Games that made you scared, FOR REAL

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  1. proarturs

    proarturs The force is with me

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    I just played Alien Isolation and I experienced a thing I haven't felt for a long time. I was playing this game on my PC and in some moments it actually was scary. I think that alot of this is because of the excellent sound design. The graphics are awesome too and they make the game very atmospheric.
    Last time that a game scared me was the original Slender and that was a few years ago. I got used to it after a few times of playing it.
    Share your thoughts on a game that made you scared.
    And do you think that scary/horror games should make a proper comeback?
     
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  2. sanni

    sanni Enthusiastic Member

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    For me it's Resident Evil 2. I played it on my N64 when I was young. And the N64 was my only console. So you can imagine what kind of games I was used to play. Then I bought RE2 and it was so good but soooo scary ... to this day I am still afraid of windows.
     
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    CrAzY SNES4LIFE

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    I hate using the word "scary", as I am not sure a game has ever truly scared me, but the most thought provoking - creepy game I have ever played is definitely Silent Hill 2.
     
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    There have been a few in the past. Shadow man on the Dreamcast used to freak me out but recently I'm playing Outcast on the Xbox One. Man, that game really makes you panic to the point of feeling sick. Seriously, I feel ill after playing for an hour. I do love the game but not the after feeling.
     
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    la-li-lu-le-lo ラリルレロ

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    The Amnesia games were pretty scary.
     
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    Games have grossed me out a bit, and some have gotten me with jump scares, but I don't really get 'scared' by a lot of games. Challenges will get my heart rate up, but that's more just plain adrenaline rather than 'fear'.
     
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    For me it would be the first Dead Space. When it first came out in 2008 i was younger and it was even more scary as s*** ^^ i remember i couldn't play more than 10min without sweating extensively and feeling every heartbeat
    i couldn't explain why it was so spooky to me but in the end i never finished it by my own
     
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    Probably Silent Hill, was the first game I feel stressed
     
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    HEX1GON 2997cc Staff Member

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    P.T didn't sleep for about a week or so.
     
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    sabre470 Site Supporter 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015

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    P.T, Dead Space, Resident Evil 1&2.
     
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    dc16 Dauntless Member

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    I'm not a fan of horror games, but closest I gotten to was the Batman Arkham games.
     
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    DSwizzy145 Well Known Member

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    For me, it was Resident Evil 2 on Nintendo 64, Silent Hill 1, those jump scare games on the internet back in the day lol, and Resident Evil Zero
     
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    I can think of only 3.

    - Max Payne: (might have been 2) the dream sequences where you are following the red paths in the dark and there is baby sounds.
    - Clive Barker's Undying: It doesn't hold up today, so I won't replay it.
    - Doom 3: Yessir Doom 3. Here's how you do it. You play it at night, shut the lights off and turn on the 5.1 surround. Then turn off the music in the options menu. Its scary I tell ya.
     
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    nilats Site Supporter 2014

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    Silent Hill 2...

    Getting lost in the apartment complex, hearing the sounds of little ankle biting monsters of doom, running out of hp, running out of ammo.. I can't find the exit... my sanity broke before the hour mark and I never touched the game again.
     
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    PrOfUnD Darkness Familiar Face

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    Nice thread, gonna try those games one day.

    I only tried the first Silent Hill some years ago and it really gave me creeps. And the first Fatal Frame on Xbox, man that was scary lol.
     
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    alan awake... a must play tho! :)
     
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    proarturs The force is with me

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    I remember that when I was a kid, I got a Resident evil game for the PS2 ( Don't remember the exact game). The first level really scared me, but I got stuck and didn't know what to do, because the game was a bootleg and was in Russian.
    The S.T.A.L.K.E.R series of games, where also scary.
    Anyway, I would really want to try out P.T, but I don't have a PS4.
     
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    The atmosphere in Resi 2 was incredible. Especially entering the police station for the first time, very eerie. Not sure if it counts but the scariest game I ever played was the original Operation Flashpoint. About three missions in you get stuck behind enemy lines/countryside with nothing but a compass. I haven't felt that sense of isolation and vulnerability in any other game, that was real fear.
     
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  20. DSwizzy145

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    Lone Survivor on the PS3 PSN is a creepy indie game that got me spooked for a bit.
     
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