What game made you afraid?

[ulix]

I was actually quite amazed that, some time ago when I was replaying System Shock 2, this game still scared me like hell.
I loved the Thief series for it's subtle suspense - had some really unsettling experiences with these gems.
Eternal Darkness I also liked, I remember this bathtube scene - the videogame scene that shocked me most, ever.

Newer games haven't really succeeded in scaring me, but we'll see what the future brings.

[Mush Man]

I remember being a little startled when my GBA fired the tense music of Metroid Fusion when there was an "Emergancy in Sector 3". Also Saxx scared me a little, though I found it awefully fun to sneak from my hiding spot and shoot... er... it?... causing the "Saxx has spotted you!" music then quickly hiding again leaving it rather puzzeled.

[Crizzle]

The Silent Hill games can be creepy as hell. Also, DOOM 3 and F.E.AR. were a bit scary...but only because stuff was constantly jumping out and you in the dark.

[Battlerager]

Great, now I looked for Clock Tower on Wikipedia/Youtube and and now I hate scissors.

[Mandrake42]

Hmmm, System Shock 2 was awesome. Great atmosphere. Those crazy midwifes gave me the absolute creeps . I remember late one night I was playing with my sis as spectator and I was being persued through the darkened corridors by those evil spider creatures, horribly low on ammo. I ended up in a dead end and turned around and emptied the last of my clip into them and they are all over me. I'm screaming my head off, my sis is screaming "Throw the gun at them, throw the gun at them" when the light switches on and my mum tells us to shut up and go to bed. Hehe.

I found The Suffering quite creepy, the creatures with blades for arms and legs where freaky.

Despite what everyone says I thought RE 4 was pretty scary, though I never made it as far as the castle.

An old game called Sanatarium had a really spooky vibe.

[Alrik Fassbauer]

At one point I decided to put a big distance between me and games that are - in my eyes - just violent.

That's because I simply can't play them. Acting/playing violent just makes me kind of sick.

This means I'm not playing games like shooters, especially, and also horror/mytery - themed games, because I don't like horror at all.

[barret232hxc]

Mm... Silent Hill 2 and Fatal Frame 2 are perty much the scariest things I've played. The human demo for Alien Versus Predator 2 was also really scary for me, but I was disappointed to find that the version I had bought was after a patch which moved all the Aliens into incredibly easy to spot places.
I almost had a heart attack when an alien fell from the ceiling to right in front of me and clawed my guts out.

I can't argue with that.  While playing silent hill 2 my one roomate was throwing pillows in the dark and putting ketchup on huge steak knives in the kitchen. It freaked me out completely.

And he played fatal frame 2 and I watched and I would have to leave the room half the time

[Zen]

The original resident evil is the only game that has scared the shit out of me =( back in the day when i was a lad

[Toom]

1st place: Penumbra + Penumbra:Overture (scariest game imo)
2nd place: Condemned: Criminal origins(on pc)
3rd place: F.E.A.R.

Wait hang on I just re-read this thread.

Let me double-check that.

F.E.A.R.

Are you serious.

[Zen]

Actually the first game to scare me shitless was clocktower. when i was a weee weee lad lol

[Don Andy]

Dark Seed 2.

Played it as a kid a looong while back. Scarred me for life :p

[DragonXVI]

Alien vs. Predator, either one.

As the Marine.

Jesus... It's just ridiculous

Oh and System Shock 2

F.E.A.R (and many like it) weren't bad attempts, but I do wish the world to start to realise that little girls with long hair are not scary.

I mean, come on Japanese Horror Films

That's just silly :p

[Mandrake42]

I liked F.E.A.R but I didn't find it scary except for "BOO" moments which make you jump but, as has been mentioned, are just cheap shots and are not the same as a real feeling of unease or fear. That said the crazy gunplay was quite enjoyable and some of this insane shootouts I ended up in provided some quite memorable moments.

[KingAl]

I liked F.E.A.R but I didn't find it scary except for "BOO" moments which make you jump but, as has been mentioned, are just cheap shots and are not the same as a real feeling of unease or fear. That said the crazy gunplay was quite enjoyable and some of this insane shootouts I ended up in provided some quite memorable moments.

Hehe, too true. My friend and I played through while shouting out every time a 'scary' moment occurred. That and slide kicking charred, blood spattered skeletons  The gunfights are awesome; if your machine isn't rendering the dust and flying chunks of wall you're missing 3/4 of the experience.

[Mandrake42]

The dust and gun smoke make it. I remember one time where there was so much carnage at one point that the gunsmoke was so thick I couldn't see a damn thing. Suddenly this guy looms out of the smoke at point blank range, my heart is like doing %200 and I let go with the shotgun and take his whole head off. Yeah, its gross, its too much. But as I sat there catching my breath, it was a moment. He was the last enemy in the room so it was "Sit there and let the smoke clear".  Sure its not crap your pants stuff but it was cool. The adrenaline was running and I was glad Id paid the price of admission.

In case Jack Thompson is watching us "video game crazies". Yeah, I know its a game.