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What was the formative horror game of your childhood? (midwest.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Catastrophic235@midwest.social to c/gaming

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For me it was Dead Space 2 when I was 12-ish. For reference, at this point the most gruesome/gorey/violent media I was exposed to was the Halo 3 Flood levels and the original 2 Alien movies.

I had way too much fun playing it to be traumatized by it at the time, although when i was old enough to understand the horror of the whole "your memories and experience becoming food for a god-like being that has absolutely zero respect for your existance", that did inform my perspective of other media such as Evangelion or Childhood's end when I watched them for the 1st time.

What was your equivalent to this? I've heard the Resident Evil games are quite common for this but I want to hear your perspective.

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[–] ghostofjohnnycache 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One I haven't seen mentioned here yet was Metroid Fusion on GBA. My brother and I would play it at night, then have trouble falling asleep, convinced that every sound of the house settling at night was the SA-X coming to get us

We never beat it then, and only years later did I rediscover it and beat it. They definitely nail the feeling of helplessness, but it's so rewarding as the tides turn towards the end of the game

[–] drcouzelis@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

I came here to say the original NES Metroid game! Metroids still terrify me. 😆

But yeah, Metroid Fusion was so scary it caused me to take a three year break before I could finish it. 😅