These glitches ended up being scarier than anything the game could throw at us. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today, we’re counting down our picks for glitches in video games that really made our skin crawl!
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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the top 20 glitches in
00:08gaming that really made our skin crawl.
00:17Number 20.
00:19Moving Mannequins.
00:20The Elder Scrolls V, Skyrim Skyrim was already plagued with bugs when
00:28it launched way back in 2011, and many of those bugs are still present even in the newer
00:33versions.
00:34Unfortunately, there was one glitch that might have scared some players away from the game.
00:38In some areas, you might stumble across a couple of mannequins, and surprisingly, they
00:43are alive.
00:44You cannot interact with them, and they cannot interact with you.
00:47They are simply faceless, sentient statues that will only stare at you.
00:52Some can be reset back into their correct states, but others, you might just have to
00:56leave and never return.
01:01Number 19.
01:03Wall Giants, Battlefield 3.
01:09The Battlefield series is already infamous for having ridiculous bugs at launch.
01:14We won't ever forget the time that everyone can suddenly become giraffes.
01:17But Battlefield 3's most terrifying bug was when everyone suddenly became giants.
01:22This wasn't just a glitch that affected the size of players either.
01:25More often than not, a player character's entire face would be distorted with texture
01:29stretching and floating eyes and mouths.
01:32Yeah, suddenly Battlefield 3 became the stuff of nightmares for those who played at launch.
01:42Number 18.
01:43An E-Rated foreshadow, Luigi's Mansion.
01:51It's hard to believe that Nintendo would put anything mildly frightening in their games.
01:55Even if it is a bit spook-centric like Luigi's Mansion.
01:58However, one glitch led many to believe that Nintendo was sneaking in a rather morbid scene.
02:04Upon entering Area 4, the power will go out across the entire mansion, and you'll need
02:09to answer a phone in one of the nearby rooms.
02:11When lightning strikes, you'll see an odd silhouette of Luigi that looks like he's
02:15hanging in the air.
02:16Some players thought this was the haunting image of Luigi hanging himself, when in reality
02:21it was simply an unexpected symptom of the Gamecube's lack of fidelity in lighting
02:26and animation.
02:32Number 17.
02:33The Exorcism of Sam Green, The Casting of Frank Stone.
02:41This is a glitch one of our own writers came across while playing The Casting of Frank
02:45Stone.
02:46In one of the later chapters of the game, you'll take control of Officer Sam Green,
02:50and come across the film camera needed to defeat the vicious killer, Frank Stone.
02:54However, after fiddling with the controls, Sam's body began to contort in a way that
02:58would cause anyone to call in a priest.
03:01Sam's head and legs did a complete 180, while the torso remained facing the direction
03:06it needed to.
03:07So much for sleep.
03:11Number 16.
03:12Slippery Bodies, Hitman Blood Money.
03:17By now you're probably used to the spit and polish condition later Hitman games launched
03:22in.
03:23However, if you were around when Blood Money launched, you might have come across a glitch
03:26that was truly disturbing.
03:28After taking out an enemy or NPC, some players immediately regretted their decision after
03:33the bodies started following Agent 47 around.
03:37It was almost as if the corpses had their own unique pathing.
03:40You can guarantee some players were much more cautious with their shots after this glitch.
03:47Number 15.
03:50Get the Anesthesia, Surgeon Simulator.
03:57It can be tough to make a game completely free of bugs and glitches, especially if your
04:02game is entirely dependent on physics for the core gameplay.
04:05Case in point, Surgeon Simulator.
04:07It was already tricky honing in on tools and trying to perform operations without killing
04:12a patient.
04:13But there was one bug that might have caused a distraction for some players or even instant
04:17losses.
04:18Trust us, once you see someone's head convulse at an intense rate, you may not boot up Surgeon
04:22Simulator ever again.
04:29Number 14.
04:30A launch of Buggy Proportions, eFootball PES 2020.
04:39The eFootball series saw a rather rocky launch back in 2019.
04:43The game was played with all sorts of bugs in the animation and visuals, so much so that
04:47there are plenty of compilations to look up.
04:50Some of these bugs, like players' mouths behaving like a guppy fish's mouth, might
04:54come across as just uncomfortable.
