Why does music and sound design in modern horror games suck

SH2 ost is godlike

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qalGezr76o

betrayal is better than black fairy btw

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

why? because horror games these days depend on cheap jump scarys more than anything else.

>lets compare one of the best horror composers of all times to anyone

Hardly fair.
Plus Amnesia and Alien: Aloneification had better peices that what you posted.

>>377823567
I can cherrypick too OP!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kcF7E69C6Q

>>377823567
>Why does music and sound design in modern horror games suck so much dicks?
because most (western) horror trash today focus on "cinematic" jump scares, instead of building atmosphere & telling good stories.

whats the best way to play sh2?

i tryed on pc but u gotta mod it.

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>>377826978
Original on PS2, or the PC port.
Emulation is shoddy, and the ""HD"" Collection is god-fucking-awful trash.

>gotta mod it
you just literally unpack the fan-patch's files to the game's folder, and you're done. That's hardly "modding".

Lemme repost 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.

Obviously you should play the Silent Hill games in the release order.

>>377827551
ill give it a try

>>377823567
I agree with you but we still get a good horror game with good sound from time to time.
Alien Isolation's sound design and ost were top notch and the game was good.
I still haven't played RE7 but what little I've heard from it sounded good.

I don't really think of the silent hill games as games, but more stories involving other people. With terrible gameplay.

>>377823567
>Few trillion objects in a level
>still nothing to do
This is why modern games will fail.

>>377827807
Attaboy.
Report back.

>>377828109
>I still haven't played RE7 but what little I've heard from it sounded good.
I finished it the very first week, and I'm having hard time recalling ANY sort of music from it, besides the muffled save-room tune. The game was all around generic and mediocre.

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>>377828189
>With terrible gameplay.
this is literally the "I suck at games!" of 2010s.

>>377828240
add me on steam

ggkthxbye profile name adam

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>>377828413
sent. :^)

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>>377823567
Great audio-design is THE most important part of creating atmosphere, even more important than the graphics ever will be.

Silent Hill 1 is a great example of this, and it's easily even scarier than SH2.

>>377828343
No, even when it becomes easy for you and you beat the games, it is in no way enjoyable from a gameplay perspective.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BBNNGmSmWo

>>377824643
Don't you be hating on the trumpet