>one of the greatest horror games ever made >no way to

>>386260519

just get a PS2 .rom or something, it's not our fault konami hates money

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>>386260519
>>386260656
Just download the PC ports of SH2-4. Konami literally does not give a shit. Here's the SH PC Guide + DL links:

SH1 NTSC DDL:
https://mega.nz/#!bVUCTJzD!PmnPw4S7fWGyvTjw9S0-RQdk7rRp2BQNuXJqRkZCZvk

SH2 DDL:
https://mega.nz/#!rFcj1SIJ!47JH9M4OrzmQKuaiJ6IqUgmgz_SVNtk4LIYNSa-D-_8

SH2 torrent:
https://mega.nz/#!bYcEnbhC!rYnhvcJiRC46T6yExS0Y61JHZ-5N3WxFvfZMI8xbyhE

SH3 DDL:
https://mega.nz/#!2JNkgJ7b!nfPf5cIs6I5K-sdAs7RcnHvGA2hAvIGdpQuIoBhF3iE

SH3 torrent:
https://mega.nz/#!GVVGRLpD!SyklVbuLIkc38ZYji5QL3sWHKtHt9-Bto700My8pH7c

SH4 DDL:
https://mega.nz/#!Us1XTaII!cglH0dZOaH5yQEm4cnEh3eyUz4bIf6rACQqcVzkb4Hc

Mount the ISOs of 2 & 3, and then run their installers like always.
The SH1 is a PS1 rip that you gotta emulate.
The "sh2proxy" is a all-in-one fix, that works as a no-cd crack as well. It is included in the pack.
If you use the NEW fix mentioned in the guide, you can use the sh2proxy's EXE as the no-cd crack!

In case you experience issues saving the game / not being able to edit the disp.ini, make sure the files aren't set to "Read Only", and run the game as Administrator.
If SH2 gets stuck in a black screen upon launch, close it and re-start it again.

SH2-4 do not support Xinput gamepads. Either use Xpadder, a DirectInput pad, or just play with KB+M.
You can now see some decent emulator settings for SH1 as well in the guide. If the image of the game does NOT fill your entire screen in fullscreen mode, check your plugin AND GPU control panel's image scaling settings!
Also give the new PGXP emulator a shot for a lot less wobbly PS1 graphics.

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>>386261703
The guide says to rename ending.bik to end.bik but the enhancement pack already contains both of those files when I extract it, so I'm guessing I just leave it alone?

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>>386261969
I guess so.
I've personally only used the older sh2proxy, and it's been smooth riding. Don't really care for higher fps FMVs and shit when the game runs at locked 30 anyway.

>>386262134
The FMV's look quite a bit cleaner so there's that.

Just wish the noise filter in 2 wasn't god awful

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>>386262385
>just wish the noise filter in 2 wasn't god awful
that's why I made my own, with SweetFX.

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>make a save
>check the save name
>Nowhere

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>>386260519
You think that's bad?
it's been almost 20 years, and still no SH1 Remake / re-release of any sort.

Thank god for PS1 emulation and all the advances with said tech.

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You can thank Tommy boy.

>>386262637
The only thing you've made is made me puke.

>>386262637
one would need to see this in motion to see if whether it's good or not

I admit that I don't really like the default noise that much - the later games utilized it better - but I also never turn it off

>>386260519
Still absolutely perfectly playable on PC, even with original PS2 controls.

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>>386264663
Seems like an evolving case of epilepsy. Better go check it out.

>>386264990
it's definitely a huge improvement from the original low-res wall of gray blobs, IMO.

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>>386265463
kinda hard to demo in dark areas... but the setup does sharpen the textures a bit too.

>>386265463
we're talking about the noise filter, not the fog

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>>386265797
The same scene, without the injected effects.
Better open both pics in separated tabs and fully zoomed-in or something.

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>>386265920
So was I, you dummy. I've not touched the fog one bit.

Here's the vanilla noise filter ...

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>>386266143
...and here's my custom filter, with a tad higher noise-size for clarity.

The original is like a static, translucent wall, while the SweetFX one works like an actual overlay-filter, taking colors and brightness of pixels it covers into account dynamically.

>>386266302
That's pretty amazing. How does one go about setting this up themselves?

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>>386266863
SweetFX is the key.
Look it up, it's not hard. There's even a GUI version for lazy asses like me.

There's also this thing's "successor", the ReShade, which can do even more impressive things. Haven't tested it on SH games yet tho.

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>>386266863
It's the joys of PC gaming, mate.

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been planing on building a PC that I could hook up to my TV just so I could re-experience the first 4 SH games the way they need to be played

fuck this abomination of a collection

Ugh, I could never get into these games because of the fog.

Does the PC version have a defogging mod?

>>386260519
why are you not playing pcsx2 version? this have fog and 1080p support

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>>386268728
>wanting to play without fog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI7EsNJoAdw

Does Silent Hill 1 play well on raspberry pi 3?

>>386268908
Is the town even fun to explore in 3? I played it last october and remember being in the town for a very short time.

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>>386268058
Another anon here, and an unrelated topic. That's ePSXe right? I tried it long ago and got the best frame rate with that emulator. Know if anything has changed?

>>386268570
Shame they'll never do another HD attempt like what they're doing with the Jak games.

