Silent Hell

[Square]

Yeah, the flashlight is a fantastic idea; that some creatures won't bother you if it is turned off is great. Also, that radio does induce a real sense of panic when it starts to crackle...

or Konami can restrain themselves until new hardware comes forward which can really intensify the experience.

I definately would look forward to that!

[ObsessiveCompulsive]

im actually motivated to play through silent hill 1 again. even if wont be the same kind of experience as first time around, there is always the emergency hammer.

[jimmbob]

...there is always the emergency hammer.

Yeah that's another thing that Silent Hill did better than Resi. The melee weapons are fantastic, and [in the first game especially] you get better results, as Harry's always missing with the damn hand gun.

The Katana blade and channeling stone that can be unlocked are genius for very different reasons...

[Max M]

I was wondering which game to start out on myself, as I really enjoyed the Silent Hill 3 demo. Found it far more unsettling than Resident Evil or Eternal Darkness.

I think I'll probably just start off on number 3, because I've heard a lot of mixed views on number 2 and I'm digging the fairground scene in 3.

[Square]

Well, I've just spent the last 6 hours on Silent Hill 1, using Marcus' preferred technique, and all I can say is WOW!

This game has suddenly taken on a whole new meaning for me! I was wandering around that dank, nasty, unsettling school when

I noticed a telephone in the middle of the room. After trying unsuccessfully to use it, I was about to leave the room, and then: RRIIING! I nearly soiled myself!

That one incident has completely gotten me back into this game. It's like I've been on the runway for an hour, and suddenly the game has taken off!

I'm loving it.

[Square]

Oh, I would like to say I am very dissapointed by the first boss. I mean, come on! What the fcuk is a

Komodo Dragon

doing in this game? Totally out of keeping with the rest of it up to this point.

[Dache]

I found SH1 to be far creepier than it's sequel, the locations were far more horrendous, and the sensation of hearing that air-raid siren is just one of those gaming moments I'll never forget.

Oh Jesus, the start of Silent Hill ****ing terrified me. Never actually been so scared at anything ever before.

"Ooh, nice camera angl-- hang on. What the ****'s that? Is th... oh god, an air-raid siren? What the hell? And a bloody hospital trolley. Hm, right. Don't s-- ****, blood. Okay, um... I don't want to follow that, so... so I'll just turn around at this locked door. ****. Right, okay, okay, chain link fence alleyway. Nah, it's not, this isn't so bad holy **** what is that on the fence. What the **** is that on the fennnnnnNNNNNNNNNNN ARRGH WHAT THE **** AERGRGH, ****, ****, BLOCKED WHAT ****ING HELL ARGH ARGH **** **** **** **** FUUUCK"

[Square]

Without spoiling it, what is with that Air Raid Siren? What does it signify? Is it ever explained?

I must know, dammit!




Or must I...

[Judge]

Without spoiling it, what is with that Air Raid Siren? What does it signify? Is it ever explained?

Can't tell without spoiling the plot, I'm afraid...

[Square]

But I will find out, won't I...?


WON'T I!?

[Judge]

If you fight on!

[Garibaldi Biscuit]

Funny, I completed the game and I still don't know wtf that air-raid siren was about.

[Gluecifer]

I loved Silent Hill 3
Best ps2 game i have played since Ico.

Not of Ico standards of course, but it really stands out from the rest of the dross on the system.

Looks pretty too.


Gluecifer

[Chadruharazzeb]

Behold President Evil's plot summary of Silent Hill.

It is definitive.

CLICKY

[Judge]

Funny, I completed the game and I still don't know wtf that air-raid siren was about.

The main purpose of the siren is to denote when an individual is being transfered into a variant of Silent Hill, under the control of a maniplative being. This can mean the creation of a darker version of reality, or the rearranging of the main Silent Hill to meet the needs of the "Controller" with respect to a certain individual. It appears to be a natural event, to clarify the situation to the controling powers.

I think!