Thread 717556910

i managed to play this completely blind not knowing anything about it or the franchise, holy fuck man this is the best game i have ever played. anything else i should play that's as good as this?

Theres nothing else
Count yourself lucky you played blind in 2025

>>717557103
is 1 or 3 on par with it at least? it is made by the same team after all. i've been obsessed with the SH2 soundtrack

>>717557351
Theyre good but not really as much into the psychological side of things. Theyre about the cult and 3 is a direct sequel to 1
You should play them yes. Still god tier games

played silent hill 2 up to the prison and had to stop because it was legitimately too much for me to handle I was shaking with adrenaline. It doesn't matter if I finished I got spoiled to everything long ago so I was just filled with dread the entire time with no payoff at the end.

>>717558420
that part was the spookiest for me as well, just something about rusty prisons freak me out. Half Life 2 comes to mind

>>717556910 (OP)
signalis, thank me later

>>717556910 (OP)
Now someone will try to tell you that the remake is better than the original and you're going to have to deal with pure rage the rest of your life. The staircase scene is my favorite scene in any video game and makes me feel the same feeling I felt the first time I watched it no matter how many times I watch it.

>>717558840
the game itself wasn't even that scary. I felt more dread and anxiety then anything. the prison itself is full of 5 monsters but the atmosphere and everything was just way too much for me. I don't handle spooks well and the game gave me PTSD for a bit and I still think about it sometimes. my brain's all kinds of fucked up. I don't even know why I bothered playing when I know the story.

WHEN WILL IT RELEASE ON GOG?!

>>717556910 (OP)
>play it completely blind

you trolling

>>717559651
Siren 2 on modern systems never ever because some actor snorted coke :(

>>717559651
>silent hill likes
>it's recommendations based only on 2
'ate sh2fags with a burning passion

>>717560085
that's what OP wanted to know though

>>717556910 (OP)
The first and third games.
I don't understand how you funky motherfuckers can just jump into a sequel like it's nothing.

>>717557103
lmao its obvious bait. no one believes it's the best game ever until they're trained to think so.

>>717559651
im getting troondev vibes from a few of these. especially signalis.

>>717556910 (OP)
>>717559651
Seconding SOMA, it kicks ass

>>717559651
>>717560961
Fucking LOVED SOMA. Tip for new players: play on easy mode and ignore all the monsters; they're more of an annoyance than a feature, and instead, just take your time to explore every nook and cranny and absorb the story and worldbuilding

>>717556910 (OP)
>2/10 gameplay
>it's the best game I've ever played
play more games zoomer. I know anything is a step up from the monthly live service flop but you're still scraping the bottom of the barrel.

>>717556910 (OP)
I played fairly recently around 2 years ago with the Enhanced Edition for PC and it broke me at the end. I may be sentimental, but SH2 is such a great experience and will never get old, just like a classic movie like The Seventh Seal. It shouldn't have remakes. It doesn't need remakes. It's incredible as it is, how it is.

The soundtrack still haunts me
>...It's hot in here, isnt it?
>...You see it too? - For me, it's always like this.

That scene with Angela made me choke. It's such a great melancholic game. The good kind of sadness that makes you heal.

>>717559651
Cat Lady, Mouthwashing, and Soma are absolutely nothing like Silent Hill

>>717561583
Redditor spotter, angela is reddit.
>...It's hot in here, isnt it?
>...You see it too? - For me, it's always like this.
THAT'S PEAK REDDIT

>>717556910 (OP)
It is the best, man.

>>717560226
Touch grass

>>717561971
NTA but jaded, soulless people like you who are incapable of feelings are just pathetic. there is nothing "reddit" about art making you feel. fucking psychopath

>>717561971
>>717562073
I mean I know people fellate SH2 a lot, but the truth is, that if there's a game that deserves it, is SH2, idgaf
The Prison was peak creepy shit, few games or things have made me feel as uncomfortable as reaching the prison and exploring it. The story and music is peak human soul.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDKx1Rp1yAA&ab_channel=LegalSaiga

I was driving at a highway once on a cloudy day and this came on my playlist and its one of the best memories that i have of my youth.

something about the OST is just magical. it's literally haunting

>>717562770
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td3P1-cfZ4E&ab_channel=AkiraYamaoka-Topic

I played it to be spooked and left in feels and tears, and spooked
The soundtrack is a masterpiece on itself as well, and hits twice when you play the game and know the context of the music and the characters.

honest questio, chads. thoughts on the remake? the OG will always be the best and I really liked that bloober made the remake just another version or even a loop instead of a replacement. I absolutely loved the new endings and what they did in the ufo ending. would have loved guy cihis voice there for OG james

>>717556910 (OP)
The first one is better imo. I also recently played through them having never played the series prior.

>>717556910 (OP)
>>717557351
I like 1 and 3 more than 2. 4 is unplayable trash so just stop there.