Still waiting on soft shadows for 2's PC version as well as the PS2's sound. Then it'll be perfect.

Do you guys like Downpour? I think it was meh at best, but not overly bad.

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>>386261703
>one of the greatest horror games ever made
>no way to buy it digitally on PC
>SH anons keep multiple backups on deck
A horrible reality is made way more bearable

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>Still waiting on soft shadows for 2's PC version as well as the PS2's sound
Wait what? With the soft shadows you mean the flashlight? Which is better in the PC version already.
>as well as the PS2's sound
What about the Playstation 2's sound?

>>386261703
i love you anon

>>386271031
For:
>>386270625

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>>386261703
any way to play these on OSX or linux?

>>386271031
>Wait what? With the soft shadows you mean the flashlight? Which is better in the PC version already.
No I mean the shadows themselves. Stop and look at them sometime in game, they're blocky. It's a documented problem with the port.
>>386271031
>What about the Playstation 2's sound?
https://youtu.be/8E5Nt8ahZRk

Is there a fix for James' shadow in SH2? I have all the fixes mentioned in the guide and his shadow looks wrong in the sense that it's cast directly under him at all times, as if a copy of his model was running directly under him if that makes any sense.

>>386269749
I think that was taken with some (then) quite recent ePSXe, yeah. I too use it still for the fact that it just werks, and fast.

PCSX-R, a sort of fork of ePSXe versions, has kinda eaten latter's position on the emu-scenes, but at the same time it has also managed to integrate some of the competitors' new features too.

>>386269167
can pi3 even run PS1 emulators?
I wouldn't be too surprised, knowing that I was already emulating PS1 games some 15 years ago on a single-core Windows XP machines with no GPU whatsoever.

>>386268570
You could practically just carry out some OK wormbox from a fleamarket or recycling center, and it'd probably be more than enough to run the SH ports. I've seen some folks find some proper, decent poorfag gaming machines like that.

>>386271031
No, he means the actual shadows the enemies and NPCs cast.

On PS2, they're soft-edget. On PC, they are like in Doom 3 and FEAR: sharp and clean-edged.

There's this controversial comparison video on YT that makes PC port's audio sound like total trash in comparison to PS2. Live, the difference is nowhere near as major, but PS2 does have some minor pros over PC version in this case too - like the dynamically built and looped music VS the simple audio files on PC.

>>386271151
No idea. Virtual machine with Windows XP?

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>>386271251
>Is there a fix for James' shadow in SH2? I have all the fixes mentioned in the guide and his shadow looks wrong in the sense that it's cast directly under him at all times
That's only outdoors in the bright sections with no dynamic light sources. It's like that even on PS2.

With majority of the game taking place in dark in-door areas, this "problem" practically disappears later on.

>>386271282
I'm about to try Silent Hill on RPi3 soon, after a game finishes installing, but the only PSX game I tried on it was Symphony of the Night, and it ran flawlessly

>>386271493
How are shadows working in that game, from the video, it lools lile the show a transparent sprite infront of the screen and adjust it accordingly

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>>386271516
not surprising, as it's a 2D game.

>>386271679
Look up "Stencil shadows".
There's no sprites at work here. Instead, there's invisible "shadow models" applied to all characters and objects that can cast shadows, and those models then stretch out semi-infinitely "away" from light sources. Any surface area these stretched-out models touch, if they can "receive" shadows, then get kind of colored within the shadow-model's silhouette. Webm related

That's it in as simple layman's terms as I can possibly try to explain it. Doom3 and many other early-00s games used this kind of tech, before the texture-based projected shadows, and later Deferred Shading, rendered stencil shadows obsolete.

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>>386271236
>>What about the Playstation 2's sound?
[YouTube] Silent Hill 2 Sound Comparison (PC vs PS2) (embed)
>>386271282
>but PS2 does have some minor pros over PC version in this case too - like the dynamically built and looped music VS the simple audio files on PC


I never noticed the shadow problem myself when I played it on PC, because generally the flashlight and the shadow it casts was much better. But I did emulate both 2 and 3 somewhat recently just in case there was some missing or altered audio file and just for some better fog effects.

https://webmshare.com/jzaQW

>>386260519
>the greatest horror game ever made

FTFY

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>>386272513
*Didn't mean to include that embed.

But, yeah, I emulated it just in case the sound/effects would be better.

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>>386260519
Not everything is about PC ya know OP. Just get a PS2.

>>386261969
James and Mary are not good looking people. They are no Harry and Heather thats for sure.

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>>386261703
Slightly updated version.

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>>386263158
>and still no SH1 Remake / re-release of any sort

I mean...

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>>386264561
Nice

>>386272902
Thanks!
Not seeing much different beyond the bit more HC PS1 settings though. "Very High" X/Y res can be an overkill even on some desktop PCs.

>>386272948
Like said:
no remakes. no remasters.

>>386271151
Who's this?

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>>386264561
it's crazy how one man can ruin so much good so easily.

>>386272948
Always wanted to play Shattered Memories for the concept alone.

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>>386274724
I can recommend it to any SH fan. Personally, I consider it to be the best and the least offensive western SH title, with actually great atmosphere and story. The psychology trickery was pretty neat too, and makes the game very replayable. And fun to watch too, as different people tend to play differently and experience totally different things.

The Wii original is the definitive version, and it makes use of all its fancy gimmicks too.

