Author Topic: Has any horror adventure game actually scared you? (Read 4538 times)

Ali · « **Reply #40 on:** 19 Apr 2018, 16:56 »

Why isn't this thread just the words AMNESIA and SOMA over and over again until we're all dead?!

Danvzare · « **Reply #41 on:** 19 Apr 2018, 17:30 »

Quote from: Ali on 19 Apr 2018, 16:56

Why isn't this thread just the words AMNESIA and SOMA over and over again until we're all dead?!

Because Amnesia was an annoying game that punished you for being in the light and punished you for being in the dark.
Good game though. Even though I didn't like it.

And as for Soma... I actually haven't gotten around to playing that one yet.

Ali · « **Reply #42 on:** 20 Apr 2018, 13:57 »

I agree, Amnesia was too much. But it was scary. Soma is a huge improvement, in that it's scary, but the story and voice acting are also excellent.

Monsieur OUXX · « **Reply #43 on:** 20 Apr 2018, 16:01 »

Alone in the Dark +1
I'm talking about the first one, as a teenager, and it was mostly because of the music and the sound effects.

KyriakosCH · « **Reply #44 on:** 20 Sep 2018, 20:14 »

I did like the atmosphere in the original Gabriel Knight (GK: Sins of the Fathers). Well, up to one point (imo the game becomes less dark once you leave New Orleans).

The excellent OST helped in that respect

Crimson Wizard · « **Reply #45 on:** 20 Sep 2018, 21:56 »

Hate to be that guy, but http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=55871.0

cat · « **Reply #46 on:** 20 Sep 2018, 22:08 »

I merged the topics.

KyriakosCH · « **Reply #47 on:** 20 Sep 2018, 22:25 »

Lol, yeah, i is lazy

Blondbraid · « **Reply #48 on:** 25 Sep 2018, 12:47 »

I remember one scene that actually creeped me out, in 5 Days a Stranger.

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That simple dialogue exchange really unnerved me.

KyriakosCH · « **Reply #49 on:** 25 Sep 2018, 19:58 »

I haven't paid much attention to the third Trilby game, but the first two were quite intense...

Matti · « **Reply #50 on:** 25 Sep 2018, 20:11 »

Add spoiler tags, Blondbraid!

Blondbraid · « **Reply #51 on:** 25 Sep 2018, 23:55 »

Quote from: Matti on 25 Sep 2018, 20:11

Add spoiler tags, Blondbraid!

Sorry!
I figured it wouldn't be a big spoiler considered the scene I mentioned takes place rather early in the game,
but I've since edited my comment.

Anyway, I consider the scene I mentioned a good example of how something isn't scary because of any shock or gore (since the game has fairly simplistic pixel art),
but scary because it was a disturbing concept that made the player think about the implications.

Danvzare · « **Reply #52 on:** 26 Sep 2018, 12:47 »

Quote from: Blondbraid on 25 Sep 2018, 12:47

I remember one scene that actually creeped me out, in 5 Days a Stranger.

I really need to play the Trilby games one of these days.
I downloaded them, but I never made the time to play them.

Mandle · « **Reply #53 on:** 26 Sep 2018, 16:02 »

Quote from: Blondbraid on 25 Sep 2018, 23:55

scary because it was a disturbing concept that made the player think about the implications.

I recently heard an awesome definition, provided by Stephen King, of the "Three Types Of Fear":

Type One: Scary

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Type Two: Terrifying

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Type Three: Creepy

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Danvzare · « **Reply #54 on:** 27 Sep 2018, 11:55 »

Quote from: Mandle on 26 Sep 2018, 16:02

Type Three: Creepy
Spoiler: Show Hide
You return home to find that everything you own has been replaced with almost perfect copies.

That last one sounds hilarious to me, not creepy.

teemue · « **Reply #55 on:** 03 Oct 2018, 11:54 »

CAT LADY OMG! I started playing it at 10:00 am and had to stop because I got so emotionally disturbed

Great thing for an adventure game to achieve.

TheFrighter · « **Reply #56 on:** 08 Oct 2018, 17:56 »

This game has very scary moments, cruel as only a japan tale can be. I't's also a good introduction to eastern philosophy.

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LimpingFish · « **Reply #57 on:** 01 Nov 2018, 02:05 »

I can't remember if I already posted in this topic, but I'd like to say that no, no game has ever scared me.

But I dare anyone not to be upset by the opening scenes of Yomawari: Night Alone.

Tabata · « **Reply #58 on:** 02 Nov 2018, 20:17 »

Quote from: LimpingFish on 01 Nov 2018, 01:45

... , did I mention I'm drunk?

Quote from: LimpingFish on 01 Nov 2018, 02:05

... I'd like to say that no, no game has ever scared me. ...

dactylopus · « **Reply #59 on:** 03 Nov 2018, 07:32 »

The short answer is no.

The truth is that I've been startled by games, and I've been made anxious by the mood or tone of games. I've felt uneasy or slightly creeped out, but never actually scared. Then again, I don't really get that scared of any media. It's hard for me to suspend my disbelief in that way. I always know it's a game or a movie or what have you, and can never truly give in to actual fear. That's why I've never really been into horror as a genre.

Most recently, Black Mirror on Netflix has made me feel pretty close to scared, but it's the implications, not the media itself.

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