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The scariest villains EVER

There's been a lot of talk over the past few years about how videogames need to provoke more of an emotional response from gamers, and of how the technology is gradually allowing developers the freedom to evoke those responses. But really, videogames have been expertly tapping into one of our most basic emotions for decades: Fear.

Sometimes, all of that fear is inspired by a single character or creature, and when those characters are realized particularly well, throwing down with them can leave players traumatized - but in a good way. In the following pages, GamesRadar recognizes the baddies that scared them the most - and presents video evidence to prove that those villains are just as creepy as they remember.
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Homicide - 563 days 4 hours ago
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Dr. Salvador is #1? BS. The Bella Sisters and the Regenerators were scarier. Pyramid Head is truly a great character. He's my #1.
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sticky doja - 563 days 3 hours ago
2 - Reading that article sent shivers down my spine
I have played most all of those games and the ones I know there is no doubt they should be in the top 10. I'm just not sure about the order.
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KidMakeshift - 563 days 2 hours ago
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Does anyone really think Pyramid Head is scary? I just thought he was a pervert (what the hell was he doing to those mannequin monsters) with a urinal on his head.
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Picnico - 562 days 22 hours ago
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There may be scarier villains than Pyramid Head but, in my opinion, he's the most popularly iconic SCARY villain I can think of- that's in any medium, not just videogames.

However Le Chuck from the Monkey Island series is my favourite semi-comical villain.

However, the most truly scary villain to me is another one from Resident Evil 4, and I didn't know why he doesn't get mentioned- Verdugo, a towering alien-like creature with piercing eyes who keeps chasing you in the basement of the castle when you have no ammunition- that's scary!:

http://re3.yt-thm-a01.yimg....
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MK_Red - 562 days 22 hours ago
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Their number one is kinda laughable. I would have chosen Mario over that.
Still, it's their list and it's pretty decent. Pyramid Head IMO is the real number one.
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dribnif - 562 days 20 hours ago
6 - Also from RE4
Weren't they called Iron Maidens? Those big slowly moving, erratically breathing monsters down by the jail cells. When you get to close they attack. Those things scared the heck outta me.
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Reibooi - 562 days 19 hours ago
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Pyramid Head should have been number one. Not only is he a very scary villain in the things he does but he would scare the crap out of you while playing. You would be walking around and then start hearing his blade scrapping against the ground some distance away and you would be like oh crap and desperately try to find out a way to avoid him. Which would end up with the crap scared out of you as you turn a corner to see his blade coming at your head.
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allforcalisto - 562 days 19 hours ago
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No lisa trevor, regenerators, or crimson heads

FAIL
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bama - 562 days 17 hours ago
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Pyramid Head = #1
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Closing - 562 days 14 hours ago
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Mos'def.
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PS360WiiRocks - 562 days 14 hours ago
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"ohshitohshitgetawaygetaw ay" awesome! truly awesome i have done this many times! i NEED to get RE:4 for the Wii, I missed out on it. But my scariest character is from Resident Evil 2 maybe? The ceiling crawler, scared the SH*t out of me. Plus parts of f.e.a.r were pretty freaky.
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NintendoKid17 - 562 days 13 hours ago
11 - Always True
I think dr. Salvador is #1 because I have RE4 on the Wii and that guy just scared the crap out of me. When you hear that chainsaw and thats when u get scared. but i don't think Pyramid Head is #2, a lot of the other things of the list are way more freaky, especially that clown from Dead Rising, his voice and actions scare me to death.......I HATE CLOWNS!!!!
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