Sure I get scared in some video games such as with the Resident Evil franchise, but for me nothing compares to actually playing a horror game or demo in VR. It has a whole different experience and perspective and is absolutely terrifying to me. My first VR experience was Resident Evil Kitchen and then sometime later when Capcom updated the RE7 demo for VR, that was amazing. But I have still not yet played from start to finish RE7 in VR. Once I got to the van and peered in, I backed out and started playing on the tv, lol. I was not brave enough for my first time playing.
When was the first time you felt 'TRULY' terrified in a game?
Come On Tars
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PUBG. Last 4 people, hiding upstairs and hear a team enter the house.
DntMesArnd
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I don't know that terrified is the right word, but there are some parts of half life alyx that are freaky as shit.
Patrick S.
Banned
Ecstatica and Alone in The Dark, definitely.
MadchesterManc
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Narcosis in VR. Being stuck at the bottom of the ocean in a lumbering diving suit with those Spider Crabs is too much
ResurrectedContrarian
Suffers with mild autism
Scratch my former answer, I just remembered my first terror at a game, far earlier than the previous one.
The 11th Hour, on PC. I couldn't sleep one night when I managed to play it in the dark at a friend's house (his parents had no clue what the game contained).
The 11th Hour, on PC. I couldn't sleep one night when I managed to play it in the dark at a friend's house (his parents had no clue what the game contained).
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Morrie’s wig shop
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I don't know about being terrified or scared during a game lol. But I did jump during that fucking bathtub scene in Eternal Darkness and I suppose the dogs jumping through the window in the original RE. But those are just jump scares.
I'd have to go really far back to like maybe Friday the 13th on the NES: fun fact, Atlus developed that game.
I'd have to go really far back to like maybe Friday the 13th on the NES: fun fact, Atlus developed that game.
BouncyFrag
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Condemned 2:
Da BEAR!!
Gankthenew
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granny ((picture from google)
Small John McCarthy
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Absolutely terrifying. Loved it and hated it all at once.
H . R . 2
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Ristifer
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Yup. This is the one for me, too. After I saw that as a kid, I went outside for a while.This scene in Eternal Darkness:
A few of the Sanity Effects got me too. Crazy game and I really wish we could see another run at that sort of horror.
you're right! omg...i had the demo cd that came with the saturn, and i remember it felt like the alien could apear at any moment just like alien isolation, even tho not even close to that lol
Omnipunctual Godot
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The Medusa boss in Castlevania on the NES used to freak me out.
Did you know that game's story came from the Hampture guy? http://hampture.blogspot.com/
YeulEmeralda
Linux User
Fatal Frame 2. Still best horror game ever. Played this one in the middle of the night.
The Infectious Paradox
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Don't worry I'm old too. Sadly I wasn't allowed to play many mature games growing up. I love horror so I hope they do a fair remake one day so I can try itHoly shit please be trolling.
Silent Hill
Or am i just that old?
Doczu
Member
Yeah i wasn't allowed too, mostly did it on my own and i have no idea why father let mecplay SH. Probably bugged him abiut it and he just let me.
I wouldn't hope for a remake. They can't get new ones out so they won't remake it.
But emulate it with the perspecitve correction plugin. Still looks good for it age.
buenoblue
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I remember the suffering on original Xbox was freaky. The sound of the monsters climbing on the ceiling on my Dolby pro logic surround was terrifying.
But the most terrified I've bin in a game is when I got my oculus DK1 in 2013. The was a demo where you walked into a cave and there was some monster at the end. The emersion just created a real fear in me that I don't think I will ever feel again. I need to feel agaiiin! Lol.
But the most terrified I've bin in a game is when I got my oculus DK1 in 2013. The was a demo where you walked into a cave and there was some monster at the end. The emersion just created a real fear in me that I don't think I will ever feel again. I need to feel agaiiin! Lol.
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Sinthor
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For me it was the original Dark Souls. it was all well and good until I went into the depths and stepped thru the fog into the Gaping Dragon fight. At first I was like 'oh it's like a big alligator...cool' until I realized that's just it's nose! The thing was the biggest thing I'd ever seen in a game that I had to fight. Really made my pulse pound!
VeganElduderino
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The games that really terrify me are the ones you can barely defend yourself and always getting chased like Alien Isolation, Re7, Outlast
They make me shit my pants
They make me shit my pants
begotten
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Sure there's some cool set-pieces in games and obscure, disfigured creature designs that can get a reaction out of you especially thanks to placement in a scene - but to me nothing has ever matched the sound design and atmospheric ambience of Silent Hill. That stuff really puts you in the zone. Scarier than any visual.
