In your opinion, which victim is the scariest?

Post by **Nillin** » 05 Jan 2007

So, what victim gave you the chills or pretty much scared the hell out of you?

My choice would have to be Cynthia. She's just like the ghost in that movie the Grudge! Her crawling, slithering, and grabbing me with her hair just gets me every time.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » 05 Jan 2007

Well victim ghost, I would say Cynthia, but victim death, defiantly Richard.

Post by **[ m a r i a ]** » 05 Jan 2007

If you mean out of all, I've got to go with Billy/Miriam. Out those whose deaths we witness in the game, I suppose Cynthia, though I didn't really find even her that scary. (Haha...she grabs Henry with her HAIR and then slithers around the ground.) Also, I find Richard's ghost pretty creepy as well. Like Anakin said, he definitely had a scary death, and there's just something about it, both alive and as a ghost, that just subtlely gets to me. He was pretty badass when you met him, though.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » 05 Jan 2007

Yeah, Richard was a baddy, but getting in the electric chair, that was disturbing. Cynthia's ghost reminded me of a vaccum cleaner when he slid across the floor face down.

Post by **Moosefrenzy** » 05 Jan 2007

Victim 7/8

Billy and Miriam

No Doubt

Post by **Stevo** » 05 Jan 2007

I think Andrew was scary. That singing kinda freaked me out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sxEx4SFx7s

Post by **Yana** » 05 Jan 2007

Richard creeped me out. There's just something about him, even when he was alive. *shudder*

Post by **Xev** » 05 Jan 2007

-Cynthia's ghost reminded me of a vaccum cleaner when he slid across the floor face down.-
lol^

I think its Richard was the hardest to beat with his crazy phasing he does but I think the subway ghosts were freaky. Something about how they come in and get you while in the small cars - very opressive!

Post by **Stevo** » 05 Jan 2007

Yes its also the first encounter with the ghosts so your being introduced to the claustrofobic feeling you get when ghosts enter the area. It wouldve been creepy if you were like in an elevator and you had to fight a ghost in there untill the elevator arrives. (Ok, itll get fun when he's down. STOMP, STOMP, STOMP...)

Post by **Faded.Memories** » 05 Jan 2007

Cynthia was SOOOO annoying! We (my roomie and I) Found it nearly impossibl to use the sword on her...so because of that our first play through we had to put up with her chasing us through the subway. We screamed every time we heard the noise of the ghost creeping up on us lol.

Richard's death scared the crap out of me. And when he disappears/reappears....just...no. Spooky city.

Post by **Harrys_Girl** » 05 Jan 2007

Richard I feel was the one that stood above the rest. None really scared me, annoyed me, indefinatly yes, but scared me no.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » 05 Jan 2007

Billy and Miriams ghost were the baby faces monster, correct? Yet these are numerous through the game.

Post by **Droo** » 05 Jan 2007

Richard's easy to dispose of. Takes 10 seconds from when you first encounter him. Pop a silver bullet in him, then Sword Of Obediance his ass to ground and leave him there for the rest of the game.

Post by **Xev** » 05 Jan 2007

Too bad I missed a sword somewhere and didnt get to do that. He would pop all over the building world and I found it extremely hard. I was wishing I saved each level. I was ready to chuck it and go back to the prison to get the sword out of Andrew.

Post by **Krysta** » 05 Jan 2007

Cynthia ghost was brilliant, idea taken straight from Ring and Grudge movies, unfortunately 'her' scary potential wasn't fully used in that game

here very cool Cynthia ghost 'promo vid' http://www.shm.dustfungo.com/sh4/movie/sh4_0319_9k.wmv

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » 05 Jan 2007

I like how she acts in the promo vid than in the actual game.

Post by **Nillin** » 05 Jan 2007

KRYSTA-GG- wrote:Cynthia ghost was brilliant, idea taken straight from Ring and Grudge movies, unfortunately 'her' scary potential wasn't fully used in that game

I agree. I think that there should have been a lot of moments in the subway world where she suddenly crawled at you from undernieth benches, there should've been some hair floating around at some point [out of walls, etc.]

I actually think it would've scarier if a whole bunch of jump moments had been scripted in with the ghosts that we saw die, and you couldn't kill them until somewhere near the end of the level, but then we'dhave to finally beat them down and stab them to the ground. LOL I ramble.

By the way, who else felt jipped that Cynthia didn't get an amazing entrance sequence? I myself that it would've been effective if we saw the door slowly open... and then... BAM! The door would slam open and hair would just spill out, wrapping around the gates, etc. Then Cynthia would appear inside and the hair would begin to sort of fade and she would fall to the ground, cut to entrance...

[Sorry for getting off topic, in my own topic, nonetheless.]

Post by **Krysta** » 05 Jan 2007

Anakin wrote:I like how she acts in the promo vid than in the actual game.

well I also think this game works better on trailers as well, the long 8 min trailer is still one of my favorites trailers ever made > the game not from the other hand *sigh* damn SH4

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » 06 Jan 2007

They made it look much better than it actually was.

Post by **[ m a r i a ]** » 06 Jan 2007

Yeah, the game didn't do justice to the trailers.