when i first played silent hill it was the 4th game , i played the demo and i was scared to death. i couldn't play anymore , i can't even watch any silent hill game in the dark or sleep . idk those kind of games i can't handle it because in the back of mind i think im gonna end up like them trapped in a place like silent hill in real life. has this happen to you ?
Silent Hill is too scary
@cuhcoast said:
i can't even watch any silent hill game in the dark or sleep .
Man, it'd be real screwed up if you could watch a Silent Hill game in your sleep.
Maybe try a less scary game like Dead Space and go from there? Assuming you actually want to start playing horror games. And no, that hasn't happened to me. Although when I was younger Horror movies really freaked me out and I would actively avoid them. I guess if I played games back then they would do the same.
I have been too scared to play/ in love with the Silent Hill games for a few years now, and have therefore Watched the entirety of Every single SH game via youtube. only one I think I could play would be Downpour, because it isn't really scary (cept for deadspace-like jumpscares, but those I can handle)
only advice i have for you is to start off trying to play a Slightly scary game and work your way up. for me it was Bioshock, then Deadspace, Condemned, RE5, Fear, Amnesia (that one i gave up on, i'm not ready)
@vikingdeath1: I should replay Bioshock because I don't remember it being scary, maybe I'm misremembering. But I guess it could've been because someone I knew who played it around the time it came out also said it was scary.
@NegativeCero said:
@vikingdeath1: I should replay Bioshock because I don't remember it being scary, maybe I'm misremembering. But I guess it could've been because someone I knew who played it around the time it came out also said it was scary.
The last time I played Bioshock, it wasn't scary, it's more I'd say atmospheric tension like RE 4.
@Akeldama said:
@Skip2TheEnd: I thought The Room was plenty scary. Why does everyone think so lowly of Silent Hill 4?
It was quite scary Ive got to admit but I think the constant returning to the room just ruined the experience for me, I just prefer 2 and 3 as they are constantly trying to mess with you rather than letting you take a breather for 5 - 10 minutes.
Me too. Did you see when that guy pulled a gun on Denny?@Skip2TheEnd: I thought The Room was plenty scary.
@NegativeCero
I distinctly remember two bits of BioShock that scared me. One was when all the lights went out the minute you picked up the shotgun.
The other was during the Sander Cohen area when his spider splicers are swarming toward you on the ceiling while Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers" plays.
Overall, I wouldn't call it a scary game, but there are a few specific instances that put me on edge.
@Skip2TheEnd said:
@Akeldama said:
@Skip2TheEnd: I thought The Room was plenty scary. Why does everyone think so lowly of Silent Hill 4?
It was quite scary Ive got to admit but I think the constant returning to the room just ruined the experience for me, I just prefer 2 and 3 as they are constantly trying to mess with you rather than letting you take a breather for 5 - 10 minutes.
That is until later on when the room isn't safe anymore. ahah
For me Silent Hill 4 has some of the scariest monsters in any game. Those zombies scaried me shitless, and so did the zombie lady.
@Jeust said:
That is until later on when the room isn't safe anymore. ahah
For me Silent Hill 4 has some of the scariest monsters in any game. Those zombies scaried me shitless, and so did the zombie lady.
Yeah when the hauntings start and the room stops healing you, yeah the first time i did start to panic but by then its about 3 hours into the game and i lost slight interest.
And compared to the newer games the enemy design in 4 is awesome.
@notdavid: Oh man, now I remember why I was so hyped for Silent Hill 4. That was a very excellent trailer that I think many people have forgotten about. I also remember the first time steping into the bathroom when it had the large hole in the wall, which kept producing very errie sounds of a girl weeping and whispering in reverse. Underrated game indeed.
@Skip2TheEnd said:
@Jeust said:
That is until later on when the room isn't safe anymore. ahah
For me Silent Hill 4 has some of the scariest monsters in any game. Those zombies scaried me shitless, and so did the zombie lady.
Yeah when the hauntings start and the room stops healing you, yeah the first time i did start to panic but by then its about 3 hours into the game and i lost slight interest.
