There’s a third strategy for dealing with the Xenomorph in Alien: Isolation. It involves uninstalling the game, setting fire to your Xbox and then de-stressing in a room full of kittens.
I don't wish to seem boastful, but I'm not sure how challenging Alien Isolation could be now given that hiding under my furniture crying silently has been my entire response to 2020.
the alien will literally adapt to your most frequently used tactics hide under a desk? the alien will start checking under desks more often use fire to scare it away too frequently? the alien will literally just flinch then kill you a few seconds later
Its the “brilliance “ of the game. The aliens learn, just as they do in the movies. So eventually they learn to start checking in lockers and under furniture fir their tasty snack. Its you. You’re the snack.
Yellow Toad me too!!!! But i found a way to “play” horror games, i made my hubby played it and i just watched him while hiding behind the sofa or cover myself with blanket 😭😭
When I was a kid I would play Doom on my dad's PC in the study.. I had every light on in the house and would constantly have to check my parents were near by. Now when I return to the game all I see is pixels. Haha. Talking about the original doom here.
@@Legendary_Detective-Wobbuffet there are some first person games that made people had motion sick, i believe its the blurring effect when we move the camera around. Try turning it off in the settings. I had the same problem with dragon age inquisition
Every other game: This is the one or two bosses that were scary and you have to hide. Alien Isolation: It's everything.... in the entire game... all the time....
Maybe not a “boss” technically, but in Life is Strange, Max had a sort of climactic dream sequence where she had to avoid the game’s various antagonists 🤷♀️
That part of the nightmare had me on edge so much. And what made it worse were the things the characters said. They range from antagonistic to downright creepy. Especially Jefferson in the junkyard section.
@@uncroppedsoop Or Dead By Daylight. Although it isn't guaranteed you'll be the unkillable boss. Statistically, you're more likely to be a survivor, but there is the option to be the killer
i feel like the hook is actually like a holding onto your soul kind of thing. sounds cliche but it dissolves as soon as you pull on the person to free them so it's not a normal hook of course
@@MegaShepardsPie There's a video about Mike playing Alien Isolation while hooked up to a heart beat monitor. Even he couldn't no sell the Xenomorph in this game.
I remember reading there is a guy who feeds one group of crows and then throws rocks at a different group. The one he throws rock at hate hime and try to attack him. But the ones he fed follow him around and attack the other crows.
Fun fact about the xenomorph from alian isolation it's ai adapts to your way of fighting it,so if you hide in lockers a lot it will start checking lockers and if you use noise distractions it will start ignoring them
@ThickManiac I believe so if I remember correctly the early builds of the game had the neighbor with a really good ai,it was only after they kept adding stuff and making the house more complicated that the ai started breaking
Argus Filch is definitely not an entry I was ever expecting, but holy wow did that bring back some childhood memories. I absolutely loved that game, and the Filch stealth section is still one of the most memorable levels of any game for me! (mainly because I was so tense)
I didn't know that section had traumatized me until I now heard that "Intruder in the forbidden corridor" line again. That's 19 years of repression down the drain...
@@rewritable_ Haha the only thing that saved me was that I played a Finnish dub of the game. Somehow that was even more terrifying, probably due to how bad the voice acting was.
@@Hanmacx Yep! He smashed that jar on one side of the tower, remember? Edit: he then reappears in the final section (the one with four switches in four corners of the room) to distract Filch again.
@EWAN MERRICK You’re thinking of Beast Bendy, I’m talking about the normal Ink Bendy in the third chapter of the game Also you don’t really hurt Beast Bendy you just get away from him until you can bring the end reel to the throne
If you could quietly hide as some of this things came so close, you really are a brave hero. Most would lose their heads, figuratively and then literally
I’m disappointed that they didn’t mention Metroid Fusion, that game is all about hiding from your stronger doppelgänger since you’re no where near powerful enough to kill them
I love The Evil Within 2, but Anima is genuinely terrifying. She decided to haunt me while I was in a Save room once. She didn't come in, but she decided to hum from outside the window the moment I loaded up my save. Freaked me the hell out.
9:24 To be honest, that boss was the only boss I fear in the Evil Within 2. 10:28 I like to thoroughly search around. So when I got to this part, I freaked out because I didn't know that place would trigger the boss. I was like, "No, this can't be happening!"
Queen Vanessa from "A Hat In Time" The Forgotten One from "Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow 1 - Resurrection" Interesting as there is a conventional boss fight at the end of that DLC. The SA-X from Metroid Fusion in the first two direct encounters. Also interesting as there are two encounters later in the game where your salvation is escaping alive instead of hiding, as well as a conventional battle as part of the finale.
Maybe not the scariest, but how about the encounters with Kuro in Ori and the Blind Forest? You can take on countless bugs in breathtaking environments with serene music, but once Kuro shows up, all you can do is run and hide.
Hiding in a locker and weeping silently. Are we talking about Luke's play through again? I thought we only brought this up at the Christmas party for some shits n giggles?
