Quote Originally Posted by CountArach
FEAR didn't scare me per-se, just shocked me a few times. However, FEAR: Extraction Point, certainly scared me.
That's an important distinction too. I don't really consider games that just have a few sudden surprise moments to be scary- that can be part of it, but it doesn't stand on its own. A game really needs to create an oppressive, creepy atmosphere for it to truly be scary.