So it is no surprise to anyone that my 가장 좋아하는 horror game of all time Silent 언덕, 힐 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 상단, 맨 위로 ten 가장 좋아하는 games ever? The answer is yes, and I just did.
Silent 언덕, 힐 2 follows James Sunderland, an awkward man who arrives to the town of Silent 언덕, 힐 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 의해 any means. Silent 언덕, 힐 2 is a lot different from something like Resident Evil, at least in the later entries. It’s a lot 더 많이 quiet, and the enemies don’t even resemble anything human. 당신 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 당신 still can’t help but feel disturbed. Everything about the monsters in this game feels so inhuman, and I 사랑 everything about that. The environments are also really interesting. The town of Silent 언덕, 힐 is always covered in this thick fog, so 당신 can’t see the monsters. All 당신 can rely on is your radio to warn 당신 when a monster is coming. But doing so brings the monsters toward 당신 as well, so 당신 gotta decide whether to keep it on to known when monsters are coming, 또는 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 당신 can find Eddie eating pizza, the Heaven’s Night club where 당신 just wander through this strip club with it’s own unique track, and the hospital, which slowly turns into a 더 많이 screwed up version of Silent 언덕, 힐 every 초 당신 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 당신 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 음악 of Silent 언덕, 힐 2. I know I talked about 음악 alot in this 상단, 맨 위로 100, but I really gotta keep talking about it, especially Silent 언덕, 힐 2, cause it is easily my 가장 좋아하는 video game soundtrack of all time, up there with No 더 많이 히어로즈 2 and the #8 on this list. It’s so atmospheric, mixing in slow, soft 피아노 music, with the industrial rock soundtrack, and the occasional mess of steel and metal that makes 당신 go, “What the fuck am I listening to”. The 음악 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 일 about the symbolism, the themes, and the beauty of Silent 언덕, 힐 2, but I already did that in a Corner of Horror article, so if 당신 want 더 많이 details on it, go read that, please.
Silent 언덕, 힐 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 더 많이 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 언덕, 힐 2.