Fun fact: you actually can kill the Alien in Alien Isolation. I don’t know where to find it, but I remember a video of some Russian dude trapping it in a corner with their shotgun until it died. It doesn’t have a death animation of any kind, it just sort of pops out of existence.
Practically the entire Clock Tower series has you as a little girl desperately running and hiding from bosses. Scissors Man was particularly terrifying
Both Resident Evil 2 & 3 with Mr. X and Nemesis, unstoppable killing machines that can only be staggered by the playable character until the inevitable final showdown, finally allowing you to finish your annoying fan club members
The first few encounters against Sa-X in "Metroid Fusion." You're weaker than you've ever been, and this thing donning your old suit is hunting you down because of what's in your DNA. The first two or three times you encounter it, it's hide or die. After a certain point, you encounter it and have to run, run for dear life, because the best your attacks can do even that close to the end of the game is stun the creature hunting after you. You run until you can reach a final hiding spot, and the Sa-X decides you've gotten away . . . for now. It isn't until even later into the game that you finally stand a chance--key word there being chance--at fighting it. Oh, did I mention it was just one Sa-X . . . out of a handful of them hellbent on destroying anything with Metroid DNA?
I didn't think the Scarecrow levels were that bad, and I hate horror games. Alien: Isolation, on the other hand, almost gave me a heart attack which is why I only played it for a couple of hours before bailing.
I recently completed Arkham Origins again, and to me the second half of the 2nd boss fight against Bane felt more terrifying than Scarecrow to be honest.
I just had a fight/flight response to hearing Anima's humming..... I try to avoid her every second when i get the chance. Something with the janitor in little nightmares, if i hear the weird creaking noise, I would A) Freeze in place or B) quickly run to a spot that had a rug and/or hidey hole
Elen: "I guess the Xenomorph saw my weeping eyes poking through the slats of this locker" Xenomorph: rips off door ELMO LAUGH from ad me: I see what you did there youtube; you know what true horror is.
They should have ended the series at City or Origins. Besides, the Joker was the real star of the Arkham games, and when he died, the quality of the series died with him.
Warm greatings from The Philippines! Another fun review from you guys. Been your avid subscriber for the past few months. What makes your channel apart from others are the way you guys put humor on your game reviews while being informative about anything under the sun about games. You guys never fail to entertain.
Talking about hiding from bosses, I hope the OxVenturers don't hide from the 100-foot tall Zombie Were-Spiders you've cooked up for the Oxventure on Friday!!!! (Ellen - come back. I was joking....)
I love seeing Batman Arkham Asylum on this list. There are a lot of other things they could have picked a lot of other things but the fact that people remember that game makes me really happy.
Especially noteworthy because it comes out of nowhere. One moment you're investigating a weird painting, next you're trying to play guess the knife while an eldritch horror undulates menacingly behind you
The Final Bosses in the first and third Thief games are bosses where direct confrontation will kill you. Thief: The Dark Project and Thief: Deadly Shadows require you to sneak under the bosses' noses to ruin their plans.
You are spared even the possibility of confronting the final boss in Thief 2: The Metal Age because Plot Reasons. You're sneaking a lot but then that's Thief in general for you. This could be because the incomparable Stephen Russell, the voice of the titular thief Garret (also plays Nick Valentine, Cosgrove in Fallout 4; and Lord Protector Corvo Attano in Dishonoured 2), is also voicing the primary villain in Thief 2.
I loooooooved Filch levels. They were scary at first, but I found myself having most fun when going through those with every replay (I mean the PC version)
The Hunter and the Ubermorph from the Dead Space series. Those enemies are what made me have anxiety spikes any time you have to deal with an unkillable creature.
9:17 I have played many horror games & for most part have been desensitized to most of the scares but the second that singing starts my brains goes "no no nope. No think. Goodbye." And I take off running in a blind panic hoping to escape her
Kuro from Ori and the blind forest, in one part of the game, you have to sneak past her before she catches you, she will be in the background but will swoop in and catch Ori if he is in her line of sight
Call of Cthulhu, most enemies but especially the Shambler, who is capable of spotting you just by you looking at it, meaning that not only do you have to avoid it, while solving the puzzle of how to defeat it, but also do so while listening and keeping your eyes to the ground because even an accidental glimpse can cause your death.
The SA-X from Metroid Fusion. You do find it at the end, mere minutes before the game is over, but all you can do for most of the game is hide and run away. It is remarkably scary for a sidescrolling platformer, especially one with such a small screen.
How is Sekiro not on this list. The snake boss. Scared the shit out of me the 1st play through and had to sneak past twice in play through. Seen once instadeath
Really surprised that Nemesis and Mr X aren't here, I know you COULD shoot them, but they are invincible despite you being able to momentarily stun them. How could you forget the scary thicc bois?
Honorable Mention: Metroid Fusion - Having to run and hide from the SA-X was beyond terrifying. Though now it's kind of hysterical going back and dicking with her. And it was gratifying to eventually power up and overcome Samus's other evil clone.
