5. Regenerator & Iron Maiden Regenerator – Resident Evil 4
Even though RE4 was the first game that I played all by myself and was horrified throughout, Resident Evil 4 isn’t all that scary of a game. It does do a fantastic job in keeping everything tense as you work your way through mountains of Las Plagas while also trying to conserve ammo, but it all goes terribly downhill the first time you encounter the Regenerator and later on, the Iron Maiden. The strange noise that these creatures emit is enough to put a pit in your stomach alone but even worse is that you literally can’t kill these guys until you learn how to later on.
4. Prisoner Minion – Silent Hill: Downpour
One of the things that makes these monsters so scary is that… well, they are human. The metal contraptions that force their faces into contorted features, the blood constantly dripping down their face is absolute hell on Earth. It doesn’t help that they’re fast, adept at close combat and headshots don’t work as it just bounces off the metal headgear.
3. Lurker – Dead Space
I mean, I don’t really need to tell you why these are terrifying, I mean, just LOOK at it! These cloned baby necromorphs are reanimated corpses that were used for spare parts and if that isn’t scary as all hell alone, I don’t know what to tell you. The disgusting noises they make, the fact that they can crawl around quickly and close distances on you are hard enough to deal with. Oh, and they also shoot projectiles out of their tentacles? No, thanks.
2. Twitcher – Dead Space
These guys are fast, hard to look at, have giant claws for arms AND they’re fast? Twitchers are incredibly offputting creatures who were once soldiers that were infected and seemed to have fused with the stasis unit that was built within their armour. As if they aren’t scary enough, they can also bend backwards, using their human legs and blades to scuttle towards you while their talons wave wildly around from their stomach.
1. Tom Nook – Animal Crossing
Honestly, there’s nothing scarier than having to pay taxes and pay down your mortgage. And though his eyes are that of a raccoon that seems rather laid back and unassuming, you absolutely know that he has no issues bashing in your kneecaps if you miss a payment.
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