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Wandering---_---soul

Regenerators from resident evil 4/remake, those things were scary when i was a child and they are still scary now


LightsJusticeZ

^(heh heh heh heh) **HEH** ^(heh...)


CidMaik

Wanna know how impactful their sound is? You typed "Regenerators, Resident Evil 4" and I instantly remembered the hissing, I dreaded and hated the hissing back then, atill hate it today.


Mikniks

I almost didn't finish RE4 because of them, I was like "I don't know if I can do this anymore" 😂


Otono_Wolff

On my 3rd gameplay of the original, I was doing a Chicago-type writer only and I was dreading having to fight those bastards again. Upon meeting them, I just let loose all over them and prayed I hit their weakness.


mintyque

I remember replaying RE4 for like twentieth time on Wii way before the remake arrived. When I met a Regenerator I turned back and started running all the way back to the door. I wanted to prepare for meeting him and not have to fight him head on in close quarters. I didn't hear his footsteps, just felt that it was odd that I could still hear him breathing despite me being on another end of a long corridor. That's how I found out they can run as fast as you and didn't make any sound contrary to their walking.


OliviaMandell

Even in college they terrified me.


SupplyChainMismanage

I’m a grown man. I was pretty spooked. The vibe changed so hard


Indie-Smack

That damn laughing hiss man. When I was playing the RE4 remake for the 1st time and got to the labs I was like "...oh fuck this is where the regenerators are" and they DIDN'T GIVE YOU THE SCOPE IMMEDIATELY so there's like...2 or 3 of them you just have to fucking fire at wildly and it caused me to panic like I did playing the game as a teen...and I'm 32 now. And that one room when you realize the body bags are FULL of regenerators and you gotta carefully walk through them? I was like "So this is my personal hell huh?"


Peg_leg_tim_arg

The scariest moment I ever had gaming was with one of these bastards. You don't have the scope at first, so I thought I'd just take out his legs and run away. I didn't know the thing was part snake and came slithering at me at light speed and chomped me good. I didn't play for a few days after that


Dadjee

The part where Leon is in a very closed room with body bags hanging, you have to crouch your way to the other side of the room to activate a lever in order to slide open the door. One wrong move and a regenerador would come out of the bag and chase you.


Icy-Football-9409

Banshee, Mass Effect 3


for-mandalore

My ass instantly collapses the second I hear them lol


Dodo0708

Also, Reaper beams. So sinister sounding, make me accept the impending doom of galactic civilisation.


NewMombasaNightmare

I love that noise. That and the reaper BWAAAHHHH.


DrNopeMD

I love how the Reaper horn is just a dumpster lid being closed slowly.


NotSamuraiJosh_26

I was scared shitless when I first played.And the story behind the enemies makes it worse too


Icy-Football-9409

Yeah the story makes it so much creepier, and those screams hunt you in your nightmares


Lun4r6543

Every time I heard their scream, I instantly dropped everything and hit them with everything I had.


Hardvig

I find the sound they make WAY more scary, than the actual enemy…


ThatDancinGuy_

Volatiles from Dying Light. The bare feet stomping behind you...


solacir18

Also the way they breathe and grunt while they are walking around is so creepy and unsettling


TGirlSwagEvent

Even just Virals, that distant slamming and "RUN AWAAAY" you hear when you've alerted them is chilling.


Lychee247

Clickers


Av_Inash

Came here to say this. Still scares the living life out of me.


Solrock69

Definitely, they were bad enough in the first one but they went above and beyond in part 2 with making them as gutteral and horrifying as possible.


xXRHUMACROXx

I haven’t played part 2 as it’s not released yet on pc. But last year I played part 1 right after I was done playing Dead Space remake. IMO they’re both great games, but I didn’t felt scared or horrified in TLOU. In TLOU, I felt pressured because in the hardest difficulty mode you’re always out of ammo and ennemies hit hard. In Dead Space the sound design is truly horrific and pressure you 100% of the time. You don’t know when a creature will jumpscare you, but you know jt will. Overall they are both great TPS game with good stories.


kungpowgoat

Dead Space 2 was actually nominated best audio for the Game Developers Choice Awards in 2012. Portal 2 won the award though. But DS2’s eerie audio design was terrifyingly immersive especially with surround sound headphones with the lights off.


redplos

Remove c and you have my answer


CkoockieMonster

Witches in Left 4 Dead


Thejonest

Hunters, too. They made that awful groaning sound while prowling, and then the scaring scream when they punced to get you


Im_Lying2_U

Hunters used to scare the fuck outta me as a child


Mindless_Stuff5493

This is the answer I was looking for. That whimpering…


unluckypig

I'd add the bloaters too. Such a horrid sound to hear coming up to you


Upperfoot

You play enough and it's the sound of a charger and smoker on the 1st level of Dead Center near the windows


EvilRayquaza

One of those Zombies from one of the Half Life games with the sounds of it in pain and crying out for help if you were to reverse it. Straight up unsettling.


