Is Silent Hill 2 the best game ever made?

[Johnny Novgorod]

So far I only played Silent Hill Homecoming which was...okayish? Certainly nothing to write home about.

This and Silent Hill: Origins are usually seen as the series' low point. So if you liked Homecoming then it's nothing but upwards from hereon.

Yes, characters talk and beahave awkwardly in SH2. While there's no harm in blaming the director, I think the nonsense behind their lines and actions starts to clear up and make actual sense around the time you get to Toluca Prison/Lakeview Hotel. You'll see.

 

[Evonisia]

This might be a bit offtopic buuuuuut:
So far I only played Silent Hill Homecoming which was...okayish? Certainly nothing to write home about.
I played a few hours of Silent Hill 2 over the weekend and something that already bothered me in SH5 bothered me again there. It's practically the same problem I have with horror movies. The characters are so...weird. The dialogue with Angela? (the girl with the knife in the hotel) was kinda okay, especially the one in the hotel was quite cool since she was acting so erratically. Except for the "weren't you searching for someone? Ohhh right off I go!" bit.
The guy you meet in the hotel though...so after you met several monsters, realized theres something definitely wrong with the town and he saw those things too...you just leave him there with a farewell and a "watch out for yourself"? This kind of horror logic already bothered me in SH5 were the character complained about trash cans not being emptied (cans sprayed with blood on the outside no less) and similar stupid things after having fought several zombie dogs and having seen the mayor working on the graveyard to bury half the town's population.

Soo I love the atmosphere and the gameplay doesn't bother me too much but will dialogues of this kind continue to happen? I'm not sure if this is supposed to increase the weirdness factor a la the character isn't even realizing in what kind of situation he is and still acts normal despite all thats happening around him? I just met Mary and her dialogue was also a bit too "No everything is fine I'm just looking for my wife" heavy.

Homecoming shamelessly rips off Silent Hill 2's story, but the only thing worth noting about it is that it has such a heavy combat focus where the others do not. Silent Hill 2's story might not seem as fresh once you finish it, but the other ones (except Origins, I've not played it) should all provide their own little spin without being hampered by Homecoming.