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>>386273960
Even more confusing because he did a good job with pic related. Though I guess since he was a "fan" of Silent Hill, his fanboyism fucked everything.

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>>386275640
>Though I guess since he was a "fan" of Silent Hill, his fanboyism fucked everything.
Nah, he's just a narcissistic dick who only "loves" SH2 because of his head-canon separating it from the rest of the series' "stupid cult and demon shit".
And even then he hates just about everything in his "favorite" game in the series, to the point of wanting to rewrite its script, assign new VAs, and allow tons of major fuck ups in general.

His "own" SH games also demonstrate a complete lack of understanding of the series he so much apparently loves, not to mention not understanding good game-design in general.

>>386276042
I really want to know what his new script was like

Then wipe my ass with it.

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[boiling inner rage intensifies]

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>>386276149
If you get to do that, please feed it to Mary Elizabeth next.

>>386276656
She's hardly that bad, might have been a bitch to the old cast, but that's really the only bad thing she's done.

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>>386276656
I can't force myself to hate McGlynn, not with a singing voice like that

>>386262637
you can turn it off in the PC version and maybe even the PS2 version from Options.

>>386276749
Bad enough for me.

>>386277017
Yes, you can. In case you didn't notice, most HQ screenshots tend to have it completely off.

But on consoles, only after beating the game once and having a Game Clear -savestate on your memory card. However, the effect does add quite a bit to the overall aesthetics and mood of the game / series, which is why people tend to want to have some noise on the picture.

>>386266143
>>386266302
Vanilla noise filter is ten times better than your intrusive piece of shit. Art design is not about fidelity, you fucking plebeian.

>>386272948
Oh, there he is, a millenial clamoring for a remake. How about you fuck your face instead.

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>>386277427
Vanilla noise on PC just turns everything into bright gray mess. It's nothing like it's on PS2, where it's subtle and not just a 50% see-through block with running noise texture.

>>386277593
Mate, just about every single SH fan is a Millennial. I am, you are, he probably is.
Anyone born between 1980-1995 is a Millennial.

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>>386277593
Im 27, so i guess yes a meillenial, how fucking old are you? I don't want a remak of 1. I didn't say that.

>>386277427
maybe it's just me, but the noise filter on PC feels way too strong / sharp compared to the ps2 version

>>386261703
I followed this guide last week and I'm loving 2 and 3.

I had the first on PSN but my PS3 is gone.

Thanks SHfag

>play Silent Hill 3
>beat the first boss in the mall
>it's towards the end of the mall
>all of a sudden the game's menus are in Japanese

what the fuck

>>386278367
I also managed to trigger this bug before in SH2 and SH3. Not sure how exactly I did it though..

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>>386278029
NP mate!
Glad I could help. Feel free to spread the links & guide around.

>>386277978
I think the problem is the way it is implemented on PC. The Team-Silent's ex-artist, Masahiro Ito, did comment on the PS2's quite outstanding capabilities of handling complex transperent/ translucent textures. I bet the early-00s PC devs had to dumb these things down and make do with basic 8-bit alpha channels, meaning having a single noisy texture plane in front of the "camera", and making it a bit see-through.
This however can terribly wash out colors and details in the picture.

>>386277920
34

and that millenial definition is retarded, millenials are people brought upon social networks

I am fortunate enough to have experienced the internet before 2.0 hit

>wanting to remake 2, 3, or 4

that's even more retarded. I bet you think tank controls are shit as well, millenial.

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>>386278367
>>386278503
No idea if this helps, but there is a Language-option in the in-game settings menu. See if you can flip it back to English.

>>386278561
>and that millenial definition is retarded, millenials are people brought upon social networks
Nope, that's GenZ, the "oughties".
"Millennial" is not a new term. It's been around since 1990s, and coined in 00's business literature several times.

Yeah, there are some typical details people associate with millennials, which obviously can be very hit or miss.
So yeah, you and me both are still Millennials. Learn to like it.

>>386269489
You can't explore it in SH3, there are invisible walls and you can only go to the objective area.

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>>386278561
WHO ARE YOU RESPONDING TO OLD MAN?? I DON'T WANT REMAKES. I DONT HATE TANK CONTROLS. JESUS FUCK.

>>386269489
Not really. Considering the only "town" part is the exact same second HALF of the SH2's town area.

There is a couple small throwback details, but ultimately, SH3's Silent Hill is quite a big missed opportunity.

>>386260519
One huge negative for this game imo is the lack of monster variety. For the most part there is 3 common monster types. There are the roaches which are a bit less common and also have that cool part where you are locked in the room with them. Then there is the door monster which comes late game. The other monster is so rare it was perhaps a waste even including it.

>>386271151
You switch to a non meme OS

>>386278889
Sorry faggot, I never heard millenial used before a few years ago and generations don't stretch over a 15 year period with the way the tech has been going

>>386279014
Well obviously to the faggot that called for a remake

>>386272948
millenials should be called the soft reboot gen

>>386279601
True. Though I do personally think that it's a matter of quality over quantity. With the themes going on with the foes, you can't really go all nuts without the designs starting to border the potentially cheesy and ridiculous levels.

