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Enemies that made you go "Nope"

Psyrgery

Banned
Octaking in Duke Nukem Forever.... just NOPE.

GHost kids in Prey.

REavers in DooM3: Resurrection of Evil, these bastards made me quit and haven't got into the game ever since
 

Sean*O

Member
The Garrador from Resident Evil 4 (GC).

The Barons of Hell from Doom (Jaguar version).

The Balrog from Ultima II (Atari 800) lol,


Not an enemy, but Uncharted 2 had me about pissing my pants a few times because the fear of heights and falling was so strong. There were some jumps and climbs I didn't want to face.
 
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Your happy-go-lucky explorer ass just never sees him coming.

I remember this! I was like "OK, got the quest item, time to go - WHAT IS THAT THING!? RUUUUUUUUUUN!"

One of the most terrifying experiences I've ever had with a game. When I saw it chasing me through the valley, I was just shouting "Crapcrapcrapcrap!" the entire time.

There's also the spider cave in that same area, where if you don't tiptoe ever so slightly, you'll wake up the egg sacs that house all the baby spiders, all of which are many levels higher than you when you take on the quest to go through there. I was so tense during that part, but luckily made it through unscathed.
 

kogasu

Member
Every enemy mentioned from RE4 so far. Garradors, Dr. Salvador and Regenerators ugh.

Also I'm currently playing through REmake and I gotta say the game is just full of "nope" and "Oh shit, what the hell is that?!?!"

Siren: Blood Curse
This reminds me, I've been wanting to play this game since the PS2 one came out. I don't think I've ever seen good pictures of the enemies but I see they are quite amazing
ly scary as shit
. Gotta find this game now.
 

Durante

Member
Back Headcrabs. Half Life 2 - nothing else comes close for me. The design of their look, their noise and the way they move slowly then scuttle like mad if damaged, the way they hang from their moaning carrier...

Ugh. But amazing design.
Yeah, I think those are the only enemies I ever actively avoided. I just skipped Revenholm entirely on my Rift playthrough of HL2.
 

Vortex566

Member
I remember this! I was like "OK, got the quest item, time to go - WHAT IS THAT THING!? RUUUUUUUUUUN!"

One of the most terrifying experiences I've ever had with a game. When I saw it chasing me through the valley, I was just shouting "Crapcrapcrapcrap!" the entire time.

There's also the spider cave in that same area, where if you don't tiptoe ever so slightly, you'll wake up the egg sacs that house all the baby spiders, all of which are many levels higher than you when you take on the quest to go through there. I was so tense during that part, but luckily made it through unscathed.

What game is that?
 

Parallax

best seen in the classic "Shadow of the Beast"

fucking christ. this fucker had me terrified. the way you turn the corners, and his ass is waiting for you, damn.

another is the damn spider in the sewers in re 2. that shit had to make me take a breather before trying him.
 

InPlosion

Member
The supersoldiers in doom3? Yeah I could never figure out a way to avoid their tentacle attack completely, they would always get me, and that makes me extremely uneasy.
 

VE3TRO

Formerly Gizmowned
The flood in Halo and Deathclaws from Fallout.

Man one time on Fallout I was being stalked by a Deathclaw for hours. It was a new character level and I decided to roam too far.

I managed to get away from it but then came ahead with a mother and basically got murdered. I never returned. :'(
 

Nibel

Member
Resident Evil 4 Verdugo

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His animations (like the way he walks towards) and his overall look/size are so intimidating..
 

Omni

Member
Banshees in Mass Effect 3 on first play through.

Flood in CE and in Halo 2. Mostly when I was younger though... don't care much now,
 

Mr_Moogle

Member
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Fuck these guys. I've tried about 30 times and I can't get Ornstein's second form down to below half health.

I just hate this fight. Also fuck those archer knights that shot me off a ledge. I lost 40 souls trying to get back.

Anor Londo is just a huge piece of shit.
 

Morue

Member
Nice thread!! So many good/horrible memories!!

What about this guy :

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You expect him to be slow but suddenly, the fucker starts running...
 

Mogwai

Member
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Fuck these guys. I've tried about 30 times and I can't get Ornstein's second form down to below half health.

I just hate this fight. Also fuck those archer knights that shot me off a ledge. I lost 40 souls trying to get back.

Anor Londo is just a huge piece of shit.
40 souls? I would have stopped before 20 :O
 
Vorticons in the original Commander Keen trilogy.

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Probably my first NOPE ever.

Definitely this. They seemed easier to kill in Keen3, but the second Keen, on the Vorticon mothership? I couldn't even play that. It was too hard, and the things were everywhere.
 
Don't Starve 'boss' enemies usually will make you run by virtue of the 'normal' things being bad enough already.

These ones exist to not only kill you in one blow, but give you nightmares to boot from the noises they make, alone:

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Flipyap

Member
Halo's Hunters have real potential to be that kind of enemy, but the games constantly managed to sabotage them. They were great in the first game, until you discovered that the pistol kills them in a single shot and since then you never really encounter them without access to some kind of power weapon.
So, I'm just going to take a moment to appreciate that one encounter in ODST that lets Hunters be as scary as they should be, when no amount of preparation can break them.
For a pile of worms inside a tin can, those guys were pretty cool.
 

Yoshichan

And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
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An evil chest is bad enough, but there's something about the dark Souls Mimic with it's long, spindly limbs and chuckling that totally creeps me out. Doesn't stop me from ending them in short order, though.
Fffffff...
 

Mike M

Nick N
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Fuck these guys. I've tried about 30 times and I can't get Ornstein's second form down to below half health.

I just hate this fight. Also fuck those archer knights that shot me off a ledge. I lost 40 souls trying to get back.

Anor Londo is just a huge piece of shit.

Dude.

Dude.

That's why you kill Ornstein first.
 

Moofers

Member
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Motaro is a cheap SOB. The only way I was ever able to beat him was leg sweeps.
Hate that guy.

All MK bosses are cheap garbage. I wouldn't qualify them as "Nope" or we'd have to add a whole pantheon of fighting game bosses like Shao Kahn, Cyber Akuma, Azazeal, etc.

Although I guess Motaro does look pretty nasty. Maybe you're right. Nope status approved.
 
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