Happy Halloween! Share Your Scary Game Moment
by Ripten Staff on October 31, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Halloween is upon us, and we thought it would be a good time to share some “I just shit myself” scary video game moments. Turn the lights off and inch yourself closer to the warm inviting glow of our web page — Boo!
Alright, not so scary. Hit the jump to find out what games scared the crap out of our writers and share your own moment with us. Happy Halloween.
from Emily
I’m trying to think of something that creeped me out more than Bioshock the first time through, but having trouble. I inched my way along so slowly through the medical ward in case something would pop out. Dead Space was actually supposed to be scary, but it came off more eerie for me, I think. Spaaaaaaace.
Somebody eat a pile of those peanutbutter taffy things for me–have a good Halloween.
from Sam
The scariest videogame moment I have experienced was the first time I reached Ravenholm in Half-Life 2. Of course, the actual playthrough of the abandoned town was creepy, but the real horror lies in the beginning of the chapter. Alyx says to you earlier in the game “We don’t go to Ravenholm…”, with a shudder of terror at the prospect. At this point, I thought nothing of it and carried on with the game. However, when I was forced to go through Ravenholm after a tunnel collapse, I slowly came to the realisation that it would not exactly be a pleasant experience, especially as the name of the chapter faded on to the screen and subsequently revoked memories of the terror Alyx faced when even thinking about the place: “We don’t go to Ravenholm…”
And with that, dear readers, *Puff of smoke* Happy Halloween! *He’s gone!*
from Chad
This is going to sound soooooo weak to you guys but I haven’t played a lot of scary games. I’m going to have to say that the scariest gaming moment for me is something that has happened more often than I would like to admit. My silly ass will be sneaking around trying to find the last dude in a Gears of War multiplayer match. Of course, I’m the only one left on my team, so I’m trying to be extra careful not to fuck it up, and then I hear it — the all too familiar sound of a chainsaw revving up from behind me — nothing left to do but scream “aww shit” and watch myself get cut to pieces.
I’ll be sitting on my couch watching “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown” with a mouth full of candy. Whatever you do, make sure to enjoy yourself. Happy Halloween!
from Dan
My scariest moment was way back on the NES. We had a subscription to Nintendo Power back then, and one of the things you got for subscribing was the original ‘Dragon Warrior’. Yes, they gave people a free game. This was really the first RPG I ever played, and I believe it’s what started my love affair with the genre. Anyhow, long story short, going through the castle at the end of the game leading up to the main bad guy was incredibly tense.
I was standing in front of my TV the whole time, buttcheeks clenched tightly, heartbeat racing. I finally got to the boss, and it was ridiculous. He would smash me and I would be on the verge of death, then I would heal myself and smash him right back. I thought for sure I was going to fail and have to replay the whole thing again, and I was truly frightened by the thought of my character’s death. I’m sure part of the reason is because I was only 10 years old, but I still vividly remember that experience and how it made me feel.
I have played countless other RPG’s since then, and games in general. Even though it would seem like I’ve done this same thing, had this same ‘boss battle’ experience in a hundred different games, at least on paper, none of them truly scared me the way Dragon Warrior did.
Honorable mentions include the dogs jumping through the window in Resident Evil and the first time a Berserker busted through a wall in Gears of War. I also get incredibly frightened for 3 seconds after turning on my 360. Having to wait for the ring to turn green is not good for my heart. Happy Halloween!
from Chelsea
Ha well, my scariest moment wasn’t technically in the game…
My friends and I were playing the original Fatal Frame. It’s pretty much how we played all horror games at parties: one person place while the rest watch, lights off late at night. My friend was at a particularly tense part of the game when suddenly, the back of the futon we were all sitting on gave out! We all tumbled backwards, screaming and freaking out for a bit until we realized what had happened. It was awesome. Happy Halloween!
from Sean
My scariest video game moment immediately jumps out at me since it literally scared me out of the room, out of the house, and ultimately out of town. I was twelve years old when I was allowed to purchase my first ‘M’ rated game within the company of my father. Upon putting it in my Playstation, I was riddled with anxiety as I didn’t want to get in trouble for anything inappropriate that might pop on screen, but I also wanted to experience the game in its entirety. I wasn’t allowed to play it alone so my Dad was in the room with me at the time I watched the opening cinematic of Parasite Eve. Within minutes, an entire audience of Carnegie Hall is liquified into a red goo reminiscent of blood. The theater begins to crumble and the actors depicting an opera appear to metamorphisize. I had a feminine moment and froze up. My Dad, muttering curse words under his breath, took the game out of the console and flipped over the box. After reading ‘Sexual References’, we made our commute back to Manhattan to return the game where we had bought it. We lived out of town, and I was still frozen. Later that night, I had nightmares of turning into red goo.
from Demi
I’m not a huge fan of any game that could scare me, so I don’t play horror games as often as I’d like to. Honestly, I think the most scared I’ve ever been from a game is a tie between Bioshock & Resident Evil 4. In Bioshock, I was turning the corner, and not really paying attention, and then as I started to walk down a long corridor, out of nowhere, a splicer jumps out and hits me. I totally lost my shit and started screaming, but easily dispensed of him. Resident Evil 4 was creepier because I was really into the game, and was standing close to the screen. (I was playing the Wii version.) I wasn’t too far into the game, but as soon as I saved, I left one of the rooms, and Dr. Salvador (also known as Mr. Burlap Sack Head) turned the corner and just cut right through me. I hate when enemies turn the corner and attack you.
