A recently circulated list of the scariest game enemies has been provoking some debate, not least for its lack of diversity.
The ranking, based not just on looks but also suspense and method of destruction:
1. Crimson Head – Resident Evil
2. Iron Maiden – Resident Evil 4
3. Slayers – The Suffering
4. Slashers – Dead Space
5. Nurses – Silent Hill
6. Deathclaw – Fallout
7. Spider Splicer – BioShock
8. Fast Zombie – Half-Life 2
9. ReDead – Legend of Zelda
10. The Witch – Left 4 Dead
The makers of the list evidently have something of a fixation on zombies.
Those wondering about the absence of pyramid head can rejoice to know that such is his status he is now considered a “character” rather than a mere “enemy” and so gets to appear on some other list. On the other hand, it is harder to explain the absence of any System Shock enemies…
I’m suprised that the crimson head is in but no NEMESIS?! that one almost made me wet my pants when he comes out from nowhere!
How about Fatal Frame ghosts?? like the blinding woman and the tatoo priestess??
I still get nightmares of the Iron Maiden, Took me a month to beat RE4 just because I was scared shitless of that beast. I’m over it though, if you played enough horror games it won’t hit you as hard anymore. Suffering was a great scary game too
Spot on about the System Shock absences. I will never forget those ever so friendly suicide bomber robots.
“Sir? May I help you?”
“OH GOD! KILL IT! KILL IT! KILL IT!”
epic loss! no giygas, SOTN beelzebub, or even drac’s true form! epic loss! epic loss!
TVTROPES’s High Octane Nightmare Fuel series is over 9000 times scarier!