So I just read a Cracked article about the 10 Scariest Video Game Enemies and I didn't agree with the list. Now I know this is only because of the writer's (Cyriaque Lamar) own experience with playing games, but I felt strongly enough to write my own list, cus I can! So now, I am going to give you my list of the most terrifying experiences I have had in games.
And the list starts with No.10: The Fake President Boss in Final Fantasy 8!!
Yeah, this guy.
Now, you might not think that this guy looks very scary and alot like American President George Bush, I'm guessing this is who they modelled him on. But after a very tedious section of the game where you have to jump from train to train, avoiding guards and certain death...
...You finally get into the train to 'negotiate' with the President in this scene right here:
And other than that fact that his attack is to gnaw on your head, he doesn't seem too hard to kill or that scary! And then this happens...
Arrggh! He transformed into some dripping sewer monster who is now ten times stronger and ten times more disgusting to look at! This probably scared me so much because I wasn't expecting it at the time and I was about 10 when I played it!
Anyway, now we are onto No. 9: Nemesis from Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
You can probably see why he is scary... But it's not just the fact that he is a hideously mutated Zombie, or that he is about 20 times stronger than a regular zombie that makes him so scary. It's that he never gives up on killing you...
The first time you encounter him is in front of the police station and at this point you can choose to fight the monster or run into the police station. When I first played this section I was so scared I couldn't decide what to do and after about 10 seconds, the options box vanishes and you are left to defend yourself. Again I was in my early teens when I played this and it's not like normal zombies are scary enough (they are), but they just had to throw in this ridiculously overpowered dude to slow you down!
Anyway, if you were left to fight for your life outside the police station you eventually got the guy down by relentlessly pummelling him with your hard earned and precious ammo. STARS!!! Phew, you think as you head into the police station ready to ransack the place for more ammo. You wander around taking out a few zombies here and there, feeling quite safe now that all the drama is over... Wait? What did I just hear downstairs??
Oh shit!! Not this guy again!! You think as you frantically get chased out of the police station by a guy who loves leather almost as much as Marilyn Manson. Needless to say, this hulking beast chases you throughout the game, the whole game!! Even when you think you have finally finished him off, he suddenly makes an appearance again and you actually get bored of shooting him after a while.
I felt a little bad for him when he ends up like this near the end of the game:
Well, this is what happens when you create an unstoppable monster that routinely finds himself riddled with bullets and losing limbs, only to grow them back in strange and disgusting ways.
I sighed a sigh of relief when I shot that final bullet into the pulsing mush that was his brain, just for the fact that he wouldn't suffer any more...
Ok then now we are at No. 8: Enderman from Minecraft
This innocent looking guy is probably the scariest enemy in Minecraft. Why? Because of his behaviour! He doesn't just rush at you like the mindless Creepers, Skeletons or Spiders that are also trying to kill you in the game. Oh no, he mocks you as he attempts to steal your soul and your building materials!
Let me explain... You're casually trying to build yourself a nice little house and maybe doing a bit of farming, minding your own business, when you glance over into the distance and spot a little black shape not moving. Oh crap you think, I've spotted him now! You try and look away or run back towards the safety of your house, but you have seen him now, and he won't leave you alone. Because when you glance back at where he was, he suddenly pops into view closer than before and that's when you hear him!
The little freak, doesn't move when you look at him but when you turn away, he can pop up anywhere in the area that you are, ready to beat you to death with that block that he always seems to be carrying! The sounds are scary enough to freak you out in this game without this sneaky little shadow man taking advantage of your blind spots!
Oh well, you can always hide out until morning where the sunlight will eventually finish him off! Bye bye little Enderman!!
Read Part Two for more unexpected frights!
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