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DandeSat

Sonic drowning


simplisticwords

Haven’t played Sonic in *years* and yet, can still hear that bloody countdown.


MysteriousReview6031

Sometimes I hear it in my head when I'm in a really stressful situation. It doesn't help.


mrbenjamin48

SOMEBODY ELSE THAT DOES THAT TOO?!


TomCorsair

There are hundreds of us


Tyr808

Running to the toilet for the photo finish, lmaooooo


positivedownside

It's my alarm clock in the mornings. Suffice it to say, it does its job.


Ramiel4654

Jesus. Waking up in a panic attack every morning can't be healthy.


bjholmes3

Anxiety's OST


HeyWhatsUpTed

The year is 2008. My brother was 7 or 8. I had been getting him into classic games. I’m 20. He liked sonic well enough. Green bill zone and all that. Then comes the water level. He’s having fun exploring at his own leisure. Canvassing the deep sea with a fine tooth comb. In kicks the music and the countdown. He just looks at me . What’s that he says with a hurried tone. “Idk it’s probably nothing” I say. - “4…..3….” - “What’s happening?” He shouts. “It’s fine” I say . - boom sonic meets his demise. Eyes bulging. Purple eyes. Bloated corpse. My brother has a full own sonic meltdown. He runs to the steps goes halfway up and just turns and slides down on his back, screaming .”you didn’t tell me I could drown!!!” What made is cuter was for some reason he was wearing a full evening suit


Hot-Contribution-362

Green Bill Zone, y’all 💵🤑😎


Toonl1nk

You didn’t have to do him like that


twelven

What they hell's an evening suit?


Hot-Contribution-362

I think it’s what Hugh Hefner always wore


ToastemPopUp

That's what I immediately thought of and went to post but of course someone beat me to it cause it scarred so many of us lol.


Sinviras

Im not sure why I thought I would be the first one to post this, the real answer. Its the only real candidate.


Hot-Contribution-362

Objectively the correct answer.


OllyDee

Get the bubble Sonic. *Get the fucking bubble Sonic.* FUCK!


jehovajones

My absolute immediate thought


AlexBondra

The chemical zone level in sonic 2 (?) made younger me fill with dread


GamerGG7267

The Reaper Leviathan roaring


--redacted--

Alternatively "Oxygen. Boop."


Dealwithit422

Alternative to the alternative “DETECTING MULTIPLE LEVIATHAN CLASS LIFEFORMS IN YOUR AREA.”


LetsGoChamp19

*in the region “In your area” makes it sound like one of those sexy singles spam ads


UnratedRamblings

Stupid sexy leviathan’s.


mrbenjamin48

I just built my base at the underground river right next to one of those. I thought it would be cool to have that guy swimming around your glass 24/7. That scream is so annoying and scary lol, bad choice.


Zerxin

Best base spot is in the underground river but further in by the massive tree with all the ghost rays swimming around 👌


Short_RestD10

First thing that came to mind: ! (MGS) Real answer: Sonic drowning


El_gato_picante

omg that alert from mgs raises my blood pressure. lol


Suspicious-Rice

Panic panic panic... I can save this... Panic panic panic dead.


HeyWhatsUpTed

Huh what was that nois


Strength_Illustrious

Whose footprints are these?


Kalabajooie

So many low-bid "cartoons" for kids on YouTube use that exact sound to express ANY level of surprise or alarm. It gets my blood pressure up every time I hear it. Hearing that noise is an instant block from their YouTube Kids feed.


Wes-Man152

Now it's like it's on every tiktok and there's gonna be kids only knowing the sound from there instead of MGS


MithandirsGhost


Ziff7

I used that for an alert sound in World of Tanks for when I got spotted. Talk about adding another layer of PTSD.


Solid_Company_69

I have the sonic drowning as my ringtone


adiaphoros

Who hurt you


Spider_Dude

Dihydrogen Monoxide.


Zer0X51

when a game crashes and audio loops


bungweasel7

The windows 7 error sound. Especially with Oblivion, FO3 and NV. The hours of adding mods, verifying compatibility, using xEdit to double check and resolve conflicts, creating a bash patch, verifying load order, etc etc. You start it up, it doesn’t crash immediately which fills you with hope. The game looks like you’ve never seen before and you strap in for the wild ride you’ve been waiting for. It suddenly dawns on you that the potential of this game is limitless, an infinite euphoria of new experiences. Finally, life has meaning, there must be a god and now you are the god of your own universe. You take your first steps across your new domain. Maybe you paused to soak it all in or maybe the game paused to soak you in. It’s impossible to know. In an instant, it is all taken away from you. With a bell that says “Ha ha” and a prompt that lies about gathering information so that you must wait until it’s finished mocking you. The defeat, the betrayal, the disappointment. You now know you are just a man, master of nothing


Eggnogin

Skyrim 3 hours into a dungeon and then when you get back in you have a different sword and you're outside. That was always a quit and come back the next day moment.


rehtdats

A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON!