I feel like the Deadshot fight in Arkham Origins would also fit here. If you are spotted by him or a random goon, he can ricochet a shot from anywhere in the room to hit you. Plus his body armor prevents conventional stealth takedowns, forcing you to go loud and proud when you want to get damage in.
The Gorgons in Destiny fit this bill. I think they're one of the first enemies in the franchise to be able to just decide you don't exist anymore, but every other boss that does this will let you run around doing raid mechanics for a while first. The Gorgons will just kill you if they even find out you're there. EDIT: not as creepy as these, though. Knowing that the Janitor's arms still move at the end is too much for my body to take and I am going back to bed to cower
David from The Last of Us. You had to find a way to sneak behind him so you could stab him, then run away again. They even did it again in the sequel near the end.
I know. They kept saying when the movie came out that _no one_ in the U.S. knew what a philosopher's stone was, yet _everyone_ who ever played Microprose's "Darklands" PC game knew that you had to find better versions of philosopher stones in order for your alchemist to craft higher quality potions. =)
@Mitch Wheeler Same here. No idea what the hell a sorcerer's stone was when I saw the one-sheet for the film until I saw the movie and figured out that they were actually talking about a philosopher's stone.... so why not just leave it at that?! The only reason American kids called it 'sorcerer's stone' is because some moron changed it for the U.S. market. If they'd left it philosopher's stone, kids over here would be calling it that, instead. Derp! "Stupidy, stupidy, stupidy!" - Tony Robinson, "Blackadder Goes Forth"
@@jamesanthony8438 Yeah, Philosopher's stone is a story I heard of in grade school. The secret ingredient that makes alchemy OP... that no one ever found. "Sorceror's stone" has a different more diverse set of meanings. stories of wizardry often involve storing magic in gems, and such like things. So magic amulet that let's it's wearer cast powerful spells? maybe. Magic weapon that amplifies the power of a wizard who wields it? also maybe.
What about the Great Coloured Carp from Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice? All you can do is hide from that thing, and it spotting you will most likely end in your death.
@@kirb2119 Sort of. In this game, she has several hunger-attacks. Each time, she is worse than before. 1. She eats bread. 2. She eats meat. 3. She eats a dead rat. 4. She eats a nome. 5. She eats the lady. After that, she consumes the guests by coming near them.
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One of the very first encounters in Evil Islands you need to sneak past encounter. And even as you progress in levels and equipment, and get companions, there are still some bosses that you can only run away from (the top level black earth elemental, if I remember it correctly)
My dad got me Arkham Asylum when it came out ( I was like 9 or 10) and when Scarecrow showed up I just noped right out, didn't finish the game until this year 👌😂
I am slightly older than you. Experienced exactly the same with the original Doom. Trust me when I say that back in the day it was the scariest game out there.
how about a list of boss"fights" where you had to run away? (don´t mind me if such a list already exists) i´m thinking of Ori vs. Kuro or any of the chase levels in Crash Bandicoot
Gonna try and fight these bosses? Haha, good luck. We'll be cowering over here out of sight thank you very much. 👀🎮
What about the SA-X from metroid fusion?
Don’t let us stop you.
Yay for Ellen finally managing to play more than five minutes of alien isolation, braver than me
Like Corazon?
How about the demons in the prison mission of far cry 4 you have no weapons and you don't get the ability to kill them
Queen Vanessa from A Hat in Time! The whole game literally shifts from child-friendly 3-D platformer to survival horror just for her level.
I instantly though Queen Vanessa too.
The tonal shift terrifies me every time
This is very true and i agree
The fact they let you skip that level is the best thing ever. Like, total bro move there.
Oh my god, yes
There’s a third strategy for dealing with the Xenomorph in Alien: Isolation. It involves uninstalling the game, setting fire to your Xbox and then de-stressing in a room full of kittens.
Secret forth strategy: creep up on the Xenomorph and clobber it out of existence.
I've never tried playing Alien: Isolation, but I think this will be my strategy!
Sounds like my method after family reunions.
Until one of the kittens turns out to be a facehugger wearing cat ears.
@Kieran Chapman
Too late, you already have a face full of alien wing-wong.
I don't wish to seem boastful, but I'm not sure how challenging Alien Isolation could be now given that hiding under my furniture crying silently has been my entire response to 2020.
Now you've jinxed us, August brings Xenomorphs
well im in Germany so that ended months ago... but it might start again any time soon...
Ikr
well it`ll defenetly be easier as its the only thing anyone can do as of now
Holup
Ash f
Plus the subscription
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*Ash Fox*
I never knew the alien could burst into hiding spots. There goes the 0.0001% chance that I was ever going to play that game.
the alien will literally adapt to your most frequently used tactics
hide under a desk? the alien will start checking under desks more often
use fire to scare it away too frequently? the alien will literally just flinch then kill you a few seconds later
@@whimsicalchronicles8798
Oh hell naw....
Good thing i wasn't planning on getting the game.
@@kittyyoutuber9 the best way to avoid the alien is to use a different method of avoiding it each encounter
Its the “brilliance “ of the game. The aliens learn, just as they do in the movies. So eventually they learn to start checking in lockers and under furniture fir their tasty snack. Its you. You’re the snack.
