Just saw an article on this in a magazine and thought i would start a topic.

Basically, list the things that you fear the most in games. They might not be blatantly obvious to begin with but gamers who have been playing for years will have a few. They could be anything really and you tend to find its something you cannot wait to get passed and hope you don't have to do it again!

My personal 'fears' would have to be:

* Getting surrounded by hordes of enemies and then you have to run to save your ass

* Moving platforms, guess this one is more old school than anything where you have to time your jumps or game over.

Headcrabs. I always though they were trying to rape my head.

Having a long four square block in Tetris and a vertical hole of four blocks. I know right, it's like PRESSURE!!! you have to get the block in the right space, but you know that if you fail you may have to spend the next 7 or 8 moves working to correct it.

I missed once, Scary stuff.

QTEs. Hate them. I'll still try Heavy Rain - but I guess I'm in the camp QD feel unfairly bash QTEs.

QTEs are something that I fear exactly because I want them out the way and never to have to bother with them again.

Oh, and turning around to find the Black Headcrab Zombie standing right behind me in Half Life 2 - I lived in fear of that one big time. Ugh. The noise of those little buggers. I read Valve concentrated on making them something all players would fear, hate and loathe - and boy did they succeed!

The message "to be continued in the next game" is my biggest fear. Especially if the next game never sees the light of day. (Gladius ...)

Dead Space chapter 5 impossible difficulty

Encountering silly enemies before being able to save after training for hours in an area in an RPG and die because of them and some stupidity, happens mostly in Persona games.

Other than that, games don't scare me. I scare 'em!

*EDIT: Oh yeah, I also hate it when in very long games they have "one-of-a-time" things like secret armors and weapons that you can only get at a specific time.

Water levels!! The worst ones being the water temples in Zelda.

My worst "in-game" fear was the first time i played Eternal Darkness and i was the sickly guy. I went into a room, camera was upside-down, and a horde red red zombies came and I couldn't open the door. The game said GAME OVER and then i was brought back to the entrance to that room. It's is a toss up between that and the infamous CORRUPTED MEMORY CARD, NOW FORMATTING.

Moving Platforms or Game Over...... Blah