I remember the first SH being massivly overshadowed by RE. It was only with part 2 that they were able to step out of it's shadow.Didn't technically Silent Hill 1 changed survival horror forever on 1999? ...
I guess happy birthday SH2 you are cool too, older brother is way cooler tho.
I remember getting to the hospital and not wanting to carry on, because I knew what I was going find lurking in there!
Actually, there were several moments in SH2 that made me want to stop playing, due to how creepy the atmosphere and story was.
Masterpiece is definitely the word to describe this game.
it's always been weird to hear Silent Hill be called Survival Horror due to the fact the games still gives you plenty of weapons, ammo, and health replenishments no matter the difficulty.
it's always been weird to hear Silent Hill be called Survival Horror due to the fact the games still gives you plenty of weapons, ammo, and health replenishments no matter the difficulty.
Didn't technically Silent Hill 1 changed survival horror forever on 1999? ...
I guess happy birthday SH2 you are cool too, older brother is way cooler tho.
I was 22 and still traumatised. I was a PC gamer at the time and thought console games were mostly shit in that period. My brother in law had an Xbox and a recent copy of SH2. I would sleep on the couch when visiting my sister and it was past midnight when I decided to check it out thinking that it was going to be some brainless and tasteless Alone in the Dark clone.So I have a funny story about this game....
It came out when I was 12 years old. My parents were very selective of what me and my brother were able to play, and 18's were an absolute NO on all fronts (stuff like GTA, resident evil, etc). However, that year my brother turned 18 and my dad bought him SH2 for his birthday.
I was never allowed to watch him play, but he would talk about it and tell me various things about the game over breakfast from what he played the night before, and I was absolutely in awe of the game by proxy. I had sneaked 18 rating games home from friends at school before so it wasnt my first horror game or anything, but I wanted to play it so badly. I bunked off school by putting the thermostat in the lamp (thanks E.T) and spent the whole friday playing while my parents and brother were at work.
It completely traumatised me. My brother had said it was scary, but to a 12 year old who until that point had IT the clown as his most terrifying thing of all time, man... I cant understate what this game did to my child brain. I am convinced my anxiety issues in the early teens were triggered by this game. The scene where pyramid invades for the first time will haunt me forever. What the fuck was that thing? why does that nurse have no face? *shudder*. I was so scared that I threw up that night and had nightmares. AT 12 years old! LOL. I had to admit to my parents what I had done and they banned me from playstation for a month.
I will never forget it. Probably my most profound 'first play' even to this day.
I’m probably one of the biggest RE fan around here but even I wouldn’t say that.Pretty much. SH1 is a much better game, and that game was basically just hanging off RE's nutsack anyway.
Were you expecting arcade/Mario/Nintendo levels of gameplay in a terrifying horror game? Good gameplay in a horror game very rarely translates into the player feeling frightened. Best example is Resident Evil 4. Absolute top tier action game but no one can pretend that they were frightened by it or that it’s at the same horror level of SH2.Still one of the most overhyped game in existence. Gameplay wise the game isn't anything great.
There’s just too much difference between both games. SH was fully 3d too. It also tackles a different kind of horror.
Good gameplay in a horror game very rarely translates into the player feeling frightened.
Lol the opposite for me, my mother had to take care of his ill sister so me and my sister were everyday on our aunt house and her 2 sons were older than us and they let us watch all of their horror movies they had in vhs, so every nightmare movie, every friday 13, every halloween, so by the age of 8 i was already completely desensitizedSo I have a funny story about this game....
It came out when I was 12 years old. My parents were very selective of what me and my brother were able to play, and 18's were an absolute NO on all fronts (stuff like GTA, resident evil, etc). However, that year my brother turned 18 and my dad bought him SH2 for his birthday.
I was never allowed to watch him play, but he would talk about it and tell me various things about the game over breakfast from what he played the night before, and I was absolutely in awe of the game by proxy. I had sneaked 18 rating games home from friends at school before so it wasnt my first horror game or anything, but I wanted to play it so badly. I bunked off school by putting the thermostat in the lamp (thanks E.T) and spent the whole friday playing while my parents and brother were at work.
It completely traumatised me. My brother had said it was scary, but to a 12 year old who until that point had IT the clown as his most terrifying thing of all time, man... I cant understate what this game did to my child brain. I am convinced my anxiety issues in the early teens were triggered by this game. The scene where pyramid invades for the first time will haunt me forever. What the fuck was that thing? why does that nurse have no face? *shudder*. I was so scared that I threw up that night and had nightmares. AT 12 years old! LOL. I had to admit to my parents what I had done and they banned me from playstation for a month.
I will never forget it. Probably my most profound 'first play' even to this day.
Truly, one of the most frightening posts in this thread. Chilling.Still one of the most overhyped game in existence. Gameplay wise the game isn't anything great.
SH titles sold worse in every entry. SH1 was the best selling iirc.One of the best games i have ever played, and one that greatly affected me. I remember the day it came out, talking with some friends in school about how we couldn't wait to buy it, and giving our thoughts on it the next day. I play it once or twice a year all the way through. Wish it would get the Bluepoint treatment. Is it true that this masterpiece didn't sell very well?
My number 1 videogame
Magical music.
I've not watched it for a while, but my PS2 copy came with a Making Of documentary.I remember running though the fog at the very beginning and hearing... things out there
Yeah I never played this series but was thinking the same. What did SH2 do that SH didn't?Didn't technically Silent Hill 1 changed survival horror forever on 1999? ...
I guess happy birthday SH2 you are cool too, older brother is way cooler tho.
Didn't technically Silent Hill 1 changed survival horror forever on 1999? ...
I guess happy birthday SH2 you are cool too, older brother is way cooler tho.
SH2 made more of an impact.Yeah I never played this series but was thinking the same. What did SH2 do that SH didn't?
It's a horror game. Tension, atmosphere, visual/audio design, etc, are more important. Gameplay mechanics take the back seat.Still one of the most overhyped game in existence. Gameplay wise the game isn't anything great.
SH2 is more of a horror drama than a survival-horror game per say, unlike SH1. It dealt with very adult themes, that were nearly unheard of in video-games at the time (sexual abuse, depression, mental illness, grief, suicide and mercy killings ...sort of) whereas the original (and third entry) focused more on a strange cult.Yeah I never played this series but was thinking the same. What did SH2 do that SH didn't?
Ban this guy.A true masterpiece.
Hasan is doing it justice.