How is this game so fucking scary despite the lego graphics and

>>384380430
>lego graphics

Humanity should have ended it all in 1995.

>>384380430

Its really not though anon.

Silent Hill 2 & 3 are the "classic" ones that everyone plays and talks about.

>>384380667
>Silent Hill 2 & 3 are the "classic" ones that nobody plays but talks about.
fixed

>>384380667
Wtf are you talking about. He's not talking about critical standing.

>>384380430

Honestly it's the fucking amazing sound design. The light soundtrack amplifies all the atmospheric sounds and makes you feel really alone and uncomfortably isolated. Then there's the fucking radio that malfunctions when enemies are nearby but most of the time the fog or darkness obscures your vision so you can't see said enemy. It created this amazing feeling of dread throughout where you know there's a nearby enemy but have no idea where it might attack from.

>>384380982
>>384380667
more people played 2 and 3 than 1

>>384380430
lego graphics makes it more scary

A intelligent use of static and over the shoulder camera
Voice acting wasn't used that much
One of the best uses of sounds in a videogame

Because the graphics are actually really good, the lighting/shading is top tier and it was all real-time instead of using pre-rendered Resident Evil backdrops. The school level alone has more detail than most PSX games, all the different drawings, posters and other decorations everywhere are insane.

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It's a beautiful game for its time

>>384380560
t. 94cuck

>>384380430
First one is a lot more scarier than 2 and 3.

>>384382170

2 had a more depressing feel which I liked.

3 was just gore and blood and rusty locks.

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>>384381876
I think so as well.

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>>384382640

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>>384382640
Honestly though, I'll probably play it again using composite so I can mask the dithering.

>>384380430
For me it was the corrupted models.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebkjAVjCJ50

because https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY92NAdGaR4

Behold, the fastest SH1 speed run!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmcKdCde6L4

>>384380430
I think because your brain fills in the graphics and makes you imagine how much more grotesque everything is if it were real. Really good art direction, atmosphere, and music. It's amazing they pulled it off with such limited hardware.

Bad graphics make things more scary for Me- i think its because my brain has to assume more which is scarier than things you can clearly make out

Third person horror is not scary in the least bit. Don't get me wrong SH was great and SH2 is the GOAT, but games like them would not be considered scary at all today.

This is coming from someone that was terrified of SH2 as a child

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>>384380430
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ1pUpibEdo

A perfect selection for the end of the game. I had the results screen running for an hour after I beat the game for the first time.

>>384380430
Atmosphere, you tard.

>>384384739
They aren't really scary, but I think it has a memorable psychological effect on people. When I walk alone at night I often compare it to Silent Hill. It's so familiar but there's something that disturbs your real life. It's hard to explain. Like there's a hidden evil in our daily lives.

>>384384746
good taste man.

>>384385423
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z676IOGY7E

Another song I let play for a long time. perfect OST.

>>384380430
I don't know, but it still gets me. And I played at release.

>>384384746
I fucking love the results screen music in this game. Part two as well.

>What is this?

>What was that?

>What is this?
Harry was a real detective.

>>384387430

Dude was probably having an out of body experience the entire time

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>>384387430
I still remember one instance of Mason Family Autism.
>SH3
>sewers
>Heather finds a protective helmet lying on the shelf
>"Should I wear it? Nah, too nerdy"

>>384387885
>this is a rookie's desk

>>384381096

I'm talking about facts you moron.

>>384388739
Numbers and sources then, please.

>>384388882
Honestly who gives a shit. The series died.

smart use of darkness.
this is also the case for "old" movies. they saved a lot of money on sets and props by drowning big portions of the screen in darkness. this created thick atmosphere. like in Blade Runner.

in case of silent hill 1, it was technical limitations, but the industry just didn't build games with the scope akin to current games.

now studios (film as well as game) spend so much money on art assets that they just can't bring themselves to hide things to create atmosphere.

also god tier texture work, sound design, and soundtrack.

