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Re: Things in games that terrified you as a kid
« Reply #75 on: February 09, 2010, 04:48:00 am »

I was not a kid anymore, but what also freaked me out were the ghosts in the Wheel of Time game, in the travel dimension. It's not too hard to stay moving and stay ahead but you can hear them whispering behind you...

I was curious as to what would happen if they did catch up with you.
I looked back.

Oh god, the whispers.
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Re: Things in games that terrified you as a kid
« Reply #76 on: February 09, 2010, 04:49:17 am »

Anyone remember...Shivers?
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Re: Things in games that terrified you as a kid
« Reply #77 on: February 09, 2010, 06:34:14 pm »

I was not a kid anymore, but what also freaked me out were the ghosts in the Wheel of Time game, in the travel dimension. It's not too hard to stay moving and stay ahead but you can hear them whispering behind you...

I was curious as to what would happen if they did catch up with you.
I looked back.

Oh god, the whispers.

The Black Wind? Lordy, that scared the hell out of me. That place was eerie even before the wind shows up: crumbling staircases and walkways suspended in a pitch-black void with silence everywhere, then you start to hear a distant breeze..... AHHHH! That game had a lot of creepy parts in it. The deserted city, with the mutants and the soul-eating tendrils of mist floating around, the Ways, and then there was that one mirror....that made me jump so high I almost fell out of my chair. the enemies were all so strong that it was always kinda tense, because some of the enemies could kill you really fast.....mmm fond memories of being chased around by trolloc chieftans. I wish there was another WoT game I could play. (no I don't count Dragon Age)
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Re: Things in games that terrified you as a kid
« Reply #78 on: February 09, 2010, 06:43:58 pm »

There were these facehugger thingies in Blood 2 that scared the crap out of me. You crawl through some pipes with maybe a foot of water in them, and suddenly you see a shadow moving towards you under water. Seconds later, the grossest thing ever is eating your face. These things were impossible to hit, too, or maybe I just sucked because it was my first FPS.
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Re: Things in games that terrified you as a kid
« Reply #79 on: February 09, 2010, 06:44:14 pm »

What did Dragon Age have to do with WoT?

On topic: Two words: The Cradle. ohgodohgod.
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Re: Things in games that terrified you as a kid
« Reply #80 on: February 09, 2010, 06:46:42 pm »

Anyone remember...Shivers?
Basic premise: You're staying the night in a mansion. There are ghosts that jump out and steal your soul.

There is one ghost per material type- so, there's a metal, an ash, a water ghost...
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Re: Things in games that terrified you as a kid
« Reply #81 on: February 09, 2010, 06:50:20 pm »

Unreal 1, level 2 first brutes:

What about the first Skaarj?  When the lights in the hallway went out one by one you knew Something Really Bad Was Coming. 

Half life really did it for me tho.  Just walking by an air duct in any FPS now sets me on edge.  Ravenholm in HL2 didn't scare me ... til the skinless leaper zombies.  I just about jumped out of my skin.



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Re: Things in games that terrified you as a kid
« Reply #82 on: February 09, 2010, 06:52:57 pm »

In Resident Evil 4, there was this one room near the end of the game that, while not containing any enemies, had a dumpster that had a bag in it.

There was something in that bag, as it would squirming and writhing when you opened the dumpster. It scared the hell out of me, because I didn't know what the HELL was in that bag.

It didn't help that you couldn't interact with the bag at all, nor could you damage it in any way.
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Re: Things in games that terrified you as a kid
« Reply #83 on: February 09, 2010, 06:56:35 pm »

X-Com's Chrysalids.

They still rather scare me.
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Re: Things in games that terrified you as a kid
« Reply #84 on: February 10, 2010, 01:59:12 am »

we did not have video games when i was a kid.  We jumped rope, rolled hoops, and kicked cans.
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Re: Things in games that terrified you as a kid
« Reply #85 on: February 10, 2010, 03:00:02 am »

Wario land 2's final level:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrQhIPTfhJ4&feature=related
Mouths and eyes everywhere!
And oh god... the difficulty level... AHHHH! I WAS JUST A KID!!!!

I did complete it, probably the most rewarding ending sequence I ever saw.
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Re: Things in games that terrified you as a kid
« Reply #86 on: February 10, 2010, 11:17:51 am »

That screaming cyborg guy is in Space Quest 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR-xyxO24eY

Quest for Glory 4: Shadows of Darkness
Skip to 6:30, I know this doesn't seem too scary, but without the video maker's jabbering, this section of the game is frighting, especially with the music.

http://www.youtube.com/user/LateBlt#grid/user/723666185DEB3A02

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Re: Things in games that terrified you as a kid
« Reply #87 on: February 10, 2010, 11:57:32 am »

The Suffering

everything in that game made me shit myself.
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Re: Things in games that terrified you as a kid
« Reply #88 on: February 10, 2010, 12:19:54 pm »

The Dunwich Building (Fallout 3)

The first Spider Splicer in Bioshock

Snorks and Poltergeists in S.T.A.L.K.E.R SoC (that and night vision was USELESS!)

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Ravenholm (first playthrough)

The little girl in F.E.A.R. 1

Gates to Asgard 1+2 THE ENTIRE THING (it's pitch black darkness you have to use a torch) (Mod for TES:4)

THE BUTCHER (diablo 1)
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Re: Things in games that terrified you as a kid
« Reply #89 on: February 10, 2010, 12:29:52 pm »

we did not have video games when i was a kid.  We jumped rope, rolled hoops, and kicked cans.
Terrifying! Don't tell stories like that, you might give us nightmares.
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