» Sat Jun 16, 2012 9:11 am
Hm, Dwarven enemies can't scare me, though they can shock me with surprise appearance. They're just machines though, easily explained, in their twisted TES logic sort of way. Edit; would have been scarier if the devs had resolved to emphasize that those constructs had been waiting in Dwarven ruins for aeons, purposeless and neglected, would've made it more interesting.
I dunno, the undead are somewhat lacking in this game, and they're the usual stock for scares. Draugr just seem too human this time around, like you're fighting frostbitten geriatrics in bdsn gear. Wispmothers just look interesting to me, nothing there really inspires true terror in me.
Zombies in Oblivion, however. They seemed human too, but they were a few steps removed in the other damned direction, and that hits the nail on the head. They LOOKED human, but unlike the Draugr, their actions were completely alien. Their movements, sounds, behaviour, appearance, that all fitted nicely. Wraiths scared the crap out of me too, until I purchased the Summon Wraith spell, and I became familiar with them.