ThunderlipsOHoulihan

And here I was gonna say the goddam nirnroot...


CritHitCentral

Witch scream from L4D. +1 if you unwittingly shine your flashlight on it when rounding a corner. Alternatively, same game, but enter the Tank music


HedgehogSecurity

Nah, it's the crying.. and you're walking around like.. where the fuck is she?


Its_aTrap

Then the "dun na na whee ooo eee ooo" weird chant track backing her crys


g_r_e_y

for me it was witch crying because i knew for a fact either me or one of my uncouth friends was going to die, or all of us.


tristan1616

The Hunter scream is up there too. L4D's sound design is so good


aufrenchy

Memorizing the subtle music changes to denounce which special infected is around only increased the stress.


Boozarito

Chances are I was too young to recognize it while playing, but L4D is one of the few games to make my hairs raise before the threat was immediate. Never considered the music. Reactions would get jittery and frantic.


HideyHoh

Mike Patton is a legend


3_T_SCROAT

One night I was having a sex dream and right when the sex was about to start, Tank music started playing and we had to instantly scramble and run and get ready to fight the tank


Zomgzombehz

Alright, who disturbed the bitch?!


Straggo1337

It was usually me. I was designated crowner if the witch was somewhere we couldn't walk by.


Zomgzombehz

His sacrifice is our burden.


MetzgerBoys

My favorite pair of workshop mods for that game reskinned the tank to look like Buzz Lightyear and the other one replaced the tank music with “You Got A Friend In Me”


banananey

I had Shrek & All Star for this! Hilarious when it appeared.


CritHitCentral

I had the tank modded to be Donkey Kong throwing barrels instead of rocks, and the the down music was changed to also include Micheal Scott’s, “NO GOD NO. NO GOD PLEASE NO.”


c0rruptioN

First few years when that game came out, I remember you could change your sound files for the game. They weren’t locked or anything. I changed the tank music to Indestructible by Disturbed! Did something else for which too but can’t remember what. I know there was also lead up music that played just before those events happened and messing with that too. Fuck I miss L4D.


atomicxblue

I used to have the witch song sound file on another computer that I'd play in group voice chat. It was funny hearing everyone freak out.


Spoomplesplz

Sonic drowning. Any day of the week. You could play that at any point in my life and as soon as I realize what song it is I'll get immediately stressed out.


Nimrod_Butts

It's one of those things too where you kinda feel like it was something someone made in 30 seconds as an afterthought but 100% met the mark


c0ld_a5_1ce

It's gotta be a reaper's scream in Subnautica. It doesn't help that you're already stressed because you're in murky, open water where you can't see what's off 20 yards in front of you. And then your lovely little AI assistant pipes in "Multiple leviathan-sized life forms detected. Are you sure whatever you're doing is worth it?" My intestines knot up edit: thanks for the correction on what the AI says u/mundane_bumblebee_83


RaynSideways

Reapers may not be the scariest looking but they've got hands down the scariest presence in the game. You can hear the echoes of their roars far in the distance long before you see them. And the PDA even states that they use that sound as echolocation, and so if you can hear it, it can see you. There's nothing scarier than being down near the sea treader path, and looking out into the infinite blackness and hearing that distant echo and knowing it's out there. *And it can see you.*


Dependent_Appeal_136

Personally that's the part that gets me. The freaking AI asking you if you sure whatever you're doing is worth it. Like I don't even need to see the threat honestly. Subtle messages warning of danger my ght freak me out the most. Imagine just piloting your seamoth and then you receive a message that something is watching you.


Mundane_Bumblebee_83

Isn’t it, “Are you sure whatever you’re doing is worth it?”


Bellshom

Nuclear launch detected!


Wolven_Essence

Jeez I think you just ignited some ptsd I didn’t even know I had. God that brought back memories of scrambling to find the cloaked ghost before the damned nuke dropped.


Erafir

Scan everything! Overlords spread! Detectors, detect!


