My vote goes for Tomb Raider II and the floating islands levels. The game is a relativity normal globe trotting affair for Lara until she gets transported into the fucking shadow realm here. This level gave me major scares as a kid since you're traversing a giant void being chased by animated statue warriors out to kill you.

  • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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    9 months ago

    The Shalebridge Cradle in Thief: Deadly Shadows is to this day one of the most unexpectedly pants-shittingly frightening sequences I've experienced in a game.

    • GenderIsOpSec [she/her]
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      9 months ago

      on that note don't know if VTMB counts as a horror game, but goddamn that hotel level fucks with me no matter how much i know that i'm supposed to be the scary thing in the dark cri

      • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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        9 months ago

        it is impressive that they managed to give people playing as immortal creatures of the night the willies

        • GenderIsOpSec [she/her]
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          9 months ago

          gigachad-hd "I'm a big bad vampire, you cant fucking scare me, ghost."

          lightbulb blows up

          scared "oh god please no i'm sorry"

          *barely dramatised version of me playing through it for the first time