I've seen some opinions in Sh threads that 2 isnt scary why is that? I'm replaying it now and it's terrifying. I know this game is praised and shilled, but imo it's so good that anyone who is into games, should try it period. Its underrated. I also love 1, 3 and 4 by the way, but this one is great. SH thread anyway
I just dont get where does the shitty meme that SH2 isnt scarey come from. Is this to appear tough online on a chinese chatroom or something?
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It was never scary. I played every mainline game when it was current and was not scared outside of SH1, and some of SH4. I found Darkwood to be a much scarier game than any SH game.
It's not a "meme".
SH2 is simply the LEAST scary of the original games. It's way more subtle, whispering in tone, rather than outright terrorizing and terrifying.
That's not to say that its disturbing atmosphere could not get under your skin, but compared to even SH1, it's a cake walk in terms of spooks.
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I'd add some parts of SH3
People are desensitized to horror in media
Leans more on the dread and anticipation part, plus toys around with a unique family theme - kids, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters...there's a certain love for them, a bloodbound one. But wife, well shit, you have to put your life in the hands of a complete stranger. SH2 explores this. It had its scary as shit moments ofc but not as many as the other entries. imo sanpai, SH4 gave me white hair. Scared straight from the trailer. Plus SH4 OST (including enviromental tracks) was the best by a huge margin out of the entire series.
what are some of the best SH4 ost songs? I know room of angel, waiting for you and your rain, which are all great btw. I liked that game a lot but couldnt finish it, I got stuck on some puzzle or some combat scenario, can't remember. The story and world was great, but gameplay clunky
Along the ones you mentioned, The last mariachi, lament of dissonance, crucifixion, pulsation ambiance, hauntings 1 and 2, ashfield. i could name dozens more, it's pure genius. i've heard that yamaoka used for the songs and environment themes real life sounds that strike some primal fear in us like metal scraping, dentist tools, muscle tissue stretching suddenly, screams from when people have nightmares etc etc. brilliant work
sounds good. I wish those soundtracks werent so scarce on the pirate sites though
Scariest things about SH2 is the awkward gameplay and terrible voice acting.
go on you tube and search for the complete 100% ost. here's for sh 4. i think this guy has a video for each sh game not sure though. download them and have fun youtube.com
also search for the unreleased best off sh compilation torrent. it was a 3-4 disk unreleased compilation of all the best songs with lyrics from the series from the first one up until 2010. unfortunately konami did not release it but its on torrent. it's around 500-600 mb if i'm not mistaking.
It's really scary your first playthrough and significantly less so later. The atmosphere of the apartments for example is incredibly eerie, so much so that I had to stop playing and go back to it across several days, but once you know when Pyramid Head is going to show up and that nothing bad even happens really in places like the apartments or the jail, it loses a lot of intensity. This is why most fans of the game talk more about it now for the music, plot, voice acting, lore, and characters now than the direct spooks, because there's just no good way to create something that's scary every time.
bumpity bump up you go, sh thread always welcome.
SH2 has more of a depressing atmosphere rather than an outright scary one. Almost all the enemies are weak.
I dunno, it scared me when I played it a few years ago. Especially the prison and the labyrinth
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Playing for the first time right now. Arrived on the prison. the game is really good, pretty creepy overall, but the scariest moment was on the apartments, when some fucking whisper come from nowhere, i almost shitted myself
SH2 is the least scary. SH3 is the one that gets me panicking the fuck out, a lot of times over nothing.
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sh2 got lot of mist and chill beats, its very comfy half of the time, but can be absolutely terrifying sometimes,
i think sh3 made me feel most uneasey, then half of the sh4 very uneasy after your safe space room is ivaded by ghosts and you get stuck with half paralyzed woman.
Must say that silent hill one is aged like a vine that has been in some old ship shipwreck, really valuable and looks scary as hell.
What's the scariest part of Silent Hill for everyone?
For me the most scary part was B appearing in the elevator in the Hospital in 1. I was playing it with a friend and we both went nuts and didn't want to press it.
In 2 it was the hangman area in the Prison. There are footsteps the appear to run around the edge of the courtyard but the fog is so thick you can never see if anything is actually there or not. Was also playing with a friend and we closed our eyes and legged it out of the area.
To me that's proper fear in games. Not jump scares but the game making you want to stop playing.