>>386279807
They still could have made a little more. Even just 2 more that are at least as common as the roaches would have made all the difference. There are plenty of other games that don't have too much different enemy types because as you said quality is more important but with Silent Hill you do run through the town. So I feel it would have added more to the game to have just a couple more monster types. A fast moving monster would have been perfect for the running through town parts.

>>386279767
The old fart is right. Nobody but team Silent should ever touch the franchise again.

>>386279767
>Sorry faggot, I never heard millenial used before a few years ago
Not my fault.
>and generations don't stretch over a 15 year period with the way the tech has been going
On the contrary. The "Baby boomers", AKA Gen-Y, is nowadays THE biggest living generation, and one of the reasons for the dreaded upcoming senior-wave, which risks to leave many entire countries under-employed in a couple decades.

The term "Millennial" originally originated from our elders' idea of a "generation that were born to see the turn of the millennium", "those who would live and rule in the 21st century". A bit later on, thanks to the big IT boom kicking off, people started adding in descriptions like "IT native" to the term.

Source: I did an entire research project on the matter in University few years ago.

So once again, if you wanna yell at them kids at your lawn who are ruining everything, use the term "Gen Z". Maybe help come up some sort of a name for them.

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>>386280349
>Source: I

>>386278639
I reset the game and it worked fine. It's just a weird bug

>>386270827
The bonus quests were pretty fun and overall and alright game

>>386280183
I get what you mean, but people also need to finally accept that besides a handful of well known key-members and some background workhorse people no one cares about, "Team-Silent" was never a one, single, unchanging group of people.

After Konami forcefully broke down TS after SH4, some of the members became freelancers. Many were taken in by Kojima Productions. Some set up their own teams, like SH1's director did and started developing the Forbidden Siren.

My personal, somewhat realistic best-case-scenario would be Konami finally giving up with video games, auctioning its IPs, resulting the new Kojima Productions purchasing the rights to Silent Hill.

>>386280973
>MEMEJIMA'S SH GAME
Thats the worst meme of them all

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>>386280770
I could link you my entire research, but it's not in English.

Most of my sources, however, are. I'd recommend reading pic related for example. Quite fascinating stuff.

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Just finished Silent Hill 1 (on PS3), and Silent Hill 2 and 3 in the past few weeks, and about to start Silent Hill 4.

Holy crap. I wish I started sooner. Where have these games been all my life?

>>386282075
You're going to change your tune after you actually start SH4.

Have fun.

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Reminder that In the water is canon, only true ending of SH2, and no amount of triggered good-end wishers will change this fact.

>>386282075
>Where have these games been all my life?
Right here. Waiting for you.

Glad you finally found them. Any specifics and details you'd like to share from your playthroughs so far? What difficulty modes did you use, what ending(s) did you get... etc? Any surprises or special emotions in general?

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>>386282321
>not rebirth

>>386282321
>canon
Who cares?

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>>386282709
A few million Silent Hill fans of the old.

>>386282825
>messy hair
>freckles
>bag eyes

Jesus fuck, even in simplistic drawings i love Heather's design. It's so good.

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> installed SH3, the widescreen fix
> low fps
what to do?

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>>386282998
Heather is GOTYAY (Girl Of The Year, all Years)

>>386283020
More details please.
Your specs? Your in-game and Widescreen-fix settings? Did the game run OK before?

The most common culprit people don't know to inspect is the game's own 3D Rendering Resolution in the options, which goes to whooping 8K res (4096x4096). And that, my friend, will make even modern gaming PCs genuflect.
However, the new fix SHOULD set it to "0", AKA "match player's screen resolution", by default.

>>386260519
Why did Team Silent have to leave? Why did they have to stop? Can i get some clarity as to why? And why they haven't started up somewhere else?

>>386276749
Shit talking Donna Burke is bad enough for me. Fuck her.

>>386282825
Nice bullshit. Everyone agrees it doesn't matter because no source confirms one ending over another.

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>>386283410
>Why did Team Silent have to leave?
Konami pulled the same stunt on them as they did to KojiProductions couple years back: Broke them up, kept the IP themselves, then started whoring it to random cunts like a greedy pimp.

Pic related.

>>386283410
Some core members considered the series to be over when 3 was done.

>>386283691
>Everyone agrees it doesn't matter because no source confirms one ending over another.
This might come as a shock, but the term "everyone" usually does not refer to one's voices in his own head.
SH fans are lore and rule maniacs. I should know, I'm one of them.

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>>386283320
FUCKINNLOOKATERJUSTSITTINONTHATBED

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>>386283858

>>386283810
They aren't all like you, dipshit

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>>386283923
>>386283858

>>386282321
Well I'm no wordsmith but I guess I'll start with saying I was never interested in them until my little brother got me into em.

I was visiting family and my little brother kept messaging me that he bought the Silent Hill collection for us to experience together, I should note my brother rarely speaks to me but I figured he was too scared to play these games by himself so he expected me to do it for him.

So I did, when I came I started with Silent Hill 1, which he had even bought from the classics section on the PS3 beforehand, and we enjoyed the eerie atmosphere together. He liked the cult aspect, I didn't. Fun game.

