Biggest "Oh, CRAP" moments.

[Tarnish]

I'm pretty sure most of us have come across some part of a game like this. Be it because you were scared, overwhelmed, etc.

Seeing the first enemy in Shadow of the Colossus freaked me out pretty badly, for example.

The worst for me so far, though, was in No One Lives Forever 2.

[spoiler]You play in a level that was rather obviously inspired by The Thing, which is bad enough. 80% of the level is spent as sort of a treasure hunt, looking for keys and notes and such. Near the end, however, a big freaking genetic mutation comes crashing through the wall, yelling "KILLLL", "WHO AM IIIII" and "HELP MEEE".

I, um, still haven't actually gathered the courage to go through that level without a cheat code...[/spoiler]

[ShiroiHikari]

I freaked out in Phoenix Wright 2 when I found out you couldn't press one of the witnesses like usual. XD;

[Peanut]

My most memorable "Oh Crap" moment comes from Metroid Prime 2 when I learned how far a Grenchler can jump. I was on one side of a room on a ledge between two doors, across a decently sized pool of water were two Grenchlers. I decided that since I was at a "safe distance" I'd start shooting at them and just dodge whatever projectiles they would throw at me. So I started firing at one of them and it turned around and jumped from the edge of the pool of water. I thought "Ha...it won't make it..." The next thing I know the Grenchler is right next to me...Yeah, I was a little freaked out...

[HiddenWoodchuck]

Hmm... when I was about to ace this hard song on Guitar Hero and the power went out. I didn't really say anything... I just sat there with my mouth open... in the dark.

"In game" related... Gears of War on the Xbox 360... when my friend and I were playing co-op. I think the creature is called a Berserker, but I may be wrong... whatever that huge thing is that runs after you. My friend ran by me and was screaming like a little girl, this thing was behind him and busting down all things in its way. The thing changed direction and headed for me... I was laughing so hard I didn't know until it was close, then I pretty much screamed as well and ran behind my friend.

[Bap]

My "Oh Crap" moment was when I was fighting Skeith in .hack//INFECTION, and both Kite and Mireille died. ...and all that was left was BlackRose. WHO WOULD NOT LISTEN TO THE RES COMMAND. T_T;

I died.

I don't trust NPCs with healing anymore. ):

[ADXC]

Mine were mostly from when you are about to defeat the last boss of a game which the boss being the hardest ever and then he kills you. That always sucks.


@ ShiroiHikari-Which witness was that? Was that when if you pressed a witness on an irrelevant issue you were penalized? Or was it that you had to present evidence?

[RidleyofZebes]

My most memorable "Oh Crap" moment comes from Metroid Prime 2 when I learned how far a Grenchler can jump. I was on one side of a room on a ledge between two doors, across a decently sized pool of water were two Grenchlers. I decided that since I was at a "safe distance" I'd start shooting at them and just dodge whatever projectiles they would throw at me. So I started firing at one of them and it turned around and jumped from the edge of the pool of water. I thought "Ha...it won't make it..." The next thing I know the Grenchler is right next to me...Yeah, I was a little freaked out...

OH, yes. Grenchlers. I hate those things... >_< I still have trouble fighting them...

But that wasn't so much of an "Oh, CRAP" moment as the second time I encountered the Fast Zombies in Half Life 2. The first time I saw one, I just whipped out my magnum and was like "ka-POW You DEAD, foo!" like nothing. THEN, I find out they can climb drainpipes and come after you no matter where you are...

I almost crapped myself.

[Peanut]

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But that wasn't so much of an "Oh, CRAP" moment as the second time I encountered the Fast Zombies in Half Life 2. The first time I saw one, I just whipped out my magnum and was like "ka-POW You DEAD, foo!" like nothing. THEN, I find out they can climb drainpipes and come after you no matter where you are...

I almost crapped myself.

The entire level of Ravenholm is a great "Oh Crap" moment...

Another "Oh crap" moment I can think of is from Portal involving a certain Cube of companiony goodness...of course that's more of a sad "Oh crap" moment so maybe it doesn't really count...

[Raiden no Kishi]

The scene where the Brutes, Elites, and Hunters are fighting in Halo 2. I was being all sneaky (as much as a 8-foot, half-ton supersoldier can be, anyway) and letting them wear each other down when I had the bright idea to expedite the process with a couple sniper rifle shots. You know what would be wonderful? Sound suppressors for your weapons. Every last one of them turned and looked at me, who was unfortunate enough to only have a plasma pistol in reserve.

. . . yes, it was on Easy. Shut up, I don't have time to be "hardcore lolz" like some people.

.rai//

[mechana2015]

THEN, I find out they can climb drainpipes and come after you no matter where you are...

Most terrifying scene in a game I've played... right there.

[GrubbTheFragger]

OH, yes. Grenchlers. I hate those things... >_< I still have trouble fighting them...

But that wasn't so much of an "Oh, CRAP" moment as the second time I encountered the Fast Zombies in Half Life 2. The first time I saw one, I just whipped out my magnum and was like "ka-POW You DEAD, foo!" like nothing. THEN, I find out they can climb drainpipes and come after you no matter where you are...

