Scary ??
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Have you ever genuinely felt nervously uncomfortable when playing an Adventure ?? The most recent for me is still "scratches" .... Although having played it again twice, since, I've now got over it
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Re: Scary ??
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I agree with your comment on "Scratches." I never saw it coming and jumped about ten feet when it happened the first time. I am an arachnophobic and I remember a scene in the first "Barrow Hill" where a spider showed up suddenly on the full screen. I jumped, yelped, and spilled my rather expensive adult beverage. I think it was so shocking because the situation had nothing to do with anything in the story, but it certainly got to me.
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Re: Scary ??
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Hahaha !! I jumped too But the thing in Scratches that absolutely got to me the most was the trepidation that built up and built up about going down into that basement
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Re: Scary ??
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Amnesia the Dark Descent - so terrifying to me, I couldn't even play it at times.
Vampire the Masquerade - down in the basement in the hotel where there were at least 3 scares with the final one for me being in the boiler room. Quit playing and at 10:00 still had to go out to the barn that night. I was scared to death waiting for something to jump out at me!
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Re: Scary ??
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I've been beta testing Conarium, a game based on a work of H.P. Lovecraft, and during a sequence jumped and screamed like a little girl. The developers laughed and said that was the exact response they had intended!
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Re: Scary ??
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Hi, Marian! You wouldn't happen to be referring to a certain scene near the hunting lodge with Von Zell, now would you ? Another game that made me jump more than once was "Shivers", especially near the beginning when I was crossing the lake and the water Ixupi jumped out of the water at me. Loved that game! Susan
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Re: Scary ??
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Shivers for sure. I seem to remember a scare in a cave or something... Think I need to replay this one!
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Re: Scary ??
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Ahhhhh .... Gabriel Knight : The Beast Within. I certainly agree !! I'd forgotten about that one And the crow in Barrow Hill, too. Definitely got shocked by that .... Yikes But Draclvr, aren't Amnesia the Dark Descent and Vampire the Masquerade both classed as Darkside and not Adventure ?? [ I could list several Darkside games myself that scared the pants off me !! ]
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Re: Scary ??
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Vampire Masquerade is definitely Darkside, but Dark Descent is adventure. It just isn't a point and click.
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Wow !! Nearly forgot to mention Phantasmagoria !! I found several areas in that game pretty nerve wracking but the visit to the barn especially so
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Re: Scary ??
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Hi, Marian! Another game that made me jump more than once was "The Black Mirror". There was one scene that comes to mind where Samuel was in the Sanitarium. He peeked through a hole in one of the cell's walls and suddenly an eyeball popped up on the other side. I almost fell off my chair and definitely scared my dog ! Susan
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I love these lists. I always am reminded of one older game I have missed and must play NOW. ("Phantasmagoria" this time.) I may never have to worry as to whether or not my computer will play "Syberia III" or "Obduction."
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Re: Scary ??
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Hi, Mad! I just can't bring myself to get rid of my old computer games ! I think I'll see if "Shivers" and "Phantasmagoria" will run on this computer because they are 2 of my all-time favorites. I remember the controversy over a few scenes when "Phantasmagoria" was first released and we could play either the censored or uncensored version. Susan
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I've gone as far as whittling them down to those I can still play in DOS, Win98SE, WinXP and Win7 .. but that's IT !! No further !! What else did you have besides "DOS, Win98SE, WinXP and Win7"?
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Re: Scary ??
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Win95 !! I used to keep every game I ever bought but have stopped doing that. Now I only keep games that I really like and which I know will play on one of my machines. But that still gives me a sizeable and comprehensive collection
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