Scariest Game Ever?

What game do you think is the scariest game you have ever played for PC?

 Im interested in hearing what you people think, the games can range from any type from FPS to 3rd person adventure etc....

I think the scariest game i've ever played on the PC was Silent Hill 4: The Room 

The only games I've played that have actually scared me are the Aliens vs Predator games, well the Marine Campaigns in each anyway.Doom_HellKnight

[QUOTE="Doom_HellKnight"]The only games I've played that have actually scared me are the Aliens vs Predator games, well the Marine Campaigns in each anyway.Frozzik

i'd say system shock 2 for a few reasons

1. there is scarce resources - it's no run n gun blaster, ammo and supplies aren't very abundant, and every shot you take is a measured decision of how much danger you're in now vs how much danger you may be in later - it's a horrible feeling to see your ammo draining away, sort of like watching the blood pump out of your body, it's very difficult to try and rationalise letting your blood pump away - you'll often just find yourself running around in a mad panic trying to escape the enemy

2. the atmosphere is astounding - excellent use of voice acting and cinematic scene-setting as you frequently encounter log recordings of the ship's crew, as well as ghosts create an amazing atmosphere of anguish - watching a ghost tell his family how much he loves them before blowing his brains out is as moving as it is horrific - and there's a tremendous sense of isolation as you stalk through the aftermath of what must have been some utterly horrible events

3. the enemies look and sound wrong - it's as though they spent time working out the wrongest sounds they could possible find, sounds that just couldn't exist in nature, then implemented them into their game, and you can often hear the enemies before you can see them, and there's just nothing worse than knowing you have to round a corner and face one of those awful things

4. respawns - you have to backtrack through the ship a lot, and this means enemies randomly respawn - it's hard to ever feel safe when an enemy could come from anywhere, at any time - and the only thing worse than hearing an enemy before you see it is not hearing an enemy before you see it - you'll often turn just in time to find a whrench flying at your brain - enemies do tend to pop up right behind you

system shock 2 is really just the most amazing horror experience i've ever had on the pc, and i'm really hoping bioshock can follow it up and start making it onto lists like these

Scariest games for me are 1. System Shock 2 -The Silence of the ship and Zombie moans still scare me.

                                      2. Clive Barkers Undying -The sudden spooks in the house were so scary.

                                      3. Diablo- The lower dungeon levels in route to Diablo himself were a blast.

                                       4. Doom 3

                                       5. F.E.A.R

First time through ravensholme in Half-Life 2 scared me, played it again since and waltzed though it with out jumping once.

 F.E.A.R just sort of irritated me, wasting ammo on those men that disintegrated right in front of you.

Have to agree, AvP2 marine campaign was good at scaring me.

System Shock 2thusaha

big /agree

FEAR.

Damn you Alma...... 

i'd say system shock 2 for a few reasons

1. there is scarce resources - it's no run n gun blaster, ammo and supplies aren't very abundant, and every shot you take is a measured decision of how much danger you're in now vs how much danger you may be in later - it's a horrible feeling to see your ammo draining away, sort of like watching the blood pump out of your body, it's very difficult to try and rationalise letting your blood pump away - you'll often just find yourself running around in a mad panic trying to escape the enemy

2. the atmosphere is astounding - excellent use of voice acting and cinematic scene-setting as you frequently encounter log recordings of the ship's crew, as well as ghosts create an amazing atmosphere of anguish - watching a ghost tell his family how much he loves them before blowing his brains out is as moving as it is horrific - and there's a tremendous sense of isolation as you stalk through the aftermath of what must have been some utterly horrible events

3. the enemies look and sound wrong - it's as though they spent time working out the wrongest sounds they could possible find, sounds that just couldn't exist in nature, then implemented them into their game, and you can often hear the enemies before you can see them, and there's just nothing worse than knowing you have to round a corner and face one of those awful things

