Scary games are scary

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Alternative title: The safe thread where we can admit that a game actually scares you.

like this:

I'm not talking about Doom 3 and Dead Space with their bullshit BOOOGAUGAUGA in your face jump scares, i'm actually talking about games that make you fear going through a door, not cause you just saw 3 packs of ammo next to it, but cause something ELSE made you freaking scared of door early on.

True story 1: When Resident Evil was new i was not capable of playing 1 and 2 alone. At all. ever. Dino crisis and RE3 didn't scare me... at all.

True story 2: anybody here remembers Alone in the dark the new nightmare for the ps1?

Really early on, right on the first screen of the game i think... you are standing in front of a creepy house, by a metal gate. You take two steps and lighting strikes, making the screen blink. here is the catch... for a split second the screen changes to make it look like the shadow of a shrub behind you is a monster ready to kill you.

I turned around as fast as i could and used all my bullets on that shrub in a fit of panic.

The very first fucking screen of the game, before i entered the house... already out of bullets due to a scare. Needless to say, i can't tell ya how the inside of the house looks like.

i'm not abig fan of horror, i just don't like to feel uncomfortable and afraid... it's more like "i can stop this at anytime, so i'll just don't do this to myself like a moron..." and i stop. Horror movies scare me, horror games fucking terrify me, i just can't play them!

That's why i don't like Dead Space... cause it's not horror, it's not scare. a Dirty place and a sense of dread does not equal fear when i'm space iron man with the lightsaber gun... it's more anger like "Would you just STOP jumping at me and screaming!? For fuck's sake!!"

So... scary games are scary, and i keep my distance, cause, quite frankly... i don't do well with them alone!