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by Nico Deyo 
May 19th 2011 at 8:00AM
If you asked the average player to describe the overall tone of Azeroth, I'd wager that a lot of them would say that it is colorful, epic, or even downright cartoonish. But in my mind, the World of Warcraft we know sometimes takes a detour from the entertaining to the downright creepy. Whether it be intentionally scary or macabre things such as giant tarantulas in Terrokkar forest or stuff that just gives you the heebie-jeebies (like the Satanic children that walk the dusty road from Stormwind to Goldshire), WoW has a lot of things that put a shiver up and down your spine.
I've seen a lot of gross, scary or weird things in game, but it wasn't until the Shattering that I had a major creepfest moment. I was flying idly over Hillsbrad surveying the damage of the area, when I noticed bears -- except they didn't look like the bears I knew from the zone prior. They were bears ... with spider egg sacs infesting their flesh. Being a major arachnophobe and having a lot of issues with parasites and the like, I took my drake out of there as fast as I could so I wouldn't feel ill.
What about Warcraft creeps you the heck out?
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Reader Comments (Page 9 of 9)
Vincent May 19th 2011 4:29PM
I was running Stratholm on my lock, and there was one area where what seemed to be the skeletons of children were seated around a book. Seriously creeped me out. Way too macabre.
GhostWhoWalks May 19th 2011 5:17PM
There isn't really much I find traditionally scary/creepy in WoW; maybe parts of Karazhan, but for the most part, Blizzard seems to have reserved such moments for Diablo.
However, I can definitely nominate the Lich King chase in Halls of Reflection as the most unnerving part of WoW. Here you had this ultra powerful, nigh-unstoppable god-like being, a raid boss of the highest caliber, and he is pissed off and he IS RIGHT BEHIND YOU RUN AWAY RUN AWAY RUN AWAY. An easy encounter NOW, but during the time of Patch 3.3 (think that was the one right before Cata), surviving that required strong gear, skill, and lots of coordination, and even when you thought you were safe, you could turn around and Arthas would be inches from catching up, prompting plenty of panic.
Draol May 19th 2011 6:49PM
The ambient noise in the Lordaeron Throne room....
aloisgault May 21st 2011 6:00AM
Contantly. Darkshore and Ashenvale have plants that look perfectly benign one way, but at certain angles..........
Most of the rest of the stuff I can take in stride, but it is the "corner of the eye nasty" in the scenery that gets me.
Silthids do take some getting used too, they are my least favorite mob......
Sarabande May 20th 2011 10:35AM
I know that the whole of Duskwood is full of creepy quests . . . that's just how Blizzard designed it, but amongst all undead, the huge abomination, spiders, worgen . . . . all of which were creepy, I found the Stalvan questline to be one of the creepiest. Perhaps because it seems the most probable and human.
While you have the curses, the ghosts, undead all involved in the quests, it's the various letters and conversations that really creep me out . . . how he inferred certain feelings from his young charge, the hurt that resulted from his possessiveness, and what he did to the whole family . . . . it's a horror story you can imagine reading in the newspaper, albeit in a modern setting. I think that's the thing that makes it one of the scariest storylines I've read in Azeroth.
Socialcockroach May 20th 2011 4:37PM
This book:
http://www.wowhead.com/item=37467
Toggle May 20th 2011 7:01PM
I find the mouths of some things creepy. Jormungar are a good example.
Toggle May 20th 2011 7:03PM
Also, my Aunt Rita.