Undying was great in terms of scare factor.

I hated to play Doom II at night . . . (wow, I'm showing my age!)

I obviously need to play this FEAR game if I want a good scare . . .

The original Myst, believe it or not, had some parts that creeped me out. Not so much really pee your pants scary, but the overall vibe of being in this environment totally completely alone, with the music and the photo-realistic surroundings. After a while the aloneness kind of soaks into you. Dunno if they intended it to be that way, but they nailed it with me.

As was said the early Quake games kind of got to me, I guess because that was so early and being in a 3d environment was kind of new. I'm more jaded now, unfortunately. I was startled a few times in Doom III, and in Oblivion, but nothing really seeped into me as if I were there feeling the vibe of it.

I know there were others early on. I'll have to think on it.

OH... duh. Thief 1 and 2. At the time Thief came out there hadn't really been anything with that kind of immersion and sophistication in the AI. It was truly a first person sneaker, and I spent a lot of time trying to get through missions without being noticed or killing anyone.

The segments where you had to find your way through the dead parts of town, infested with zombies, or when you were going into the bizarre world of the woodsie lord was really, really creepy. The gothic cathedrals of the hammers, and the abandoned, haunted hammer prison. There were these ghosts that had kind of a whispering sound with chain noises.

I would urge anyone that hasn't played the original Thief games to get them at any cost. They hold up graphically and in terms of play to anything being made to day. The poly count is lower, but they are works of art that haven't been matched as far as I am concerned.

But Far Cry? It's not scary, it's just really hard to kill those big monkey things.

Holy Cripes! Those trigen are very fast! I fonud it damn scary when they would get me from behind or the side while I was engaged with other enemies. If you did not find it that scary, you might turn up the difficulty level a bit:)

Oohh! OOOOH!
Everyone, my personal scariest game ever -

The White chamber.

It's a surreal horror sci-fi game that, despite being in space, seemed more like a classical fantasy horror sort of thingy to me. Terribly frightening, mostly with the "WHAT THE HELL? THAT SHOULDN'T BE HERE!" Moments. I.E. being teleported to a beach. That was weird.

Despite the lack of other characters and such, the cutscenese, shiny anime stylings and pants-pissing art made this game one of my favorites. Look for it at StudioTrophis.com i think. Studio Trophis is the producer, I know that.

And, um, yes, you are guilty, you are sorry.

Shadow Man was the scariest game that I ever played. Going through halls filled with blood, nightmarish zombies screaming pitifuly (and I mean SCREAMING not the boring moaning of most games), making you too scared to cross the next corner, Looking at the towering, black, awe-inspiring asylum once you finally got to it. Ah the memories.  Well Shadow Man and Martian Gothic, that game I could never finish, although that's because that game was simply confusing, but I never really liked that game.

This may sound lame but... When it gets really intense when playing Halo on Legendary against the Flood, and they sneak up behinde you and whack you, especially in my awesome 5.1 surrouns sound...

Yes! Someone finally represented the Thief games! right on!

There have been a few games that startled me, namely Far Cry, Call of Duty, and the Half Life twins.

As for actual anxious fear, only one, Delta Force Extreme.

That sounds odd, so let me explain. In multiplayer they have helocopters, and on a cetain map I found that I could hide in the grass, wait for a enemy to start winding up thier gunship, then run out (shooting the pilot) and steal the chopper.

The fear set in as I lay there, hopeing they don't see me, while knowing that if I went too soon then the helo wouldn't be ready and I would be gunned down as I tried to get it off the ground; or that I would run out too late, in which case it would fly away and I would be stuck in thier base with everyone looking at me.

Real fear isn't being spooked, it's in the tension of things.

Another one with really creepy parts in it was the Wheel of Time. It wasn't a real big game, well-played or anything, but the Ways were really, really creepy. That game just had a great ambience about it.

Wolf 3d would scare the living crap outa me waaaaayyy back when. Sure it looks cartoonish now, but back then it was amazingly realaitic, and like a good book...your mind filled in the rest. You'd walk down a hall, and a blue german would jump out and scream somthing...I swear, If I hadnt been so young, Id of died of a heart attack.

Wolf 3d would scare the living crap outa me waaaaayyy back when.

oh yeah, me too. I can still play that for kicks sometimes . . . it's still got a lot of fun for being as old as it is. I mean, that sucker pretty much invented the FPS genre.

The Way of Time? What is it?

White Chamber, man! Walking through a hall and having a streetlight has never been so scary.

Seeing unreadable writing all over the wall was scary as hell. And, oh, my favorite part. After you lower the elevator bridge to the main floor, you can't go back to the room you started in. If you do, you see that the elevator console reads, "NO TURNING BACK" in big red letters. I'm not foolin', check it out! It's freeeee!

Halo on ledgendary and the Flood.....Indeed!

OMG..>The Flood on Halo scared the living crap out of me. ...I would have to every light on when I heard those things coming , or knew where to expect them...



Also Fear...wow!!! Captivating ,but scary too