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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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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.
Sounds great I lent the first game on PS1 off Andy and thought it was a real good atmospheric (is that a word?) game.
All sounds good but the part about the guy vomiting sounds well...sick.
:)
All sounds good but the part about the guy vomiting sounds well...sick.
:)
I chose this as my GAD prize and my 1st GAD prize in fact - having this title for my first ever prize is truly something to be proud of
The first was good, and the second looks even better. Its got everything the first had and then some.
This game has been long awaited, and finally it is being released, if you want thrills, spills, and you simply just want to soil your pants this is the game fo you. There are two conditions though:
1) You must have a PS2
and
2) You must be prepared undertake the scariest game in gaming history
From the beginning to the end this game is sure to have your skin crawling in fear, anticipation and more. The first of his series was good, so freaky it would have the biggest of me hiding behind the sofa calling for their mommy, and now the second is no exception. This is the survival horror of all survival horrors, and definately a must have.
However to some this game is not their cup of tea, they don't go for this type of game but i think they are just afraid. Actually you can compare it to marmite; You either love it or you hate. Me i think i'm going to love it.
This game is much of an improvement to the first (i'm not say the first is crud, cos it definately is not) The graphics have been much more improved (for obvious reasons) The thrill, chill, and scare factor has been up to the max, the storyline is just as good, and another bonus is that it is longer (yay). Well to put it bluntly this game has been branded the scariestic, most sadistic and horrific game not just in the survival horro genre but in the entire gaming history.
Actually a game like this is what makes the PS2 worth while. Everyone who thought that it was a waste of money can now think again, because the PS2 is coming back with a vengeance and Silent hill 2 is just the beginning, so all you gamers out there be prepared for the second coming of the PS2.
Well thanks for reading
><{{{*> the fish man
This game has been long awaited, and finally it is being released, if you want thrills, spills, and you simply just want to soil your pants this is the game fo you. There are two conditions though:
1) You must have a PS2
and
2) You must be prepared undertake the scariest game in gaming history
From the beginning to the end this game is sure to have your skin crawling in fear, anticipation and more. The first of his series was good, so freaky it would have the biggest of me hiding behind the sofa calling for their mommy, and now the second is no exception. This is the survival horror of all survival horrors, and definately a must have.
However to some this game is not their cup of tea, they don't go for this type of game but i think they are just afraid. Actually you can compare it to marmite; You either love it or you hate. Me i think i'm going to love it.
This game is much of an improvement to the first (i'm not say the first is crud, cos it definately is not) The graphics have been much more improved (for obvious reasons) The thrill, chill, and scare factor has been up to the max, the storyline is just as good, and another bonus is that it is longer (yay). Well to put it bluntly this game has been branded the scariestic, most sadistic and horrific game not just in the survival horro genre but in the entire gaming history.
Actually a game like this is what makes the PS2 worth while. Everyone who thought that it was a waste of money can now think again, because the PS2 is coming back with a vengeance and Silent hill 2 is just the beginning, so all you gamers out there be prepared for the second coming of the PS2.
Well thanks for reading
><{{{*> the fish man
youv'e been here for wuite a while now Goatboy and seing as you have won quite a few time (weldone by the way) so you know if i can receive my chosen GAD prize on the day of its release, do you think?
For example..SILENT HILL 2? Friday 23RD November
For example..SILENT HILL 2? Friday 23RD November
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.
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.
I have tough choices to make, so maybe you can help me. I have money to burn and am going to buy a game or a memory card today.............
Silent Hill 2, or memory card #2 (for all those Pro Evo Goals :D)?????
Silent Hill 2, or memory card #2 (for all those Pro Evo Goals :D)?????
If you like a genuinely disturbing but excellent to play game, then grab Silent Hill 2.
Grab it now.
It's NOT Resident Evil, there are no jumpy moments as such.
It's the building sense of just absolute foulness and fear.
The moment that made 2 guys aged 28 yell out and stop playing for 10 mins whilst we smoked and made jokes about being wimps?
The apartment block.
You're walking down the corridor, you've despatched a couple of limbless things with a stick.
You approach a T-junction and the music dies. After the relentless pounding of the music (more like pipes creaking and massive bells as opposed to tunes), the fact it goes silent is worse.
Round the corner and start walking, you can only see from the flashlight on your chest.
Get to the middle of the corridor to find it blocked by bars, a key on the other side.
So you hit action button and he crouches "I can just reach the key if I stretch my arm through the bars, should I?"
We look at each other nervously and hit "Yes".
He reaches his arm through the bars, fingers straining for the key and then....
Buy the game, trust me.
Grab it now.
It's NOT Resident Evil, there are no jumpy moments as such.
It's the building sense of just absolute foulness and fear.
The moment that made 2 guys aged 28 yell out and stop playing for 10 mins whilst we smoked and made jokes about being wimps?
The apartment block.
You're walking down the corridor, you've despatched a couple of limbless things with a stick.
You approach a T-junction and the music dies. After the relentless pounding of the music (more like pipes creaking and massive bells as opposed to tunes), the fact it goes silent is worse.
Round the corner and start walking, you can only see from the flashlight on your chest.
Get to the middle of the corridor to find it blocked by bars, a key on the other side.
So you hit action button and he crouches "I can just reach the key if I stretch my arm through the bars, should I?"
We look at each other nervously and hit "Yes".
He reaches his arm through the bars, fingers straining for the key and then....
Buy the game, trust me.
Goatboy wrote:
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.
This whole topic was written in an attempt to s.lag off nintendo. You sad sad little boy.
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.
This whole topic was written in an attempt to s.lag off nintendo. You sad sad little boy.
Not at all.
See my "No facts whatsoever to back this up" thread for and attack on Nintendo.
I'm just saying that with Nintendo's market being primarily children (and simple minded adults), this is not the sort of title that would appear.
I'm guessing your a Ninty?
See my "No facts whatsoever to back this up" thread for and attack on Nintendo.
I'm just saying that with Nintendo's market being primarily children (and simple minded adults), this is not the sort of title that would appear.
I'm guessing your a Ninty?
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