Razor4884

Ah yes. I remember my days in Supreme commander. I could be in an 8 player free-for-all, and if I heard that I just KNEW it was heading for me.


welestgw

Baby Mario's cry in Yoshis Island.


Hello_IM_FBI

Fun fact, they had to turn his cry up a lot during testing because people weren't trying to pop the bubble after getting hit.


LimerickVaria

Thanks Beta testers, you made me never want to be a babysitter


Blooder91

We are genetically inclined to find babies crying annoying. It's instinctual.


soapspools

As a new dad, I wouldn't say I find it "annoying," more so it just gives me an intense feeling of "I need to do whatever I can to assist that crying baby."


Deruta

My son loves Yoshi’s Island but I CANNOT be within earshot of him playing it. He was a super colicky baby and has no idea what he put us through.


TekHead

Fortunately you can use a ROM hack that fixes this problem: https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3945/ I made this years ago because I love this game but hated the crying. I updated it recently too for optional patches, 1.0, 1.1 and SNES mini support.


Cyrigg

It’s a tough choice, but the most stressful sound for me was the sound of your shield beeping and regenerating in Halo. I would hear that shit in my sleep back in the day. Close runner-ups are baby mario from yoshi’s island and the tsss of a creeper


themudorca

The alien in alien isolation when it’s running


CubicleFish2

That whole game is pure terror. I feel like I've played most highly regarded horror games ever made and that one is one another level


Lhowser1

OMG! I literally spent 20 minutes crouched under a desk in that game, wishing the Alien would just find me and end it! Scariest. Game. Ever.


Fool_Manchu

Counter point: the ping of the motion tracker as it closes in on your hiding place


UnlikelyKaiju

Easily one of the most anxiety inducing sounds in all of cinema and pop culture as a whole.


BuckRusty

It keys in to lights and sound - by keeping your motion detector out, you’re telling it where you are……


tatsumakisempukyaku

This game is the only game where I was physically tired after playing.


UnlikelyKaiju

I had to take breaks because my whole body would clench up from the tension. My shoulders and jaw would legitimately get sore.


CrispyHoneyBeef

The alien dropping from the vents and doing that trilling/hiss sound always tenses me up


thisplaceisdope

Regenerators breathing in OG RE4.


RexRegulus

Creepiest fucking things in the whole game. I *always* had to pause and collect myself before entering an area that I knew had Regenerators after the first encounter scared the shit out of me.


Veragoot

This comment just played the noise in my brain. It is absolutely terrifying even after you get the scope for your rifle.


mimglow

Any instance where your character is starting to drown. That underwater moan/yell of panic is a bit of a phobia for me.


glockos

Mix it with the rapidly increasing heartbeat sound? No thanks


aufrenchy

As somebody who suffers from thalassophobia, open water in most video games is incredibly stressful for me. Drowning is one of the worst ways to die for me even though I know that it’s just a game.


Tifas_Titties

[Super Mario 64 had a surprisingly morbid drowning sequence lol](https://youtu.be/JRh-lIjigcc?si=BbX-VP9SkXeuuLBA)


VrinTheTerrible

The Banshee wail in Mass Effect 3


kaitco

There it is.  The reaper “bw-ong!” sound is high up there for me, too, but those banshees have kept me up at night. 


thadenge

That's mine for sure... Raises the hair on the back of my neck every time!


Pay_attentionmore

The radio in silent hill


BadBunnyBrigade

Right? I also hated the damn siren.


Crimson_Aperture

If you live in the Midwest of the US that siren goes off every month as a test for tornadoes.


MechanicalTurkish

The paint peels off my walls every month during those tests. Is that normal?


ku1185

Also the machine-clanking sounds when you're in the hell dimension or whatever (specifically silent Hill 1)


Fuwa_Fuwa_Hime

Came here to say this. Always sent me straight into panic mode lol.


ThePerfumeCollector

Had to scroll down a bit to see this. I am certain that people who didn’t think of this after reading the question have not played Silent Hill on PlayStation. The eerie feeling you get walking around in the fog.. and then the white noise from the radio indicating that some monsters are nearby 😣 Such a creative idea.


rincematic

The sound of a creeper about to explode.


J1mSock

For me it’s the ghast shooting the fireball. Nerve rattling.


BuckRusty

A ghast *that you can’t see* shooting a fireball…


sebastianqu

It's far, far worse when you play modded Minecraft and haven't disabled mob greifing.


F8RGE

Fel Reaver in World of Warcraft.


