» Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:20 pm
I'd say that a giant spider suddenly dropping down from the ceiling when I enter a chamber ranks right up there for me.
I also became extremely creeped out by the steam-hiss you hear all the time in Dwemer ruins, my first time through one I didn't realize that's what it was and thought it was some creepy sound the Falmer made when they were skulking around in the shadows. Now even though I know better, I can't break the association in my mind so every time I hear that noise I half-expect a Falmer to pop up from somewhere. After all this time it still makes visits to Understone Keep slightly nerve-wracking.
Going into some random cave, completing an objective, then realizing there is more area to explore inside, continuing on down to see what's there, then suddenly seeing tell-tale signs of Dwemer influence and Falmer infestation and coming around a corner and realizing that I've just stumbled on a much larger bunch of Falmer than I was prepared to deal with. I had this happen while rescuing some dude on (I think) a Companions quest, I found him and let him out and thought "well while I'm here I might as well clear the place" and kept going thinking we would soon finish the dungeon and come to an exit that looped us back around to the entrance again. Uh... not so much. At first it was just one or two Falmer and then suddenly they were coming in droves. I barely got the poor guy out of there alive.