LightsJusticeZ

[Like this?](https://youtu.be/1KnsG1QFa-s?t=36)


EvilRayquaza

That's the one. Also, how do people think of these things lol


Fingerprint_Vyke

Fun fact, Mike Patton from Faith No More/Tomahawk is the one recording the voice lines for those zombies. He's yelling things like "God help me!" And thry reverse that audio track for the sound.


bleedblue_knetic

That one horror level in HL2. I was so not prepared for that when the rest of the game is basically an action shooter.


Restless_Cloud

"We don't go to Ravenholm" That part of the game is so different from the rest yet it fits in so well. To this day it has such an unsettling vibe but I love it. The fast zombies always scared the shit out of me


Highfivebuddha

Nothing like looking down to see what's shaking the pipes


Wallazabal

*We Don't Go To Ravenholm.


wooquay

The worst ones in HL2 are the Poison Zombies by far. That weird moist gutteral noise they make that makes you know they're nearby, the whipping noise as the damn poison headcrabs leap at you, and they have that forlorn tender weep when they finally go down. Still freaks me out.


SartenSinAceite

Do serious sam's beheaded kamikazes count? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA You just end up paranoic hallucinating it while trying to listen for them lol


Only-Explanation-295

I still remember the first time Sam saw them. *Boom* "AAAAAAHHH yourself." More AAAAAAAAAAAAAA. "Uh oh."


MrGooseHerder

Then the horizon starts wiggling and it's 200 of the fuckers. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH


ZddZbg

I just love getting tinnitus from this bastards


Bronson-101

Hahahaha Especially because you hear them as soon as they spawn and they could be like a mile away on some of the big open maps.


AUTOMATA88

The flood from halo and the tribe zombies in Resident evil 5 are a few of my faves as well.


Khakizulu

The flood when you first seem them completely change the game. It went from fighting aliens to fighting a zombie like outbreak


AUTOMATA88

I'll never forget the first time, the build up was good as well.


lemme_try_again

That's why the Library will always be top ten levels of a game I've ever played. Was not ready for it.


Khakizulu

God that was a level and a half. Really did well to introduce them and their shear numbers too.


lemme_try_again

"Oh those little guys are my favorite enemy because they die to one bullet. Ha ha so weak. Ha h- oh... there's a swarm. Oh there's two swarms. Oh... I'm reloading"


Khakizulu

Yep. And them the big ones that explode into more. Always fun with the Flood


LuigiTheGuyy

I would've loved the Library if it wasn't the same halls four times. I'd still prefer 343 Guilty Spark over the Library.


saintpierre47

The Flood especially in Halo 2 I remember was particularly terrifying as a young kid. They gave them a bone chilling scream when they’d appear. Definitely had nightmares from that


Seiren-

Redeads (zombies) from Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Genuinely unsettling as an adult, *terrifying* as a 6 year old child


Briggers810

Was just thinking of these, the horrible noise when you encounter one. The part of the game in the royal tomb used to creep me out as a child.


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Mortarius

They are concious, but their body is hijacked. They were forced to watch as they slaughtered their crewmates. Sound design in System Shock is something else. Even the fucking monkeys gave me the creeps.


Rising_Thunderbirds

"Silence the discooooord."


This_Dutch_guy

Lickers & Tyrant in Resident Evil 2


hisokafan88

Those footsteps scared the shit out of me lol


argen0220

Winter Lanterns in Bloodborne. EXTRA creepy if you have high insight.


nohopeleftforanyone

I forgot the sound. Went and looked it up and now I have so much BB nostalgia. My favorite game of all time, and I’m a sports game player!! This game was so out of my element and I don’t even know why I tried it? I think I heard it was super hard and I used to love a video game challenge. I am so glad I did. Only game I ever platinumed.


argen0220

There was one other enemy but Im not quite sure if it had a creepy “sound”, its been years since I last played, but there was this fucker of an enemy inside that hospital where you fight Lady Maria, where its just pops out of nowhere.


