Sharks In General

There are a lot of iconic, memorable villains on this list, but I think the scariest things in video games are the things that play closest to the things I find the scariest in real life. And for me, that’s sharks. Not only do some of them eat people, and I live in a country where that’s a real, actual danger (and I’ve had my run-ins with them before, which hasn’t helped!), but it’s the fact they’re so hidden, so invisible, just lurking there beneath the waves. One second you could be surfing, the next you’re missing a leg

So I get pretty damn scared whenever there are sharks in a video game! Assassin’s Creed Black Flag’s underwater sections were a nightmare, and I even struggle when Wind Waker’s cartoony sharks knock you off your boat. But one video game shark scares me more than any other, and that’s Half-Life’s. It’s fast, the first-person viewpoint means you never see it coming, it’s deadly, and you’re trapped in a really small place with it. All the ingredients I need to make me absolutely shit my pants. —Luke Plunkett