Tuesday 30 September, 2003

I watched Silent Hill 2 the other day and was amazed at how well they played on player expectations from other horror forms (movies, books, etc.). Since I don't have an Xbox of my own, (yes, I know, I could pick up the PS2 version, but the XBox one's prettier) and since I saw a lonely copy of the original at EB, I picked it up to give it a whirl. In some respects, I think SH2 makes better use of suspense and has creepier monster designs. (Monsters based on inanimate objects or vaguely humanoid things, rather than SH's more Parasite Eve style pterodactyl and caninoid beasts.) But I'm still only a few hours into the game, so I expect things will get significantly spookier.

Ooohh yes, it WILL get both spookier as well as weirder. A lot weirder. Once you get further through the game we should talk about what I hate about Silent Hill. (I think we can all agree on what I love about the game...)

Play it in the dark.