Games not meant to be scary, thet end up being pretty creepy

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RyaNtheSlayA wrote:Half Life 2, and Half Life.


Half Life is definitely intended to be creepy, with dark passageways and head-crabs jumping out at you.

I'd say Super Mario Bros 2 though. Despite being colourful, the whole thing doesn't feel like a Mario game. The setting and music is all kind of Arabian and the gameplay is completely different. It all makes the game kind of unsettling. Also, need I say more? :lol:

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Incognito D wrote:Image
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Key-Glyph wrote:
Incognito D wrote:Image
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It's not just that face, it's the fact that you think you get out with the key alive, then that first time you're like "HES OUT HERE TOO AW ****"
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ExedExes wrote:It's not just that face, it's the fact that you think you get out with the key alive, then that first time you're like "HES OUT HERE TOO AW ****"


too true. I think that was what stopped me from playing the game when I was younger...

...that, and the fact that Mario Bros 2 is not a particularly good game
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Incognito D wrote:...that, and the fact that Mario Bros 2 is not a particularly good game


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o.pwuaioc wrote:
Incognito D wrote:...that, and the fact that Mario Bros 2 is not a particularly good game


:evil:

SMB2 is a good game, but I can see why a lot of people wouldn't like it. It's definitely the black sheep of the original trilogy.
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I can't help but find Goldeneye on N64 a little creepy. The blocky, twitchy animations of those soulless, gun-wielding AI models... :shock:

Early AI is unsettling in general, really. You don't have the comfort of trying to second-guess motivations when they come after you in apathetic waves... chilling.
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Most N64 and PSOne games creep me out if I try to play them now... there's this "empty" vibe that I get from them. Can't really explain it... think Turok 64 I guess.
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jfe2 wrote:Most N64 and PSOne games creep me out if I try to play them now... there's this "empty" vibe that I get from them. Can't really explain it... think Turok 64 I guess.


so how do you feel about Shadow of the Colossus then? Cant' get a lot more empty than that.
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jfe2 wrote:Most N64 and PSOne games creep me out if I try to play them now... there's this "empty" vibe that I get from them. Can't really explain it... think Turok 64 I guess.

Yeah, the combination of of blocky characters with fairly recognizable features and AI that's a bit off gives the early ones an unsettling mood.
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