# Creeped out by Silent Hill 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 11, 2001, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creeped-out-by-silent-hill-2/86755 "2001-10-11T07:19:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creeped-out-by-silent-hill-2/86755/1 "2001-10-11T07:19:25Z")
_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. ---
**Author:** ![Lazlo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lazlo/32/9678_2.png) [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creeped-out-by-silent-hill-2/86755/2 "2001-10-11T13:14:32Z")
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] ---
**Author:** ![Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/53a042/32.png) [@Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vinnie_Virginslayer)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creeped-out-by-silent-hill-2/86755/3 "2001-10-11T13:34:34Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creeped-out-by-silent-hill-2/86755/4 "2001-10-11T14:16:43Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creeped-out-by-silent-hill-2/86755/5 "2001-10-11T16:50:45Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![jack\_ss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@jack\_ss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jack_ss)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creeped-out-by-silent-hill-2/86755/6 "2001-10-11T19:30:39Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creeped-out-by-silent-hill-2/86755/7 "2001-10-11T20:20:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DarkWriter \* > \*\*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 \*\* 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. 🙂 I haven’t quite finished it yet.