And compared to the newer games the enemy design in 4 is awesome.
This is great and all, but it doesn't really answer my question. Even among the die-hard fans of the series, this game gets routinely shat on for no reason. I have and probably never will understand it.
I'm actually in the middle of playing SH4 for the first time, and so far it isn't nearly as scary as the previous games. Hell, it's not even as scary as Shattered Memories. Admittedly, I'm not that far in, but so far the enemy design isn't that interesting, the level design is boring (the "water prison" was a little better, though) and there's not a lot of challenge. I'm mostly just running around monsters or killing them with the pipe. It almost feels like they tried to focus less on combat and more on atmosphere and exploration, but didn't really deliver.
Amnesia's great. I was planning on getting through at least the first Penumbra this month as well, but I don't know if I'll have time.
I think the main reason is because the game is really a disjointed experience. There isn't really a coherent explanation until much later on, so unlike the previous games, it is hard to empathize with the plot. And from what I remember the game doesn't give enough time of one setting to really immerse you in it.@Skip2TheEnd said:
@Jeust said:
That is until later on when the room isn't safe anymore. ahah
For me Silent Hill 4 has some of the scariest monsters in any game. Those zombies scaried me shitless, and so did the zombie lady.
Yeah when the hauntings start and the room stops healing you, yeah the first time i did start to panic but by then its about 3 hours into the game and i lost slight interest.
And compared to the newer games the enemy design in 4 is awesome.
This is great and all, but it doesn't really answer my question. Even among the die-hard fans of the series, this game gets routinely shat on for no reason. I have and probably never will understand it.
What's the scary part, the gameplay? Set it on easy.
I actually played most of those games on easy since survival horror's traditionally clunky gameplay doesn't frighten me, it only makes me stressed and angry. Anger is my immediate reaction to stress. It would probably help me in an actual combat scenario.
The thing is whenever anything truly spooky happens in Silent Hill (the ghostly footprints in 3, for instance, or the mirror scene), I don't react with "OH GOD MAKE IT STOP" I react with "Oh, that's AWESOME!" I appreciate good spooky shit almost too much for it to be as spine tingling as it should.
Amnesia is basically too much, though. The need to manage meters (sanity and lamp oil) that are constantly burning against each other is not scary, it's just stressful. I might as well go back to work to given impossible scenarios where I have to please two masters simultaneously.
@NegativeCero said:
@vikingdeath1: I should replay Bioshock because I don't remember it being scary, maybe I'm misremembering. But I guess it could've been because someone I knew who played it around the time it came out also said it was scary.
I wouldn't say it's scary, but it has a very eerie atmosphere and some intense moments (turn off those VitaChambers, people!) I've been playing Amnesia off and on over last few months. As good as it is the atmosphere/lack of player agency freaks me out. I play it in the dark w/ headphones and last 30 minutes at a time tops.
It may not have been the best, or even my favourite, but SH 4 is the only entry in the series to make me scream out in sheer terror :
http://media.psu.com/media/articles/image/Silent_Hill_scares_2.png
@Jeust said:
@Akeldama said:I think the main reason is because the game is really a disjointed experience. There isn't really a coherent explanation until much later on, so unlike the previous games, it is hard to empathize with the plot. And from what I remember the game doesn't give enough time of one setting to really immerse you in it.@Skip2TheEnd said:
@Jeust said:
That is until later on when the room isn't safe anymore. ahah
For me Silent Hill 4 has some of the scariest monsters in any game. Those zombies scaried me shitless, and so did the zombie lady.
Yeah when the hauntings start and the room stops healing you, yeah the first time i did start to panic but by then its about 3 hours into the game and i lost slight interest.
And compared to the newer games the enemy design in 4 is awesome.
This is great and all, but it doesn't really answer my question. Even among the die-hard fans of the series, this game gets routinely shat on for no reason. I have and probably never will understand it.
I would say the water prison in particular is one of the most terrifying and immersive worlds in any Silent Hill game.
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