Zero Punctuation: Silent Hill 2

MorkFromOrk

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Silent Hill 2 had the a good haunting atmosphere but really it doesn't hold a candlestick (or rather flashlight) to Fatal Frame 2 or even Fatal Frame 1 for that matter. You don't have to spend very much time in that haunted village before you desperately want to get the fuck out, but no, it drives you deeper into the village until you feel like your nerves are gonna burst.
 

afaceforradio

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The_Amaster said:
Hmm, interesting. After the thief and PoP retrospectives, I wondered if he'd ever do one for Silent Hill 2.

I really should go back and play this now. If the atmosphere is as freaky and blubber-like as he says, it sounds like something I'd really enjoy.

Was there any particular reason James was always Jaaaaaaaames?
Someone's probably already answered this but oh well - Maria always seemed to go JAAAAAAMES whenever she spoke to him, was quite funny really, made her sound like a retarded prozzie ^_^
 

Cped4272

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Silent Hill 2 is good, but the rest of the series is getting less good, yes I really don't care for Silent Hill games that don't take place in Silent Hill, because having a Silent Hill game that doesn't take place in Silent Hill is boring.
 

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Am I the only one who thinks that Silent Hill sounds like a less scary version of Fatal Frame? Every reason about why Yahtzee said he liked Silent Hill is from Fatal Frame...

Of course I've never played Silent Hill 2 so I can't judge.
 

biomechanical923

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I am incredibly apprehensive about the new Silent Hill's "psychological tests". I am afraid it will just be a quiz-like series of questions that will merely flip certain switches in the game. For example.
Q1: Are you afraid of the dark?
>Yes
[ok, make it dark]
Q2: Are you afraid of spiders?
>Yes
[release the spiders!]
Q3: Do you like cliche plot devices?
>Yes
[The masked antagonist is your father and you were dead all along!]


and so on....
 

Ghost

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I'm playing this right now after just completing 1, best game I've played recently, and it was released in 2002.
 

Mayamahal

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Fantastic review, this is probably one of my favorite games. I have many fond memories of helping my roommate play it while I clung screaming to her arm as she shot/stabbed/mangled the various baddies that would jump out in front of Mr. Sunderland. I still can't play it by myself without a towel on my couch and the lights all on.
 

jbeannie

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yes silent hill 2 definitely was my favorite to all the games, I thought the story line was very well thought
out, I think the camera angles allow you to see the enemies, the music is good, the fog is kind of creepy,
because you can't see everything in front of you, james is a cool character, it also seems like the characters
have similarities to his emotions in a dream sequence kind of way, the only bummer is the fact that james
can't get over his dead wife, but maybe that's why he went to silent hill, maybe he doesn't care about
torturing himself mentally, enemies in the game are creepy, pyramid head is an awesome villan, that knife is
awesome too, I do think it is an awesome game, it seems like they messed up pretty much every other silent
hill game, especially in the sense that most of the other silent hill games, the story lines don't make sense,
especially the new one, I kind of liked the 3rd one with the bunnies and the carnival, and the 4th one a
little bit, 3rd one had some ok music in it, the 4th one I have no idea if there was good music in that,
but in the 4th one I don't get why 2 ghosts follow you that can't die, wtf on that, it was kind of cool
how the enemies could come out of the walls, the cutscenes in silent hill 4 were good, but to me graphics
aren't everything, i mean some old games have crappy graphics and they are way better games, than most of
the new one's now-a-days, also story lines don't usually explain why something wants to kill you, which makes
no sense, I could go on, but I won't.
 

Etni

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"You start to think that James' nightmare might be entirely his own creation, as if the town is just handing him a set of jump cables and watching as he sticks them on his balls. It's a fascinating voyage of pain and despair that leaves you emotionally drained and satisfied like fucking a burning dolphin."

That's one of the best things I've heard in a game review ever.
 

Cilliandrew

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popdafoo said:
Am I the only one who thinks that Silent Hill sounds like a less scary version of Fatal Frame? Every reason about why Yahtzee said he liked Silent Hill is from Fatal Frame...

Of course I've never played Silent Hill 2 so I can't judge.
I know the original "Silent Hill" was released for the pS1, and Silent Hill 2 (i'm pretty sure) came out a little bit before the first "Fatal Frame", but i definitely agree that the 2 games are very comparable.

I have to admit to putting off "Fatal Frame" for a couple of months simply because the description of "using your camera to kill ghosts" sounded lame...

The same buddy i played the Silent Hill games with was finally convinced by ANOTHER friend to give "Fatal Frame" a try, and it was every bit as psychologically testing as "SH2" was...

Just the way a random phantom could glide softly by you, without even a peep....I remember my buddy and i just screaming "HOLY SHIT!" and turning the game off in favour of a round of NHL hockey :p
 

Cloud6

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SH2 is my favorite game ever.

FFVII is my second favorite.

Yahtzee and I are so similar and yet so vastly different.
 

trent08

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i got shatter memories its one of my favourite games. Im realy hope he reviews it soon
 

ScottySparksten

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Will you be doing a video for the new Silent Hill game? I started playing it recently...and I think that you could really critique a lot on it....especially the annoying ass tittin' flashlight controls. And that psychological test.....what does me every cheating on a partner have to do with ANYTHING?! .....not to mention when i answered no he needed me to verify o.o...
 

Jas0913

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I've only played through silent hill two and i can't really tell whether it's the town that is trying to kill James or if it's all just in James' imagination. I really didn't like how all the characters you meet don't even know what the hell is going on and James doesn't even bother to fill them in!

In one part of the game you decend about 10000 feet into the ground and, if i remember correctly, you suddenly end up outside... by a lake... with a row boat.

It's a great game and just as you said it's able to tell a story without words. What's funny is that BioWare does the EXACT OPPOSITE. Still love 'em though =P