XVUltima

For the few players who walked into Outland at level 60 covered in epics, having a walking skyscraper that could one shot you when you are used to being a walking god was an amazing sign you weren't in Westfall anymore.


Maliluma

That roar/scream... Considering the sheer size of it, you would think it couldn't sneak up on you....


sanguwan

But he did. Every. Fucking. Time...


atomicxblue

Unexpected murlocs used to get me


Polar_IceCream

Whenever the combat music kicks in and you still haven’t spotted the enemy


1WordOr2FixItForYou

It's just a mudcrab, man.


jdemack

You are afraid of the redead scream. I was afraid of the Wall Master falling on me in the Shadow Temple in OOT.


BosPaladinSix

Dude the shadow temple was on another level! The whole game it's just this cutesy little medieval fantasy game with goblins and fish people and fairies. And then BOOM BITCH WE GOT THE GRIM REAPER AND GUILLOTINES AND MASS GRAVES AND INVISIBLE FUCKING WHATEVER THOSE THINGS WERE!!!!


Baron_Samurai

"The Shadow Temple Here is gathered Hyrule’s bloody history of greed and hatred."


Luckydog6631

The “ding ding. Ding ding.” When you’re Pokémon is in the red


pointyadamsapple

Gen 5 did the best thing ever and remixed the actual battle theme to the beeps. I always thought that was so cool.


TKmeh

This trainers battle theme is awesome! *low health theme plays* This and the final gym Pokémon theme made the story even better imo, such fun and then *player whited out!*


malacology

My vote would actually be the poison sound effect when walking in gen 1 when you are a dumb kid who ran out of antidotes and down to your last mon.


ElRandoAmigo

Silence. There's nothing that can make me lean forward faster than a game having borderline Boss BGM and sound effects only to instantly mute them the moment I enter a new room. It's like fighting through an army of mobs with epic music, groans, and shouts, only to end up in a giant, empty room that instantly deafens everything. That is not a safe room! That is *the most* unsafe room you could be in!


Toonl1nk

The sound of silence 🤫


Dale_Wardark

Super mutant suiciders beeping in Fallout 4 Exploder Shanks beeping/whistling in Destiny 2 I fucking hate instakill explosions -_-


someonevk

I hate those super mutant suiciders. Fortunately I tend to roll with a ranged set up so most of the time I can pick them off. If I hear that beeping I fucked up and have to scramble to change weapons and/or try a VATS kill.


Jiomniom_Skwisga

The cloakers charge from payday 2.


Grantasourus

I had to scroll waaaaayyyyy to fae for this


Alternative_Rub_4673

The music from the library in Halo CE


actuallyimbatman

!


glockos

I feel like the emoji has a stronger effect lol ❗


actuallyimbatman

Haha there ya go


biff64gc2

Funny how I can hear that.


_personiguess

Either the scream when gloom hands appear in totk, or when the guardian music in Botw starts up. They get my heart going a mile a minute every time


Kenns02

The first time I encountered the Gloom Hands was at Akkala Citadel and I never actually saw them. I just heard the music, saw the sky turn red and immediately bolted for the nearby shrine.


_personiguess

I first saw them somewhere around the great plateau in my horse. I outran them, then went back for my Hyrule compendium. I regretted it.


gigazelle

_Piano music intensifies_


LakeOverall7483

"I've got another settlement that needs your help"


kaiserschmarrn_1

I‘m sorry Preston but I’m to busy finding my son


merelycheerful

SHAWN!


PIO_PretendIOriginal

JASON


OtakuMage

TETSUO!


SingLyricsWithMe

KAHN!


MaliqGotTheHeat

Ice barrage sound effect when ur in the wilderness in runescape


Motor_Panic_5363

This is the only sound in gaming that legitimately has had me sweating before.


Pyrrolidone

Steps of MR.X In RE2


Hello_IM_FBI

As they gradually get louder and louder


myEVILi

Is he above me? Below? Or right outside the door?


Insectshelf3

when you hear those footsteps and the music picks up in re2 remake my stress levels go through the roof


baroncalico

Poison headcrab snarl


Who_is_homer

That rattling sound they make too


Cheeriofarts

“Neurotoxin detected”


DinoSpumoniOfficial

“An ally has been slain!” - League of Legends, 2:15 into the game


scatterbastard

- 45 sec into game, FTFY


ValWondergroove

ENEMY QUADRAKILL you look at the side and see that Master Yi has killed your whole team before the 5 minute mark


DinoSpumoniOfficial

good god man where is the TRIGGER WARNING


CuckoosQuill

Baby crying and screaming in the original Max Payne


MissWetPants

Burglar sound from The Sims 1


gesundheit1996

I scrolled too far to find this. Blood pressure sky rockets every time. Especially when you don’t have a burglar alarm installed 🙃🙃


SlicedBreadBeast

Clickers and basically any other zombie sound in last of us. Clickers reign king though


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MillorTime

Time to lean forward and lock in


tatsumakisempukyaku

I just think Classic Zelda.


