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* The teaser trailer dropped for the game has nice creepy vibes, down to the organ. We're given a basic barebones of the situation along with Nancy gasping and hanging up. NothingIsScarier indeed.
--->'''Nancy''': Bess, hi, it's Nancy. I'm at this little amusement park on the coast. I wish I could say I was having a wonderful time. But the fact is some pretty spooky things have been happening here. There have been some strange accidents and the carousel, it starts up in the dead of night all by itself like it's haunted or something. You know me, I don't get scared very easily but I saw it myself last night and...(''gasps'') I'll call you later! I've got to run! I've got to go RIGHT NOW!
--->'''Nancy''': Bess, hi, it's Nancy. I'm at this little amusement park on the coast. I wish I could say I was having a wonderful time. But the fact is some pretty spooky things have been happening here. There have been some strange accidents and the carousel, it starts up in the dead of night all by itself like it's haunted or something. You know me, I don't get scared very easily but I saw it myself last night and...(''gasps'') I'll call you later! I've got to run! I've got to go RIGHT NOW!
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** The game being set in New Orleans, and beginning on the night of an intense thunderstorm, felt even ''more'' grim at the time of its release, just two years after large parts of the Big Easy were decimated [=IRL=] by Hurricane Katrina.
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** [[spoiler: How you learn about Gum Bo Fu can also lead to this. You learn it from watching Louis steal a book from the library and hide it in his briefcase. When you ask him what it means, he immediately asks you where you learned it. You have a choice to make; learn it from a book or read it in a magazine. If you tell him "magazine", he tells you [[BlatantLie how it means House of Great Books]]. If you tell him that you learned it from a book? He immediately tells Rose, who sends you back to River Heights. That's right. Louis's hold on Rose is so strong that he convinces her to throw you out for something he did.]]
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* If you watch ''Series/DoctorWho'' the moving statues are more than terrifying, even if shortly before, Wade might have explained this may have been one of the 'contraptions' from the war that one of the Thornton's ancestors built (which still doesn't explain why Charlotte's statue moved).
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* If you watch ''Series/DoctorWho'' ''Series/DoctorWho'', the moving statues are more than terrifying, even if shortly before, Wade might have explained this may have been one of the 'contraptions' from the war that one of the Thornton's ancestors built (which still doesn't explain why Charlotte's statue moved).built.
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* First and foremost is the fact that WordOfGod has said their goal was to make a game that was '''even scarier''' than ''Shadow At The Water's Edge.'' Judging by the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ClvYZqgRI trailer,]] it would appear they have succeeded.
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* First and foremost is the fact that WordOfGod has said their goal was to make a game that was '''even scarier''' than ''Shadow At The Water's Edge.'' Judging by the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ClvYZqgRI trailer,]] For many fans, it would appear appears they have succeeded.
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* To many fans, the true fear is [[DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck this game]] being someone's first experience with the franchise.
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** You receive a pick early on. If you use it on any wall EXCEPT the exact right wall at the exact right time, the cave will collapse and you [[spoiler: and presumably Sorin]] will die. [[spoiler: The culprit tries to kill Nancy in this method later on.]]
** [[spoiler: Later in the game, you realize some of the ambient noises were Sorin screaming for help. Every time you explore the caves, a man is trapped behind ice, yelling for your help.]]
** [[spoiler: Later in the game, you realize some of the ambient noises were Sorin screaming for help. Every time you explore the caves, a man is trapped behind ice, yelling for your help.]]
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** You receive a pick early on. If you use it on any wall EXCEPT the exact right wall at the exact right time, the cave will collapse and you [[spoiler: and presumably Sorin]] Magnus]] will die. [[spoiler: The culprit tries to kill Nancy in this method later on.]]
** [[spoiler: Later in the game, you realize some of the ambient noises wereSorin Magnus screaming for help. Every time you explore the caves, a man is trapped behind ice, yelling for your help.]]
** [[spoiler: Later in the game, you realize some of the ambient noises were
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!!#30 The Shattered Medallion
* To many fans, the true fear is [[DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck this game]] being someone's first experience with the franchise.
* To many fans, the true fear is [[DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck this game]] being someone's first experience with the franchise.
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!!#32 Sea of Darkness
* The ice caves. Deep, winding caves in Skipbrot with no signage, few recognizable features, and several levels. Despite the black sky, Skipbrot is often presented as well-lit interiors or wide open spaces. The caves feel cramped, alone, and somehow darker.
** You receive a pick early on. If you use it on any wall EXCEPT the exact right wall at the exact right time, the cave will collapse and you [[spoiler: and presumably Sorin]] will die. [[spoiler: The culprit tries to kill Nancy in this method later on.]]
** [[spoiler: Later in the game, you realize some of the ambient noises were Sorin screaming for help. Every time you explore the caves, a man is trapped behind ice, yelling for your help.]]
