10 Unexpected Times Video Games Creeped You Out
2. Mass Effect - Husks
When players first loaded Mass Effect, they knew they had a huge space adventure ahead of them; something akin to Star Trek or Battlestar Galactica, but with them at the forefront.
That becomes clear from the moment players first land on Eden Prime and take their team through the area, clearing away hordes of the hostile robotic Geth. While they don't know it at the time, the Geth are actually working for the Reapers, who they've taken to worshipping as gods because they are the most advanced artificial intelligence in the known universe.
The Geth have been given Reaper technology while they do their bidding, and one such piece of that technology is the so-called Dragon's Teeth. Ten-foot spikes on which residents of the colony were placed.
At first these just seem like unnecessary cruelty to hit home just how bad these robot menaces are. Then the poles drop as you approach, and the true horror hits home. The colonists have been changed by these towers, turned into more machine than human, and added to the armies gathered against you.
It's a horrifying moment that only gets worse as you learn more about the Reapers.