8 Times Video Games Told You You Were Safe (And LIED)

8. The Door Animations - Resident Evil 2

The original Resident Evil established the series' instantly iconic loading screen door animations, each of which provided brief moments of respite as players ventured from one room to the next, with no possibility of a famished zombie attacking them during those precious few seconds.

Except for that door in the O.G. version of Resident Evil 2, of course.

In the building behind the police station, opening the grey metal door will lead into what seems to be another garden variety loading screen... only for two zombies to suddenly appear out of nowhere in the middle of the animation, complete with pant-soilingly scary music to boot, forcing you into an immediate combat engagement.

For anyone who put the controller down for a few seconds to take a sip of their drink, scratch their head, or do basically anything else, it was one of the game's greatest "Oh s**t!" moments, and one which left a bruising effect on anyone caught out by it.

After spending hours across the first two Resident Evil games believing that the door animations were 100% safe, the sequel made it clear that even those fleeting slivers of peace weren't totally sacred.