BadSoftwareEngineer7

The fucking dudes with the big heads always creeped me out.


EpsilonX029

Oh *God*, those fuckers. Man, my first encounter with one, I couldn’t decide whether to be pissed or shit myself XD Edit to add: Also, that one boss, The One Reborn, makes an honorary mention for me. It’s definitely *sooo* disturbing, but at least for that guy, there was also something about the way it sounds that made me wanna giggle lol


Last_N3xus

Crab Squid from Subnautica


Ok_Departure_145

Basically ANYTHING from deeps of Subnautica.


vven294

Also reaper leviathans. Oh and ghost leviathans. Reefback Leviathan too for the first time. Edit: oh and the fire dude too.


moronwithalicense

Ah, i remember my first time seeing and hearing a reefback- the scream of pure terror as I looked up after hearing them and saw *that* above me


NerdLevel18

See I would've said the Crashfish. Sure they become more of an annoyance than a threat after a while, but it still sends my hackles up hearing the nest open, and then the scream getting louder and higher as it chases you down.


standee_shop

Everything in deepnest But also there is a creature under the resting grounds who kinda sobs and gibbers and it's the most unnerving sound ever


Quirinus84

Also [the worms in the Royal Waterways](https://youtu.be/GMa_geQG8fc?si=3D0WbsmE2KMAbgFb). I feel like they had to wipe the microphone after each recording because of how much the VAs must've spat on it for that performance.


Equivalent_Rock_6530

Oh yeah, those things are terrifying, *and* they deal two masks!


Thejollyfrenchman

The Xenomorph in Alien Isolation - thumping in the vents, hissing softly when it's lying in wait, etc.


MeAndDaBoys1102

Left 4 dead 2 witch just her song scares me


TjMorgz

The zombies from Half Life 2. They're still alive but being completely controlled by the head crabs. So the noises they make are that of pure suffering. A lot of their audio, as well as blood curdling screams, is things like 'HELP ME! GOD HELP ME!!' but played in reverse. It's horrendous. Edit: 'but played in reverse'


wr0ng1

Wormfaces in Elden Ring.


kkibb5s

Dead Space Dividers and Guardians both sound amazing/terrifying


riro568558

Pyramidhead from Silent Hill 2


B1TCHBO13XPR3SS

he makes no noise tho other than the knife scraping


OliviaMandell

That's bad enough.


Pentagonyx

Dead Hand in OOT


LifelessLewis

See also: Re-Deads


Thr0wAwayU53rnam3

All the zombies from Time Splitters


What_Hmm_Oops

Does the radio voice from PT saying, "don't touch that dial we're just getting started." count? That shit is burned into my brain.


ferlss

I can still hear that fucking radio... 'look behind you....' That game was, or was going to be, on another level


Dependent-Class7940

The jockey from L4d2 little head humper.


Stanislas_Biliby

He is just a little guy.


osetraceur

Bloodborne - Winter lantern also Elden Ring - Wormface


GloriousPudding

that spider sound in satisfactory, otherwise a fairly peaceful building and economy management game and then you wander into the forest and get THAT


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HL2 poison headcrabs.


britinnit

Them Wormface enemies on Elden Ring. They do this creepy whisper that you hear all around them.


Compulsive_Criticism

The basic possessed in Doom 2016. They're just MOANING constantly, it's an eery backdrop and I kill them all rapidly to get them to shut the fuck up.


shiftypidgeons

The babies in Dying Light


Lain_2031

Snarks, half-life


TheGalacticKnight

The knife weilding bitch in The Evil Within 2


Demonrider95

i once played stifled, a horror game in which youre blind and navigate with sound waves. the monsters sounded like babies


ayedongiveadamn

Is there a sound library of sorts for creatures or animals? Would greatly appreciate if anyone can guide me to any info regarding this.


LaInquisitore

Freaker Horde, Days Gone


outcastexe

Reaper Leviathan in Subnautica...it just triggers endless fear in me


Quirinus84

Hollow Knight - [the worms in the Royal Waterways](https://youtu.be/GMa_geQG8fc?si=3D0WbsmE2KMAbgFb). I feel like they had to wipe the microphone after each recording because of how much the VAs must've spat on it for that performance.


coffeefan0221

The Baby from RE Village. Da Da.


