First game that ever scared you?

[HiddenQueen]

I have a distinct memory of playing Ocarina of Time as a kid when I was young during a storm; I'd accidentally not pushed the cartridge fully in I think? And I'd just got to the bit when I learned about how all who get lost in Lost Woods turn into Skull Kid from the creepy girl you meet. So I walk through and then the cart starts fritzing out as the storm goes and I actually think I'm gonna turn into a skullkid and run away downstairs screaming.

What was the first game, doesn't have to be horror, that spooked you that you remember?

 

[Bakuma1997]

I Legit ended up screaming my lungs out as a kid when i first saw Nemesis jump through the window, had to turn of the PSX and my mom had to take away the game for a while, to be fair i was only ten

 

[JustLooking456]

Probably the original Slenderman game where you had to find the notes before he jumpscares you.

 

[HiddenQueen]

I Legit ended up screaming my lungs out as a kid when i first saw Nemesis jump through the window, had to turn of the PSX and my mom had to take away the game for a while, to be fair i was only ten

I think I remember playing RE3 on a computer and being a bit freaked out by Nemesis. But also; gimmie those gun parts!

Probably the original Slenderman game where you had to find the notes before he jumpscares you.

Still remember being jumpscared by that game pretty hard back in the day

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

Resident Evil III was the first game I was genuinely scared of.

The intro itself still unsettles me.

 

[χKai]

This unassuming, seemingly kid-friendly text-based RPG

 

[zombie100379]

the atmosphere of silent hill 1 - i felt out of breath after playing it sometimes

 

[ZeromusVX4]

Ocarina of Time for me as well lol I remember being terrified of the wallmasters in the Forest Temple, and also using a level skip cheat to go straight to Bongo Bongo and not deal with the Shadow Temple, it took me a while as a kid to gather the courage to go through it legitimately xD

 

[ObscureJigglypuff]

This intro (and therefore the game) was the first thing that scare the shit out of me.

 

[Retro Doomer]

I don't remember anymore
and I am easily scared

I could say Doom but I don't think it scared me honestly I never was a Horror game guy to begin with so I have no clue its been to long since a game scared me and I played Silent Hill 2 and 1 since I am a adult.

hm maybe Silent Hill 2 when my bro played it at my place when I was little.

I mostly caused me a scare and fear trough many Creepypasta stories I absorbed like a sponge back then.

 

[Advil Lavs]

Well, I was a kid in the early 2010s and that's when people realized it's pretty easy to make a scary game with a marketable character. The first game that scared me was probably FnaF

 

[χKai]

I could say Doom but I don't think it scared me honestly I never was a Horror game guy to begin with

God, I used to be scared AF watching my dad play DOOM and Resident Evil games

My only comfort was in knowing he was gonna kick ass

 

[Azumanga Kaioh]

As a child from the 2010s it'll probably have been Fnaf 2 I have a distinct memory of playing the demo in a hotel and getting scared of it lol

 

[Pearly]

A t-rex(or a dinosaur of some kind) that shows up out of nowhere in the first tomb raider, I weas watching my older brother play it and I started screaming when it suddenly showed up and it was very close to the screen.

First game to actually scare and properly creep me out was resident evil 1, though I played it after I finished 2. It was much creepier.

 

[BrawlMan]

House of the Dead and Resident Evil 2 in that exact order. Resident Evil 2 gave me nightmares for nearly 2 weeks.

 

[Arthxas3]

Harry Potter PS2 games and stealth sections scared the shit out of me when I was kid so much that I had to play game without sound.

 

[sam2ichi]

When i was a kid when i was playing mario world on snes next to me was a guy playing resident evil 2 the intro part where leo has to pass through a zombies that part scare me. Now i know that game was re2 because i remember that part. it's like a trauma to play horror video games to be honest or watch it next to kids

 

[thetwaz]

I think it was either the Dianogas in Dark Forces or the Facehuggers in the Alien Trilogy demo. I really didn't like things getting up in my face.

I also remember nearly shitting myself the first time I encountered a shambler in Quake.

Later on though it was Resident Evil II - that I think was the first game that really stayed with me in terms of scariness. I only very recently played through it as a way to prove myself I wasn't scared of it - and it's a great game!

 

[Michael Frank]

Some rooms in Metal Gear Solid 1, man that fucking Psycho Mantis music was some stuff alright, also most parts in any game were the music just stops, i swear to god that makes me sweat. Also most enemies with dark sclera, that just unnerves me the hell out.

 

[ThunderBoy]

 

[Anoobis]

Splatterhouse 3 gave me nightmares for days.

 

[Heidegger of Shinra]

I played Drakengard when I was quite young, and something about the writing and vibe really creeped me out. I actually put the game in a drawer for a while because I thought it might be evil.

 

[Noon]

I think as kid it was a resident evil, as a teenager it was F.E.A.R. Files, I think it might have been Perseus mandate that had the crazy moments.

 

[Tonberry]

This nasty fucker from the Neversoft Spider-Man game:

 

[Luxfin]

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