Comments on: It’s Stupid O’Clock in Silent Hill

By: Penny Sautereau-Fife

Penny Sautereau-Fife — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:55:37 +0000

*bitchslaps the woman dismissing SH1′s ability to scare without having actually replayed it by having the mindnumbing GALL to compare it to fracking Resident Evil 2*

Resident Evil = Friday the 13th/Halloween/etc.

Silent Hill = Jacob’s Ladder/Nightmare on Elm Street (original)/Silence of the lambs.

You CANNOT compare “Jump out and go boo” scares with “Gets inside your head and lets your imagination make everything much much worse” scares. That’s like comparing Chris Tucker to Richard Pryor, or Will Farrell to Tom Hanks.

By: Luna

Luna — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:21:13 +0000

What everyone else said: play it alone in the dark. Just because a game is “old” doesn’t make it any less great – tech advances mean nothing if the game is good.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:42:03 +0000

It will definitely not be as scary because it’s so dated. I only know this because I was obsessed and scared by RE2, and when I tried to show my boyfriend the game a few months ago he scoffed and said it looks awful. The voice acting has also made leaps and bounds so uh…

It’s probably best left in all our memories.

By: will

will — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:24:43 +0000

the first 5 mins of this game scarred me for life. every minute in this game feels like its your last. this game is like a scary and disturbing version of lost, except your the one whose lost and your the only guy in an island full of horrors. its like being in a nightmare and you cant wake up.

By: theButterFly

theButterFly — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:37:43 +0000

FREAKY GHOST BABIES! Yes, Paul. Give the game a try. The graphics of course will be a bit dated, but one thing that this game excels at that will not be weakened over time is the sound design. Some of the creepiest atmosphere ever created.

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 21:42:42 +0000

I would HIGHLY recommend playing Silent Hill if you haven’t. Sure the graphics are definitely inferior but they’re not atrocious. And I agree with Frothy_Ham about the sense of dread throughout the entire game. The feeling this gives you is a polar opposite of Resident Evil. Play it alone in the dark.

By: Jellospike

Jellospike — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 21:26:58 +0000

The first Silent Hill is still in my opinion the most scary and entertaining horror game ever made. I never had much love for any of the sequels, but SH1 is still in my 5 favorite games of all time.

Oh, and by the way, that dog house thing with the monster dog is just one example of Silent Hill’s black humor.

By: Frothy_Ham

Frothy_Ham — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:14:01 +0000

Bearing in mind, I have sentimental feelings towards the game…but I just played it recently, at night, in the dark….and it still got to me.

It never was an outright scariness to me, more of the sense of dread and hopelessness of the games themes.