I remember this was one of Amnesia: The Dark Descent’s first tricks. After an early puzzle, it gave a pulse pounding sound effect, played one distant noise of a monster, and gave you the sneaking tutorial. But players would spend minutes looking around for a monster that wasn’t there.

Or when it tells you where you can hide

And then the “sprinting” looks like it does in your sleep, where you feel like you’re running through treacle.

DID IT WORK AM I SPRINTING YET?

Or when nothing is happening but you find a suspiciously human sized cabinet you can hide in.

Or you suddenly find health kits and ammo everywhere.

Press X to fire/hit/stab