* After you fix the lighthouse, the doors slam shut and you are locked in as the windows open. Nancy remarks on how cold the wind is while the wind roars, and you have a limited time to leave before Nancy freezes to death.
* The bloody crime scene left behind when Dagny disappears and is presumed kidnapped. [[spoiler: It's all a fake, of course.]]
* The ice caves. Deep, winding caves in Skipbrot with no signage, few recognizable features, and several levels. Despite the black sky, Skipbrot is often presented as well-lit interiors or wide open spaces. The caves feel cramped, alone, and somehow darker.
** You receive a pick early on. If you use it on any wall EXCEPT the exact right wall at the exact right time, the cave will collapse and you [[spoiler: and presumably Sorin]] will die. [[spoiler: The culprit tries to kill Nancy in this method later on.]]
** [[spoiler: Later in the game, you realize some of the ambient noises were Sorin screaming for help. Every time you explore the caves, a man is trapped behind ice, yelling for your help.]]
* After you fix the lighthouse, the doors slam shut and you are locked in as the windows open. Nancy remarks on how cold the wind is while the wind roars, and you have a limited time to leave before Nancy freezes to death.
* The bloody crime scene left behind when Dagny disappears and is presumed kidnapped. [[spoiler: It's all a fake, of course.]]
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** When it comes to the music, "Dulcimer" is the freakiest song with it's subtlety and all the kinds of potential nightmarish imagery it evokes, "Wolf" is aptly named with ominous strings, "Prep" is all creepy ambiance that plays in the secret passages, and "Fairy" fits the sometimes scary secrecy of the Penvyllyns.
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** When it comes to the music, "Dulcimer" is the freakiest song with it's its subtlety and all the kinds of potential nightmarish imagery it evokes, "Wolf" is aptly named with ominous strings, "Prep" is all creepy ambiance that plays in the secret passages, and "Fairy" fits the sometimes scary secrecy of the Penvyllyns.
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** The fourth and last scary moment is the end, when discovering the puzzle in the [[spoiler: hidden bath where Kasumi died]]. After solving the puzzle, Nancy opens the safe, reads the letter, and finds a sword...[[spoiler: only to turn around and see the ghost face to face, still wide-eyed and gaping-mouthed as the ghost pins Nancy in the water and attempts to drown her. After solving the puzzle, though, it's discovered she was a robot.]]
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** The fourth and last scary moment is the end, when discovering the puzzle in the [[spoiler: hidden bath where Kasumi died]]. After solving the puzzle, Nancy opens the safe, reads the letter, and finds a sword...[[spoiler: only to [[JumpScare turn around and see the ghost face to face, face]], still wide-eyed and gaping-mouthed as the ghost pins Nancy in the water and attempts to drown her. After solving the puzzle, though, it's discovered she was a robot.]]
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Uncanny Valley is IUEO now and the subjective version has been split; cleaning up misuse and ZCE in the process
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* The other doll that has heaping helpings of UncannyValley is a pirate animatronic in Bruno's secret room. This animatronic is responsible for the [[HellIsThatNoise demonic sounds that Renee had been hearing from her bedroom]] which is important to solving a puzzle, a puzzle that involves pressing buttons and having the pirate open its eye and speak a string of syllables in a dead, flat tone. That said, it also doubles as nightmare retardant as you can make it speak in as much Simlish as you want until you finish the puzzle and [[EyeScream take the glass eye from its socket]].
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* The other creepy doll that has heaping helpings of UncannyValley is a pirate animatronic in Bruno's secret room. This animatronic is responsible for the [[HellIsThatNoise demonic sounds that Renee had been hearing from her bedroom]] which is important to solving a puzzle, a puzzle that involves pressing buttons and having the pirate open its eye and speak a string of syllables in a dead, flat tone. That said, it also doubles as nightmare retardant as you can make it speak in as much Simlish as you want until you finish the puzzle and [[EyeScream take the glass eye from its socket]].
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** How about the way it twitches when it moves and stutters when it meows? Something tells this troper that the inventor needed to work on it a bit more...
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* Everything about Maya's abduction. Your daughter has been kidnapped and may be hidden somewhere in a building scheduled for demolition in a few days. You have no leads of where she may be and you could possibly never see her again.
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* Everything about Maya's abduction falls under AdultFear.abduction. Your daughter has been kidnapped and may be hidden somewhere in a building scheduled for demolition in a few days. You have no leads of where she may be and you could possibly never see her again.
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* Late in the game, [[spoiler: Lukas, a sometimes-annoying little boy, is kidnapped and thrown into a small, dingy cell in a dungeon--a dungeon that has caved in before, leaving several people near death. THAT is AdultFear done well.]]
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* Late in the game, [[spoiler: Lukas, a sometimes-annoying little boy, is kidnapped and thrown into a small, dingy cell in a dungeon--a dungeon that has caved in before, leaving several people near death. THAT is AdultFear done well.]]
