In his review he pretty much rags on this game for not being scary.

I'd like to put him in a cage of Needlers and see what he would do...

Which guy?

didn't you know if you admit a game is scary you are a pussy? I hate when someone's overly macho attitude prevents them from writing from at least some form of objective viewpoint. I mean hell there are people who are scared by damn near everything so someone is bound to find it scary

"didn't you know if you admit a game is scary you are a pussy? I hate when someone's overly macho attitude prevents them from writing from at least some form of objective viewpoint. I mean hell there are people who are scared by damn near everything so someone is bound to find it scary"

Got a link to that review?

The guy who reviewed the game was Jeff Haynes. Here is his IGN's Star Profile. Doesn't look like a guy who gets scared easy.

I must admit. The only scary horror game out there is Condemned. All the others are far too predictable. The way I look at it is that something like Silent Hill tells you that you're going to be scared, so you play defensively and whatever comes at you, you're instantly ready for it.

"I must admit. The only scary horror game out there is Condemned. All the others are far too predictable. The way I look at it is that something like Silent Hill tells you that you're going to be scared, so you play defensively and whatever comes at you, you're instantly ready for it."

"Shotaro said:

"didn't you know if you admit a game is scary you are a pussy? I hate when someone's overly macho attitude prevents them from writing from at least some form of objective viewpoint. I mean hell there are people who are scared by damn near everything so someone is bound to find it scary"

But a Review is only an opinion and if he wasn't scared then he should write that he wasn't."

I can not play horror games. I don't know what it is, but though I love horror movies and rarely get scared, I simply can not play through a game like Silent Hill when I'm alone.

"I can not play horror games. I don't know what it is, but though I love horror movies and rarely get scared, I simply can not play through a game like Silent Hill when I'm alone."

"I can not play horror games. I don't know what it is, but though I love horror movies and rarely get scared, I simply can not play through a game like Silent Hill when I'm alone."

Dude I agree. This game is way, way underrated.

The dude at ign probably played it surrounded by coworkers, in a noisy fully lit office.

Nothing can be scary under those circumstances.

"HandsomeDead said:

"I must admit. The only scary horror game out there is Condemned. All the others are far too predictable. The way I look at it is that something like Silent Hill tells you that you're going to be scared, so you play defensively and whatever comes at you, you're instantly ready for it."

Played FEAR or Penumbra?"

"I must admit. The only scary horror game out there is Condemned. All the others are far too predictable. The way I look at it is that something like Silent Hill tells you that you're going to be scared, so you play defensively and whatever comes at you, you're instantly ready for it."

"didn't you know if you admit a game is scary you are a pussy? I hate when someone's overly macho attitude prevents them from writing from at least some form of objective viewpoint. I mean hell there are people who are scared by damn near everything so someone is bound to find it scary"

"I can not play horror games. I don't know what it is, but though I love horror movies and rarely get scared, I simply can not play through a game like Silent Hill when I'm alone."

I wanna be a macho man.

"The dude at ign probably played it surrounded by coworkers, in a noisy fully lit office.

Nothing can be scary under those circumstances."

I've heard from a friend who's playing it that the scares are pretty generic, and it fails to really capture the atmosphere. He also complains that it's linear like all the Silent Hill games have been, but in a totally insensible way. That leads me to believe the IGN reviewer isn't as far off as games reviewers sometimes are, and I'm going to wait a while before checking this one out.

did nobody else think that BioShock was scary? that game scared the living shit out of me.

I didn't think bioshock was scary at all, then I went back and saw some classified it under horror also..and I was like "wait what?"

People need to get over it though..so many act like the people that review games are so much better than we are and have so much more meaning or something...its just the opinion of another person, just because you don't agree with it doesn't mean bitching about it and saying hes wrong is going to change anything. This is just what happens when a game stays in the same exact genre exactly how it always has, and changes developers, especially from Japanese to Western..its a big step and is of course going to be compared to its other games.

The big difference here I think is that SIlent hill 1&2 made their mark(3 was fine too, just I think 1 and 2 were far better, 2 mostly)it set how it was going to mess with people( I never felt creeped out or anything in the SH games...another one where I thought condemned was worse, guess its the first person perspective moreso)anyway, out of te survival horror games that have lived from Japan, RE and SH, I think everyone realizes that RE took its own turn, I loved RE4 and was glad it was a different formular, but the people that play SH games, don't want to run around as a third person shooting game..they want it to feel scary, they want you to be more defenseless, like the other SH protagonists were...I think thats really where his review was coming from.

"The dude at ign probably played it surrounded by coworkers, in a noisy fully lit office.

Nothing can be scary under those circumstances."

"MisterSpiffy said:

"HandsomeDead said:

"I must admit. The only scary horror game out there is Condemned. All the others are far too predictable. The way I look at it is that something like Silent Hill tells you that you're going to be scared, so you play defensively and whatever comes at you, you're instantly ready for it."

Played FEAR or Penumbra?"

F.E.A.R., yes, Penumbra, no and I found F.E.A.R to be one of the most boring experiences ever. Default environments and boring enemies, even if they did have good AI, coupled with horror segments that may as well be signposted a mile away just made that game fail so badly."

Silent Hill Origins was scary. I played it in the dark with headphones on most of the time. The old RE games scared me when i played them but RE4 wasn't that scary. I really want to play Condemned 2 now that ive read this thread.

"HandsomeDead said:

"I must admit. The only scary horror game out there is Condemned. All the others are far too predictable. The way I look at it is that something like Silent Hill tells you that you're going to be scared, so you play defensively and whatever comes at you, you're instantly ready for it."

Played FEAR or Penumbra?"

FEAR isn't scary at all. I was never all that scared by Condemned either, though I never played it with headphones on. Resident Evil REmake was pretty damn scary, though 95% of it had to do with my arachnophobia.

You people need to play the first Fatal Frame. Still #1 on the only game to really scare the crap out of me.

FEAR is not a scary game by any means. Condemned was pretty good, as well as it's bigger budget sequel. (I think of the first game as an indie flick.) You should also check out System Shock 2.

While it's not really terrifying Sanitarium is also a pretty good psychological horror game.

Eh... I still get that chilly panicked feeling I got from the other games. You know... when you're running through some hellish hallway and hearing all these god awful noises behind you, you know there are like four enemies just two steps behind and you're out of health and health drinks, and you just run going "ohshitohshitohshit" and praying none of them get you. That's kinda what sold me on Homecoming to accept it as a 'real' game in the franchise. But as noted above, you only get that feeling at night with the lights out and the surround sound cranked up.

"Funny someone should mention that, as I actually played FEAR and I can't say that I really was ever scared."

I'm probably gonna get flamed for saying this, but I remember playing The Thing on PC forever ago and being absolutely terrified. Haha did anyone else play that little gem? Very underrated horror game in my book!

"I can not play horror games. I don't know what it is, but though I love horror movies and rarely get scared, I simply can not play through a game like Silent Hill when I'm alone."