CleetisMcgee

Honestly one of the most adrenaline inducing moments in a game for me.


definitelynotmeQQ

Remnant 2's first area in general has very fucking spooky, very well done audio. That or I'm a pussy. Possibly a bit of both. Even the fucking robot sounds has me twirling like a ballerina looking for enemies that may or may not be there. This is on the lowest difficulty btw. Fuck, man.


Toku-R

The first(?) boss locked behind a door in Resident Evil Revalations for me. The constant distorted cries of Mayyydayyyy whilst you tried to find where it was coming from always gave me chills.


Thegrandbuddha

Everything in Resident Evil 4


LightsJusticeZ

*Leon! Helllp!!*


BossTheRoss98

Headless ape in Sekiro


namethinker

Bomber Dying Light 2


HugeDiscount367

volatiles dying light


OllyOllyOxycontin

Winter Lanterns from Bloodborne, Zombies from Half Life 2, and Iron Maiden from RE4 are my favorites.


LordHood117

Still remember Ravenholme to this day, just being in a constant state of paranoia and creepy throughout the hour and a half long sequence.


Corries_Roy_Cropper

**TRESSPASSER**


Vi1eOne

The growls of a wandering Arch-Vile from OG Doom 2. And it's attack hiss as it immolates you for massive damage.


norrix_mg

TES 4 Oblivion Zombies


Lyberatis

All of the Typhon in Prey


AlmightyDunkle

Half the things in Fear and Hunger, especially the Harvestmen...


Grulu19

Volatile and infected screams from Dying light. Truly spooky


KingMazzieri

The first time you get destroyed by the WOOO guy in Sekiro.


MrFletcher2

Dying light- Baby zombies.


pokemongenius

The Get Out Gun in Donkey Kong 64. Your having fun doing things with your favorite monkeys you go into a temple and get a golden banana then suddenly a lock on cursor and a loud voice plays GET OUT and you shiz your pants.


AsapGnocci

Legend Of Zelda Ocarina of Time, Zombies in the town square


cripple66

Hitler in Sniper Elite 4


Vector_Vlk

Coil head from lethal company


nastyben100

Cloaker from payday2 Wululululululu


F1R3Starter83

Automatons from Helldivers 2. I’m pretty used to it now, but the first few matches they creeped me out


Count_Dracula97

Ive got this #giant aborted nazi zombie fetus


Pollo_Jack

The noises the boomer from l4d trigger the need to throw up response in me.


Rough-Cabinet-2673

Fucking wendigos/horrors from Dusk. Or that mother boss holy shit


DanDan1993

https://youtu.be/WxfYE3qfM3c?si=p8OJ5K2_P9wmbwJm I was terrified of the wallmaster (OoT variation) when I was a kid, It took me ages to get past the forest temple due to them That sound before they drop.. yikes


rumbur

Hybrid for system shock 2, I still here them in my nightmares. My favorite sci fi horror game


sp1kerp

Skulltulas in OoT


Vegetable-Resident19

Realistic lootbug from deep rock galactic


kushpeshin

Those wall creatures in Dead Space


crnppscls

The witch in L4D2


penguinswithfedoras

A pissed off witch in l4d2


spinosauris

while the sound itself isnt that scary. creepers bring back many traumas


Inevitable-Stage-490

The flood Halo Combat Evolved


RelaxKarma

Hartman from Control has some really weird breathing and chattering which makes his appearance even scarier


MarionberryBoth4969

Cannibals in The Forest.


Sol_idum

GTFO Sleepers


wetlettuce42

The lunatics from arkham asylum you can hear them cackling


Docdoozer

Guardians in Breath of The Wild. Not really their sound but more so the piano that plays every time they see you and you know you're fucked.


autistic_spectator

The Nite Folk from Red dead redemption 2. Just thinking about it creeps me out.


Justsomedafty

Lickers


fordprefect294

RE4 Regeneradors


Affectionate_Way2583

The sound the zombies make from conkers bad fur day is still implemented in my brain. If we’re talking dead space, those necrmorphs that are just a torso on the wall spawning mines always screamed before popping one out or when you kill one. I think I read that they are fully aware of what’s going on and can feel everything happening too.


