31 terrifying monsters and enemies from video games that’ll haunt your Halloween
By Bryson Hile
28. System Shock – S.H.O.D.A.N.
SHODAN or Sentient Hyper-Optimized Data Access Network is the main antagonist of the System Shock series. SHODAN is an artificial intelligence that has her moral restrictions remove from a hacker. She develops a conclusion that all humans are insects and should be squashed like so. SHODAN is known to be one of the best video game villains of all time because of her complexity.
SHODAN is so scary because she represents what technology will eventually become. Google, Siri, and Alexa are only early forms of SHODAN. However, several years later we could face similar issues as what SHODAN presents. Will A.I. see humans as insects? Let’s hope not
29. Alien Isolation – Synthetic
Alien Isolation has three primary enemies: humans, synthetics and the alien. You may be wondering why the synthetics are on this list rather than the alien. Well, the synthetics are extremely hard to hide from and there are so many more of them. Their pale and lifeless demeanor makes them horrifying to look at. Even if you wanted to kill one, you’d spend all of your equipment trying to do so because they are unstoppable machines.
The alien is easily scared by the flamethrower or the gun, but the synthetics will only keep coming. Even their calm, digital voices give their inconspicuous look a creepy layer. The fact that these robots once helped humans and stood beside them as equal is strange to think about. They will kill the player in a heartbeat if not careful. Robots are going to be out to get us before we know it.