|  Konami is bringing back one of the scariest games ever made, Silent
Hill 2 looks like it will have twice the terror of the first installment. While the first
Silent Hill was easy to compare to Resident Evil, this second installment has really come
into it’s own. (Yes, I did compare them and I’m very sorry about it. I had a
problem with comparing everything to RE, but I’m over it now.) You play as James, and
James has just been summoned to Silent Hill by his dead wife. The killer creepy ambiance
of the first game is back with a vengeance in this follow-up title, but this time the
action is way more intense. James is armed with a flashlight, but the comforting glow only
illuminates a small chunk of the screen at a time. The darkness outside the light is full
of ghouls and the worst things your imagination can come up with. The darkness breeds
paranoia and lends itself to overall scariness of Silent Hill. Judging by the few cut
scenes I’ve gotten a peek at, Silent Hill 2 might be the goriest console game ever.
Silent Hill 2 has a slightly more cinematic look to it this time around, mainly due to the
beautiful graphics, real time weather effects, and incredible facial expressions of the
characters made possible by the power of the PS2. Finally the survival horror genre is
alive and kicking on the next-gen systems. Horror movies are for sissies, for some real
terror try stepping into the characters shoes and see if you can make it out alive. Silent
Hill 2 looks like the scariest story of 2001, scarier than any X-Files or Friday the 13th
, even scarier than Tammy Faye’s Eyes.
 
 
 
Sarah
Wichlacz |
