There Will Never Be Anything In A Game Scarier Than the Sonic Drowning Music

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Hey, it’s almost Halloween! It’s that special day when we celebrate the ghosts of the fallen returning to seek revenge on the living by eating candy and doing cosplay, but worse. Comic-Con? One hundred percent solid costume that took months of careful preparation. Halloween? Some bag of shit you found in a box in your garage. What a world.

As with any holiday, you’re going to see a lot of list articles. Top 10 Scariest Movies. Top 10 Scariest Novels. Top 10 Scariest Games. Top 10 Scariest Moments Your Dad Lost Control. What’s great about that last one is it actually applies to any holiday. Point being, you’re going to hear about what’s scary and what’s spooky. You’re going to see a lot of recommendations.

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And none of them will ever be as scary as the drowning music in Sonic the Hedgehog.

Five Nights at Freddy’s? Great tension. Great jump scares. Resident Evil Village? Some real messy horror action in there. Silent Hill? Amazing use of fear to drive home tragic stories. Clock Tower? Now you’re just naming random horror games. Mighty Gunvolt? Not even a horror game, so why mention it?

Yet none of these compare to the intense, panic-inducing fear that hits the moment the Sonic drowning music plays. Within a matter of seconds, a fun Sonic the Hedgehog level turns into a horrifying scramble out of water - or, fuck - at least finding an air bubble. And the thing is - you’re probably not going to make it. You’re not going to find your way out of the water before the music speeds up to its crescendo and Sonic drowns with his mouth open in horror.

A couple of things. One, you don’t just fear the Sonic the Hedgehog drowning music. You fear the possibility of