Scariest PC Games? Recommend me some and why

[Reincarnate]

Re: Scariest PC Games? Recommend me some and why

I went into it with no expectations... so far it's an interesting game, but just not scary. I found Penumbra to be the most disturbing game I've ever played (especially Black Plague -- hell, the beginning of the game puts you in an unknown, dark room in the chambers of the Elevated Caste and you can hear someone getting stabbed to death in the next room). FEAR had a few scary moments, but mostly shock value.

[thechild]

Re: Scariest PC Games? Recommend me some and why

I went into it with no expectations... so far it's an interesting game, but just not scary. I found Penumbra to be the most disturbing game I've ever played (especially Black Plague -- hell, the beginning of the game puts you in an unknown, dark room in the chambers of the Elevated Caste and you can hear someone getting stabbed to death in the next room). FEAR had a few scary moments, but mostly shock value.

On the forums, people also said that it get's scarier as you move farther into the game.

[Reincarnate]

Re: Scariest PC Games? Recommend me some and why

Yeah, there are a few moments in the latter... third or so that are really, really disconcerting/scary (talking about Penumbra: BP) -- unless you refer to Amnesia, in which case -- awesome! I am not super-far into the game yet and hope that it gets darker.

[Artic_counter]

Re: Scariest PC Games? Recommend me some and why

I think it mostly depends on how much the game immerse you into it. Black Plague was indeed great at that but so was Amnesia, so I don't really see what's lacking in Amnesia for you Rubix. But hey, it's very likely that you just didn't click into it xD It happens a lot no matter who it is.

[MrGiggles]

Re: Scariest PC Games? Recommend me some and why

Yeah, there are a few moments in the latter... third or so that are really, really disconcerting/scary (talking about Penumbra: BP) -- unless you refer to Amnesia, in which case -- awesome! I am not super-far into the game yet and hope that it gets darker.

Have you encountered enemies yet? Or... this is a tad spoilery.... the water part?

because holy ****

the water part

wow

[Reincarnate]

Re: Scariest PC Games? Recommend me some and why

I *just* got past the part with the... water. LOL. Got my adrenaline going a bit. :P Needing to turn that wheel JUST above the water... ahhhhhhhh hurryhurryhurry

Now I'm in this fairly quaint castley chamber thing with an elevator that doesn't work. Fffffuuuu.

I've encountered maybe two other enemies so far in the game, but one of them was easy to avoid, and the other seemingly disappeared from the map after I avoided it the first time. No idea where it went, nor do I want to know.

[Superfreak04]

Re: Scariest PC Games? Recommend me some and why

I see four options here

1. I'm a wuss
2. The people who say it isn't scary are being internet tough guys
3. The people who say it isn't scary are genuinely hard to scare people
4. All of the above

I would be #3.
My friend has made me play through many "scary games" countless times, and I've played through pretty much every game listed so far in this thread. The reason why I don't get scared is because my mind knows it's just a videogame. The only relevance of me being scared is just a little jump from pop outs, but as someone mentioned it earlier, in scary games almost every thing that's gonna happen is pretty much predictable.
"Walks down a long dark hallway"
HMM I WONDER WHATS GONNA HAPPEN?!
Yeah, Marcus, I don't think there is a game that's gonna make you piss your pants.

[meno_rocks123]

Re: Scariest PC Games? Recommend me some and why

No idea where it went, nor do I want to know.

First enemy I ever saw was a zombie walking around a corner away from me just when I entered a room. I quickly ducked behind some boxes and waited for about ~10 seconds. I then proceeded to creep around the corner to investigate when I came to the exact quoted conclusion.

[JohnRedWolf87]

Re: Scariest PC Games? Recommend me some and why

Minecraft can be a scary game at times.

[Calcium Deposit]

Re: Scariest PC Games? Recommend me some and why

The ravenholm chapter on halflife 2 was pretty tense, if you have nice headphones/speakers the ambience is pretty unnerving. And if you play the zombie screams backwards they say **** like "oh god help me" or "god is dead".

And I've been trying amnesia, not very far into it but I like it already. very trippy gameplay.
I'm glad I'm not jaded enough to be unphased by it yet,

[zadkiel91]

Re: Scariest PC Games? Recommend me some and why

Amnesia. Excellent story and your heart will always be pumping hard during the entire game! It is very intense, you will love it =D

[fido123]

Re: Scariest PC Games? Recommend me some and why

Minecraft can be a scary game at times.

no

I'm thinking about getting Amnesia myself. I could easily torrent this right? I'd buy it but I have no money and I'm having troubles getting a job so I feel justified in my software theft.

[Reincarnate]

Re: Scariest PC Games? Recommend me some and why

Yeah, Amnesia is balls-easy (and quick) to torrent

[G.S.M]

Re: Scariest PC Games? Recommend me some and why

Amnesia. Excellent story and your heart will always be pumping hard during the entire game! It is very intense, you will love it =D

I tried to force myself to get scared.

Didn't work. :/

[ninjaKIWI]

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I've always found Dead Space really scary

Turn around **** WHAT WAS THAT SHADOW.