04:56Other bugs, like limbs twisting and contorting in unnatural ways, might be downright unsettling
05:01to witness.
05:02Either way, these bugs were almost unsurprising to experience given the awful track record
05:06Konami has had with the Pro Evolution Soccer games that came before.
05:14Number 13.
05:15The entire game, WWE 2K20.
05:24Just like with eFootball, WWE 2K20 launched in such a broken state that asking for one
05:30stable game was like asking Taco Bell to make their Nacho Fries a permanent menu item.
05:35It will never happen.
05:37Thanks to this, you can expect all kinds of bizarre issues to crop up in character rigs
05:41and collision detection.
05:42Have you ever seen someone completely defy physics and gravity just to become one with
05:46another object?
05:47Well, be prepared to see the ref clip through the floor and pull off some unholy crouch
05:52walking.
05:53You will never unsee this.
05:58Number 12.
05:59You shouldn't be here.
06:01World of Warcraft.
06:07The second we heard there was a hidden level in World of Warcraft that could only be accessible
06:11through a glitch, we had to see it for ourselves.
06:14Folks, this is a lesson in, be careful what you wish for.
06:17The world in question is known as the Karazhan Crypt, or the Forgotten Crypt.
06:22As you might expect from such a morbid place, players will find dead bodies hanging from
06:26the ceiling and walls in almost every room.
06:29What makes the place super creepy is how you will be completely alone while exploring,
06:33and the loneliness gets unsettling super quick.
06:40Number 11.
06:41Begone, glitch spawn!
06:43Pokemon Red and Blue.
06:48As most Pokemon fans know, the Urban Legend missing number is very much a real glitch
06:52that can be replicated in original cartridges of Pokemon Red and Blue.
06:56You can even replicate it on the Nintendo 3DS version.
06:59But the reason we're putting missing number on this list is more so the impact it had
07:03on us when we were young.
07:05Something about it's pixelated appearance made us feel more like we were living in our
07:08own twisted, yet admittedly stupid, creepypasta, before creepypastas were even a thing.
07:13It's funny how Nintendo doesn't even know what spawned this non-pocket monster, and
07:18the company has regarded it as a programming quirk.
07:28Number 10.
07:29Ghosts of Halo.
07:30Halo series.
07:36Spotted primarily throughout Halo 2, 3 and Reach, the Ghosts of Halo are terrifying apparitions
07:42that will make you want to stay far, far away from the nightmare that is this series multiplayer.
07:47These ghosts are essentially spectral figures that randomly show up on various maps and
07:51behave erratically, including gliding across the floor and attacking other players like
07:55vengeful poltergeists.
07:56They have no gamer tags, do not appear on the scoreboard, and are seemingly impervious
08:01to damage.
08:02Some possible causes for these ghosts include stress on the game's engine and severe network
08:06lag, but let's be serious.
08:08I think we can all agree that the real reason is that these games are cursed with the souls
08:12of the damned.
08:14End of story.
08:20Number 9.
08:21Manimals.
08:22Red Dead Redemption.
08:27The world of Red Dead Redemption is filled with crooks, liars and murderers.
08:31And that's just in the city.
08:32Travel outside the town limits and you could be faced with obstacles just as dangerous.
08:37Like scam artists, bloodthirsty bears and OH MY GOD WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT.
08:41As if the wild west wasn't frightening enough, it was apparently littered with lightning
08:45fast baby faced creatures that wanted to eat your brains.
08:49Animals with the heads of human men and bodies flying through the air like souls trapped
08:54between heaven and earth.
08:55That's it, I'm moving to the city.
09:04Number 8.
09:06Dead Live.
09:07Call of Duty series.
09:12These probably weren't the zombies that the developers had in mind when they implemented
09:15zombie mode.
09:16Throughout the Call of Duty series, and especially prevalent in Black Ops, a glitch occurs which
09:21sees dead bodies rising from their grave in some form or another.
09:25Like moving their mouths or standing in the path of the player.
09:28Their soulless eyes endlessly judging you for sending them to the afterlife.
09:32It's somewhat jarring being immersed in a military shooter one second and seeing the
09:37risen and bloody corpses of your victims standing in front of you the next.
09:41Apparently war really is hell on earth.
09:46Number 7.
09:47Demon Children.
09:48The Sims 3.
09:54We get it, children can be a little scary.
