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Ok, there is now GTA3 and Silent Hill 2 to make a PS2 worth owning.
I loved the 1st one. It traded Resident Evil's schlocky jump-tactics for an atmosphere of genuine unease and dirty fear.
The dark rooms, the skittering monsters, the genuine sense of dread as you walked through the school and hospital.
And now the 2nd one is out, and I've been playing it since 9pm.
All I can say is...*shudder* Foul, nasty little game.
Excellent stuff.
There are similarities to the 1st one.
The fog outside. But this time it's not to save processor power and keep areas whited out, the fog rolls and drifts in banks,it's there for atmosphere not to cloud the level of graphics.
Sound.
Creepy, eerie, evil and menacing.
The music is industrial clanks and low bell chimes, guttural growlings and snarls...raises the hairs on your neck like a demon, literally.
Graphics?
Amazing. A deliberately grainy, dirty, scuzzy feel but stunning.
A sense of menace and creeping death throughout the 2 locations I've been so far.
Monsters?
Ewwww...horrid mannequins with legs sewn onto the waist and it...well...glistens. Things with no arms or faces that chase after you and, I've only seen it once, this big thing with a red pyramid for a head.
Sounds rubbish, but you turn a corner and see it standing on the other side of bars and you scream and run away from it.
Even though it's just standing there, head down looking at you.
It's not jump-tactics (except for 1 bit so far), but it's the knowledge that as soon as the radio crackles, something is coming.
And, this made me ill but well-impressed, a character you meet is vomiting. But not movie-style vomiting, this dude is really going for it.
And you can just tell the voice-actor was jamming his fingers down his throat, it's too real to be pretend puking.
It's just nasty, dark, threatening and evil.
Exactly what I hoped it would be.
AND - if you get the 2-disc set,you get trailers, artwork, a making of featurette and a trailer, 5 mins long for Metal Gear Solid 2.
And that looks utterly incredible, footage I have never seen before of...well..you'll have to buy Silent Hill 2 to see MGS2 new footage.
If you like being unsettled by a computer game, if you like feeling genuinely nervous at the sound of a baby crying out?
Get this game.
If you like happy, nice games with cute things?
Buy a Nintendo, cos this is not appearing on a kid's console any time soon.
I loved the 1st one. It traded Resident Evil's schlocky jump-tactics for an atmosphere of genuine unease and dirty fear.
The dark rooms, the skittering monsters, the genuine sense of dread as you walked through the school and hospital.
And now the 2nd one is out, and I've been playing it since 9pm.
All I can say is...*shudder* Foul, nasty little game.
Excellent stuff.
There are similarities to the 1st one.
The fog outside. But this time it's not to save processor power and keep areas whited out, the fog rolls and drifts in banks,it's there for atmosphere not to cloud the level of graphics.
Sound.
Creepy, eerie, evil and menacing.
The music is industrial clanks and low bell chimes, guttural growlings and snarls...raises the hairs on your neck like a demon, literally.
Graphics?
Amazing. A deliberately grainy, dirty, scuzzy feel but stunning.
A sense of menace and creeping death throughout the 2 locations I've been so far.
Monsters?
Ewwww...horrid mannequins with legs sewn onto the waist and it...well...glistens. Things with no arms or faces that chase after you and, I've only seen it once, this big thing with a red pyramid for a head.
Sounds rubbish, but you turn a corner and see it standing on the other side of bars and you scream and run away from it.
Even though it's just standing there, head down looking at you.
It's not jump-tactics (except for 1 bit so far), but it's the knowledge that as soon as the radio crackles, something is coming.
And, this made me ill but well-impressed, a character you meet is vomiting. But not movie-style vomiting, this dude is really going for it.
And you can just tell the voice-actor was jamming his fingers down his throat, it's too real to be pretend puking.
It's just nasty, dark, threatening and evil.
Exactly what I hoped it would be.
AND - if you get the 2-disc set,you get trailers, artwork, a making of featurette and a trailer, 5 mins long for Metal Gear Solid 2.
And that looks utterly incredible, footage I have never seen before of...well..you'll have to buy Silent Hill 2 to see MGS2 new footage.
If you like being unsettled by a computer game, if you like feeling genuinely nervous at the sound of a baby crying out?
Get this game.
If you like happy, nice games with cute things?
Buy a Nintendo, cos this is not appearing on a kid's console any time soon.
