These are the moments we live for. The moments that stay with us longer than the happy endings. The ones that frighten us, disturb us, or make us question the developers’ - and our own - sanity. Full of violent outbursts, dismemberment, explicit and vulgar sexuality, and an atmosphere nearly unmatched, these handful of moments I present you with are the ones I feel have left the biggest impact on myself both memorably and hauntingly
**BE WARNED - SPOILERS are contained within. Read at your own discretion.**
#5: Ravenholm (Half-Life 2)
Ravenholm is one of the most bizarre and frighteningly eerie locations in a video game - ever. The abandoned town desolated by the undead, the ominous wailing off in the distance seemingly coming from every direction; the sheer destruction that laid this town to waste as bodies litter the streets.
Gordon Freeman’s only solace in this area lies with the other human inhabitant of Ravenholm, an equally-disturbing and paranoid individual, Father Grigori - the towns former pastor and now current-gun supplier to any who dare to pass through the gates of the dead. As Alyx tells Gordon, “That’s Ravenholm. We don’t go there anymore…”
Video Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrnBWm8MUAI
Eternal Darkness is a lesson in sanity and paranoia control. The game literally contains a sanity meter, a green on-screen bar that drops whenever your character encounters enemies in the game. Depleting this meter will result in some of the most outrageous and terrifying things ever in a video game. One such effect consists of a skewed camera angle accompanied by omnipresent whispers, cries, and various other obscure noises. Some of the various other effects are far more bizarre: when casting a spell, the player’s upper-body abruptly explodes; the player’s head occasionally falls off, and if picked up, begins reciting Act III, Scene I from Shakespeare’s Hamlet; the character begins whimpering and rambling on to him or herself; walls and ceilings start bleeding, while attacking them causes them to bleed more. And those are just a handful of the many more effects. Play this game in the middle of the night, with the lights off, and a pair of headphones on to immerse yourself into this psychological terror. You won’t be disappointed. Video Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9wSR6uInZ0 #4: The Entire Game (Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem)
#3: Televised Execution (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare)
The most recent game on this list, Call of Duty 4 as a whole wasn’t that disturbing (of course, the prospect of Modern Warfare is in and it itself a terrifying feeling). However, the one moment in the game where I truly felt uneasy was within the first 30 minutes of playtime. The player, through the eyes of the captured president Yasir Al-Fulani, witnesses the destruction and turmoil going on in the Middle East as he’s being “escorted” (to put it lightly) through the streets of a war-torn nation.
As you drive through the city, you bear witness to several horrifying events, namely the murder of several civilian via firing squad on the side of the road. It’s only when you reach your destination that you, as the player, realizes what’s happening; President Yasir is strapped to a wooden pole, a hauntingly modern Gallows Pole, and murdered execution style on international television.
Video Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66gX1AUFCYM
#2: Pyramid Head and Mannequin (Silent Hill 2)
If you’ve seen this scene, you know exactly what I’m talking about. This isn’t disturbing in the sense that it’s scary or violent; it’s so obscene and just plain mortifying. As your character turns the corner, he has the unfortunate privilege of bearing witness to those infamous Pyramid Heads molesting several of the mannequins. There’s really nothing else I need to say about this, nor that I want to say. It’s a disturbing scene in every sense of the word.
Video Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yRWYO8Ka3M
#1: Albedo and MOMO (Xenosaga Episode I)
If this scene were nominated for an Academy Award, Albedo would win the prize hands down. This is easily, in my opinion, one of the greatest - and likewise most disturbing - moments ever conceived for a video game. Albedo’s infamous and memorable speech while taunting and tormenting the helpless MOMO is truly a work of art; his knowledge of language, religion, history, and every aspect of human nature proves why Albedo is also one of the most developed antagonists ever created.
He is an entity unto himself; a creation with no equal. This scene, single-handily, demonstrates the degree of Albedo’s insanity and the sheer masochism that he delights in showing to MOMO. I leave you all now with words from the infamous Albedo:
“Do you know what he said while he coughed up his lifeblood? ‘Except corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone.’ Wheat, eh? There’s enough of it, we can afford to waste as much as we want. Like my head, you see?”
Video Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95mwIi8lVHQ
Link:http://casualtygamer.com/2008/08/top-5-most-disturbing-video-game-moments/
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