So it is no surprise to anyone that my Избранное horror game of all time Silent холм, хилл 2. It’s been that way and it’ll continue to be that way for a long time. But with it’s awkward gameplay and acting, can I really put such a game in my вверх ten Избранное games ever? The answer is yes, and I just did.
Silent холм, хилл 2 follows James Sunderland, an awkward man who arrives to the town of Silent холм, хилл after he receives a letter from his dead wife, Mary. He meets all sorts of other characters there, like Angela, Eddie, and Laura, and a mysterious woman named Maria, and has to get through the town of disturbing monsters alive by any means. Silent холм, хилл 2 is a lot different from something like Resident Evil, at least in the later entries. It’s a lot еще quiet, and the enemies don’t even resemble anything human. Ты have ones that are just walking mounds of skin and flesh, creatures that are a set of legs, and even the ones that do look human are so malformed and twitch violently that Ты still can’t help but feel disturbed. Everything about the monsters in this game feels so inhuman, and I Любовь everything about that. The environments are also really interesting. The town of Silent холм, хилл is always covered in this thick fog, so Ты can’t see the monsters. All Ты can rely on is your radio to warn Ты when a monster is coming. But doing so brings the monsters toward Ты as well, so Ты gotta decide whether to keep it on to known when monsters are coming, или keep it off and allow yourself to run passed them in the hopes of escaping. Other places in the town are as such, like the bowling alley where Ты can find Eddie eating pizza, the Heaven’s Night club where Ты just wander through this strip club with it’s own unique track, and the hospital, which slowly turns into a еще screwed up version of Silent холм, хилл every секунда Ты sit there. And the characters have a ton of depth to them to. Maria looking exactly like Mary and seeming to know a whole lot about James, without specifically saying why. Eddie is in denial for the horrible things he does and Ты see his deteriorating mental state throughout the game. And Angela… Oh man, poor Angela. Even James has a bunch of guilt from his past that he keeps buried. And the music… Ooooh the Музыка of Silent холм, хилл 2. I know I talked about Музыка alot in this вверх 100, but I really gotta keep talking about it, especially Silent холм, хилл 2, cause it is easily my Избранное video game soundtrack of all time, up there with No еще Герои 2 and the #8 on this list. It’s so atmospheric, mixing in slow, soft Пианино music, with the industrial rock soundtrack, and the occasional mess of steel and metal that makes Ты go, “What the fuck am I listening to”. The Музыка is something I listen to on a regular basis for how unique it is. I don’t think there is any soundtrack out there that can compare to the disturbing and depressing nature that is the world of Silent Hill. I could sit here and talk about it all день about the symbolism, the themes, and the beauty of Silent холм, хилл 2, but I already did that in a Corner of Horror article, so if Ты want еще details on it, go read that, please.
Silent холм, хилл 2 is such a depressingly gripping game with a story and score that is so haunting, yet so real all at once. It’s a game that really gripped me with it’s storytelling, it’s beautiful soundtrack, and how it portrayed horror as this еще psychological way. And of course, Konami had to go fuck it all up. Ugh, forget about Pyramid Head. Konami is the real terror of Silent холм, хилл 2.
