Elite: Dangerous is the most terrifying game ever created.

[Draxxen]

I strongly suggest you never play Alien: Isolation.

Good god.. I completely agree!

I had to put the game away after the first meeting with the Alien because my heart was pounding so hard I thought it would jump out of my chest like a .. ahem chestburster..
..and have yet to pick up where I left.
Courage, where are you..

Well, now I have Elite to beckon every time I turn on the computer, so that is one of the biggest reasons why I haven't continued. Yes, let's stick to that.

 

[B33 ENN]

I had to put the game away after the first meeting with the Alien because my heart was pounding so hard I thought it would jump out of my chest like a .. ahem chestburster...and have yet to pick up where I left.

I went in on Hard difficulty and spent half the 60 hours it took me to finish hiding under tables and sucking my thumb like a baby. I'd recomment finishing it though, it is well worth it. Along with Dishonoured, I'd say it's one of the best games made in the last decade. It's just a shame it cost me so much in laundry bills for underwear.

Well, now I have Elite to beckon every time I turn on the computer, so that is one of the biggest reasons why I haven't continued. Yes, let's stick to that.

Elite is kill my chances of playing other games I need to catch up on, like Far Cry 4. Still, I think I'm getting to a point soon where I'll take a break from it.

 

[Bernie65]

The resident evil dog window scene will forever live in my memory as the only time a computer game made me and my mate scream like girls.

That was the *only* time I jumped so hard that the controller smashed on the floor. You're right - unforgettable!

 

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[Saool]

Back in the early 80s when I was playing Elite on a Spectrum (I think), there was a mission where the star goes nova. You had to go fuel scoop before you docked as you had a fuel leak as soon as you jumped into the system. When you picked up some refugees and left the station, the normal white lines on black when red and the sun (also now red) grew massively, rushing out at you. It used to make me freeze and hit some sort of irrational phobia. I would have dreams about it. Stars or the moon being far too close/big.

So I get flickers of this every times I drop out and anything slightly odd happens. Multiple stars or unexpected stars, that sort of thing.

 

[TerrorTrooper]

I've had a couple of nail biting moments in ED, nothing I'd call scary though.

If anyone here has played Vampire:the masquerade, the hotel level always gave me the shivers!
Doom 3 was another contender.,

My worst ever was deadspace 2, the eye poke machine, I was just out of hospital after an op, body clock was all to hell, was 3AM in the morning, I had loud headphones and a cup of tea, bliss..
Engage cutscene on eye poke machine, pick up tea, take sip, damn thing plunges into players head and makes a god awful noise! Tea everywhere, I fell of my seat, tore my stitches and broke my keyboard on the way down. Not to mention woke up everyone in the house!!

 

[Obtuse]

Nah the Interrogation room in Resident Evil 2 was worse than the dog/window in RE1, you know something is wrong with the room, but when you go pick up the aid spray nothing happens and you think to yourself "ah wasnt anything" then right as you get to the door, BAM the glass shatters and a li-cker comes at you, pooped myself 2x in a row when that happened.

 

[Patrick_68000]

Elite: Dangerous is the most terrifying game ever created

Thargoids will come ...

 

[janmb]

Heh! That deserves rep.

Completely agree! Great read indeed
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I'm currently on my way to Sag. A myself. In order to speed up the travel somewhat, I just plot a 1000 ly route and go at it (with very limited/strict rules for spending time on scanning in each system). The obvious downside to this is that you jump through a LOT of class Ms, and passing a lot of more interesting systems by, but all in the name of transit, which is the main priority atm. The fantastic, and dead scary bonus, is that you are constantly oblivious to what awaits you at the end of every single jump you make - great fun.
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Yesterday I randomly jumped into a black hole. That is in fact a pretty nasty shock when you are everything but prepared for it.

 

[Ancipital]

Quake 3. Doom was a child's show compared to Quake 3 for me. Jumped out of my seat a few times.

Are you getting confused? "Quake 3" was "Quake 3 Arena", an arena shooter with as much suspense as an episode of Teletubbies. Doom 3 was the one of the pair with the darkness, whispering and nasty face-eating monsters.

 

[Vasious]

Find an unsanctioned outpost such as Pennington Terminal, Timocani

Sit outside it.
Turn everything on the ship off


Wait

Listen



You will not be disappointed

 

[Witzo]

Listen to a black hole...

[video]https://youtu.be/9Da52Z_fTYU?t=99[/video]

 

[Commander Starcloak]

Wait till you ride that couple of hundred LS back to a station after a very long exploration trip. That's enough to turn your hair grey.

Seconded. I got back from a two week exploration trip and was interdicted twice en route to the station. Since I'd outfitted the ship optimally for exploration, the thrusters and shields were D class and I'd stripped out the weapons and any protective countermeasures. Managed to evade interdiction both times, but definitely an "Oh no you don't!" situation. I made approx 4.5 mill in Universal Cartographics. Would've been really hacked off if I'd lost that.

 

[Riedquat]

I still remember Dracula on the C64, because it was the first game to be Rated, it was rated '15', although apparently the censors wanted to give it an '18'.


Dont click if you are easily scared...

Spoiler

 

[Erik Marcaigh]

Are you getting confused? "Quake 3" was "Quake 3 Arena", an arena shooter with as much suspense as an episode of Teletubbies. Doom 3 was the one of the pair with the darkness, whispering and nasty face-eating monsters.

I'm old, so I am definitely confused! Maybe it was Quake 2?

Let me see if I still have the box laying around...

 

[ToniB]

nice story, have some rep

 

[TriumphANT]

I'm old, so I am definitely confused! Maybe it was Quake 2?

Let me see if I still have the box laying around...

Doom 3 was really, really scary. The weird whispering, disconnects in the surroundings and general jump-out-from-nowhere stuff was awesome.

But the one that had me zooming around the house at 1am putting all the lights on and checking the doors and windows was F.E.A.R.

 

[Ancipital]

I'm old, so I am definitely confused! Maybe it was Quake 2?

Let me see if I still have the box laying around...

Quake 4 had a story mode.. that had some nice moments when you were travelling up a massive tower block with a huge monster climbing the outside and trying to murder you- though any scariness was soon ruined by how fast you could drop it with the minigun when you got to the top. Quake 2.. wasn't particularly scary, either.

I still suspect you're thinking of Doom 3- which had that horrible flybaby things, and lots of eerie whispering and smoky candles towards the end. It's also the one where you could use your torch (flashlight) or your gun, but not both at once.. a really fun mechanic- loved that to death!

Doom 3 was really, really scary. The weird whispering, disconnects in the surroundings and general jump-out-from-nowhere stuff was awesome.

But the one that had me zooming around the house at 1am putting all the lights on and checking the doors and windows was F.E.A.R.

Mmm, I loved the demo of F.E.A.R., and bought the demo on the strength of it.. It turned out to be incredibly samey, though. I think I ended up giving it to my little brother, who loved the gore and blasting.

 

[Brakespear]

Sorry, nope.

Reigning champion of space sim terror:

[video=youtube;UrchciHCI8A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrchciHCI8A[/video]

And after you've soiled yourself, you're expected to fly a special ops mission deep behind enemy lines, in which exceeding your mission timer means being left behind by the fleet.

Because, you know, being splatted across the hull of a ship the size of a city wasn't enough.

 

[Eloy]

Elite is kill my chances of playing other games I need to catch up on, like Far Cry 4.

Same here, but the good thing is that it will cost only 10 bucks when we MAY be interested in buying it. Same GTA V