I almost crapped myself.

Yeah i echo the Ravenholm statement -_-. Mine was some of the events in Indigo prophecy and Condemned 2. A part where when ever you look in a mirror a phsyco is waiting there to kill you. Scariest game I have ever played.

[Scarecrow]

The only game I think I've played that actually made me jump out of my skin was Eternal Darkness: Sanities Requiem. One part in particular that literally made me jump: Walking up to the Bath tub.

There is actually a lot of "Oh crap!" moments in that along with every time your character starts going insane.

[Htom Sirveaux]

Just about any given moment in a Silent Hill game. Disembodied wailing of a child; Pyramid Head . . . well, Pyramid Head; a flayed body strung upside-down dripping blood into a bucket; a giant face filling an entire wall; a dummy prop doll springing to life and attacking. So basically, never knowing if you're really safe

[bakura_fan]

The only game I think I've played that actually made me jump out of my skin was Eternal Darkness: Sanities Requiem. One part in particular that literally made me jump: Walking up to the Bath tub.

There is actually a lot of "Oh crap!" moments in that along with every time your character starts going insane.

Oh..yes. love that game. But the bathtub scene..I was on the phone with my husband (boyfriend at the time) and literally screamed so loud into the phone he didn't know what was wrong. Never before has a game done that to me.

Also, I agree about the ravenholm...and yet I am just wanting to go back there. lol.

Actually another one I like is where you just killed off zombies and then you hear another one and...it's just Alex. =_=]Just about any given moment in a Silent Hill game. Disembodied wailing of a child; Pyramid Head . . . well, Pyramid Head; a flayed body strung upside-down dripping blood into a bucket; a giant face filling an entire wall; a dummy prop doll springing to life and attacking. So basically, never knowing if you're really safe[/quote]

I have never been able to get my hands on a Silent Hill game...just the movie....=_= Though I desperately want to play. Just like I want to play All the Resident Evil Games, F.E.A.R, and Bioshock. I am a big fan of spookyness. Any good games to suggest?

[GhostontheNet]

My biggest "Oh crap" moment in a video game actually wasn't while I was playing, but rather a friend of mine named Dan. Dan was playing Thief: Deadly Shadows, and had got up to the Shalebridge Cradle level. As all players of Thief know, The Cradle is the spookiest level in the game. To make matters worse, Thief is a stealth game in which you must rely on guile and secrecy because you aren't very well armed for a direct confrontation. In a certain sense, this makes things scarier than horror games that give you powerful weaponry to take on the bad guys. My friend was making his way through the area with all the insane zombies and clearing them out one by one. He entered an area where we thought was all clear and he started to pick a lock. Suddenly, a zombie jumped out and attacked him from the side and our hearts just about leaped out of our bodies. To this day he still refuses to play that level.

[Shao Feng-Li]

Oh man, "Oh CRAP!" was the one phrase I needed playing Doom 3. I was actually scared to go through the maintenance crawl spaces... >>; Heck, the Hell levels were way less scary than the Mars. The best time to play is around 2 in the morning because everyone is usually asleep. Turn off the lights and get head phones. Good luck sleeping, heh. And then you hear the whispers, women crying... and some of the audio logs send chills.

And it Metal Gear Solid 3- every time you get shot by The End. I got his camo though >:D

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We don't go to Ravenholm.

[Htom Sirveaux]

I have never been able to get my hands on a Silent Hill game...just the movie....=_= Though I desperately want to play. Just like I want to play All the Resident Evil Games, F.E.A.R, and Bioshock. I am a big fan of spookyness. Any good games to suggest?

Bioshock's great. Not consistently scary, but consistently entertaining. The story, characters, atmosphere and open-ended gameplay make it incredible and well worth the purchase.
I actually wasn't that impressed with F.E.A.R. though. Something about knowing that you're fully armed and working with some sort of professional supernatural S.W.A.T. team kinda lessens the tension. Plus it didn't take long for the story to completely lose me.
I highly recommend the Condemned games. That's where it is with first-person horror. Unbelievably creepy. Condemned seems to owe a lot to certain psych. thriller movies, especially Se7en. Play it in the dark with the sound up, you'll love it.

[GhostontheNet]

I have never been able to get my hands on a Silent Hill game...just the movie....=_= Though I desperately want to play. Just like I want to play All the Resident Evil Games, F.E.A.R, and Bioshock. I am a big fan of spookyness. Any good games to suggest?

The Fatal Frame series comes to mind. You have to defeat ghosts armed only with a camera and they can hide anywhere along all the cracks, bends, and shadows of the traditional Japanese architecture in which the game is set.

[bakura_fan]

The Fatal Frame series comes to mind. You have to defeat ghosts armed only with a camera and they can hide anywhere along all the cracks, bends, and shadows of the traditional Japanese architecture in which the game is set.

hmm. cool. How easy is it to find the game nowadays? Like Eternal Darkness was sheer luck that I found it....is it easier or just as hard to find, cause I've never seen it before.

