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5 Strangely Terrifying Locations in Games
5 Strangely Terrifying Locations in Games
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By Rob Thubron
E
ven action-oriented
games have a tendency
to get creepy from time
to time, but there’s a reason
most of us fear Amnesia
more than Left 4 Dead. Terror
seems to grow best in the
dark, out of sight but firmly
planted in the player’s mind.
In Left 4 Dead it’s justified,
in Amnesia it’s expected;
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but what about those other
games? The games where
you picked up the controller
with not a care in the world,
only to find yourself having
trouble sleeping that night?
Again, sometimes it’s justified,
sometimes it’s expected, but
sometimes it’s not. There are
times when you’ll be playing
a game and suddenly realise
that you’re scared to go on,
regardless of what waits
for you along the way.
It’s testament not only to the
developers’ ability to affect the
player