Scariest Crap In You Pants Moments

[Skandis]

There are two things that really scared me, and one honorable mention:

All three of them are based on tension. Jumpscares are nice and all, but when you are sitting on the edge of your seat and expect jumpscares; the tension drivers are what really freaks you out.

1) The valve in the engine room that falls off.

This area has no mobs, no threats, and virtually no darkness. I was scared shitless of this place, as I expected a massive buildup, and was more or less talking to myself IRL to keep calm.

So when you try to get out of the locked room where you just made progress and the valve handle falls off; I screamed and paniced like a little girl.

2)The piano

Oh god this was horrible. Once again this was one of the safe areas in the game, but with dim light and a lot of doors (intuition says it's to block mobs). Any idea how that made me feel?

So you had a piano tune coming every now and then, which made it feel very important. When I first saw the piano in the cooridor, I wasn't even sure if I wanted to approached it. Then I swallowed and charged towards it.

.. So when the protector fell down on the keys, I charged equally fast.. in the other direction. Holed up in the closest room for roughly five minutes before I had calmed myself enough to press on.

3) The water mob room

So I enter the room and think to myself "Finally, a well lit room, thank god". This was followed by a subsequent "fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" as the shadow took it over.

The most interesting part is that ever since that room, I developed an irrational fear for knee deep water. Every time I saw it, regardless of the circumstances, I went past it. If I had to go through it, it was done faster than Wile E. Coyote. This stuck with me the entire game.