Your shock moments

[lukemarshall53]

this is going to sound a bit odd... by far the scariest moment of Penumbra: Black Plague, I thought, was when you were in a small room, the room in which you find a saw. An infected comes in, leaving you crouching behind what I remember to be cardboard boxes and an old piece of plyboard... the abhorrent tension; it's never clear whether or not the infected has left. that has to be the most immersive ninety seconds in the history of video gaming. also, running through the labyrinthine area, hunted by security cameras, at which point Clarence actually announces his terror.

As for Amnesia: The Dark Descent, the entire game has me riveted to the edge of my seat in the best possible mix of anxiety and loneliness. again, probably the most immersive game I have ever played.