10 Scariest Video Game Moments Of The Generation

10. Being Killed INSIDE A Safe Hiding Place - Alien: Isolation

There's nothing better than outsmarting a video game villain. It's a rush to dodge past their attacks, belt it down a corridor and then relax and laugh as they run around like a Scooby-Doo baddie, desperately searching for you and looking like a chump while doing it.

Then along came the Xenomorph and re-wrote the definition of "safety" by literally ripping the term to pieces. This was an enemy that was as clever as it was deadly.

With two A.I brains controlling it (one who knows where you are but can only communicate to the other via clues, and the other being in charge of the body) the creature would eventually learn your position and make you pay dearly for trying to fool it.

As soon as you notice this, Alien: Isolation becomes a game so tense it feels like it will snap your TV in half. It's a drawn-out heart attack and yet it's so utterly enthralling you can't help but come back. And those challenge mode sections? Woof.