[blkmage]

Definitely the Kael fight in WoW. The room itself it really stunning, but the fight itself was hard, fun, and fairly cool. The first few times you do the encounter, it feels very overwhelming. Essentially, you fight each of his four advisors one at a time. Then, he summons weapons that you have to kill and equip afterwards to help against fighting against his four advisors simultaneously after he resurrects them all. Then, Kael himself joins the fight. But the feeling you get after defeating him the first time is very satisfying.

[Mister Frodo]

I'd say for scary moments, I definitely think that the beginning of Metroid Prime 2 really got me freaked out, just because of how spooky it was the first time I played it. It didn't have quite the payoff, but it was still really scary.

The main "OH CRAP" moments that have come from video games for me have been from Half-Life. I've played through most of it, and sheesh! For a game made in 1998 it scares the heck out of me. There are only so many times a Headcrab can jump out of a vent at you before you think, "This has to be bad for my blood pressure."

Also, the first time I ran into one of the "super zombies" in Half-Life: Opposing Force was really creepy. Those things still freak me out. Not like the zombies in Half-Life 2, though.

Edit: Also, the first time I ran into the Flood in Halo 2 was pretty freaky (I hadn't played Halo 1 yet.) And the flashback cutscene in Knights of the Old Republic 2 where Kreia gets beat up by the two other Sith Lords... I really wasn't expecting that.

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I still have to go to Ravenholm.

[GhostontheNet]

hmm. cool. How easy is it to find the game nowadays? Like Eternal Darkness was sheer luck that I found it....is it easier or just as hard to find, cause I've never seen it before.

Its become somewhat rare, although not 100 dollar game rare. There's a PS2 and Xbox version, and of the two the Xbox version is cheaper and more readily available. Still, a search on Ebay reveals a number of copies, and you'll find it in Video Game stores from time to time.

[Doubleshadow]

I usually don't play horror themed games, so my "Oh, crap" moments typically revolve around being one hit from KO and tearing around the screen in search of meat bun or a save point before I get nailed.

The only scary moments I can think of off hand are from back when I would play House of the Dead with my brother. Quite a few "Oh, crap" moments there. Or when I would watch my brother and cousin play Super Contra and be frightened by the cheapo 2D graphics because that's how little I was.

[GhostontheNet]

I usually don't play horror themed games, so my "Oh, crap" moments typically revolve around being one hit from KO and tearing around the screen in search of meat bun or a save point before I get nailed.

The only scary moments I can think of off hand are from back when I would play House of the Dead with my brother. Quite a few "Oh, crap" moments there. Or when I would watch my brother and cousin play Super Contra and be frightened by the cheapo 2D graphics because that's how little I was.

Har! That'll show ye to just run about willy nilly in Dynasty Warriors! If ye be a bold and hardy lass, survival horror games may be right up yer alley.

[uc pseudonym]

While playing "I wanna be the guy" I've had a few moments where I reached the screen after a difficult one only to realize that there was something else and no save point. For example, having a trial and error invisible maze puzzle right after a difficult sequence of aerial dodging is brutal.

[Kawaiikneko]

My biggest "Oh Crap" moment in a video game wasn't actually an in-game monster thing. My brother and I were playing the same game and he had to leave, so he asked me to save his game. I did, right over my file, in which I was about eight hours of gameplay ahead of him. I stared at the screen for a good five minutes and probably teared up. :]

As for in-game things... well, I certainly have a lot of jump moments. My favorite funny one is when my friend and I were driving down to Hilton Head together, playing FFX. Whenever battle starts, the screen cracks and makes this crashing noise. We were listening to the game in headphones, and we were on the Thunder Plains place, so not only did the screen crack, but at random times lightning would strike you. We jumped so many times and it got to the point where we couldn't listen to the sound because it kept scaring us so much. Haa....

[HiddenWoodchuck]

AH, having saved games written over... that is something I know all too well... my friend saved over one of my files before on an RPG that I had at least 40 hours in... I think my eye started twitching when he broke the news to me.

The "red ring of death" on the Xbox 360 is a definite "oh crap" moment. I'm on my second 360, and I don't even play a lot. Sad.

[SolidÃ…rmor]

Best "Oh crap" moment:
Doom 3 as soon as everything spirals downhill
Gears of War the first berserker level, then the Corpser level.
Mass Effect, the battle with Sovereign
Halo Master Chief replaying the helmet video of Private Jenkins when the Flood is introduced.
Final Fantasy VII when the "Weapons" are unleashed on Midgar
Xenosaga when Abel's Arc appears.

FreeSpace 2 the battle of Colossus and Sathanis
Alien vs Predator any moment

[Stephen]

You want an Oh Crap gaming moment? Try jumping off of a building in WoW, ever so sure the water below is fine to land in. Only to realize on impact, the water was only inches deep. *OWNED*

[Scarecrow]

You want an Oh Crap gaming moment? Try jumping off of a building in WoW, ever so sure the water below is fine to land in. Only to realize on impact, the water was only inches deep. *OWNED*

Hahaha.... ah yes that happens a lot in that game. Actually... thats more of a "DANGIT!!" moment. "Oh Crap" is running and then jumping to hurry and catch the elevator only to have it begin to descend just before your feet reach its flooring... thus giving you time to prepare your soul for the other side.