@@whimsicalchronicles8798 how about I shoot it
And this is why I could never play horror games. Just watching these in a bright room and on a small screen was enough to make me jump
Yellow Toad me too!!!! But i found a way to “play” horror games, i made my hubby played it and i just watched him while hiding behind the sofa or cover myself with blanket 😭😭
When I was a kid I would play Doom on my dad's PC in the study.. I had every light on in the house and would constantly have to check my parents were near by. Now when I return to the game all I see is pixels. Haha.
Talking about the original doom here.
@@melyssalayrensia same here! I love resident evil games, it's the only way i can "play" em
Or me with first person anything. Just seeing it here makes me severely motion sick.
@@Legendary_Detective-Wobbuffet there are some first person games that made people had motion sick, i believe its the blurring effect when we move the camera around. Try turning it off in the settings. I had the same problem with dragon age inquisition
Every other game: This is the one or two bosses that were scary and you have to hide.
Alien Isolation: It's everything.... in the entire game... all the time....
And little nightmares I think
Didn’t she become a cannibal
Oh god time to hide from HERSELF
dead by daylight : dude I am that except every sec unless you not in the game
Its literally only the alien u have to hide from..
Me: wait... it's ALL hiding!?!?
Alien isolation: always has been...
Maybe not a “boss” technically, but in Life is Strange, Max had a sort of climactic dream sequence where she had to avoid the game’s various antagonists 🤷♀️
That part of the nightmare had me on edge so much.
And what made it worse were the things the characters said. They range from antagonistic to downright creepy. Especially Jefferson in the junkyard section.
Or just Jefferson there is no fight for some reason even though I could fight like a demon with time travel
I loved how she started the last one haha... "if you enjoy being chased by a unkillble boss..... What the hell is wrong with you"
“WHAT IF I LIKE BEING THE UNKILLABLE BOSS?!?!”
@@demonzrising2545 then play Doom
@@uncroppedsoop Or Dead By Daylight. Although it isn't guaranteed you'll be the unkillable boss. Statistically, you're more likely to be a survivor, but there is the option to be the killer
Xenomorphs can smell the salt of your tears.
They can smell the poop in my underwear more like.
Steve Sheppard Was disappointed in the lack of “curled up in the fecal position” jokes.
Foooooolish space crew! You cannot hide because I can smell your tears!
I saw xenomorph vent
Person: * gets hooked through the lung *
Also person: **starts limping**
That's Dead by Daylight for you.
i feel like the hook is actually like a holding onto your soul kind of thing. sounds cliche but it dissolves as soon as you pull on the person to free them so it's not a normal hook of course
@The Yellow Basilisk guess I walk bad mow
Isnt that on your heart
@@demonzrising2545 I haven’t played it, but it looks like the lung
"We're not judging" said Luke judgingly.
To be fair, we judge Luke all the time. Look at the time we kink shamed him over the unicorn fetish!
@@anarchyantz1564 the w h a t
@@sleepyrose69 You might not want to go down that rabbit hole.....
@@anarchyantz1564 ur not answering my question pls im begging what do u mean
@@sleepyrose69 I have no idea what e is talking about either.
Anima is for me the most SCARIEST thing i have ever encountered in a video game... Damned thing still gives me chills to this day
Oh yeah... I've played tons of horror games and I'd much rather deal with the Xenomorph than the damn Anima lol
Anima is Samartha in adult form. She just ditched coming out of the tv when she hit puberty.
[F] for whoever had to capture the Alien: Isolation footage
F
Probably Mike. Unless it involves cars, he doesn't show or feel any emotions anyway, so it's fine.
@@MegaShepardsPie Ellen posted on her twitter that it was her, so definitely F.
@@MegaShepardsPie There's a video about Mike playing Alien Isolation while hooked up to a heart beat monitor. Even he couldn't no sell the Xenomorph in this game.
Probably Jane as she had to show Ellen's footage of Animal Crossing to show these weird things called "emotions".
"If you think that being chased by a monster sounds fun. Then one- What the hell is wrong with you?"
Ya what IS wrong with me?
Crow's are known for holding really long grudges so points for realism, aside from the sentient yarn
I remember reading there is a guy who feeds one group of crows and then throws rocks at a different group.
The one he throws rock at hate hime and try to attack him. But the ones he fed follow him around and attack the other crows.
@@travisrolison9646 well damn
Parent crows even teach offspring to hold their grudges as well. So you piss off one crow, it's children will hate you.
@@Thoroughly_Wet also they hate and kill owls. A lot of crow hunters will put fake owls out so that crows will swoop in to attack and they shoot them
Tell me about it, one of my cats literally gets bullied by magpies in my garden. He knows what he did...
Fun fact about the xenomorph from alian isolation it's ai adapts to your way of fighting it,so if you hide in lockers a lot it will start checking lockers and if you use noise distractions it will start ignoring them
Wow, thats a very well made ai
(But also yikes) (ㆀ˘･з･˘)
Didn't "hello neighbor" have a similar ai?