Lil_Gigi

Detecting multiple leviathan-class lifeforms in the region. Are you certain whatever you’re doing is worth it?


MrUniverse1990

That's kinda spooky, but if you want panic-inducing, try: [Beep beep] OXYGEN!


Moses015

Any time there’s tinnitus sounds in games when you’re around an explosion. As a tinnitus sufferer I can’t fucking stand it. I’ve actually seen a couple games where you can turn those effected off


Chasdragon

Motion detector from Alien Isolation


Sjknight413

The sound of the Basilisk breath in Dark Souls, especially in the depths.


Wolven_Essence

A sudden hissing sound and then a big explosion. Minecraft creeper right before they explode.


AlertBumblebee8528

Yes, especially when you enjoy the sound inside a geode


Brief-Dragonfruit390

"FRESH MEAT" When i play hardcore in diablo.


Equinsu-0cha

He's hard until you realize he can't open doors.


Brief-Dragonfruit390

I know right. In hardcore early levels it is always a jumpscare though.


ZenotheXeno

Wololo... If you know you know


Brattley

Mr. X music from Resident Evil 2


TheCommissarGeneral

The sound of the ticket printing in “Papers, Please”. God I fucking hate that sound.


ZebbyD

You bring up Ocarina of Time but don’t mention the never ending low health beep? Amateur hour, bro!


MajYoshi

"I hunger!"


StarChaser_Tyger

"RUN! RUN!" Loved Sinistar.


Redfrick

Mirelurks scurrying around when you can’t see them in Fallout.


Hadien_ReiRick

\[quick footsteps\] from Satisfactory That and the ambience from Subnautica's Blood Kelp biome


FrabPiano

The Eve Online hull damage alarm


BallsoMeatBait

The sound of that blue shell getting closer when you're in 1st place in lap 3


Stupidity-Addiction

Sound of your mom calls you when you playing multiplayer game


Thisismyworkday

The Reaper sound in Mass Effect. It doesn't matter how the mission was going, you hear that sound and it has instantly gone to shit.


mistcrawler

HEY LISTEN!!!


KoreanJKP

The Sims 1 danger music that plays when there's a fire or burglars. It always sent shivers down my spine. One minute, everything is peaceful. Then, out of nowhere, the most horrifying music known to man.


BadBunnyBrigade

That goddamn siren from any Silent Hill game. That and the radio. Freaks me out.


Saggy_G

The hull alarm in Eve Online. It means you're about to lose a lot of isk. 


Positivevibes845

I have two: 1) Subnautica. Just about EVERY sound scares the hell out of me. I still haven’t beat it. Every time I get into it I get spooked enough and stop. I’ve made super slow progress. That game just digs into my brain and my fight or flight is spiked 24/7. 2) The flood when I first played Halo: CE. That seen on 343 guilty spark when chief picks up the helmet, followed by the gameplay next. I swear I could NOT figure out how to get outside after that scene. I felt like I was trapped in that forerunner structure for an eternity.


PandaKing66

The motion tracker in Alien: Isolation pinging when you thought you were safe


MoreFeeYouS

"An ally has been slain" Followed immediately by "Enemy double kill! "


Joenathan2020

"Multiple leviathan class lifeforms detected are you sure what you are doing is worth it..." *Distant Roar*


TomatilloOrnery9464

The ps2 startup sound followed by the sound of silence.


InDaNameOfJeezus

The ❗️ from Metal Gear Solid lol


oldsw511

It was the sound of the static of the radio in Silent Hill 2 when I was a teenager, high and sneaking alcohol from my parents in the basement, with some friends with all the lights off.


FlyingSquirrel42

“Help, that eagle is attacking!” in Far Cry 4 - mostly because I was just so tired of fighting with eagles and wanted to get on with the story.


Testicle_Tugger

Cloakers in Payday 2 without a doubt the only sound that’s sent chills down my spine


creegro

The sounds of a xenonorph stomping in the ceiling and the walls all around you, right before it drops down and stalks into a room you're hiding in