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By the time you jump down like the 5th scary dark hole in the prison the game stopped being scary
Still pretty good though
in silent hill 3 brookhaven when you go up the ladder and see valtiel turning up the gas, and next time you go out the door into hospital and see how all have been gone into literal hell mode. that gots me every time
Hangman area in 2 definitely but also when you first enter the hospital. No enemies around, radio is not emitting static but I was still uncertain having to check around corners like a little bitch being paranoid of my own footsteps. youtube.com
SH1 would be the school.
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i love this.
The Historical Society up until the Eddie fight is one of the scariest stretches in gaming, maybe even the scariest
SH3 funnily enough stops being scary once you get to Silent Hill, at least for the most part anyway. The Otherworld sections are still pretty horrifying.
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silent hill 4 is pretty great many ways too bad the controls, combat, lightning arent one.
henry is underrated protagonist because walther is in biggest role.
You're honestly right. When you get to the amusement park and church is when the fear factor just completely wears off.
who was the bitch that said that? god what silent hill did to deserved the ugly faith in hands of the Tomm hulett and konami.
I think the already dumb story becoming even more ridiculous hurt the fear factor as well
SH 1-4 are untouchable classics. 1&2 are masterpieces.
Darkwood was gay
Hearing invisible horses galloping in the dark prison lynch yard was pretty fucking unsettling the first time I heard it.
they need to bring the person/people responsible for the sound design in SH2/3 on modern horror games, nothing else has even come close
A lot of anons pretend not to be scarred of anything. And honestly SH2 isnt traditionally scary, like in your face. Its unsettling and haunting, it shows you enough to creep you out but lets your mind do the rest of the work. The prison barely has straight up scares but is easily the creepiest place to me.
Essentially its like living in a nightmare. It gets in your head and makes you question whats real.
SH2 comes across still to this day to me as the most saddest and depressioncore video game ever made. This might have a lot to do with it. A ton of its music gives a depressing feel to it as well. I think it works well with the game and horror games in general but I can see why many wouldn't think its scary and this is one of the reasons.
Just checked the credits, it was 3 fucking people. 4 if you count the recording engineer.
Anyway Alien Isolation is the gold star in sound design for modern games in general. Even if it never gets under your skin like the old SH games did.
It’s a fucking work of art.
Since we're having a SH thread,
let's repost the SH PC Guide + DL links:
SH1 NTSC DDL:
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SH2 DDL:
mega.nz
SH2 torrent:
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>SH2 PC fixes site:
widescreenfix.townofsilenthill.com
>tl;dr how to install this shit video tutorial + bare essentials pack:
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>SH2 Audio Replacement:
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SH3 DDL:
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SH3 torrent:
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SH4 DDL:
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Mount the ISOs of 2 & 3, and then run their installers like always.
DON'T use W10's own virtual disc app! Don't install under C:\Program Files\ !
The SH1 is a PS1 rip that you gotta emulate.
All the info & links you'll ever need:
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Follow the SH2 widescreen fix site's instructions to the teeth, and you should be fine.
For 3 & 4, check the Guide.
>Protips:
Play the games in release order, and don't play on Easy mode.
Multiple playthroughs per game is very recommended.
Lower the in-game Brightness, crank up volume.
Turning OFF flashlight helps a ton!
I've always said that SH wouldn't be half as good as it is without Akira Yamaoka's score
silent hill 3 has pretty multilayered story in the end it is teen girls nightmare to give birth to godlike entity while being tormented by this wetnurse that is prepairing you for that, but if heather really is tainted vessel of god and only exists to split her soul for eternity doesent that make a order stupid for trying to give birth to god because that will never happen, maby its some japanese thing for saying cultist and religions are based on wrong things believes. order still aknowledges the godess that most likely is heather/alessa/cheryll and who knows how many people before them.
The music alone makes this opening scene one of the most gripping scenes in vidya, and it's just a guy monologuing while look over a town.
silent hill and hotline miami are examples how much good sound/music design can do to your game, it can ramp up the atmosphere and overall feel so much.
Thanks a lot pal, I needed that one to save.
I know it's a SH thread but gonna post old RE DL links for anyone who somehow hasn't played em or want it on pc.
For 1-2-3, play the PC ports + fan fixes :
RE1: mega.nz
Source next RE2:
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1.0 Patch: appleofeden.de-doc.com
RE2 Classic Rebirth: appleofeden.de-doc.com
RE3 Source Next:
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Restoration Mod:
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I've always said that audio-work is perhaps THE most important game design aspect that may benefit the title the most, but which gets overlooked way too often.