Scariest Games Ever

[JackDark]

It's very rare that I find a game that actually frightens or unnerves me. Usually games which are specifically designed to this (read: Resident Evils, Silent Hills, Eternal Darkness...) fail miserably (not that they are bad games). However there have been a few titles which surprised me with their ability to frighten. I'm interested in knowing which games have had the same effect on you.

Here are my nightmares:

Thief - The Dark Project (PC)

The most immersive game I've ever played combined with extremely realistic audio and truly frightening zombies, undead, and mindblowing locale.

System Shock 2 (PC)

The tension this game induces is incredible. A binary nightmare.

Alone In The Dark (PC)

The plot became more and more insane the more you unraveled it. The ambient sound effects still freak me out.

Shadowgate (NES)

I had this game when I was 10. Not only did it's puzzles bewilder my young mind, but the music and monsters molested it.

Sweet Home (NES)

Despite it's graphical limitations, this game WILL unsettle you. The score is creepy and the monsters random and violent. Not to mention the haunted mansion you're in with all it's illusions and traps.[/img]

[dave2236]

I got the crap scared out of me the first time I played Code Veronica for Dreamcast. It was like 3:00 AM house was pitch black and my brother was watching me. All of a sudden the dogs burst out from the grates, I yelled : holy shit" and threw the controller out of my hand.

[Slipdeath]

the first time i played slient hill iand i heard the little kid crying in the bathroom that scared the shit out of me

[Masco73]

Shadowman always did it for me. There is something messed up with that game.

[SoulBlazer]

This thread has been done before, but....

YES! I agree FULLY with you on System Shock 2! I REFUSE to play that game at night! It is just too damn SCARY! Especily hearing those creepy mdwifes and fighting the spiders (shudder).

You did'nt find Eternal Darkness scary, though? I did, in parts.

I also agree with you on the Thief games.

[maxlords]

System Shock 2 was awesomely scary, expecially at the very end.....UGH! The second time through it lost a lot though.

I also found the following semi-creepy:

Clock Tower 3 (for the graphic serial killing scenes)
Silent Hill (great creepy ambiance)
Thief was quite suspenseful, and I really loved it!
Alone in the Dark: New Nightmare (shiver)
Fatal Frame (way creepier than I expected!)

Games that did NOT scare me:
Resident Evil
Eternal Darkness

[Balloon Fight]

I didnt like Code Veronica either. I hate it when shit pops out of windows. especially at night. (shudders)

[hikura]

I would say silent hill was freaky as hell espically when you get the phone call as just your about to leave the room in the school.I jumped and was like holy s#!t.Plus in silent hill 3(have yet to finish it though) your in the bathroom in the alternate shopping mall.You knock on the door someone knocks back but there is no one on there.twilight zone time.Plus you can start to reach in the toilet but then you pull out and she is like i am not putting my hands in there.That was kinda freaky but funny.Overall fatal frame has you on the edge of your seat most of the game.I enjoy stuff like this.Makes you aware.

[kai123]

The Splatterhouse games scared the crap out of me as a kid. The third game really was bad with his wife and kid turning into demons and stuff.

[BigBoogie]

Im a hardcore FPs guy. But man the first time I played unreal and that first skarj comes out of the dark. Holly shit i nearly jumped through the roof.

[JackDark]

The Splatterhouse games scared the crap out of me as a kid. The third game really was bad with his wife and kid turning into demons and stuff.

I 100% agree. The 3rd one was pretty freaky, especially with the moaning faces flying out of the screen from the crystal in the intro.

[SoulBlazer]

I'd like to check out this Sweet Home game. Has the ROM been translated?

[chadtower]

Killing Time... very very creepy!

[brandver3]

FATAL FRAME!!!

Everytme this thread gets done, I will stick to it. That game gave me the hibbity jibbities something fearce. I had to sleep with light on earlier this week due to some bringing it over to my house.....but that doesn't make me a wuss...

[MarioAllStar2600]

I was laying on my friends couch playing Code Veronica on PS2. ANd someone knocked at teh door as zombies where popping up. SCared the living crap out of me.

[chadtower]

Did you pay to have the shit cleaned off of their furniture?

[Neil Koch]

I don't get scared by video games, but Aliens Vs Predator and the RE games have made me jump a few times. The last couple of levels of Return to Castle Wolfenstein are pretty suspenseful as well.

[RetroYoungen]

I completely agree with a lot of those. Shadowgate, Code: Veronica, and DEFINATELY Eternal Darkness. I won't play ANY of these games at night (I think it's because of the ingrown paranoia) or with the lights off. But the scariest game of all, and I refuse to play it at ANY time...

Shaq Fu.

[chadtower]

Hey man, who removed all my pukeys?!

[Zubiac666]

Eternal Darkness
scariest story and atmosphere ever
those whispering voices in the main-house scared the hell out of me
and the part when u see yourself in the bathtub DEAD in blood
I had to stop playing the game at night at this part

[Voodoo]

Silent Hill 3 actually creeped me out. I jumped so bad at times, I dropped the controller. It takes a lot to scare me these days since I've been jaded by growing up watching horror movies, but SH3 is just plain messed up!

[sisko]

Max Payne.

My surround sound was cranked *really really* loud when I got to the first blood trail. I fell off and the baby's crying got so loud so fast it scared the bejeezus out of me.

[Dire 51]

Spice World for the PSX. Just seeing it in the store almost scared me into having a heart attack.

[RoboticParanoia]

When I was a little kid, I thought Super Mario Bros. was very scary, because I was afraid Mario would go down a pipe and never come back.

Now, RE scared me. I usually stay away from scary games...but the original Clocktower sure is tempting.

[Sothy]

the first time you play any resident evil game.

RE remake for Gamecube probably takes the cake now.

If you have never played the series before and played that one i gurantee some shit your pants moments.

Half life had its moments and yeah system shock 2 definitely.

White men cant jump for jaguar actually made me cry.