[QUOTE=zydos;38781695]Ever since I first played Half Life 2 as a kid, I've been terrified of water in video games. When your teleporter fucks up and [URL="http://images.wikia.com/half-life/en/images/2/2e/Ichthyosaur_teleportation_failure.jpg"]drops you into the lake[/URL]..
This motherfucker is everywhere. I can't even go into the water in build/roleplay maps anymore because I'm afraid it's in there or something else is.. It really doesn't even matter what game I'm playing, I stand at the water's edge and hesitate before going in, 9 times out of 10. The one time is if the water is crystal clear, which honestly, almost never happens in videogames. Just the feeling that there could be something in there that will pop up from under me and devour me, it scares the shit out of me. Hell, I'm slowly getting over the fear thanks to Far Cry 3, by swimming super fucking fast through semi-clear water, but even then I'm scanning around for sharks the entire time.. yet, one always gets me after a looong period of safe swimming. 20 feet from shore, and my character spins around to show me that a fucking shark has chomped my arm. Que the mini-heartattack, and I swim for shore. Fucking, Ratchet and Clank scares me because of what may be lurking beneath the water's surface.
Anybody else have a strange fear of videogame water? I can jump in a lake or the ocean just fine in real life, because well, I know the general wildlife of my area and there aren't really any predators lurking at the top 5 feet of the water.. but still! What the fuck. Videogame water.
Input? Have any other silly videogame happenings instilled even sillier fears in you that span across all titles? (say, opening lockers/closets because of those cheap-scares?)[/QUOTE]
Perfectly natural and normal.
Not only Half-life and its dangerous waters, but also Skyrim with HC Survival mods. Water usually meant freezing to death.
[QUOTE=Sanjuaro;49637622]Subnautica made me realize I have a fear of deep sea diving.
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Especially when you learn that they're going to add creatures that make that thing look like a little bitch.
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I don't really have a fear of water but my ichthyophobia makes it tough as hell to even set foot into the water in video games so it's practically the same. if the water in a game is not clear to see whats in it or if I know one of the enemies in the game is a fish I just steer away from water in general (If possible).
That said, ironically the ichthyosaur in half-life has no effect on me.
[QUOTE=Frosty_Avo;49636959]I'm not that afraid of things lurking underwater, but when I was a kid I couldn't complete the first Ratchet and Clank on my own because I couldn't get myself to move through the sewer thing that slowly gets flooded with water. Seeing Ratchet helplessly suffocate a few times made me so scared of drowning that I just let my cousin do that part for me. I'm still scared of diving in real life.[/QUOTE]
I think the water part in Blackwater City was universally feared by every kid who played the first Ratchet and Clank. I know I was scared of it.
I will flatout admit that I hate water parts in video games mainly because in real life I have a fear of water when I can't clearly see the ground under it or I know it's over my head deep mainly because I can't swim and the thought of drowning terrifies me.
During the water parts in both the Half-Life games I always try to rush through them as fast as possible.
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worst fight even if it wasn't the toughest
I used to be terrified of the ichthyosaurs in half-life. Not anymore.
[video=youtube;IpADBNlyYhQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpADBNlyYhQ[/video]
The fucking Cheep that ate you whole in the Huge-Tiny map of Super Mario 64 was my worst nightmare. I couldn't even get close to water or stare at it on that map, and if i fell to it I would just crap myself. I even checked every other water mass in the game to make sure that fucker wasn't there. Horrifying.
Also the eel in the same game.
Water never bothered me unless I went under the water and there was huge open spaces and it felt like an endless void. The oceans in World of Warcraft gave me that creepy feeling.
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