why is slender scary???

i just dont get why people find this game so scary. imo its creepy at best, and thats only untill you see how silly slenderman looks.

What happens in the game isn't very scary. It's mainly the suggestion (written papers on the wall, tiny flashlights, sounds, yadda yadda) which can freak some people out.

Now i get all that, but doesnt it kinda go away once you see how unscary slenderman is?

It isn't scary

Well, that depends. I can remember a particular part in Bioshock where you were at some sort of surgeon, you picked something up from a desk and there was a giant splicer standing right behind you, completely still. Splicers look ridiculous, but it really freaks you out when one's standing right behind you and you didn't notice.

I think slender could even be scary if some sort of pink bunny would be following you all the time.

i totally remember that in bioshock scared the piss outta me, it was just so unexpected.

whats everyones facination on the slenderman as of recent?

umm guessing its due to that new game thats all over the youtubes. a.k.a slender

even before the game. i know slenderman alone is like 4-5 years old. and all of a sudden it picks up on youtube it picks up as a game and now i see they are making a movie out of it?

no love for jeff?

really a movie???

slenderman as a concept isn't even that scary.

thats what i was thinking. and it doesnt even look like slender at all.

it's a fad i guess.but i think it's alittle out of hand.mind you i like slenderman but honestly this cult following is abit ludacris

It are usually videos in which you see the game camera feed and a player on the webcam or a voice. It's some sort of fad and people are prone to check it out when it's called 'the scariest game ever' by some. Exaggeration in my opinion, but not everyone is used to the same thing.

The reason it's scary is because you never know where he's going to show up next and he's very unpredictable.

If you knew more about the Slenderman mythos it'd be really scary.

Watch Marble Hornets on youtube. It's an ongoing series about a guy named Jay who's documenting his encounters with the Slenderman. (It's kinda like the Blair Witch Project, and it's obviously staged.)

The mystery and the vagueness of the slenderman is what makes him scary, it's not just about the way he looks. On his own he doesn't look that scary, but if you know more about the mythos, his figure will become a very ominious symbol.

It scares people because we're so used to seeing only fat people, that a skinny person wearing nice clothing in modern society is alien and terrifying. Like, how is he so skinny? Why is he wearing such nice clothing? This can't possibly in a first world country, can it?

It is scary because of the suggestion (established mainly by the magnificent sound design) and the sense of being pursued and basically not being able to do anything about it. It doesn't even really matter who pursues you; the game just has a sense of a great evil chasing you, which is frightening regardless of how that evil chooses to manifest itself.

Now what I don't understand is how someone who doesn't find Slender scary gets scared by BioShock.

Depends on your imagination.

For me it's my ability to be able to relate to the location. I live right beside (practically in) a forested area and I know how creepy and dark it can get in there. Also the music is so oppressive and heavy that it really sets the mood. It all depends on your ability to sustain your disbelief and if you play it properly the way it's meant to be played.

I have seen so many people play this or amnesia in the middle of the day with sh!t speakers and then say "This isn't scary at all". Surround sound/headphones in the dark at like 2-3am is the ONLY way to play these games. If then you don't find it scary even a little then fair enough

This "game" is terribly awful. It isn't even fun to play. It's just a really bad Amnesia clone. Period. It just isn't fun unlike Amnesia. Oh, and don't give me the "But it's free whaddya expect?!" thing. Free games are usually fun. Slender isn't scary. It's like movies, really. It's the loud CRASH or SCREECH that scares you.

This "game" is terribly awful. It isn't even fun to play. It's just a really bad Amnesia clone. Period. It just isn't fun unlike Amnesia. Oh, and don't give me the "But it's free whaddya expect?!" thing. Free games are usually fun. Slender isn't scary. It's like movies, really. It's the loud CRASH or SCREECH that scares you.

Mortos13

You clearly don't understand horror

I have seen so many people play this or amnesia in the middle of the day with sh!t speakers and then say "This isn't scary at all". Surround sound/headphones in the dark at like 2-3am is the ONLY way to play these games. If then you don't find it scary even a little then fair enoughseanmcloughlin

For me it's the feeling of vulnerability. The reason I don't really find games like RE4 or Dead Space scary is that, despite aggressive monsters and intense atmosphere, I'll just kill dozens upon dozens of enemies at a time and feel like a bad ass doing it.

