Creeped out by Silent Hill 2

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Ashy inhales deeply, exhaling with a pained shiver

Yea…I thought I was a bad-ash. I was so good that I could play through Silent Hill without breaking a sweat, without even flinching…truth be told–there was once a time when it made my pulse quicken and my nerves fray, but that time was long past.

I recently aquired a copy of Silent Hill 2.

At first–it was fun and games. After all-- -I- was a bad-ash. I was ‘desensitized’ to the violent and disturbing images that would no doubt be contain therein…

The first couple of days, it was easy…but now, on the third day, I once again made the mistake of playing late at night…by myself…all alone…with the lights off. And I did once again make the mistake of letting myself get -completely- immersed into it…

I haven’t been this frightened since…since…well…the first Silent Hill. -.-

To anyone who liked the first Silent Hill…I heartily recommend the second one on PSX-2.

It is beautiful. It is artful.

And it is horrible.

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I agree totally. I think both Silent Hills have a certain something that makes them creepier than the other “survival horror” games (Resident Evil). When I finished Silent Hill, I described it to my friend like this: “If I had actually lived through and experienced the events in Resident Evil, I’d be okay… shell shocked for a while, but I’d recover. If I experienced the events in Silent Hill, I’d become quite insane.”

My only beef with SH 2 is that none of the beasts are as disturbing as the knife wielding kids on SH 1 .

Have you gotten all the endings yet? I’m on my second go-through now… one ending down, four to go.

[sub]and yes, I get scared by it[/sub]

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Never really got into Silent Hill, but I used to stay up until 4 am playing “Resident Evil 2”. Same feeling. Every noise made me jump.

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I don’t do games, but I will say that the commercial for Silent Hill 2 scared the hell out of me. And since I spent most of last week watching the ST:TNG marathon, I saw it no less than 400 times, and it is now burned into my brain permanently. Only slightly less frightening to me is the Bowflex commercial.

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Are these first-person shooters, or are they adventure games?

I love horror adventure games; my favorite so far is Sanitarium. I’m not very good at shooting games where you have to find weapons and things.

My husband is addicted to strategy games and the first-person shooters. He plays on the internet almost every night.

I prefer puzzles, atmosphere, clicking on cool stuff and creepiness. I’ve been playing Dracula Resurrection, but haven’t finished it yet.

Sheri

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Haven’t tried SH2 yet, but made it through the first Silent Hill twice. It was by far the scariest video game I’ve ever played. I promised my wife a PS 2 for Christmas after I saw the SH2 commercials.

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The first Silent Hill is an action/adventure game, ala Resident Evil

Silent Hill 2 is similar, but there are actually two separate difficulty settings for action and puzzles, so you can make the action really easy, or virtually nonexistant.

I’m still on my first play through. :slight_smile: I haven’t quite finished it yet.