09:56There are a lot of responsibility, they scream a lot for seemingly no reason and they project
10:00pee coloured bile like Regan from The Exorcist.
10:03But that's nothing compared to the nightmares that are the demon children of The Sims 3.
10:08This glitch makes certain babies and children extremely deformed.
10:12With some becoming nothing more but elongated limbs left to scuttle around on the floor
10:16like the spider head thing from, well, The Thing.
10:19We understand not wanting to burn your house down, but it's the only way to combat these
10:23little suckers.
10:28Number 6.
10:29Geralt's creepy face.
10:31The Witcher.
10:32If there's two things that we can state as facts about this game, they would be, one,
10:39it's awesome, and two, Geralt's a total boss.
10:42It's just that in some instances throughout the game, a glitch occurs which sees Geralt's
10:47face become extremely droopy and grotesque, while his weapons float around him via witcher
10:52magic or something.
10:54The glitch only affects the appearance of his face, which makes it hilarious to have
10:58everyday interactions with the townsfolk, while you're wearing the face of Satan himself.
11:07Number 5.
11:08Incomplete faces.
11:09Assassin's Creed Unity.
11:14A textbook example as to what happens when you try to push out yearly releases, Unity,
11:19when it launched, was a glitchy mess from beginning to end.
11:23What stood out however, were these incomplete faces that were such a great balance between
11:28terrifying and hilarious that they became a widespread joke on the internet.
11:32It's a good thing that the history books omitted the fact that people in 18th century France
11:37walked around with floating eyeballs, because these would give anybody nightmares.
11:48Number 4.
11:49Alma won't go away.
11:50Fear 2 Project Origin.
11:58Fear 2 was a worthy successor to one of the creepiest games of all time, and it featured
12:02some fantastic scares throughout, with most of them centering around the sinister little
12:07girl named Alma.
12:08Alma would randomly appear in the player's field of vision, giggling like a madwoman
12:12and just generally causing tomfoolery.
12:15However, some gamers experienced a glitch, particularly in the swimming pool section,
12:21which would see Alma simply hover and never disappear.
12:24It's creepy enough seeing a little girl pop in and out of nowhere, it's something else
12:28entirely to have her glide through the air like a demon, inching ever closer towards
12:33you, her haunting black eyes unceasingly staring into yours and okay, uninstall.
12:42Number 3.
12:43Mannequin Mother.
12:45Mafia 2.
12:46During one particular cutscene, and especially prevalent when played on Macbook, a nasty
12:51glitch can occur which sees the protagonist's mother turn into a terrifying mannequin-esque
12:55monstrosity.
12:56Her skin becomes a leathery and nightmarishly dark brown, her eyes turn into little black
13:02beads, and she moves with the grace of a puppet, all the while talking to her son as if nothing's
13:07going on.
13:08What makes the glitch even better is the fact that the real mother sometimes makes brief
13:12appearances throughout the conversation, like her soul is trying to fight the satanic
13:16possession that has overtaken her, but it's all to no avail.
13:20Number 2.
13:21Doc's Exorcist Head.
13:23Fallout New Vegas.
13:29This infamous glitch almost fits with the game's narrative, as the opening has the
13:33player getting shot in the head, and the good Doc here telling you that he had to basically
13:37reassemble your brain.
13:39If that's the case, he may have done more harm than good.
13:42Not content with simply creeping you out, he will also float through the air with limp
13:46limbs and a completely upside-down head.
13:49Ensuring that you eject the game, snap it in half, and bury it in a landfill where it
13:53can never be touched by human hands again.
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14:16Number 1.
14:17Praise the Sun.
14:19Mount & Blade Warband.
14:26Imagine playing a game like Mount & Blade Warband, getting through the tutorial, and
14:31finally experiencing that step-out moment like so many other RPGs try to evoke.
14:36But as soon as you do, you witness a horrific sight.
14:41The skybox is actually the face of another person.
14:43Yes, Mount & Blade Warband scared off many players as they began experiencing skyfaces
14:49in their game, some only being able to see them if they faced the camera in front of
14:53their character.
14:54Suddenly, Warband had a much more sinister tone to everything.
14:58To this day, the glitch remains a frequent occurrence.
15:06What's the creepiest glitch you've seen in a game?
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