Then it came to the next two games, and I was aware of the infamous reputation of the HD collection, we both were. Unfortunately, my brother kept insisting that I play them so I tried, only to be met with a buggy wall of shit that was the redone Silent Hill 2 off the collection. I told him it was stupid and there were better ways to play a legendary game, so I hopped on the archives and found a link to download the next three games, probably from one of you guys on /v/. And just as I expected, the game played far better and even exceeded my expectations. Unfortunately, that also meant I could only play it on my laptop at night, alone, and my little brother couldn't get to experience Silent Hill 2 and 3 with me. I still feel very guilty about it. I got the Leave ending, Mary forgave me, but something tells me my brother hasn't just yet.

We have a complicated relationship, and these games have helped us with that. I think I might redeem myself by playing Silent Hill 4 by connecting my laptop to a TV screen so he can watch me play it, it's his favorite game because of what he's read about it, but I still feel terrible.

I know this isn't what you expected, but these games have been an amazing emotional outlet for me, outside of just being great games. Which they are.

>>386282321
As much as i love him and agree with him on In Water being the best ending, no SH2 ending is truly canon. Neither the writer nor director has come down on it, and the only reference to James we get is in SH4 when it's mentioned that he disappeared while in Silent Hill wtih Mary. Any of the four endings could follow after that.

>>386283697
>homecoming was so bad the developers are outing konami as a shitty company

>>386281471
I really don't see what kind of a shit college would let you do a research on something as arbitrary as generations. Not to mention that it's strictly an American thing since the first generation is fucking called The Great Generation even though its members varied greatly in age.

It's some sort of sociology shit right?

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>>386283320

>>386283945
the ones I know both IRL and via SHF certainly were.

>>386272842
excuse me but james is fucking beautiful.

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>>386283923

Every room in SH2 is interesting to look at it´s ridiculous.

Even Neely's bar and there's fuck all in there. How did they do it?!

>>386260519

best way to play it is emulated so why do you care

>>386282321
>Is your skin crawling?

No because I NEVER GAVE A FUCK ABOUT SH'S RETARDED PLOTLINES

I PLAYED IT FOR THE MUSIC, THE VISUALS AND SOMETIMES THE PUZZLES YOU FUCKING WESTERN FAGGOT

Yeesh. I could not give less of a fuck about the cult, James, Heather (whose outfit has more personality than all plotlines give her) or the origin of Pyramid Head. SH is about atmosphere.

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>>386284220
Art design. SH is among the few games that were technologically at the forefront AND had 10/10 art design when they came out.

Hell, no western game today comes close to SH3's atmospheric effects and that's before we go into sound design.

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muh baby

>>386284220
KCET (Team Silent) has unparalleled art direction and attention to detail. All 4 games, even The Room, were great in this department.

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>>386283995
Nice little story.
I sure as hell don't mind hearing some personal tales related to finding and experiencing these games either. I personally got into the series veeery early on when SH1 was still brand new (and I was around 10), and later on this series has helped me connect with many damn great people.
Not to mention some direct and indirect gains, like getting fascinated by human psychology, symbolism as a story-telling method, and all the fancy game-design ideologies and tricks TS incorporated (the release PAL version of SH2 came with the Making Of -video, which was just pure gold mine to the fans).

I don't get why someone would be mad about experiencing these games at your own pace. Horror works the best when you're alone, in the dark, volume cranked up. If anything, your bro should certainly (re-) experience the rest of the games in similar fashion.

>He liked the cult aspect, I didn't.
OK, now I just hate you. Friendship is over, time to die.

>>386282321
>Voice actor has the authority to dictate whats canon.
Is nu-/v/ really that retarded?

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I died to Pyramid Head in the apartment basement fight in my previous playthrough

I feel silly

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>>386284220
Guys who got to work with Team-Silent often describe them with terms like "workaholics" and "detail maniacs". It's not hard to see why; they pushed themselves and their co-workers hard, never stopping at just "good enough". Even SH1 was stocked full of fine details you may literally never see on the original hardware; entire areas and buildings you cannot access, lots of detailed clutter in areas that are hard to see, etc.

They also practically followed that artschool rule of thumb of "if at some point of an act you bring a gun to the stage, it needs to be fired", meaning don't introduce truly pointless elements at any point.

Besides TS, both original ID Software and Capcom with its original Resident Evil games also followed this simple idea of making every scene and room somehow interesting and memorable. That level of customization and hand-crafting is a slowly dying practice nowadays, when entire buildings and whole landscapes are simply copy-pasted around in some games.

>>386282321
Even though a VA for a character isn't really the authority on the canon (and who cares besides the games being good) I'm glad to see a voice actor get really into the game they're a part of.

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>>386284740
Voice actor, motion-capture actor, AND the facial model for the James, actually. All while under strict directing of Team-Silent, who made sure to not let the actors learn the whole story of the game before the end, and not even theorize about the ending(s) early on.

Not to mention the devs themselves have stated ITW to be their favorite, and the most fitting end.

>>386284974
I recently did that boss fight again and after a while he simply loses interest, stops attacking you and makes his way down the stairs into the murky water. I followed him and started hitting him with the plank and he would stop and swing back at me then continue plodding towards the stairs. I actually started laughing at the absurdity of it, it was like shoo'ing a cat or a small dog with a broom.

How the fuck do I do combat in Silent Hill 1? The flying enemies and dogs fuck me up, I'm gonna have to lower the difficulty

>>386285269
Just avoid them. The Cliffracers from hell can simply be avoided. The dogs if you have to take them on just shoot them with the pistol and finish them off with pipe.