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* During the game, after you go ice fishing, [[spoiler: you get attacked by the culprit who proceeds to blow the ice shack up and steals your coat.]] When you later get back to the lodge and clean rooms again, [[spoiler: Nancy will discover the culprit left her coat in one of the unoccupied rooms with a nasty note saying LEAVE NOW in capital letters. And the coat's been torn up.]]
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* During the game, after you go ice fishing, [[spoiler: you get attacked by the culprit who proceeds to blow the ice shack up and steals your coat.]] When you later get back to the lodge and clean rooms again, [[spoiler: Nancy will discover the culprit left her coat in one of the unoccupied rooms with a nasty note saying LEAVE NOW in capital letters.NOW. And the coat's been torn up.]]
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* The ending of the game. [[spoiler: This is the first time in a game where Nancy is forced to fight the culprit to survive. If they manage to beat Nancy, it's implied they kill her.]] Yikes!
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* During the game, after you go ice fishing, [[spoiler: you get attacked by the culprit who proceeds to blow the ice shack up and steals your coat.]] When you later get back to the lodge and clean rooms again, [[spoiler: Nancy will discover the culprit left her coat in one of the unoccupied rooms with a nasty note saying LEAVE NOW in capital letters. And the coat's been torn up.]]
--> '''Nancy:''' Somehow, I get the feeling I'm not welcome.
--> '''Nancy:''' Somehow, I get the feeling I'm not welcome.
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* The background music ranges from pretty Irish tunes to outright disturbing instrumentals.
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* The soundtrack of the game is most likely the most unsettling of the series. Only a handful of the background music BackgroundMusic is nice, the rest? Unsettling, distorted traditional shamisen instrumentals, which almost sounds like metal grinding against metal.
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* The culprit's methods when you really think about it: [[spoiler: Rentaro is essentially {{Gaslighting}} everyone into believing the Ryokan is haunted so that Miwako has no choice except to close the place down. Even worse, he's exploiting the death of Kasumi (Miwako and Yumi's mother/Takae's daughter) to achieve his goal. While he claims to be doing this for Miwako's benefit, it's hard not to see how mean-spirited and ugly his actions are, and how they're causing untold pain for everyone involved.]]
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** What makes the situation worse is that PoliceAreUseless is in full effect here: Not only do they refuse to believe that Maya is being held hostage at the theater, but there comes a point later in the game where they will actively hinder Nancy's attempts to find Maya, which results in a GameOver if she isn't careful.
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* During the investigation, the culprit drops one of the tracks on Nancy's leg and activates the ride with the intention of running Nancy over while she's trapped. She has a limited amount of time to wire certain circuits to stop the ride, or she'll get hit by the moving car and it's GameOver.
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!!#24 Trail of the Twister
* The main theme of the game is focused on storm chasing. Towards the end, Nancy has to open a storm shelter as a tornado is approaching.
* The main theme of the game is focused on storm chasing. Towards the end, Nancy has to open a storm shelter as a tornado is approaching.
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* Some of the culprit reveals can be unnerving. Some of them turn out to be the characters who were seemingly the nicest or most helpful person Nancy interacted with. Unfortunately, their masks drop once Nancy discovers their involvement in the mystery and even try to kill her.
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* The culprit has Nancy go to the haunted house attraction seemingly helping her with the case. However, it turns out they lured her to a trap where they try to drop a porcelain pufferfish on her.
* When Nancy confronts the culprit, there are three different GameOver scenes that happen where the culprit reaches out to strangle her while wearing a [[SlasherSmile demented grin]].
* The culprit has Nancy go to the haunted house attraction seemingly helping her with the case. However, it turns out they lured her to a trap where they try to drop a porcelain pufferfish on her.
* When Nancy confronts the culprit, there are three different GameOver scenes that happen where the culprit reaches out to strangle her while wearing a [[SlasherSmile demented grin]].
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--> '''Nancy:''' ''I'm getting the definite feeling I'm not alone...''
* At the end, when you're chased by the culprit [[spoiler: (Shorty) and fail to stop him in time, he'll pop his head around the corner and cheerfully say [[Film/TheShining "Heeeeeeeerre's SHORTY!"]]]].
* At the end, when you're chased by the culprit [[spoiler: (Shorty) and fail to stop him in time, he'll pop his head around the corner and cheerfully say [[Film/TheShining "Heeeeeeeerre's SHORTY!"]]]].
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--> '''Nancy:''' ''I'm ''[[ParanoiaFuel I'm getting the definite feeling I'm not alone...alone]]...''
* At the end, when you're chased by the culprit [[spoiler: (Shorty) and fail to stop him in time, he'll pop his head around the corner and [[SlasherSmile cheerfullysay say]] [[Film/TheShining "Heeeeeeeerre's SHORTY!"]]]].
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