@ThickManiac I believe so if I remember correctly the early builds of the game had the neighbor with a really good ai,it was only after they kept adding stuff and making the house more complicated that the ai started breaking
So it learns?!?! I AM NEVER PLAYING THE GAME NOW
I think we can all agree the most terrifying monster design on this list is PS1 Ron
Andy Mcp Funny comment, whelp after that, I’m so tired, time for bed!
Everyone in PS1 Harry Potter are ugly creepy monsters.
@@scottylewis8124 except for Hagrid. He is unbelievably attractive in that game.
*this is not wrong-*
"A bean!"
PC Sorcerer's stone was childhood GOLD. Free roaming hogwarts, finding secret corridors and collecting chocolate frog cards? Magical.
Argus Filch is definitely not an entry I was ever expecting, but holy wow did that bring back some childhood memories.
I absolutely loved that game, and the Filch stealth section is still one of the most memorable levels of any game for me! (mainly because I was so tense)
I didn't know that section had traumatized me until I now heard that "Intruder in the forbidden corridor" line again. That's 19 years of repression down the drain...
I played the PC version, wasn't in that section that poltergeist too?
@@rewritable_ Haha the only thing that saved me was that I played a Finnish dub of the game. Somehow that was even more terrifying, probably due to how bad the voice acting was.
@@Hanmacx I can't remember if Peeves was even in the PS1 version.
@@Hanmacx Yep! He smashed that jar on one side of the tower, remember?
Edit: he then reappears in the final section (the one with four switches in four corners of the room) to distract Filch again.
“The bad dream sitting for an exam for a class you don’t remember signing up for”
That hit home~
I've never had that dream. I have had dreams where I couldn't find my class.
"This is why you're my least favorite Dr. Crane! ..after Frasier and Niles."
I get the reference!
baby I hear the Blues a-callin'
@@boa_firebrand tossed salad and scrambled eggs
@@boa_firebrand they're callin again
@calamity it's a reference to the show Fraiser. Fraiser and his brother Niles have the last name Crane.
What about Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order? The “fight” against Darth Vader literally consists of you running away for dear life.
YES! as a big SW fan I felt genuine fear and understood why NO ONE FUCKED WITH HIM!
Along with the Ink Demon, I feel like Darth Vader should’ve been on this list
@EWAN MERRICK
You’re thinking of Beast Bendy, I’m talking about the normal Ink Bendy in the third chapter of the game
Also you don’t really hurt Beast Bendy you just get away from him until you can bring the end reel to the throne
@EWAN MERRICK
You can’t
@EWAN MERRICK
I know
If you could quietly hide as some of this things came so close, you really are a brave hero. Most would lose their heads, figuratively and then literally
True. What about FNAF SL? I think it could make the next list, even though I never played it.
The Nightmare from Prey. I was never strong enough to fight it so I just hid like a coward and waited for it to disappear
I’m disappointed that they didn’t mention Metroid Fusion, that game is all about hiding from your stronger doppelgänger since you’re no where near powerful enough to kill them
Well, up until the end when you've finally gotten enough upgrades to do it.
Yeah, SA-X is great but technically... You face them in the boss fight... While running from them all the rest of the game.
@@Blackdracko7 in the *last 5 minutes* of the game no less.
Came here to point out the same comment
That’s literally little nightmares
I love The Evil Within 2, but Anima is genuinely terrifying. She decided to haunt me while I was in a Save room once. She didn't come in, but she decided to hum from outside the window the moment I loaded up my save. Freaked me the hell out.
What about the snakes from Sekiro? Both snakes require you to sneak around them, and it definitely would fit the “scary boss encounter” motif
But you can kill the snake. So it doesn’t count
You can't kill the second one, and the first and second encounter with the first one you have to run
FUCK those snakes, honestly
@@phylion6067 You can kill the second one.
Spoilers:
You have to, if you want to get the secret ending.
@@SuperSmashBrosKing33 killing or not killing is not part of the criteria
@@realism_logic idk which we're counting as first or second but you can kill ONE of them
9:24 To be honest, that boss was the only boss I fear in the Evil Within 2.
10:28 I like to thoroughly search around. So when I got to this part, I freaked out because I didn't know that place would trigger the boss. I was like, "No, this can't be happening!"
Queen Vanessa from "A Hat In Time"
The Forgotten One from "Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow 1 - Resurrection"
Interesting as there is a conventional boss fight at the end of that DLC.
The SA-X from Metroid Fusion in the first two direct encounters.
Also interesting as there are two encounters later in the game where your salvation is
escaping alive instead of hiding, as well as a conventional battle as part of the finale.
They made Queen Vanessa skippable, right? Run to the basement, then through a gap of some sort. I think.
I instantly though Queen Vanessa too
Of all names it had to be “SA-X”
The alien always found me even on the easiest setting when I turned off the ability for it to hear sound from my bedroom. That's not fair Bat-Brains!
WAIT IT CAN F*BLEEP*ING DO THAT?!