>>386285269
you are not meant to fight on the streets, just run.

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>>386285269
Just DON'T attack flying fucks and dogs.
Leg it like a mad-man. In dark areas, turn Off your flashlight, and again run like hell, OR move as slow as possibly, without bumping into foes.

>>386260519
I always fantasize about a Silent Hill with the natural motion tech from GTAV. It would be such a joy to play like that.

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did you ever use the big knife for anything in particular?

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>HD Collection SH2
>chainsaw only
>headphones

From one of my childhood memories, I remember watching the Silent Hill movie on TV, and an ad popped up for a movie that is appearing next called "silent hill 2" and from what I remember it was two obese naked people, a boy and a girl, outside what I think was Midwich elementary. To this day I have no idea if I was imagining it or if it was some bootleg film

>>386260656
I wonder if konami will ever not suck again. at the very least I wish they'd just sell off some of their IPs, since they don't care.

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why was toluca lake empited after the hospital level?

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>>386286015
I slapped PH's ass with it as the very first thing after I found it.
Then screamed like a little girl and never touched it again, when I realized it didn't hurt him one bit.

>>386286015
>Dark Spirit James Sunderland has invaded

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>>386284220
I like the Venus Tears bar.

>>386286415
I never noticed this before.

>>386286415
it's like that already earlier, during day light.
That's not the lake yet. Just its sandy shore.

>>386286415
Funny that James's Otherworld is meant to be this damp rotting mess and the Lake is bone dry. Makes sense though him and Mary looked at the lake for hours, makes sense it would "disappear" in the Otherworld.

>>386273143
my bf

>>386286253
Are you underage? The second Silent Hill movie is relatively recent.

>>386287370
it's also complete garbage that flew completely under the radar when it came out

you're honestly better off not knowing it even exists

>>386287515
Are you telling me you didn't like Pyramid Head being Heather's Stand?

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>>386286746
>played the game dozens of times before
>still couldn't recall that place
welp, time to replay!

>>386287370
No no, this was before revelations, it was literally "silent hill2" that was advertised

>>386285063
>play boy is canon in silent hill universe

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>>386287723
Did Rob Liefeld draw that?

>>386260519
Don't expect to see any Konami games get ports ever again. Silent Hill, Metal Gear Solid, Castlevania etc. will all die with the consoles they are stuck on.

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>>386287864
I dunno, but these turn of the century magazine covers are just hilarious.

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i wanna cuddle Heather

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>>386287790
There's actually two of them in the game as far as I know; one's on the table of the Bridge control room, the other in the backroom of the Motel. The latter's cover you can partially see up close if you read the newspaper on the table.

>>386268570
Just get a ps2 nigga

>>386288775
Midwitch has assets inspired by Kindergarten Cop too. It's actually really cool how much attention to detail was put into it.

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>>386289081
More like Midwitch IS from Kindergarten CoP.
Kinda clever way of saving on budget yet getting footage of authentic, oldschool American school environment in late 1990s.

>>386260519
I strongly recommend playing on PS2 hooked to a a crt. Its the only way really
Its not even hard/ expensive to find a modded ps2 and burn the game to a DVD-R

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>>386284478
How can she be yours when she's mine? Think again buddy.

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>>386289652
>>386284478

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>>386289497
Still way more challenging and risky than just downloading and playing the PC ports.

For starters, the consoles alone (and I mean without any sort of cords or controllers) tend to go for around 50 bucks these days. More than that if they're pre-modded. Many of these 2nd hand machines also suffer of the most common issue: broken DVD drive.

And then you gotta find 50kg tube-TV from 90s? Beyond all reasonable limits, unless you already own one. Not to mention I just last week dug out my own PS2 Slim + SH2 & 3, played them for a while on my 1080p LED TV, and they looked very nice even like that.

>>386289939
You could always just emulate the PS2 version, which is the overall best one, others lack proper sound, shadows and lighting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nna2yt1c9gI

What's your favorite scene from SH2?

Mine is Angela's last scene with the burning staircase.

>>386290707
How can you sit there eating Pizza?

>>386290707
Twin Pyramids hands down.

They even take two steps back when James turns around. Badass.

>>386289939
I think is worth it if you really want the whole sh experience. Here in south america you can find a modded ps2 pretty much anywhere fairly cheap

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>>386260519
Is there a word for they way Silent hill 2 and 3's textures look? I just love they way they look and could spend hours walking around in game and looking at them.

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>>386290676
>You could always just emulate the PS2 version,
And expose yourself to the horrors of the terri-bad PS2 emulation? Not to mention unless you're running a 800+ buck computer, it's most likely NOT an option.

Meanwhile, the PC ports run even on a 10 year old craptop at HD resolutions, with very little effort.

>others lack proper sound
Stop believing everything you see and hear on Youtube. I own both PS2 and PC versions of these games, and the only audio difference I ever noticed was the bit too loud confirmation-effect when surfing the menus in SH2.

SH3 and 4 are literally identical, if not even vastly superior to the PS2 versions.
The lack of soft-shadowing on NPCs is a non-issue and a matter of taste. PC does however pack proper Per-Pixel lighting, which results completely smooth flashlight beam - something that PS2 cannot do, and thus it has blockly flashlight lighting.

I guess you've already learned about the Fog Fix, as you didn't mention the difference in fog effects.