Slenderman will just kill me. Now if you found an assault rifle and just went toe to toe with him like a boss fight it'd be a different story. But this is a setting where it's asking you to survive with no self defense and limited stamina.

tc your problem isnt unique your what we call desensitized. youve been scared by so amny thing earlier in your life that now beyond like actually getting killed in a crual and unusual fashion nothing you find is scary :P while you can still be shocked or suprised getting scared is now incredibly difficult without doing something literally life ending :P

its the same logic behind people playing violent videogames as you get exposed to it you stop viewing it as violent and just treat it like an everday thing.

tc your problem isnt unique your what we call desensitized. youve been scared by so amny thing earlier in your life that now beyond like actually getting killed in a crual and unusual fashion nothing you find is scary :P while you can still be shocked or suprised getting scared is now incredibly difficult without doing something literally life ending :P

its the same logic behind people playing violent videogames as you get exposed to it you stop viewing it as violent and just treat it like an everday thing.

ionusX

youre kidding, i CAN NOT handle scary at all. i cant play really any "scary" games like silent hill or amnesia.

the only part i thought was scary about slender was the sound effects and local, but that all went away when i actually saw slenderman.

it was one of those "i was scared of that... lol" moments. i think th game would be much scarier if you didn't just get slenderman shoved in your face so quickly, if he was ever present but just out of focus or view it would make for a much bigger scare when you finaly did see him imo.

[QUOTE="Mortos13"]

This "game" is terribly awful. It isn't even fun to play. It's just a really bad Amnesia clone. Period. It just isn't fun unlike Amnesia. Oh, and don't give me the "But it's free whaddya expect?!" thing. Free games are usually fun. Slender isn't scary. It's like movies, really. It's the loud CRASH or SCREECH that scares you.

seanmcloughlin

You clearly don't understand horror

i lol at this. read what I wrote one more time. You clearly didnt understand what I said. It's damn true. Mute any scary movie (well with some exceptions) and it's entirely not scary. Slender isn't scary... only the part with the bathroom.

grabbing a page and turning around and slenderman is right in your face is scurry..

even before the game. i know slenderman alone is like 4-5 years old. and all of a sudden it picks up on youtube it picks up as a game and now i see they are making a movie out of it?

no love for jeff?

almasdeathchild

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even before the game. i know slenderman alone is like 4-5 years old. and all of a sudden it picks up on youtube it picks up as a game and now i see they are making a movie out of it?

no love for jeff?

solidoutlaw

[QUOTE="solidoutlaw"]

[QUOTE="almasdeathchild"]

even before the game. i know slenderman alone is like 4-5 years old. and all of a sudden it picks up on youtube it picks up as a game and now i see they are making a movie out of it?

no love for jeff?

LiftedHeadshot

[QUOTE="LiftedHeadshot"][QUOTE="solidoutlaw"]Jeff?

solidoutlaw

that is scary as hell

The version I saw was scarier, because the pic was flashing and had a screaching noise (and the worst part is, it said the file was a jpg so I had no idea it would actually be animated).

[QUOTE="LiftedHeadshot"][QUOTE="solidoutlaw"]Jeff?

solidoutlaw

Excerpt from a local Newspaper:

OMINOUS UNKNOWN KILLER IS STILL AT LARGE.

After weeks of unexplained murders, the ominous unknown killer is still on the rise. After little evidence has been found, a young boy states that he survived one of the killer's attacks and bravely tells his story.

"I had a bad dream and I woke up in the middle of the night," says the boy, "I saw that for some reason the window was open, even though I remember it being closed before I went to bed. I got up and shut it once more. Afterwards, I simply crawled under my covers and tried to get back to sleep. That's when I had a strange feeling, like someone was watching me. I looked up, and nearly jumped out of my bed. There, in the little ray of light, illuminating from between my curtains, were a pair of two eyes. These weren't regular eyes; they were dark, ominous eyes. They were bordered in black and... just plain out terrified me. That's when I saw his mouth. A long, horrendous smile that made every hair on my body stand up. The figure stood there, watching me. Finally, after what seemed like forever, he said it. A simple phrase, but said in a way only a mad man could speak.