Maybe not the scariest, but how about the encounters with Kuro in Ori and the Blind Forest? You can take on countless bugs in breathtaking environments with serene music, but once Kuro shows up, all you can do is run and hide.
Agreed
Oh shit I forgot about her! I made a comment about Shriek instead of the OG
but yeah. kurp is Real Spooky as well
Kuro. Damn you keyboard
I was just thinking this. Lol
@@thehollyraven after just finishing will of the wisps (yes I'm late) shriek still scared me a decent amount every time I ran into it (her him idk)
"... that stress dream where you missed that exam for that class you didn't even know you were taking" oh my! I do have this regularly.
Hiding in a locker and weeping silently. Are we talking about Luke's play through again? I thought we only brought this up at the Christmas party for some shits n giggles?
if only avoiding scary boss's in real life could work out so well
Fun fact: you actually can kill the Alien in Alien Isolation. I don’t know where to find it, but I remember a video of some Russian dude trapping it in a corner with their shotgun until it died. It doesn’t have a death animation of any kind, it just sort of pops out of existence.
please provide your proof
The alien has hp so it is killable although it's a lot so it would take ages
Not like it'll help much anyway, as there are multiple ones in the later parts of the game... xD
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Practically the entire Clock Tower series has you as a little girl desperately running and hiding from bosses. Scissors Man was particularly terrifying
"Hello Neighbor" deserves a mention. The entire game is about avoiding your creepy neighbor whilst you explore his house.
Judging by how Andy and Mike felt about the game when they played it, avoiding Hello Neighbour entirely would be the best bet.
@@sgtraytango did they hate it or were they bad?
Also Hello Neighbor 2 (aka Hello Guest)
Except Hello Neighbor is dogshit
Wait how is he the creepy neighbour, we're the ones sneaking in his house
Both Resident Evil 2 & 3 with Mr. X and Nemesis, unstoppable killing machines that can only be staggered by the playable character until the inevitable final showdown, finally allowing you to finish your annoying fan club members
I wanted to say literally everyone in Outlast
Traigar was my first thought because I hated him but yes literally everyone
Yeah, it literally says your options are to run, hide, or die.
Do they count as bosses if it's literally everyone?
l0stndamned if you gotta hide from the bosses and you hide from everyone in Outlast, everyone is a boss then... ain’t that PEMDAS or somethin?
Kurrupted Gaming pemdas is a math thing...
Yep. “Red Band Dementor” is the name of my new band!
They are creepy AF, unfortunately.
Bioshock: Infinite had most of your encounters with the Songbird being of the hide and run variety. Booker certainly can't fight it.
Weren't those all scripted, though?
@@KeybladeMasterAndy I'm not sure but I think they have QTE elements.
The first few encounters against Sa-X in "Metroid Fusion." You're weaker than you've ever been, and this thing donning your old suit is hunting you down because of what's in your DNA.
The first two or three times you encounter it, it's hide or die. After a certain point, you encounter it and have to run, run for dear life, because the best your attacks can do even that close to the end of the game is stun the creature hunting after you. You run until you can reach a final hiding spot, and the Sa-X decides you've gotten away . . . for now. It isn't until even later into the game that you finally stand a chance--key word there being chance--at fighting it. Oh, did I mention it was just one Sa-X . . . out of a handful of them hellbent on destroying anything with Metroid DNA?
Scarecrow is definitely one of the most terrifying
I didn't think the Scarecrow levels were that bad, and I hate horror games. Alien: Isolation, on the other hand, almost gave me a heart attack which is why I only played it for a couple of hours before bailing.
I quit as soon as the spooky music started playing and then came back the next day and muted the entire bossfight
I recently completed Arkham Origins again, and to me the second half of the 2nd boss fight against Bane felt more terrifying than Scarecrow to be honest.
I absolutely love that scary guy!
I just had a fight/flight response to hearing Anima's humming..... I try to avoid her every second when i get the chance. Something with the janitor in little nightmares, if i hear the weird creaking noise, I would A) Freeze in place or B) quickly run to a spot that had a rug and/or hidey hole
And not Outlast? The introductory text literally says "your only options are to run, hide, or die". Hiding is basically the whole game.
"let me show you a magic trick"
"No thanks"
Are there any bosses in that game?
@@KeybladeMasterAndy about 5 or 6
Elen: "I guess the Xenomorph saw my weeping eyes poking through the slats of this locker"
Xenomorph: rips off door
ELMO LAUGH from ad
me: I see what you did there youtube; you know what true horror is.
"Lazer Gays" sounds like a ten part Netflix show I need in my life right now.
Oh, "gaze". Right. Yes, I knew that.
I'm glad you said it, I was thinking the same thing
...would it be gay people who shoot lasers or like gays who are made of them like the Living Laser from marvel?
@@Zezlemet Both. The two main characters have the opposite powers. It's an enemies to lovers thing. Netflix, call me.
@@mattball8622 oh my sweet lord that's amazing
@@mattball8622 this needs to be a thing.
Kudos to whoever did the writing for these features. Such a mellifluous display of vocabular constructions.
