Noone has experienced every scenario that may scare the life out of them. It doesn't stop fearlessness being a valid and recognisable personality trait. I really don't see your point, and moreso I am baffled at how much effort you're putting into something so insignificant.

i aint any putting any effort into it rofl, and your theory baffles me, and i cant be bothered arguing with you anymore.

 

[hot564231]

Anyone play the game "call of cthulhu"? the game ****ed up in places.

 

[Sebastian]

Shaq Fu was by far the scariest game I've ever played. I was baffled for days at how anyone could create such an atrocity. Nightmares ensued after playtime and I had to be locked up in a mental institution for three weeks. I still suffer from it to this day.

 

[B_MAN]

Thief 3 - Shalebridge Cradle

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=dG7_6Vf_xCs[/youtube]

Especially the bit where you're climbing the stairs to the attic area.

EXACTLY what i was thinking
:thumbs:

 

[xcellerate]

EXACTLY what i was thinking
:thumbs:

uhhh...what??? Nothing ****ing happened? He walked around in a building with the lights off and a bolt fell..

 

[giant384]

ambiance makes the game great you know its good when its scares the shit out of you or makes you tense.

 

[Sulkdodds]

uhhh...what??? Nothing ****ing happened? He walked around in a building with the lights off and a bolt fell..

You have to be there, man.

Since game-scaryness comes from immersion - you become an increasing part of the gameworld, and the character your are playing becomes your self, meaning any danger to him is danger to you - I don't see how a video has any purpose.