I would like a physical copy of Silent Hill 2.
Which should I go for, PS2 or Xbox?

>>386291186
PS2, no question. Xbox has better flashlight lighting but that's all it has going for it in comparison.

>>386291165
I last played SH2 on emulator and it seemed to be fine to me.

>>386291064
>Here in south america you can find a modded ps2 pretty much anywhere fairly cheap
Good for you. Here in Yurop, even PS3s are already lucky fleamarket finds, and modding consoles is a dying / well hidden practice.

>>386291186
Both are good, but PS2 can play all the other SH games too, so....

>>386291165
>Stop believing everything you see and hear on Youtube
I too have played both versions and the PS2 one is superior in any way imaginable. The sound direction in this game is incredible. The prison section is extra scary on ps2 because of that sweet 3d audio (You can hear water dripping down behind you, inmersive as all fuck. All this with just two crappy speakers on a low end crt)

>>386260519
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrJDjLfgrWc
watch a Britfag get angry at how entitled he is but he is not being focused on.

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What do you guys think would make for a great location in a Team Silent, Silent Hill game?

I always thought not having a damp old theater in 2 was a missed opportunity. Origins had you visit one but it was terrible.

>>386291186
The audio is MILES better on ps2. Go get a modded one so you can play all 4 games the way they are ment to be played for little to no money

>>386291389
That just mean you got a strong PC and good enough tweaks going on. PS2 emulation still is far from perfect, and quite pointlessly convoluted too.

>>386291413
>The prison section is extra scary on ps2 because of that sweet 3d audio
You mean the simulated 3D audio created by mere Stereo playback, which people praised back in the days? The type that requires your own room's layout to be precise for the effect to work properly?

Yeah, easily achieved on a PC too. The effects way superior with headphones, not to mention when coupled with all the hardware mixing effects PC packs.

>>386291568
It's not. Like said, I barely ever noticed the difference. And I've played SH2 alone over 20 times in past 15 years

What does /v/ think of Daniel Licht's work on Downpour since he kicked the bucket this week?

>>386260519
>>no way to buy it digitally on PC
Thank god. Keep the casuals away.

>>386291967
>let's not let anyone enjoy these fun games

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>>386291559
>I always thought not having a damp old theater in 2 was a missed opportunity
Why? If anything theaters and movie theaters are probably some of the biggest cliches in horror media, with very limited uses.

"Wooo, your dark past is shown on the stage / silver screen~! The empty & dark spectators' area gets filled with...something!"

>>386291832
>Daniel Licht kicked the bucket
He did? News to me.
Not that I'll be mourning; his stuff in DP was generic and unmemorable as fuck.

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>>386292245
If you wanted to enjoy the game then you should have bought a PS2.

>>386291967
I can just imagine the reviews.
>I got lost and the game didn't have any quest markers or journal, 0/10
>The game is too vague and doesn't properly explain things to you, 0/10
and so on.
>>386292245
The games are available online and physically to anyone that seeks them out, nothing is stopping people from playing them today, they just have to put a little effort, the kind of person that doesn't want to put the effort is probably not going to enjoy this type of game anyways.

>>386292745
Or they can get them on PC in some way.

>>386292758
Not everyone today is that fucking incompetent.

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>>386292758
I dunno about that... When REmake HD was released out of the fucking blue, tons of people swarmed to buy it instantly. Both fans of the series and newcomers. It actually sold so well, that Capcom was slightly startled, and they ended up not only shipping RE0 HD in record time, but also finally started working on REmake 2 project.

Gameplay-wise, Silent Hills work very similarly, so I doubt there'd be that huge culture shock. Heck, SH2 and up even had optional "casual" 2D controls available right from the beginning, something Remake HD gets criticized for.
Not to mention SH2-4 already do have working and proven PC versions. And the games are fully 3D, so there's really no need to "remaster" anything. Just crank up the resolution, maybe force some AF + AA on top, and you're done.

...Or that's how it'd work in a perfect world. The biggest obstacle here would be Konami themselves; not only their general uninterested attitude towards games and SH series, but also their already proven hate towards the idea of having to pay royalties for the old voice-actors and devs for re-releasing yet another set of new versions of these games. I bet they already learned the hard way that the new VAs and poorly remixed OST wouldn't cut it any more.

>>386291673
>requires your own room's layout to be precise for the effect to work properly
I dunno about that. I played it on a really unconventionally shaped room and the effect was really good. I think that if you have the will to do it the absolute best way to play sh 2 is on original hardware

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>>386294017
Not denying that. The original is the original, after all.
However, more and more people are finding it increasingly difficult to not only to go back to 480i visuals, but also to find required hardware and software to do so. And the collectors won't give up their stuff away for cheap.

I do also find people to greatly exaggerate the power-gap between PS2 and PC versions.
And I swear this shit started only recently, within this very year or so. Some folks are trying to make the PC port sound like similar spawn of Satan as the motherfucking HD Collection.

If you do want to experience the original SH quadrilogy, in 4K Ultra widescreen + Dolby 5.1 system, without content cuts, game-breaking bugs and pure ear-rape voice acting, then the PC ports are the best and only choice there is.
And there is nothing to be worried or ashamed about playing them like this.

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*gallops*

>>386271151
Ya you stop being a memelord, and use a regular OS

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>>386295887
He doesn't need to really. Just run WinXP via VM, and you can instantly play SH2-4 in the original, authentic form, without fixes or shit.