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Well im not that into pumping lead into virtual guards torsos but if you insist...
I want this game now. I was thinking about getting Half-Life but after listening to you lot praising this game, I will place my order on that game next week. God Bless Konami
Goatboy wrote:
> No idea, I think payed orders would take preference, but don't quote me on
> that.
I have waited anything from 4 days to 2 weeks, depends on stock and stuff
> I s'pose.
----
But get Silent Hill 2 today.
I was bitterely disappointed
> with Smackdown 3 (exchange coming up) and was hesitant about Silent Hill
> 2.
"Well I won't expect much, seeing as I got my hopes dashed with damn
> dirty wrestlers" and just popped the disc in.
And within the 1st 10 mins
> I knew this game was the daddy.
You start off walking through a park. Fog
> everywhere rolls by and you go into a small wooded area.
Something growls off
> to your right.
I screamed like a woman and ran for 2 mins solid.
Stopped
> running at a gate and caught my breath.
The growl again, only nearer this
> time.
Run away again.
Do some things (no spoilers from me) and then carried on
> through the woods/path.
And now there's footsteps, but when you stop they stop
> as well.
Sometimes the footsteps break into a run after you and you stop - they
> stop.
Claustrophobic, terrifying and extremely threatening.
And that's just 2
> examples of how they use sound and nothing else, and this is in the daylight of
> a wood.
Wait until you get to the apartment building.
This game
> rules.
Big time.
God you just ruined the begiining for me, this is just so unfair.
Know you must get poked in the eyes
> No idea, I think payed orders would take preference, but don't quote me on
> that.
I have waited anything from 4 days to 2 weeks, depends on stock and stuff
> I s'pose.
----
But get Silent Hill 2 today.
I was bitterely disappointed
> with Smackdown 3 (exchange coming up) and was hesitant about Silent Hill
> 2.
"Well I won't expect much, seeing as I got my hopes dashed with damn
> dirty wrestlers" and just popped the disc in.
And within the 1st 10 mins
> I knew this game was the daddy.
You start off walking through a park. Fog
> everywhere rolls by and you go into a small wooded area.
Something growls off
> to your right.
I screamed like a woman and ran for 2 mins solid.
Stopped
> running at a gate and caught my breath.
The growl again, only nearer this
> time.
Run away again.
Do some things (no spoilers from me) and then carried on
> through the woods/path.
And now there's footsteps, but when you stop they stop
> as well.
Sometimes the footsteps break into a run after you and you stop - they
> stop.
Claustrophobic, terrifying and extremely threatening.
And that's just 2
> examples of how they use sound and nothing else, and this is in the daylight of
> a wood.
Wait until you get to the apartment building.
This game
> rules.
Big time.
God you just ruined the begiining for me, this is just so unfair.
Know you must get poked in the eyes
*subliminal voice mode*
Dooooooooo it
Dooooooooo it
Dooooooooo it
Dooooooooo it
Dooooooooo it
Dooooooooo it
OK, Silent Hill 2 was £36.99 (God bless SR in Bristol, me wubs you) leaving £13.01. But, Christmas is coming, so I had to get one pressie for my niece which was Britney Spears' new album, entitled, curiously enough, 'Britney'. That was £10.99, leaving a staggering £2.02 change.
ZOE will have to wait due to me adding to the Britney millions.
My gaming enjoyment has been disrupted by Britney Spears.
Must....kill....Britney....
ZOE will have to wait due to me adding to the Britney millions.
My gaming enjoyment has been disrupted by Britney Spears.
Must....kill....Britney....
*me runs off to the shop to see how much change I can get from £50*
Silent Hill 2, there's a whack-load of MGS2 trailers on the double-disc and if you want ZOE with demo, I'll sell it to you for £10.
Because I don't like ZOE (just bought it for demo) so it's mint condition with receipt.
Because I don't like ZOE (just bought it for demo) so it's mint condition with receipt.
I am going out now with £50 in my pocket, so need a quick response:
Silent Hill 2 or ZOE with the MGS2 demo?
Silent Hill 2 or ZOE with the MGS2 demo?
Plaaaay.
And enjoy the 1st section in the park.
Close your curtains and try not to break into a run when the growling starts.
And enjoy the 1st section in the park.
Close your curtains and try not to break into a run when the growling starts.
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