4. respawns - you have to backtrack through the ship a lot, and this means enemies randomly respawn - it's hard to ever feel safe when an enemy could come from anywhere, at any time - and the only thing worse than hearing an enemy before you see it is not hearing an enemy before you see it - you'll often turn just in time to find a whrench flying at your brain - enemies do tend to pop up right behind you

system shock 2 is really just the most amazing horror experience i've ever had on the pc, and i'm really hoping bioshock can follow it up and start making it onto lists like these

A-S_FM

If you ever write a book let me know, I will be the first one to read it, seriously, you write so interestingly that I had to read certain things twice, lol, wrench flying at your brain, I liked that 

The Scariest moment in Games for me is when that little creepy headcrab jumps at me in Half Life. I have played that game more than 200 times, and now exactly from where that little freak will jump at me, but still I get scared. :(

By the way, Half Life, FEAR & now STALKER are the only games which gives me creeps. 

condemned + silent hill ~.~ ~.~ ~.~ ~.~n F.E.A.R also...

Doom 3

Call of Cthulhu was creepy

Condemned the first time through at 1 a.m. was scary

F.E.A.R.

"Michael Jackson unleashed" the only reason im still alive is that little boy that i used as a distraction... come to think about it... haven't seen him since...

Stalker

Alone in the dark 4

Nocturne

A third AvP would be the best of the best. There is no game I have found that have scared me as much as AvP have. Could feel my heart beating all the way, hehe

I see some say F.E.A.R is scary, well that game almost made me sleep. An great game, but not on my scary list, hehe

Have played way to many games and tried most of what is out there, but none as scary as AvP.
Only game I can remember that scared me back to stoneage was Men In Black

Was sitting way to close to the screen and speakers when my friend played it and at a cutscene a alien guy jumped out from some garbage cans. The sound extremly high and it was for sure nothing I expected to happend. Just scared the saint out of me and I remember it as it was yesterday.  My friends won't let me forget that, haha

AvP 2 for sure.
Half-Life Series (many jump scares)

And as for as "in my mind scary":
Blair Witch I (despite the silly combat scenes...how many people jumped when they walked into the bathroom at the motel)
Scratches

i'd say system shock 2 for a few reasons

1. there is scarce resources - it's no run n gun blaster, ammo and supplies aren't very abundant, and every shot you take is a measured decision of how much danger you're in now vs how much danger you may be in later - it's a horrible feeling to see your ammo draining away, sort of like watching the blood pump out of your body, it's very difficult to try and rationalise letting your blood pump away - you'll often just find yourself running around in a mad panic trying to escape the enemy

2. the atmosphere is astounding - excellent use of voice acting and cinematic scene-setting as you frequently encounter log recordings of the ship's crew, as well as ghosts create an amazing atmosphere of anguish - watching a ghost tell his family how much he loves them before blowing his brains out is as moving as it is horrific - and there's a tremendous sense of isolation as you stalk through the aftermath of what must have been some utterly horrible events

3. the enemies look and sound wrong - it's as though they spent time working out the wrongest sounds they could possible find, sounds that just couldn't exist in nature, then implemented them into their game, and you can often hear the enemies before you can see them, and there's just nothing worse than knowing you have to round a corner and face one of those awful things

4. respawns - you have to backtrack through the ship a lot, and this means enemies randomly respawn - it's hard to ever feel safe when an enemy could come from anywhere, at any time - and the only thing worse than hearing an enemy before you see it is not hearing an enemy before you see it - you'll often turn just in time to find a whrench flying at your brain - enemies do tend to pop up right behind you

system shock 2 is really just the most amazing horror experience i've ever had on the pc, and i'm really hoping bioshock can follow it up and start making it onto lists like these

A-S_FM

ya umm what he said. System shock 2 not just the scariest game but one of the BEST games of all time. Honestly I think it got overshadowed by the first halflife when it was released. I think it was actually better than halflife and thats one of the best compliments you can give a game :)

All 4 of your points are right on the money. Don't forget the music though, some of the most atmospheric eerie music I've seen in a game. The sound overall was amazing period.

FEAR - the lil' girl always freaks me out

Condemned: Criminal Origin - prolly more scary than FEAR. mainly because your always walking around with some stupid weapon in dark buildings full of crack junkies that want a piece of you XD