Wouldn't be too surprised if even WINE could get the job done, knowing that these games use mere DirectX7 and 8.

>>386294707
>And I swear this shit started only recently, within this very year or so.

It's the Sonyfags being prideful and nostalgic.

In recent times, the fan patches have made the PC version of SH2 very close to the PS2 version and in SH3's case, even superior to the PS2 version, with 60fps at all times with higher resolution DoF and high resolution dynamic shadows.

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>>386296698
>and in SH3's case, even superior to the PS2 version, with 60fps at all times with higher resolution DoF and high resolution dynamic shadows.
The appearance of fan-patches that did all that really caught me off guard. Didn't expect the DOF and shadows to be so easily fixed, but here we are!

SH3 however was always the best port of the bunch. Probably one of the best console-2-PC ports ever, especially considering its age.

Trying to install sh3 and keep getting unable to create installdriver instance. anyone know a fix?

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>>386297165
>PS1 emulators can now fix the wobbly polygons and textures and render games at insane resolutions + inject shader and filter effects.
>SH2 PC no longer needs manual affinity-tweaks, the menu transitions are quick and fog can be made very THICC if you so desire.
>SH3 can now run at steady 60fps with greatly enhanced shadows and DOF effects.
>SH4 no longer suffers of 15fps cutscenes and eye-rape DOF.

All this, within the past couple short years. All thanks to the burning passion of the fans.
Who knows what kind of cool shit we get by 2020.

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>>386282321
>everybody piling onto Leave and In Water
Bitch, please. Maria is the most appropriate one. James doesn't appear to change at all over the course of the story. Leave or In Water require that he either overcome his guilt or succumb to it, but he just kind of shambles through the town unphased while Angela and Eddie fall to pieces. That being considered, doesn't Maria's coughing at the end seem like the most fitting fate? It suggests they are both doomed to repeat the whole thing over again because of James and his inability to move on.

>>386298176
>unable to create installdriver instance
...maybe you could first explain what that even means?

I've always just mounted the game's ISO, ran the installer, applied the fixes, and played it.

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>>386298357

Here is a pic, it happens when trying to install the game.

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>>386298285

>James repeats everything over and over until he learns his lesson

So, would the town make new puzzles and monsters to keep things fresh and interesting or what

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>>386298176
Could you provide some more information?
Like, where'd you get the game (the links above or elsewhere), what's your OS and mounting software (Daemon Tools, Windows8-10's own thing...?), and did you launch the installer via the autostart menu...?

Or did you perhaps get it already fixed?

>>386272902
>>386261703
I appreciate ePSXe finally getting removed from this.

>>386299259
Googled that entire error message, found this:

"Error 1608 is a very system specific issue and is often caused by limited system privileges, incorrect DCOM settings, or another malfunction on the computer. "

Does your user account have Admin rights? Tried disabling UAC and firewall completely?

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>>386299407
ePSXe still gives me the best performance out of all the competition. It also doesn't suffer of the randomly happening bug of none of my input methods registering anything at all.

Latest version is almost on-par with PCSX-R and its features. GTE Accuracy hack was implemented long time ago for example.

>>386299538
>Does your user account have Admin rights?
Basically every part of the SH2 install process requires you to do it as an administrator. Just in case anon hasn't solved it.

>>386282075
This picture is retarded. Can't read the font with Heather.

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>The only good SH game after 2004 never got HD ports on stronger systems and PC.
>Emulators still fail at running it smooth.
>People have to now either hunt used Wiis, or make do with butchered and fugly PS2 and PSP ports that run at 20fps, just to play it.
For every small glimmer of hope, this series gets a bucket load of black shit poured on top.

Why are people saying you need a modded PS2 to play the the SH games....that were originally released on the PS2?

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>>386299305
The town wouldn't have to change anything.
>James appears to have erased all recollection of the murder from his memory
>If James chooses Maria, he leaves town with a replacement for Mary
>If she were to get ill and he kill her, he would likely repress the memory all over again
>If James chooses Maria and has a history of repressing unpleasant memories, there is no reason to believe Mary couldn't have been a copy of someone else like Maria was
>James is mentioned in SH4 as having gone missing because he has been out in the world with his Marias, going back to Silent Hill again and again, consumed with guilt and grief as he watches the replacement for his lost love die over and over, forgetting each time and subconsciously returning to Silent Hill so the can can offer him another doomed replacement

Should I play Silent Hill 4?

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>>386299538
WOOOOOOOOOOO
I got it, turns out just had to run the installshield.exe from commonfiles. Windows support trying to give me a shit ton of ways to fix it and in the end it was appeon forums that solved it.

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>>386300423

What if James represses his memories so much, he forgets that he even has a wife or what Silent Hill even is?

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>>386300423

>EB Games (Aus Gamestop) about to stop selling second hand PS2 games
>pick up perfect condition collectors Silent Hill 2 copy day before

And now I find out it's the best horror game, wew

>>386300726
I enjoyed it far more than SH 2 or 3. So yes

>>386300726
It's the weakest one in most ways, but it's also uniquely interesting and does a lot of weird shit. If that's your kind of thing then, yes.

SH1 is best played on PSP, go grab one for 10 bucks and crack it.