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** The sizes of the zombies- the smaller ones can't be anything but the skeletons of children. Probably the scariest subtle detail in the whole game.
** Is there any part of the game that ''isn't'' nightmare fuel? The scariest part is the Xel'lotath Lesser Guardians. Empty husks that resemble headless conjoined twins. How does it move? How does it survive? How does it cast Magickal Attack with no mouth to say the words? ''How does it know where you are to attack you when it has no sense organs whatsoever?''
{{quote| "Oh... oh gibbering insanity wrought in flesh as though an artist had sculpted it! Created from nothing by their mistress Xel'lotath, a canvas as grotesque as any! Their bodies made no sense - no heads, no organs - an empty husk devoid of the trappings of nature... But it walked... it sang... it shrieked!!! A mockery of reason, both natural and mental! '''A blasphemy from beyond the Veil!!!''' ''The veil has opened!! And we should NOT see beyond!'' We... we weren't meant to... never, ever meant to... Oh, give us the blessing of ignorance, the happiness of oblivion... ''Innocence can only be tainted, '''never returned!'''''"}}
** The Sanity Meter. Whenever your character would come across a monster or something scary, their sanity meter would shrink a little and could only be raised by performing "finishing moves" on the enemies. The lower your meter went, the more screwed up things your character would hallucinate. When it got near the bottom, the game would start to fuck with not only your character but '''you'''. Such things include:
*** Your TV muting itself.
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* Anthony and Ellia both remain hundreds of years imprisoned in small alcoves within their own rotting bodies. [[And I Must Scream]] suddenly seems so small...
* One of the Sanity effects involves the player character gradually being dismembered, and you have full control over them while one arm is severed, then their other arm, then the head and finally their torso explodes. If the player attempts to equip a weapon while only having one or none of their character's arms still attached during said Sanity effect, this message pops up:
{{quote| {{spoiler|[[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|It is somewhat difficult to equip a weapon when (insert player character here) has no arms to equip it with!!]]}}}}
* A case of [[Talking to Himself|Talking To Herself]] with Alex takes a turn for the worse when you realize who else [[Jennifer Hale]] is voicing. Yes, Alex and one of Xel'lotath's voices are done by the same person.
** [[Sarcasm Mode|Happy]] coincidence or [[Fridge Brilliance|another]] layer of [[Fridge Horror|madness]]?
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