I'm torn between being sad that there where no more scarecrow levels in the later games and glad they didn't overdo them to the point it was tedious
Though they did try to badly replicate it
@@Zezlemet I know what you mean. Nothing will beat the fuckery that was encountering scarecrow for the first time.
They should have ended the series at City or Origins. Besides, the Joker was the real star of the Arkham games, and when he died, the quality of the series died with him.
Warm greatings from The Philippines! Another fun review from you guys. Been your avid subscriber for the past few months. What makes your channel apart from others are the way you guys put humor on your game reviews while being informative about anything under the sun about games. You guys never fail to entertain.
Talking about hiding from bosses, I hope the OxVenturers don't hide from the 100-foot tall Zombie Were-Spiders you've cooked up for the Oxventure on Friday!!!!
(Ellen - come back. I was joking....)
*Sees Little Nightmares*
ME: “Now why would that be familiar?”
*Remembers a certain ‘Sausage’ scene*
Me: “Ah...that’s why...”
oh yea when six eat a gnome
1:19 It's kinda hard to be frightened when that book is partially levitating
"crows *MURDER* you"? on par with the pun game there guys 🦅
“A-A-A-A-A-A MYUUUURRRRDDDERRR?!?! ON *MY* OWL EXPRESS?!?!”
I love seeing Batman Arkham Asylum on this list. There are a lot of other things they could have picked a lot of other things but the fact that people remember that game makes me really happy.
What about the Executioner from Alice: Madness Returns? It's all running and hiding until you finally get to squash him like a bug.
"If the titular alien discovered you, however, it was an immediate game over."
Unless you were late enough in the game to have found the flamethrower.
The shambler from call of Cthulhu never been more scared in my life
Especially noteworthy because it comes out of nowhere. One moment you're investigating a weird painting, next you're trying to play guess the knife while an eldritch horror undulates menacingly behind you
Still haven't beaten that fight. Every time I go back, I get caught a few times then say I'll get it later.
Never knew there was a Cthulhu game.
The Final Bosses in the first and third Thief games are bosses where direct confrontation will kill you. Thief: The Dark Project and Thief: Deadly Shadows require you to sneak under the bosses' noses to ruin their plans.
You are spared even the possibility of confronting the final boss in Thief 2: The Metal Age because Plot Reasons. You're sneaking a lot but then that's Thief in general for you. This could be because the incomparable Stephen Russell, the voice of the titular thief Garret (also plays Nick Valentine, Cosgrove in Fallout 4; and Lord Protector Corvo Attano in Dishonoured 2), is also voicing the primary villain in Thief 2.
In Soma this is what you're going to do the whole time 🙂🤷♂️
I was going to say the same thing, but then it's not "bosses". Or is everything a boss then?
And outlast
I loooooooved Filch levels. They were scary at first, but I found myself having most fun when going through those with every replay (I mean the PC version)
"Boss battle-shaped room"
come on, is there any other way to say it?
“7 bosses you could only hide from”
Little nightmares: All take it or leave it
And dead by daylight
what about little nightmares 2
@@levileggett7167 oh right I forgot about that game
The "dragons" in Sky are pretty nasty too. One look from them and you only have a second to get out of sight or become lunchmeat.
The Hunter and the Ubermorph from the Dead Space series. Those enemies are what made me have anxiety spikes any time you have to deal with an unkillable creature.
9:17 I have played many horror games & for most part have been desensitized to most of the scares but the second that singing starts my brains goes "no no nope. No think. Goodbye." And I take off running in a blind panic hoping to escape her
Legit proud of you for discovering the alien part in Alien Isolation, Ellen!
The Shambler from Call of Cthulu always freaked me out. The section where you have to find the knife gave me conniptions
Kuro from Ori and the blind forest, in one part of the game, you have to sneak past her before she catches you, she will be in the background but will swoop in and catch Ori if he is in her line of sight
Call of Cthulhu, most enemies but especially the Shambler, who is capable of spotting you just by you looking at it, meaning that not only do you have to avoid it, while solving the puzzle of how to defeat it, but also do so while listening and keeping your eyes to the ground because even an accidental glimpse can cause your death.
The SA-X from Metroid Fusion.
You do find it at the end, mere minutes before the game is over, but all you can do for most of the game is hide and run away. It is remarkably scary for a sidescrolling platformer, especially one with such a small screen.
SAX from metroid fusion. Probably the most terrifying metroid bosses.
The deathclaw in FO4 who you have to steal the eggs from. That was my first deathclaw encounter ever and it scared me senseless.
How is Sekiro not on this list. The snake boss. Scared the shit out of me the 1st play through and had to sneak past twice in play through. Seen once instadeath
Mr. X and Nemesis were terrifying-but I guess you DO have to eventually kill them
Really surprised that Nemesis and Mr X aren't here, I know you COULD shoot them, but they are invincible despite you being able to momentarily stun them. How could you forget the scary thicc bois?
The entire Outlast series is basically this videos title. In fact at the beginning of the games you are literally told “you are not a fighter”.
