Scariest Games Ever

[vincewy]

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...

My vote goes to Fatal Frame as well, to me, violence/gore disgusts me, but don't scare me, what scares me the most is anything real and involving 6th sense and paranomial, the game is based on the true story and there're pics of the actual locations, sometimes you take the pics the ghosts will show up on the pic, you don't see them when you take the pics, now that just creeps the hell out of me. Anyone thinks Silent Hills is scary should try this at night.

[BHvrd]

I have been "scared" by very few gaming "moments". The dogs in the original Resident Evil springs to mind "when they jump through window first time" as does the moment in Eternal Darkness when my head feel off, and a few others...

What it really comes down to is "atmosphere", and what game has drawn me into its atmosphere and twisted my senses. Games like Silent Hill don't do it for me though, it has to be faster, it's just "creepy'" imo, with moments that are toooooo built up. Actually only the first Silent Hill was creepy the second game was just a god damn laughable mess imo. :/

When it comes to atmosphere though I would say Shadowman, and more recently The Thing have both done a good job at twisting my reality and taking me to a great "horrific" world "they also had a few great really genuine scary moments", more than just BOO though, more like "RAAAARRRRFFFFHHHHH" "SCREECH" "THUD THUD" "BUZZZZZ" "WAHHHHH", lol.

I can't think of many others than those really, like I said i've had very few jump outta my pants moments, but I love a good horror game, but it takes alot to get my ball rolling, and I like more than just one, BOO! THRILL ME MOTHA FUCKA! WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH x_x, next....

[JackDark]

I appreciate all of the replies... I'm gonna have to try Fatal Frame definitly. I'd just like to reiterate: If you like scary games and you've never played Thief, you must do so. Scariest game EVER, mostly due to the atmosphere.

[RJ]

Fatal Frame, all Silent Hills (even #2), certain parts in Resident Evil(s, not #2)

Playing SH3 last night (almost done), w/ one light on in the house & just my Corgi pups w/ me, the phone was ringing like mad. I dont often answer it if I'm playing, but I did. The 1st call was a solicitor; I'm used to a few/week. It rang again just after I sat back down; I grudgingly answered, but no one spoke. A short pause before speaking is the sign of a telemarketer, so I hung up. Upon answering the 3rd call, I actually heard them hang up! I didn't even answer the 4th calll, I was so f'ng creeped out!

BTW: you know someone'll redo this topic w/in a month, before Halloween!

[Flack]

I know I jumped at least once while playing Dino Crisis ...

Flack

[ShinobiMan]

Shadowgate is one creeped out game. It's just so eerie all around... the demented music (processed in all it's 8bit goodness), the strange images (The princess that turns into a jackel after you stab her), the traps and deaths haunting face, the time limit and the paranoia music as your torch is burning out.

GREAT GAME THOUGH! I have many fond memories with it.

For some reason, Ghost Manor on 3DO creeped me out when I was younger. Anyone else?

More recent scary games for me have been Eternal Dark (The bathtub scene).

And anyone else freak out at the dreamcast game Illbleed? Great game!

[adaml]

Back when I was on the Turbolist, I seem to remember people agreeing that Silent Debuggers was kinda creepy. Alone in space...silence...aliens ambushing you out of nowhere...

I never actually got to play it, but can anyone elaborate further on the game?

[ShinobiMan]

Oh man! I love Silent Debuggers! Such a great name... one of my favorite and most memorable names for a game. I second your creepy emotions, that game has it all.

[lionforce]

I know many gamers probably would not agree with me but back in the day Friday the 13th for the NES use to freak me out probably because of the music especially when it became night time, it set a scary mood that scared me more than the silly movies did, although I must admit that I did enjoy Freddy vs Jason

[ROBOTRON]

Splatterhouse series....definately.

[Sotenga]

Splatterhouse scared me as well. After beating the fourth boss, that peaceful organ music played, then it stopped. Then, wait for three seconds... EEP. That dissonant racket transformed my spinal cord into an icicle. Oh, not to mention that I was a little guy when first playing this game, and everything else really creeped me out.

Splatterhouse 3 is the scariest game out of the three, IMO. Mostly owing to the cutscenes, especially the shot where the boreworm overtook Jennifer. I only saw that once, at about 9:00 pm. I don't intend to see it again.

[gamegirl79]

I actually lost sleep over Silent Hill one night when I played it in a dark room for about 3 hours. Needless to say the rest of that game and the sequels I only played during the day.

A close second would have to be Clive Barker's Undying for PC. Creeeeepy game!!