I planned on dressing up as Batman, just so I could punch everyone I see dressed as The Joker, but instead, I’m just going to sit home and catch up on stuff. Happy Halloween, everyone!
from Andrew
When I’m not manning the door to give out candy to trick-or-treaters, nothing beats a scary First Person Shooter like System Shock 2, FEAR, or Doom 3 on Halloween. This year I’m jumping at my own shadow while playing Fallout 3– there’s nothing particularly scary about a sunny, open wasteland, but once you start getting into those abandoned subway tunnels and creepy haunted office wrecks, nearly every screaming zombie ghoul or hulking super mutant makes me go a big rubbery one. Maybe I’m just a wuss, but I’ve never been so happy to have the option to pause the action and target those buggers’ heads.
Happy Halloween, gamers, and try not to overdose on Fun-Sized Snickers bars.
from Beau
The scariest moment for me in a video game was during the re-make of Resident Evil for the Gamecube. Those Crimson Head zombies or whatever they were called just wouldn’t die. The first time one of those jerks got BACK up after I killed it and started chasing me with those huge claws – yeah, I was an 18 year old who soiled their parent’s couch. Happy Halloween fellow geeks!!
from Dylan
I remember playing Resident Evil 2 for the first time when I was a wee lad. It was released in January ‘98, so I must have been 13. I think I was pretty far into the game, on the verge of beating it. Then there was a loud external “boom” and my mobile home shook. I nearly shit myself. For whatever occasion, there was a fireworks display going on down the road from my home. So there I was, playing Resident Evil 2 in my dark living room, and every now and then a firework would explode outside and shake my house, making the game scarier than it should have been. I probably should have held off on playing, but I’m stubborn like that.
Living in a small town, I’ve always been envious of people who can go to massive costume parties and see a ton of awesome videogame costumes. Go to one of those parties and live my dream. Live it!
from Sean
My scariest video game moment happened when I was about ten or so. A friend and I had rented the Jason video game for NES. I know what you’re thinking “Jason isn’t that scary.” Sure not now he isn’t, but back then is a totally different story. So anyway we are playing a long and it is rather late at night. We go up into one of the cabins and the music for its 8 bit generation is doing the job of keeping things right on the eerie side. We turn around and BOOM there’s Jason ready to cut is up.
Now a days, that wouldn’t scare a flea, but when I was a kid, it was a whole different ball game. Happy Halloween!
from Roly
So there I was, minding my own business, playing the very beginning BioShock and getting acquainted with Rapture. Mere minutes in, I came across a seemingly normal woman singing to a baby carriage. But, it’s Rapture; there just has to be something that’s genuinely fucked up. Little did I know my older brother had ever so silently snuck into my room, for anyone who’s played 15 minutes of BioShock can probably see where this is going.
For the rest of you, when you approach the woman you cross a proverbial trip-wire and the woman singing to the baby carriage turns, let’s out a shriek, and loses it. Just as she shrieked, my brother grabbed me, yelled loudly, and covered my eyes. If there has ever been a moment that I let out a scream that could be described as school-girl-like in nature, this was that time. Fuck my brother.
Moral of the story? Wish a person of your choice a Happy Halloween as I did my brother by jumping on their bed at 3am. Happy Halloween!
From Zungre
The original Silent Hill. I remember, early in the game, you walk into a highschool locker room and one of the small lockers is rattling like its packed with rabbid animal trying to get out. When you open it up there’s nothing inside. And the sound has stopped. As you leave the locker room and dead body falls falls out of a big locker in front of you. That definitely got me.
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We’ll be adding more scary moments to this just as soon as more of our writers pull themselves away from the giant candy dish. In the mean time, feel free to share a few of your own in the comments section below.
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6 Comments » |
on October 31, 2008 8:02 pm
I agree with Dan. Booting up my 360 makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
on November 1, 2008 2:19 am
LOL, so true.
on November 1, 2008 2:24 am
I’d have to say all of Bioshock.
on November 1, 2008 4:40 am
Friday the 13th or the NES. that game was scary
on November 1, 2008 8:06 am
Any game that is not made by Cookigaki is scary in how much it sucks compared to Cookigaki’s games. Bioshock did not have enough boobs and ninjas and leather jackets, so Cookigaki does not approve!
on July 21, 2009 7:36 pm
It's nowhere near Halloween, but…..
Freaking Eternal Darkness. My best friend and I were all into it and stuff, and were like 3 inches from the screen (I've had glasses for years since then, lawl), the lights were out, and it was like 1 a.m., and then that scene where you see yourself dead in the bathtub showed up. We jumped back about 10 thousand feet, and my dad cracked UP. XD
Pants were soiled, dads were laughing, and little girls were playing Animal Crossing. XD