Honorable Mention: Metroid Fusion - Having to run and hide from the SA-X was beyond terrifying. Though now it's kind of hysterical going back and dicking with her. And it was gratifying to eventually power up and overcome Samus's other evil clone.
I feel like the Deadshot fight in Arkham Origins would also fit here. If you are spotted by him or a random goon, he can ricochet a shot from anywhere in the room to hit you. Plus his body armor prevents conventional stealth takedowns, forcing you to go loud and proud when you want to get damage in.
The Gorgons in Destiny fit this bill. I think they're one of the first enemies in the franchise to be able to just decide you don't exist anymore, but every other boss that does this will let you run around doing raid mechanics for a while first. The Gorgons will just kill you if they even find out you're there.
EDIT: not as creepy as these, though. Knowing that the Janitor's arms still move at the end is too much for my body to take and I am going back to bed to cower
David from The Last of Us. You had to find a way to sneak behind him so you could stab him, then run away again. They even did it again in the sequel near the end.
Gamall from Thief: deadly shadows anyone? God, that was so terrifying.
Also The Trickster from the first game (i know it does not look like much now but when it came out ... eh i feel old now :P).
Yes! And those... things (I think they're implied to be the remains of the patients?) wandering around the Shalebridge Cradle.
@@LuaB13 @skaarj8 Jesus those two were so scary. But the Cradle is my fav level because of that, actually xD best feeling of achievement.
SA-X from Metroid fusion. You aren’t strong enough to deal any damage to it until the end of the game, where you can finally beat it
As an american i say, i think sorcerers stone is indeed a wierd title i think it should have stayed philosopher's stone.
I know. They kept saying when the movie came out that _no one_ in the U.S. knew what a philosopher's stone was, yet _everyone_ who ever played Microprose's "Darklands" PC game knew that you had to find better versions of philosopher stones in order for your alchemist to craft higher quality potions. =)
@Mitch Wheeler Same here. No idea what the hell a sorcerer's stone was when I saw the one-sheet for the film until I saw the movie and figured out that they were actually talking about a philosopher's stone.... so why not just leave it at that?! The only reason American kids called it 'sorcerer's stone' is because some moron changed it for the U.S. market. If they'd left it philosopher's stone, kids over here would be calling it that, instead. Derp!
"Stupidy, stupidy, stupidy!"
- Tony Robinson, "Blackadder Goes Forth"
@@jamesanthony8438 Yeah, Philosopher's stone is a story I heard of in grade school. The secret ingredient that makes alchemy OP... that no one ever found.
"Sorceror's stone" has a different more diverse set of meanings. stories of wizardry often involve storing magic in gems, and such like things. So magic amulet that let's it's wearer cast powerful spells? maybe. Magic weapon that amplifies the power of a wizard who wields it? also maybe.
Might I, a jerk, suggest Philosopher's Sorcerer?
That game with the yarn cat has such a charming setting and such beautiful music.
Do you guys still have that Yarny creepy doll?😂
You need to add the SA-X from Metroid Fusion. Anytime you heard those footsteps in a room you’re gut clinched.
What about the Great Coloured Carp from Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice? All you can do is hide from that thing, and it spotting you will most likely end in your death.
I feel personally attacked that the SA-X from metroid fusion didn't make it in here
In Little Nightmares,you always have to hide or flee. Except the end.
It was very good. That Janitor caught me a bunch of times in a row though.. and that ending...!
Still need to play the DLC.
What’s the ending? OH YEAH SHE BECOMES LIKE A CANNIBAL, EY?
@@kirb2119
Sort of. In this game, she has several hunger-attacks. Each time, she is worse than before.
1. She eats bread.
2. She eats meat.
3. She eats a dead rat.
4. She eats a nome.
5. She eats the lady.
After that, she consumes the guests by coming near them.
One of the very first encounters in Evil Islands you need to sneak past encounter. And even as you progress in levels and equipment, and get companions, there are still some bosses that you can only run away from (the top level black earth elemental, if I remember it correctly)
You mean the strategy for defeating bosses isn't to run away and hide? Wish I'd known that sooner.
Well - sometimes you just have to learn things the hard way
The SA-X from Metroid Fusion was terrifying...
My dad got me Arkham Asylum when it came out ( I was like 9 or 10) and when Scarecrow showed up I just noped right out, didn't finish the game until this year 👌😂
I am slightly older than you. Experienced exactly the same with the original Doom.
Trust me when I say that back in the day it was the scariest game out there.
I would do that with Dr. Eggman on the original sonic like 20 years ago lmao
Fhrag161 ha. Now that’s a low threshold for jump scares. Lol
Metroid Fusion deserves a spot. Man that game changes from regular Metroid to Metroid Horror Edition. It scars a gamer.
Scarecrow is so scary he can make lunatics talk.
I had repressed that broom mini game for so many years. Thanks for that Ellen
how about a list of boss"fights" where you had to run away? (don´t mind me if such a list already exists)
i´m thinking of Ori vs. Kuro or any of the chase levels in Crash Bandicoot
The SA-X in Metroid Fusion. Even when you know it's coming, it's still terrifying