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H . R . 2
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that reminds me
Obscure 2 tried hard to emulate the greatness of SH and RE but in a COOP format and failed but it was worth an attempt
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Atanascovich
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I was playing god of war ascension. My ps3 started to not load the assets and I got worried about the console dying. 2 days later, it become a paperweight.
K.N.W.
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Year 2000, 8 years old, playing Medievil with a friend. I had already played the demo so I wasn't expecting anything to scare me at all, but as the intro rolled along, I saw Zarok's ugly face upclose during the FMV, and couldn't forget it. Luckily, I wasn't a scary child, so in the end it only helped me develop some of the "healthy" human fear our brains need to function properly but, hell, it took months to not think about that face at night.
Also, one evening I was in the garden with my family and some friends of ours, and my dad asked me to grab something inside our house. In the meanwhile, he was telling our guests an old story about a friend getting hurt lightly and in a comical way, but all I could hear from inside the house was just dad mimicking his friend's pain moan ("Bluuurgh"), which drew me to the conclusion that Lord Zarok had arrived, and I was screwed. I could only crouch and put my arms around my head, I started calming down only when my mum started calling because I wasn't coming back. Getting back outside felt really like an endless trip, and I was really surprised to see everyone safe and ok while i finally got outside.
Also, one evening I was in the garden with my family and some friends of ours, and my dad asked me to grab something inside our house. In the meanwhile, he was telling our guests an old story about a friend getting hurt lightly and in a comical way, but all I could hear from inside the house was just dad mimicking his friend's pain moan ("Bluuurgh"), which drew me to the conclusion that Lord Zarok had arrived, and I was screwed. I could only crouch and put my arms around my head, I started calming down only when my mum started calling because I wasn't coming back. Getting back outside felt really like an endless trip, and I was really surprised to see everyone safe and ok while i finally got outside.
Gavon West
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I can't even play that game. I guess it's too intense for me. Holy shit that game is savage
TheDarkPhantom
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Silent Hill and PT, I don't scare easily but these had certain moments that really unnerved and agitated me.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Resident Evil 1 (PSX)
I played the game at way too young of an age than I should have. The tyrant CG with the exposed heart was harrowing for me.
I played the game at way too young of an age than I should have. The tyrant CG with the exposed heart was harrowing for me.
ÆMNE22A!C
Banned
I had a severe night terror involving chainsaws when I was about 4 or 5 years old. 35 years later I still have nightmares in which I'm being hunted so yeah Resi4 does something to me on a deeply personal level.
It's to bad because while I recognize it's a fucking great game it's just unnerving to play on a fundamental level.
Alchohol helped.
By extension, fuck any game with enemies that ruthlessly pursue you. Yeah that's right MR X.. Fuck you.
It's to bad because while I recognize it's a fucking great game it's just unnerving to play on a fundamental level.
Alchohol helped.
By extension, fuck any game with enemies that ruthlessly pursue you. Yeah that's right MR X.. Fuck you.
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H . R . 2
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wow... sorry to hear that
maybe stay away from REM4KE?
ÆMNE22A!C
Banned
That kind of you to say. Man, I've always been drawn to and intrigued by horror/suspense/paranormal even tho it's hard to face it. Even a game like Resi4 which has a very campy presentation and B Movie humor get me while something like Dead Space doesn't do that.. It's quite fascinating on a psychological level.
Subconscious childhood trauma which gets triggered is all it is.
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Krappadizzle
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I've probably spent 30+hours playing through this and mod campaigns probably 4 or 5 months ago. This game has aged shockingly well. I'd love for a remake.What a baby.
For me playing Blood when I was 9 probably scarred me for life.
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Play this shit in VR. It takes the experience to an entirely new level. It's fantastic.
PT was released.
I first tried the demo with my Sony Gold headset and 3D/surround audio.
the sheer terror that the first sighting of Lisa caused me, the sleepless nights that followed with me hopelessly trying to solve the messed-up final puzzle while reducing my life expectancy by years
was perhaps the most unforgettable memory I have ever had of a horror game.
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HeisenbergFX4
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Ezquimacore
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raduque
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For me, I think it was the first time I played through Doom 3. I was running on about 4 hours of sleep and had just gotten off a 12 hour night shift and I was playing in my room with the curtains closed with my headset on. After setting off the portal and letting the demons in, I hid under a staircase and listened, horrified, as the demons tore apart the Marines and scientists over the radio.
Anything that jumps at the screen in first person shooter gets to me. Alien face huggers, the green slug looking things from Duke Nukem, etc.
Anything that jumps at the screen in first person shooter gets to me. Alien face huggers, the green slug looking things from Duke Nukem, etc.
