the forest during the Hansel and Gretel sequence. I wasn't at all expecting the Screamers to show up, and then there were so many of them and they scared the hell out of me.
Also, a totally unsettling, very very Silent Hill moment for me was the beginning of the prison level. When I first went in there, I didn't realize it was actually a major area in the game, and I just thought that it was another flashback sequence, where we were going to see what happened when Murphy attacked Frank. Then we have the moment where Wheel Man rolls past Murphy's cell and we have that awful moment of "HOLY FUCK WHAT IS THAT THING?!", then leading into several other scares and the realization that the scene is more than a playable cutscene. Overall, the entire Overlook Penitentiary area is pretty tense and often terrifying.
The "Can't keep my head above water" message in the basement where you have to use a hose to pump water out of. It'd probably be easy to miss, but my panicked reaction to it was perfect when I realized what it was implying.
After you get the heart, your ears are assaulted with all kinds of monster noises. It sounded like hell was on my heels as I quickly made my way out of the tunnels. I half suspected it was just noise, and not an actual horde after me, but I didn't stick around to find out.
In the prison you have to open a door by pressing a button on a control panel, and when you turn around to leave you get a flash for a few seconds of a mob of prisoners running at you and yelling.
My immediate reaction was jump/gasp/jaw on floor/hand over mouth, hahaha. They got me!
On my first playthrough, I got through the part in the Orphanage hospice where you put the Screamers in the MRI without incident. On my second playthrough, I accidentally "searched" the wrong Screamer. When you do that it triggers an Otherworld incident! It's short and you are transported back once you beat the Screamer, but my stomach dropped like a brick when it happened because I didn't expect it at all. Gahhh.
Scariest moment for me was in a shack inside the devil's pit caverns, especially when I checked some of those creepy miner dolls behind a fence.
Other scary moments were mostly with the dolls. The mirror sidequest is cool too
"Grown-ups tell kids there's no such thing as monsters, that the Bogeyman is just make-believe, and there's nothing hiding under their beds, but that's a lie. Because I've seen 'em." - Murphy Pendleton
You're about to go through the gate to turn on the generator. Before you make it even to the gate, you'll hear something moving behind the building. If you look, you see a dark figure move really quickly behind it. I had never seen that before. I seriously almost pissed my pants at that moment!
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You're about to go through the gate to turn on the generator. Before you make it even to the gate, you'll hear something moving behind the building. If you look, you see a dark figure move really quickly behind it. I had never seen that before. I seriously almost pissed my pants at that moment!
Yeah I noticed that. Was awesome.
Where we're from, the birds sing a pretty song, and there's always music in the air.
From you can see a bloody hand smack the window in the tram, another allows you to see a body hanging from the deck where JP, and the last one gives you a quick glimpse of Wheelman.
You're about to go through the gate to turn on the generator. Before you make it even to the gate, you'll hear something moving behind the building. If you look, you see a dark figure move really quickly behind it. I had never seen that before. I seriously almost pissed my pants at that moment!
Oh man!How could i forget that?I came across that particular part on my third playthrough a few days ago and i was scared shitless.I totally froze where i was standing.I couldn't move a muscle.I really like those creepy moments that can give you a good scare.
You're about to go through the gate to turn on the generator. Before you make it even to the gate, you'll hear something moving behind the building. If you look, you see a dark figure move really quickly behind it. I had never seen that before. I seriously almost pissed my pants at that moment!
After reading this I had to look for it. When I was actually near the gate I turned to look and...well yeah. Freaking awesome.
I'm loving these little spooks Vatra has thrown in Downpour. Definitely makes for multiple interesting playthroughs.
After you get the heart, your ears are assaulted with all kinds of monster noises. It sounded like hell was on my heels as I quickly made my way out of the tunnels. I half suspected it was just noise, and not an actual horde after me, but I didn't stick around to find out.
I rather liked that sidequest, though.
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This!
I couldn't remember the way back and kept going in circles cuz I have no sense of direction which is why I hate the void pursuits!
the Prison chase sequence. The one that starts after Murphey collected the 3 evidences from the bathroom. On hardmode this is a nightmare. I took a wrong turn so many times, and ended up replaying the chase 4 or 5 times. lol
I know jump scares are often described as cheap and unbefitting of Silent Hill (even though they've been around since the first game...), but I thought a few of the ones in Downpour were really effective.
]-Trying to balance on the beam in Overlook while a re-enactment of the Ryall State riot goes on below.
-Seeing Wheelman through the viewfinder on the Devil's Pit lookover.
-When the Devil's Pit train ride begins its Otherworld transition and the miner mannequins start moving closer...closer...
-The bathroom in the movie theatre. The one with the malfunctioning gum machine. I have no idea why, but inching the door open and peeking into this dark room with the only light coming from the sparking machine just terrified me.
-The Gramophone sidequest.
-Anytime it started to rain heavily and there were no accessible buildings nearby.
-The Void. Yeah, it scared me, I admit it.
Revenge is a long, treacherous road, isn't it Mr Pendleton? Where do you suppose it ends?
^The Gramophone sidequest haunts me. I once climbed into that apartment to escape from the rain thinking it was The Room homage, and when I realized it was where I had done that sidequest I thought "...I'd rather be outside and take my chances with the monsters."
Also, this isn't so much "scary" as "unsettling" but I didn't really take a close look at it until my fourth playthrough...
In St. Maria's you walk into a room where a child is saying something like "Daddy! Daddy! Help me! They're hurting me!" and you see a ball kicked out from behind a pillar. If you walk around the pillar there's a blood stain on it and the floor with a light overhead. The worst part is there are a bunch of school desks forming a semi-circle in front of the pillar, facing it. Like they were made to watch whatever happened to that child there. O_O Really creepy.
In the apartment where the stolen goods quest is, I was walking from the kitchen into the living room in one of the apartments, and a screamer just walked around the corner the same time I did. I absolutely shat myself!
After you get the heart, your ears are assaulted with all kinds of monster noises. It sounded like hell was on my heels as I quickly made my way out of the tunnels. I half suspected it was just noise, and not an actual horde after me, but I didn't stick around to find out.
I rather liked that sidequest, though.
That is also one of the parts really, really made me stress.
It really creeped me out when I heard first DJ Ricks on the radio with the voice all distorted after we had been attacked by the screamers. I wasn't expecting it.