"He said, 'Go To Sleep.' I let out a scream, that's what sent him at me. He pulled up a knife; aiming at my heart. He jumped on top of my bed. I fought him back; I kicked, I punched, I rolled around, trying to knock him off me. That's when my dad busted in. The man threw the knife, it went into my dad's shoulder. The man probably would've finished him off, if one of the neighbors hadn't alerted the police.

"They drove into the parking lot, and ran towards the door. The man turned and ran down the hallway. I heard a smash, like glass breaking. As I came out of my room, I saw the window that was pointing towards the back of my house was broken. I looked out it to see him vanish into the distance. I can tell you one thing, I will never forget that face. Those cold, evil eyes, and that psychotic smile. They will never leave my head."

Police are still on the look for this man. If you see anyone that fits the description in this story, please contact your local police department.

Jeff and his family had just moved into a new neighborhood. His dad had gotten a promotion at work, and they thought it would be best to live in one of those "fancy" neighborhoods. Jeff and his brother Liu couldn't complain though. A new, better house. What was not to love? As they were getting unpacked, one of their neighbors came by.

"Hello," she said, "I'm Barbara; I live across the street from you. Well, I just wanted to introduce my self and to introduce my son." She turns around and calls her son over. "Billy, these are our new neighbors." Billy said hi and ran back to play in his yard.

"Well," said Jeff's mom, "I'm Margaret, and this is my husband Peter, and my two sons, Jeff and Liu." They each introduced themselves, and then Barbara invited them to her son's birthday. Jeff and his brother were about to object, when their mother said that they would love to. When Jeff and his family are done packing, Jeff went up to his mom.

"Mom, why would you invite us to some kid's party? If you haven't noticed, I'm not some dumb kid."

"Jeff," said his mother, "We just moved here; we should show that we want to spend time with our neighbors. Now, we're going to that party, and that's final." Jeff started to talk, but stopped himself, knowing that he couldn't do anything. Whenever his mom said something, it was final. He walked up to his room and plopped down on his bed. He sat there looking at his ceiling when suddenly, he got a weird feeling. Not so much a pain, but... a weird feeling. He dismissed it as just some random feeling. He heard his mother call him down to get his stuff, and he walked down to get it.

The next day, Jeff walked down stairs to get breakfast and got ready for school. As he sat there, eating his breakfast, he once again got that feeling. This time it was stronger. It gave him a slight tugging pain, but he once again dismissed it. As he and Liu finished breakfast, they walked down to the bus stop. They sat there waiting for the bus, and then, all of a sudden, some kid on a skateboard jumped over them, only inches above their laps. They both jumped back in surprise. "Hey, what the hell?"

The kid landed and turned back to them. He kicked his skate board up and caught it with his hands. The kid seems to be about twelve; one year younger than Jeff. He wears a Aeropostale shirt and ripped blue jeans.

"Well, well, well. It looks like we got some new meat." Suddenly, two other kids appeared. One was super skinny and the other was huge. "Well, since you're new here, I'd like to introduce ourselves, over there is Keith." Jeff and Liu looked over to the skinny kid. He had a dopey face that you would expect a sidekick to have. "And he's Troy." They looked over at the fat kid. Talk about a tub of lard. This kid looked like he hadn't exercised since he was crawling.

"And I," said the first kid, "am Randy. Now, for all the kids in this neighborhood there is a small price for bus fare, if you catch my drift." Liu stood up, ready to punch the lights out of the kid's eyes when one of his friends pulled a knife on him. "Tsk, tsk, tsk, I had hoped you would be more cooperative, but it seems we must do this the hard way." The kid walked up to Liu and took his wallet out of his pocket. Jeff got that feeling again. Now, it was truly strong; a burning sensation. He stood up, but Liu gestured him to sit down. Jeff ignored him and walked up to the kid.

"Listen here you little punk, give back my bro's wallet or else." Randy put the wallet in his pocket and pulled out his own knife.

