Forget F.E.A.R. and Doom 3....

[hogfather]

I did that in the demo but without the flares. Backed up in the first room I went into and sat there with the thing beaping and me staring towards the entrance. I advanced a little firing widley towards the doorway to bait him out.

Then 5 metres, 4, 3...... WTF ......2..... 1.....

SCREACH

*Turn around, **** myself at alien behind me , then die*

Uninstalled and went back to worms. Me = pussy.

You sir are hillarious

Oh man that made me laugh!

 

[FatRakoon]

foooook doom3/F.E.A.R/AvP they may make you jump for first ten min then you expect anything after that

its silent hill what holds the "literly sh*ting your self" trophy,i think......when you hear that radio fuzzing and you know your abouts to get raped by some imbred

Its IN-BRED

Just thought Id add that... Goes with my 12 toes.

 

[Snakedoctor]

A quick consensus around the office reveals that films are not scary for men. They can make you jump a bit, but that can not be classed as "being scared". Being scared is when as a kid, I saw a film and could not walk home afterwards without feeling the heebie jeebies. It was An American werewolf in London. I was ten. That is the last time I ever felt that from a film. Oh and I recall Hammer House of Horror used to scare the life out of me. They are simply funny to watch now, in both cases. Best horror moment I have seen recently is in The Grudge, when she goes up in the lift and the Kid's face in the lift window on every floor.

 

[The Dread Pirate]

Was not scary. Atmospheric yes, but scary no.

I disagree wholeheartedly when it first came out system shock 2 had me cowering in a pool of my own urine in the corner of my room for six weeks I had to have therapy

 

[Participant]

Alone in the Dark **** me up. Released when I was only a youngster.

 

[Squark]

AvP the original was the most awesome game ever, probably by far my favourite game of all time.

Never forget the first time i came up against a facehugger, see the beeping on the scanner, and hear the scuttling of its "fingers" and just looking around wildly, then it jumped on me and i fell off my chair clutching my face!

I did like-wise, the tension of hearing the horrible little thing run around, and then the near heart attack when it suddenly slams onto the screen, without me seeing it coming. Ive never been so scared or jumped so much in all my life.

 

[Frame352]

Being scared is when as a kid, I saw a film and could not walk home afterwards without feeling the heebie jeebies. It was An American werewolf in London. I was ten.

American Werewolf is my all time favourite film. I saw it at around age eight and it made a lasting impression. Just be grateful you didn't have to get the tube home

 

[neoboy]

AVP is the only game to date that I'm too cared to play.

 

[Gashman]

My daughter and GF get scared by films, but they are girls. Real men are not scared by such things. I only watch the film to see them jump.

i must admit i haven't been scared by any movies for a long time, but AVP is a damn freaky game, especially as the marines, that motion sensor beeping as the aliens close in, smartgun blaring and suddenly you've been face****ed, it was good with predators as well, just there electro-vision made aliens not freaky, cause you could see them, lob the smart disc and be done with it, marine campaign in the dark, home alone with volume turned up ***! just remember to pack clean undercrackers still beats the balls off any movie

 

[theforce]

I still remember the first encounter with the Alien playing as a marine. The places where you were sure that nothing can come from behind you were limited and the lighting and atmosphere was amazing.
The only thing i didn't like with the game was the re-spawns in single player.

 

[Parsley]

AVP1 I found so much better in single player but multiplayer was so much better in AVP2.
Nothing like Survivor in leadworks!

I loved the AVP2 multiplayer. Last marine standing was awesome. Everyone holing up in little rooms and vents trying to keep the aliens out for as long as possible . I might have to reinstall it and see if there is still a community.

 

[benjo]

AVP2 Multiplayer eh naffa

Where are you anyway? Come on MSN =]

 

[EvilFranky]

AvP on the Atari Jaguar.

May not be the most graphically intense game on the planet, but boy oh boy did I make the girlfriend VERY unhappy with all my soiled undies.

It had the feel that no PC game has ever given me.

FEAR scary? Where?

Oh right... That bit where.... No... Oh, what about the ...

Never mind.

Ah, the original AVP.

Brings back a lot of memories of my teens does that. Brilliant game.

'What the hell got a hold of this guy' as you leave your prison cell. Ace

 

[Curunen]

It's nice to see an AVP appreciation thread.
Yeah, singleplayer as a marine really got the adrenaline going. Those aliens move so ******* fast.
At least as predator you felt a little safer, what with all your gear and vision modes.
I loved the speargun- pining people's heads to a wall never gets old.

 

[VaderDSL]

Scary games, as with films, have not existed for me since I was ten. I do not get scared by media, only reality.

For me, the Hollywood "Horror" films aren't scary now adays, they are predictable, full of cgi and they leave nothing to the imagination, which is the thing that scares people the most, if you don't see the monster but know something terrible is happening your mind can make up the most scary thing you can imagine, usually when the horror is revealed (very early on in most modern films) you are no longer scared as it isn't as scary as you imagined.

I find Signs a really creepy/scary film, the odd goings on the brief movements and glimpses of sightings plus typically alien stuff really gets my imagination going.

I find the same with games, even though I have watched Alien(s) I found AvP so scary as I was in the game, with the lights off I was there, I was the marine and I didn't know where the next alien was coming from. All you had was the dark and the beeping of the motion detector.

I never really found F.E.A.R scary, I think AvP and AvP2 have been the scariest games I've played, however saying that when you get the Incinerator damn you feel a bit safer, until it clicks empty then it's oh ****!!!