[Sniderman]

One game I recently gotten back into playing is the original Clock Tower - the one with Scissorman. It's quite eerie trying to escape from a serial killer. You'll hide under the bed in one room, he'll coming lurching in, look about, the music swells, and he'll leave. Othertimes, he'll stagger in, look about, then PLUNGE THE GIANT SHEARS THROUGH THE BED AS YOU SCREAM AND GURGLE YOUR DEATH THROES.

Wow, it still gets me to see my on-screen persona mutilated like that.

[KirbyStar27]

Return to Castle Wolfeinstein!!!

Man, that game is scary when your playing it at 1 AM. The catacombs with mummies pooping out, and blades flying out of the walls (scary. ) You play that and you want to curl up into a ball in the corner!

[inkor]

1.silent hill1
2.silent hill 2
3.fatal frame1
4.fatal frame 2
5.re 3
6.re 2
7.re remake
8.cold fear
9. ObsCure: The Aftermath
10.Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
11.re zero
12.doom 3
13.alone in the dark new nightmare

[johndarkness]

The only game I've got scared was Alien Vs. Predator on Jaguar. Every time when the little alien thing from the egg jump on the screen and you didn't notice he is around I've got a heart attack

[megasdkirby]

I know many gamers probably would not agree with me but back in the day Friday the 13th for the NES use to freak me out probably because of the music especially when it became night time, it set a scary mood that scared me more than the silly movies did, although I must admit that I did enjoy Freddy vs Jason

I agree. It had great potential. Maybe if they would have given it a bit more time, with more haunting music, it would be been great.

[Videogamerdaryll]

One game I recently gotten back into playing is the original Clock Tower - the one with Scissorman. It's quite eerie trying to escape from a serial killer. You'll hide under the bed in one room, he'll coming lurching in, look about, the music swells, and he'll leave. Othertimes, he'll stagger in, look about, then PLUNGE THE GIANT SHEARS THROUGH THE BED AS YOU SCREAM AND GURGLE YOUR DEATH THROES.

Wow, it still gets me to see my on-screen persona mutilated like that.

When I read the thread title without reading any replies Clock Tower instatly came to mind..


went to post and saw your reply..

This is the game that used to scare the crap out of me.

I think I still have a PS copy...I saw one at the Flea Market for $5.00 bucks,not sure if it's worth that as I'm pretty sure it's a game i still have.

[Sniderman]

went to post and saw your reply..

From Oct. 2003 I see...

I think I still have a PS copy...I saw one at the Flea Market for $5.00 bucks,not sure if it's worth that as I'm pretty sure it's a game i still have.

It is certainly worth that as the game has become fairly hard to find and a bit pricey when you do find it. I would've grabbed it for $5 even ifI already had it.

Coincidentally, I'm playing through it again right now.

[megasdkirby]

Clock Tower was fantastic. It wasn't fair that it received poor ratings due to it's graphics. Underneat everything was a great horror game, though a tad easy.

Clock Tower: Thre Struggle Within was also pretty good, just lacking. Plus the story did not make any sense.

I hope one day they go back to the old mechanics and with Scissorman as the villian.

[NESGamer24]

The three that come to mind are:

1: Resident Evil for Sega Saturn. I remember renting this game. I think I was 11 or 12, and sitting in my room with all the lights out in the middle of the night and being freaked out. But you can't put it down once you start.

2: Silent Hill 2: Not really scary but freaky. playing that in the dark and the sounds effects and feeling of it is surreal.

3: Condemned: Once again not scary but on 360 in HD with a surround sound system in the dark def has some moments that make you jump. Especially when you are turning around and a guy is right there.

[Videogamerdaryll]

From Oct. 2003 I see...



It is certainly worth that as the game has become fairly hard to find and a bit pricey when you do find it. I would've grabbed it for $5 even ifI already had it.

Coincidentally, I'm playing through it again right now.

..I didn't even notice the post date..

Thanks,I'll try to grab it if I see the vendor again..

I have been wanting to play the game again myself..

[GameBoyGeek]

Scariest game ever? Heh easy...Barbie game girl. *shivers in fear*

[nensondubois]

Out of This world for the SNES was scary when your guy melted form the creatures, was chased by that beast or dematerialized from the ray gun.

[sebastiankirchoff]

The original Resident Evil on PS. I first played it when I was 6, and that stupid hallway with the dogs scared the living shit out of me everytime. I actually screamed and ran into the other room when that happened for the first time, and I refused to touch my PlayStation for a week in fear the dogs would get me again.