"Oh? And what will you do?" Just as he finished the sentence, Jeff popped the kid in the nose. As Randy reached for his face, Jeff grabbed the kid's wrist and broke it. Randy screamed and Jeff grabbed the knife from his hand. Troy and Keith rushed Jeff, but Jeff was too quick. He threw Randy to the ground. Keith lashed out at him, but Jeff ducked and stabbed him in the arm. Keith dropped his knife and fell to the ground screaming. Troy rushd him too, but Jeff didn't even need the knife. He just punched Troy straight in the stomach and Troy went down. As he fell, he puked all over. Liu could do nothing but look in amazement at Jeff.

"Jeff how'd you?" that was all he said. They saw the bus coming and knew they'd be blamed for the whole thing. So they started running as fast as they could. As they ran, they looked back and saw the bus driver rushing over to Randy and the others. As Jeff and Liu made it to school, they didn't dare tell what happened. All they did was sit and listen. Liu just thought of that as his brother beating up a few kids, but Jeff knew it was more. It was something, scary. As he got that feeling he felt how powerful it was, the urge to just, hurt someone. He didn't like how it sounded, but he couldn't help feeling happy. He felt that strange feeling go away, and stay away for the entire day of school. Even as he walked home due to the whole thing near the bus stop, and how now he probably wouldn't be taking the bus anymore, he felt happy. When he got home his parents asked him how his day was, and he said, in a somewhat ominous voice, "It was a wonderful day." Next morning, he heard a knock at his front door. He walked down to find two police officers at the door, his mother looking back at him with an angry look.

"Jeff, these officers tell me that you attacked three kids. That it wasn't regular fighting, and that they were stabbed. Stabbed, son!" Jeff's gaze fell to the floor, showing his mother that it was true.

"Mom, they were the ones who pulled the knives on me and Liu."

"Son," said one of the cops," We found three kids, two stabbed, one having a bruise on his stomach, and we have witnesses proving that you fled the scene. Now, what does that tell us?" Jeff knew it was no use. He could say him and Liu had been attacked, but then there was no proof it was not them who attacked first. They couldn't say that they weren't fleeing, because truth be told they were. So Jeff couldn't defend himself or Liu.

"Son, call down your brother." Jeff couldn't do it, since it was him who beat up all the kids.

"Sir, it...it was me. I was the one who beat up the kids. Liu tried to hold me back, but he couldn't stop me." The cop looked at his partner and they both nod.

"Well kid, looks like a year in Juvy..."

"Wait!" says Liu. They all looked up to see him holding a knife. The officers pulled their guns and locked them on Liu.

"It was me, I beat up those little punks. Have the marks to prove it." He lifted up his sleeves to reveal cuts and bruises, as if he was in a struggle.

not sure what the second half of that story has to do with anything.

1. Lack of a map 2. Slenderman could be around any corner 3. No weapons / self defense 4. Limited stamina 5. Atmospheric effects 6. Increase in danger as you get closer to goal.Meinhard_X

Yeah this is pretty much it.

He is scary because he's real..... and standing behind you right now.GodModeEnabled

it isnt scary really... i found it to be quite empty.. and bland...

saing that i had an hours worth of fun with it

whats everyones facination on the slenderman as of recent?

almasdeathchild

The legend got famous...

Anyway, Slender isn't scary after a couple of times... It's just the scare of seeing him suddenly, and even that will be surpassed after you played the game half a dozen times.

I played it after hearing all the buzz and it did nothing for me

Well, that depends. I can remember a particular part in Bioshock where you were at some sort of surgeon, you picked something up from a desk and there was a giant splicer standing right behind you, completely still. Splicers look ridiculous, but it really freaks you out when one's standing right behind you and you didn't notice.

I think slender could even be scary if some sort of pink bunny would be following you all the time.

Zonno

It's funny you should say that.

not sure what the second half of that story has to do with anything.

frannkzappa

Yeah its not even scary, or related, and the ending just sort of... goes nowhere.

The legend got famous...

tjricardo089

[QUOTE="frannkzappa"]

not sure what the second half of that story has to do with anything.

SPYDER0416

Yeah its not even scary, or related, and the ending just sort of... goes nowhere.

ohh the kid in the second half is named jeff.