Silent Hill 2 (PS2)

I thought it was time to write up another game review. This time, I thought I'd back track to one of the older PS2 titles available: SILENT HILL 2: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT I've been a fan of the Silent Hill franchise ever since I played the original game back in 1999 on the humble Playstation. Despite the limitations of the original Playstation system, Silent Hill was a very memorable and to be honest, scary experience. Silent Hill 2 was released on the then next-gen PS2 in 2001. With the prospect of better graphics and sound, I started playing Silent Hill 2 with some trepidation. Would this second game convey the same sense of out-and-out ...  Read the complete review

Silent Hill 2 I am a big Resident Evil fan I love playing the games but when they kind of wore themselves out I needed a new challenge this is when Silent Hill series appealed to me. I didn?t want to play the original, as it would have been slightly dated by now s I brought Silent Hill 2 of Amazon, as it seemed such an amazing bargain at £5.30 --== First thoughts ==-- It came in a special edition box that folds out and is included in the box is a ?making of? Compact Disk. The holder folds in 3, this then goes into a cover it is all very dark colours, but the great thing is ...  Read the complete review

Silent Hill had, and always will, divide peoples opinions like no other game. Many have described it as a truly shocking modern masterpiece, whilst others not only claimed it wasn't the least bit scary but criticised some of it's more innovative features - one being a radio that crackles with static when monsters are nearby. Well in 2001 Silent Hill was back, radio and all. A survival-horror game from Konami, Silent Hill 2 (SH2) sees you taking the role of James Sunderland, who has travelled to Silent Hill after recieving a letter from his dead wife Mary (it must be genuine you see, because it's her handwriting!) telling him to go to their ...  Read the complete review

It’s not very often that you open a games magazine or catch a game advertisement that it makes you think ‘ooh’. Luckily history has proven to us that the run-up to Christmas tends to provide us with the cream of the year’s releases. Just take a look at the shelves of your local games store to confirm these latest releases: SSX Tricky, Jak and Daxter, Pro Evo, GTA 3, Tony Hawks 3 and this little beauty – Silent Hill 2. Having very little experience/interest in these survival/horror types of games I wasn’t all that enthralled by the announcement of this title but as screens and information about it started to emerge I was beginning ...  Read the complete review

Silent Hill 2 may very well be the best horror game ever created - it is a breakthrough experience both as a visually stunning game, and also as an existential parable that explores family, loss, and love as offshoots. This is emotional, cerebral, extremely visceral gaming at its very best, and is the best of what is by its own merits a stunningly good series. If you've played the first game, then you'll know the premise - a poor sap arrives at the small, desserted town of Silent Hill, where fog spreads throughout, and soon enough, they realise that it's essentially a schizophrenic town that changes between being normal and becoming "dark", where any ...  Read the complete review