>>717557351
1 is very outdated and honestly quite mediocre in my opinion. 3 is good, but is focused more on the "present" story than the psychological side of things. Personally I still think 2 is the peak of the franchise. Even years later I still get emotional whenever I hear Mary's letter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td3P1-cfZ4E

>>717559651
I am probably one of two people who actually played Cat Lady on /v/ and it's nothing like any of the Silent Hill games.

>>717563027
Eh
It doesn't hit the same
I mean I guess it's fine and it's gonna feel ok for most people, but everything that made the original the masterpiece it is can't be reproduced. And they changed the letter, the most important part of the game and several stories to avoid suicidal thoughts lmao what a piece of shit

You know what no, it is a piece of shit, saying it like it is.

>>717563153
Your opinion sucks.

>>717562532
>>717561583
I love goofy shit like this. Only the most depressing and tragic games can have the fanbase come together and do this funny shit.

>>717563207
>And they changed the letter, the most important part of the game and several stories to avoid suicidal thoughts
you are absolutely right about that and I fucking hate them for that. we will never get another SH2, because it could never be made in this censorship hell we live in the first place, not even from some indie devs.

>>717563153
trvth nvke

>>717556910 (OP)
It's extremely overrated. Replay the game and you'll see why.

>>717563027
I played 2 for the first time in preparation for the remake when it was announced. I found the remake better in almost every single way. Better characterization, better music (Akira Yamaoka's still got it), better combat, and of course better graphics. I also found the new ending where James leaves the car SO beautiful I literally almost cried.

Really, the only thing the original has over the remake is Angela/Maria not looking like roasties and a more surreal atmosphere. Maybe I would feel differently if I actually played it back when it released in 2002 or whatever, but I had no appetite for horror games at the time.

>>717563153
your opinion is great

>>717557351
3 had a rushed development and it shows a lot

>>717563432
A post ripped straight from Reddit. It's time for you to go back.

>>717556910 (OP)
>god tier story
>god tier characters
>god tier music
>god tier art direction
>dogshit gameplay and level design
>still has fans because of what it gets right

I recommend Rule of Rose, OP.

>>717563714
>god tier story
>god tier characters
wrong

>>717563641
You lost.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q47veZhrMW8&t=179s

>>717563714
Even Rule of Rose fans know how shit the game really is. It's the DK64 of the PS2 era.

>>717557351
They are both better video games than 2. 1's more occult than psychological but it's very well rounded in terms of exploration and combat. 3's by far the most linear of the lot and it abuses instakill situations, but it also has the best visuals and combat scenarios. If 2's a game that gets under your skin because it's unbelievably depressing, 1 and 3 do so because they feel like they want you dead, especially 3.

TOTAL . THERAPIST TOWN . DEATH

>>717564021
3 is a joke when you get that infinite submachine gun, and it's so easy to unlock there is no reason to play normally

>>717564219
You can only use it in ng+ retard

I really wanna play the first few silent hill games but I'm about to play the 2 remake for the first time and I'm worried I'll get burnt out if I play too many horror games in a row

>>717564219
>3 is a joke when you get that post-game weapon
I have been enlightened.

>>717564021
>3's by far the most linear
What a retarded thing to say when they're all linear.

>>717564258
on the very first NG+, not even the second NG+. It makes getting the other endings a joke. Not like there is much content in regards to that to begin with, sh3 is worst game in the series I stand by this

>>717564487
Based Book of Memories enjoyer

>>717561583
The one that always gets me is
>"James, if that were true, then why do you look so sad..?"
That and Peace And Serenity playing right after always breaks my heart.
He loved her, man ;_;

>>717564809
SH2 is despairkino.

>>717566040
I hate this ending, they are implying that mary forced him to kill himself. Literally taking away his choice in "in water" ending

>>717556910 (OP)
Fatal Frame 2. In particular the Xbox version. I would say it's the scariest horror game ever made, literally gave me a sleep paralysis demon that still shows up every few months in the wee hours of the morning. SH2 has hands-down one of the best stories and presentations in all of gaming. Between the characters, the soundtrack (Yamaoka's whole sound direction thing), and the way the endings are mostly a result of HOW you play instead of choices you make, all the pieces just fell into place perfectly.

>>717566268
I don't see how. The only difference in this ending is Mary going
>I'll wait for you
and James deciding to live for some reason?

>>717556910 (OP)
Nope, it's all downstairs from there.

>>717566354
look at James' face, and how he reacts to Mary's ghost. That's not a face of someone who wants to die

>>717566310
I enjoyed 1 more than 2. 2 has better general presentation but old monks would shit on any ghost in 2.

>>717566472
I got the opposite. But either way if Mary convinced him to live in this ending, why does she convince him to die in In Water?

>>717566510
1 spooked the hell out of me, too. 2 just went the extra mile with giving me fucking sleep paralysis issues.

Alan Wake 2.