19 Scariest Video Game Moments Of The Decade (So Far)

3. Escaping The Mad Doctor - Outlast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPWRkfg6-EA An asylum overrun by psychotic inmates, an unarmed protagonist, and a night vision-equipped camera. If that isn't the ideal recipe for a horror game, then I don't know what is. The best part of this little gem is how it utilizes the camera as a means of illumination, bathing everything in washed-out greens, and lending a grainy, found footage feel to the night's horrors. And as you can no doubt imagine, playing as a journalist isn't exactly conducive to skull-splitting action - especially when you're dealing with the likes of the inmates roaming the halls - so staying out of their way by any means was your best chance for survival. Of course, that's always easier said than done, and the moments when you're forced to sprint away from cannibals and madmen as they play hunter to your prey are the game's scariest. But if there's any scene that's sure to haunt your nights for weeks, it's being tortured and hunted by Dr. Richard Trager. After being knocked for a loop by the good doctor, you're strapped down and wheeled up to his quarters. From there, it only gets bloodier as he begins your torture by slicing off several of your fingers. Ouch. That's got to make it pretty tough to tote around a camera, yeah? That doesn't stop our protagonist from loosening his restraints though, and while freedom may grant you a short-lived reprieve, there's a bigger problem now: getting past the doctor without being sliced to ribbons. And trust me when I say your heart will damn near explode when he drags you out of the shadows.