Silent Hill 2

Nice atmosphere, but could I get some gameplay?

I've always heard my friends talk about the "creepy" Silent Hill series. I had always wanted to try a Silent Hill game out, but it seemed every retailer I went to just didn't seem to carry these games other than Silent Hill 4: The Room. Finally I found Silent Hill 2 used in a small little gaming store in Houston. I bought it for $10 and was glad to see it was in perfect condition. Anyways, let's get on with the game and quit rambling about my story.
Now I went into this game not knowing anything about how a Silent Hill game works. The story is that of James, a man who receives a letter from his dead wife telling him to meet her in the town of Silent Hill. Hmmm, creepy enough. Anyways, your characters heads over to ol' Silent Hill and the story kicks off into a nightmare world full of odd, creepy monsters and demons, as well a lot of dark creepy rooms. The controls are rather awkard and can be pretty annoying. James moves in an odd fashion and combat is rather slow and clunky. The gameplay also has a lot of walking down endless corridors looking for open doors, only to go in the room and find a key for a locked door. It gets pretty tedious.This game is not meant to wow you with intense action anyways. The sound on the other hand is great! The audio is very disturbing and you often hear things in the distance that are much scarier than anything you face. The Graphics, though PS2 game, aren't bad. They have a grainy film look and creat a very disturbing environment full of atmospere. The story is a creepy tale, with many twists and turns until the end. I won't spoil anything, though.
All in all, if you are a survival horror fan, you may want to look into Silent Hill 2, but be warned there a lot of key fetching and bad combat and controls that make this adventure less fun than it should be.

Spooky

Now my pros and cons may seem like I should have rated this game less than I did. The way I see it, though, is that I should not rate a game like this based on fun. This game is more of an experience. It's very atmosperic and creepy and it keep you interested in seeing what happens next. It's like a creepy old horror movie.

Graphics: They are very grainy. Environments are a little drab and everything is covered in a mist of fog(which is fine, as it's supposed to be) The chracter models don't look horrible, but they do have a very outdated look to them. The cinemas look great though.

Sound: Very creepy ambient noises are abound! They make you cringe in your seat, and afraid to look to see what lurks around the corner.

Controls: God awful. The movements are very awkard and the action is slow and sludgy. The camera itself is often fixed to a point that it's annoying. I understand, though, that this game isn't so much meant to be "fun"

Story: A creepy story of a man who gets a letter from his dead wife to meet her in Silent Hill...just weird and creepy. I like it though.

Gameplay: Typical survival horror stuff. Run around hacking monsters and looking for keys to doors and special items. Kind of dull really.

Overall: This game is a great "experience" that may just creep you the hell out! Just don't go into this expecting a fun action romp.

Silent Hill 2

This was the first Silent Hill game i ever played. infact, this game was so "disturbing" that i couldn't even get passed the apartment in a single rental. It wasn't until i rented it again that i managed to overcome just a little bit of the fear and move on further in the game, which i made it only as far as the Museum. Nevertheless, this was a very exciting experience playing this back in 2002.

The Best Horror Game Ever

Let's be honest, for anything to be to be scary, it must be dark. Silent Hill 2 is dark. And guess what, it's scary and at the same time touching and engrossing. Stroylines don't get any better. A man's wife dies, and years later, he receives a letter in the mail from her. The letter tells him to go to Silent Hill, the place where they had their honeymoon years ago. So, of course, he goes. That's all the details I can give on the story, it is simply too great to be ruined. But I can say that the characters are all interesting and disturbed by some degree of their dark pasts. It just feels real, although it is set in a spooky ghost town. The graphics, controls, and everything else in this game are simply fantastic and you must play through this game at least once before you die. - Luke

SILENT HILL2

I think it's the best all tho it is rated m but u will not regret this game when you play it you'll find it very fun