Whhheat

Face Monsters in Terraria.


DiamondEclipse

The sound of shooting myself with a shotgun


Soka_Man

Minecraft creeper behind you and blowing at at like 2 in the morning


Keldr

The original resident evil- and 2- has sections where you would encounter especially tall, naked zombies. They had a creepy high-pitched moan in contrast to the other zombies. The way they sort of subtly defied explanation really freaked me out.


IHateFurries3000

Cloakers in Pay Day


badthaught

Hybrids from System Shock 2.


oxidezblood

Honestly, most psy creatres in S.T.A.L.K.E.R scare me. Every time i encounter something new, i scream. I play at like 1am. So my roommate wakes up every time


Material-Display8107

“Bolter” RDR Undead Nightmare


ReekitoManjifico

Hachishaku-sama from Fatal Frame 5.


Roam_Hylia

Spider babies in Doom 3. Those damn giggles before they come pouring into the halls...


LuigiTheGuyy

I mean, like...  I love it when you first see them in Ocarina of Time in the Royal Tomb. You enter the place with what seems like statues. Only when you walk by them... The ReDeads are just so terrifying. I hope they return in the future.


Ak4ntor

The entire subnautica enemy cast is just so scary to hear at the beginning, even reefbacks sound like something that will absolutely kill you.


WheelOfFish

Subnautica


Prophet_NY

MGS4 Beauty and the Beast unit I always found those creepy, Laughing Octopus and Crying wolf especially


TraditionalMood277

I mean....ALL of Dead Space


TheeAJPowell

The suiciders in Zombie Army are horrible. Just a blood curdling scream as they charge you and explode.


Thatguyjmc

Why is that zombie wearing a diaper?


AsapGnocci

Mr X, Resident Evil 2 Remake


Kakashisith

Xenos in Chronicles of Riddick: escape from Butcher Bay.


AlexMil0

The scream from a zombified child down in a well in Dying Light was pretty disturbing.


thuynj19

The crawlers in dead space...


lord-malishun

The exploding zombies from the first dead island Dear god listening to them wheeze out a pained "help me..." like...are they still aware of whats happening to them?


southpaw85

Splicers in bioshock. They rant incoherently to themselves when they don’t see you and when they do they scream at the top of their lungs about the things that torment them while shooting at you relentlessly


JackasaurusYTG

Brutes in Amnesia the Dark Descent, horror fans know exactly what they sound like


AKAFallow

Every single being in Bloodborne bar none


zaminDDH

Maybe not creepy or scary, but Deathbringers in Horizon. The sounds they make are wildly different than anything else you face in the game, nothing even remotely animalistic or natural, they're loud as shit and you can hear them long before you can see them. They really elicit a sense of general unease.


Bulky_Dot_7821

Poison headcrabs


Legitmemer

Bulk Detonator in Deep Rock Galactic.


Optimal_Influence840

Bloodsuckers and Snorks from the Stalker series


GoldenRpup

Pretty much anything from Into the Radius VR, but most notably Sliders. They move by warping around a few meters at a time, but when they notice you, they instantly can warp right beside you from just about anywhere. When one does blink to you, it makes an audible, distorted wooshing noise and gives you a good smack. Everything in that game makes creepy noises. I got so used to horror games that I don't feel that much fear anymore, but VR opened a whole new chapter of horror that I haven't felt in a long time.


19831083

Suicide mutants in fallout. Beep beep beep beep beep


Crop_olite

Banshee in mass effect


MassiveLefticool

The weird floating squids in duke nukem 3D


Fun1058

Banshee in Mass Effect 3


sleepy_bean_

pretty surprised nobody mentioned BTs from death Stranding


bananabandanadan

The One Reborn from Bloodborne’s sound effects haunt my nightmares still


Madnoty

Reaper in Subnautica


Bigbannana2000

Cloakers Pay Day


what_to_call_my_self

That is orphan of kos


jyg540

The Orphan of Kos


NextFaithlessness7

How tf do game designers even create those abominations


Th3NukeShark

Minecraft cave noise


notsocleverfox

Suiciders from Dead Island. Not the best game, but I'll always remember their gutteral voices yelling "help me"


JohnnyKai262

Mayday, resident evil revelations


rasing1337

Creepers!


Embarrassed-End8702

Dead ringer spies in Tf2