>>384380430
>lego graphics
Stealing this for future shitposting

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>>384390116
Ugh, okay, I guess?

>>384380430
The blocky graphics actually make it deeper. It's okay, most people aren't intelligent enough to get it.

is the PSN version of silent hill bugged or something? it has a pretty low rating

i like buying the ps1 classics for my ps3 because of the convenience of not having to deal with emulators desu

>>384391370
Getting an emulator isn't too difficult. But I think there's a PC release of Silent Hill 1.

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>>384391370
It has a few sound bugs but I bet those reviews are just shitkids not being able to appreciate the game. Just get it, bromuffin.

>>384392082
>I bet those reviews are just shitkids not being able to appreciate the game
probably

>>384391561
i just don't like using emulators tbqh

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>>384380430
Because superb atmosphere created by absolutely brilliant AUDIO world, together with superb art directing and overall directing of the experience. The low-res & poly visuals only add to the uncanny feel of the game, and leave more to your mind to fill the gaps, which leads to better immersion.

>>384380667
You are very wrong though.

>>384391370
Everyone says that there's odd audio issues, but I got both NTSC and PAL copies on PS3, and I have never had any issues with 'em.

>>384391561
There isn't, unless you mean the ancient, fan-made "Pc conversion", which is just a custom emulator made to auto-run the PS1 rip. Which is awful.

Lemme repost the SH PC Guide + DL links for SH1-4 for PC tho':

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" fix works as a no-cd crack as well, and is included in the pack.
If you use the NEW widescreen fixes mentioned in guide, the sh2proxy's EXE works as no-cd crack too.

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.
You can now see fine emulator settings for SH1 in the guide. You may also try the newer PGXP emulator for wobble-free PS1 graphics.

>Protips
Play in release order, never below Normal modes, turn down brightness setting, replay!

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>>384390129
>>384384267
>>384381604
Basically this.
Silent Hill works because the developers knew how to use properly what they had. It's like watching older films like The Thing, Jurassic Park, Alien, etc. The correct use of lightning and sound effects creates a nice atmosphere.

>>384381876
>the water dripping off of the floor
How did I never notice this?
That's amazing.

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>>384395108
SH1-4 were full of such fine details everywhere, to the point that they felt so natural that you seldom even paid attention to them.

All this on systems with processing power of mere 1/10th to 1/100th of modern mobile phones.

>>384395446
I remember when SH3 came out and I was blown away by the graphics.
It made me excited for the future...

it still looks better than most games nowadays.
I don't know how they did it.

>>384396665
Dedicated team full of detail-maniac workaholics, with good artistic understanding and eye to boot. TS was a rare team in a sense that they never did things just "good enough". Hell, Yamaoka alone created some 300 separated footstep sounds for SH2 alone, and the FMV artist literally lived in the studio for months in order to animate and render all the stuff while rest of the people were at home.

>>384397704
>the FMV artist of SH1 team...
FTFM.

>>384380430
>playing it on pc
It's like you're all faggots or something...

>>384393564
wait why not just use epsxe for 1 & 2?

>>384380430
On a scale of 1 through 10 how much gore & blood is in SH1?

I tried to play it few months ago but i got fucking scared when i reached the school, even though i finished SH2.

>>384380667
But what about 4?

>>384399234
Well it could be worse at least it's not windows 10

>>384399879
Because SH2 is a PS2 game with a functioning PC version.

>>384380430
part of it was probably kinda clunky controls and limited ammo so you'll always feel like you can't protect yourself from anything. But mostly it was first "modern" horror game for most people, so feeling all of this audiovisual terror for the first was something very fresh - not to mention that SH1 did it very, very well. You couldn't really understand the world you're in until the last moments, there was this amazing feeling that there are some rules on which the world works but you simply don't get it yet, and lack of information is exactly what makes things scary.

>>384400495
a bit. game doesn't rely on it, but ugly creatures or stain of blood on the piano is something you'll see very often.

>>384384746
>>384385827
Based Akira https://youtu.be/0zlPtpUZ8uQ