Scary things in non-horror games

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Another thing from Super Paper Mario...

No explanation needed for the #1 cause of arachnophobia among Nintendo fans.
She also poops rupees in a later fight and can use telekinesis on them. Nintendo that's one heck of an idea for a horror movie!

Every haunted house level in Gex 2 used to scare me when I was little.

This:



Also.... Monster Party. On the NES. Yeah, it's a horror game, but I'm including it in this thread anyway since it's already filled with scary things in general, since I'm betting most here havent played this one. And because the game also isnt ENTIRELY horror themed; plenty of things are just plain goofy, and most of the levels themselves arent themed as horror either; places like a forest on a sunny day, a pyramid that doesnt even have mummies in it, just scorpions and snakes, and so on.

It was on the NES, and had more freaky moments than any other game on that system that I can think of. Which is part of why i'm bringing it up. Because it's on the freaking NES of all things.

A few of the moments:





THAT happened very abruptly in the first level.




And then there's this boss. It's a severed head. Know how it propels itself? With the blood spraying out of the neck stump. No, seriously. That's what it does. And that's not even mentioning the thing in the background (which you encounter directly at the end of that level). It should be noted that the level this takes place in has ZERO horror elements to it; it's sort of a magical cloudscape place. The enemies there are not at all scary, unless you consider flying sticks of dynamite to be horrifying.


But the worst of all was the ending. Just... WTF. How in the hell did THAT make it past Nintendo's censors? Just.... what...the hell. There are very, very few things in gaming that I find more freaky and unsettling and just... awful.... then that ending. Just... ugh. I'll not spoil it here; mere screenshots wont do it justice, so look it up on Youtube if you want to see it.

Yeah, Lavender Town always bothered me. That music is creepy...

Laser kebabs. (Arma series)

The horror...

^^Got any video/pics for us?

There was a part in Luigi's Mansion, I think it was in the bathroom with the tub and shower, where if you position Luigi a certain way you'll see what looks like a shadow of him hanging from a noose.

I don't know if that was intentional or not, but man!

I noticed a lot of games are rated E 10+ now instead of just E. I wonder if it's because of stuff like that in past games? E is basically like a G-rated movie while E 10+ is like a PG-rated one.

I think it's a like how a lot of movies released in the 70s and 80s got PG ratings, when nowadays they would get PG-13 instead. PG-13 was created as a reaction to a number of movies, namely Raiders of the Lost Ark, that pushed the boundaries of the PG rating.

Similarly, if what I recall is correct, E10+ was created by the advice of educators and some other such figures. There were a good number of games released in the 90s that were rated KA or E that would get E10+ now, and a number of Teen rated games that would probably get Mature ratings now. Interestingly though, there were also a smaller number of Teen rated games that would be scaled back to E10+ by modern standards.

The scene with Omega Flowey in Undertale genuinely terrified me.

You know, if there wasn't anything even a little scary in these games they would very likely get too boring and sugary-cute for most of us who aren't small children to play. I happen to usually enjoy the moments of scariness or creepiness in such games. And movies and books and so forth, even when I was a kid.

Eh, at this point I honestly see it exactly the other way around. Tired of games trying to be oh-so "mature" these days. It got old, and in the end, doesnt actually add anything to the actual gameplay when you think about it. It then actually starts to REVERSE for me: games that use alot of blood and whatnot are the "immature" ones to me, because it's like the devs couldnt think up a better way to make a good game, so they stuffed blood & guts in because "that's what the big boys do". The more I've thought about it that way, the more true it is to me. Particularly after having had a chance to take part in game development myself recently (and not a drop of blood in THAT game, thank you very much).

Seriously though, I'll absolutely take Pokemon or Mario over whatever damn "mature" shooter is being played the most these days. Hell, Mario Maker is one I've been playing to freaking death. I've gotten more fun AND way more challenge out of that than any of the big mature AAA games in the last 7 years or so.

The white phosphorus scene in Spec Ops - The Line qualifies for this.

Need I say more?

Scariest? The headcrabs in the vents in Half-Life.

When I was a kid, I was pretty terrified of the zombies in the original half-life. So I only managed to get to the part where you get the crowbar, and would wait near the elevator hours on end until my dad came back home. High five if you know what part I mean.

Don't forget what happens to Sammer's Kingdom: