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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Dec 22, 2001
Pros: interesting story, scary
Cons: may be to disturbing for some
Summary: If you thought any of the Resident Evil games were scary, then you’re gonna have a heart attack during Silent Hill 2. Never have I played a game so scary that I’ve had nightmares about it at night.
Plot/Story
You’re James ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 1, 2013
Pros: Graphics, atmosphere, cleverness, scary
Cons: Controls are spotty
Summary: Silent Hill 2 is the survival horror sequel video game to 1999’s original game released on Sony’s Playstation. This marked the franchises’ debut on the Playstation 2 and despite sharing the same name and taking place in the same ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 10, 2012
Pros: Graphically fantastic even for today's standards, engrossing, disturbing story, solid gameplay
Cons: Too few enemy types
Summary: Of all the games I truly adore, Silent Hill 2 is very high on the list. It's not even for its gameplay mechanics, which aren't spectacular, or the gameplay itself, which is kind of rote, but the world it creates and the way it envokes a kind of hysteria ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 4, 2012
Pros: Storyline, Symbolism, Settings, Dialogue, Almost Everything
Cons: Final boss could have been a little tougher
Summary: Your head’s pounding as you wake up in a daze and walk out to your car to discover a letter addressed to you by your dead fiancé. The letter says to meet in a foggy small town named Silent Hill where illusions walk the streets, the dead run ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 15, 2006
Pros: Beatifully made. An obviously huge amount of effort had been poured in
Cons: Just.... too short, and not enough fun
Summary: Silent Hill is one of the biggest names in the survival-horror genre, right up next to Resident Evil. Even in the early days of the PS1 it was a well known and respected game. People went mad for it, because it was a change from the overused yet familiar ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 14, 2004
Pros: Great plot, cinematic, and sound
Cons: Annoying puzzles and backtracking
Summary: The Silent Hill series of video games are known for their disturbing atmosphere and ingenius, obscure plots. In fact, I have a feeling that if any of the Silent Hill games were condensed into a paperback, they would do quite well. It's hard to believe ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 29, 2003
Pros: scariest game ever, cool music, character development, level design
Cons: wandering the streets of the town, boring combat, blurry textures
Summary: Konami saw what Capcom was doing with "Resident Evil" and the survival-horror genre as a whole ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 26, 2003
Pros: This game still maintains the edge of being a mental thrill ride
Cons: Some of the elements seem taken from horror novels
Summary: Last time around my review for Silent Hill was calling it a rip off. Which with all due respects it was a writer (James Mason) knowing how to fire a gun without any prior training. Even the story reeked of taking elements from other stories. Despite, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 26, 2003
Pros: Story, atmosphere, music, sound, graphics, and enemy design, (Pyramid Head) awesome ending!
Cons: Dated stiff controls NEED a face-lift. Puzzles on normal-mode are tedious, parts may require walkthrough.
Summary: I'm more in favor of Silent Hill 2 over the classic original because Silent Hill 2, will most likely give the average gamer a good ending. How you play the game will determine your ending. I had not before realized how eerie any horror game could ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 27, 2002
Pros: It is Silent Hill
Cons: Not an improvement as sequels go
Seems like they rushed to get it out
Summary: This was not a bad game, but it is lacking in several departments. I agree that Silent Hill was a new innovation on a borrowed idea-but it worked. The original game creeped me out. I slept with the bathroom light on every night I played it. The original ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 22, 2002
Pros: Intense ingrigue into the actual world keeps you edgy for hours to come
Cons: Camera angles are difficult at times, some areas of voice acting
Summary: If you ever couldn't wake up from a nightmare, and suddenly all these flying boxes with people in it started coming at you with only the intention to harm, you must have been playing SH2.
You take the role of Harry; Harry's wife died ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 16, 2002
Pros: Graphics, creepy atmosphere, great storyline, music.
Cons: Movement is a little clumsy at times, puzzles, while great, lower replay value. Short.
Summary: What strikes my fancy a bit more with the Silent Hill series than the better-recognized Resident Evil series is the way the game really gets down to your bones and creeps you out. While zombies chasing you down a ruined city block can certainly give you ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 15, 2002
Pros: Is This Game Good....?
Cons: Yes
Summary: 2.5 weeks until RE
If you know me well, want to know to me, don't know me, don't care to know me, or even if you would rather kill yourself than know me, you'd know that I am very excited about RE for GC.(longest sentence ever) So, after ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 13, 2002
Pros: Very creepy, 'nuff said.
Cons: Robotic gameplay (think Resident Evil), sometimes long breaks of no action
Summary: DETAILS
1 player
Memory Card (93kb)
Analog Controller
Vibration Function
Pressure Sensitive
Rated Mature for Blood and Gore, Violence
OVERVIEW
First, the story. James ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 11, 2002
Pros: Scary as all hell, great graphics, neat story, SCARY AS ALL HELL.
Cons: Wetting your pants, sweaty palms, control could use some help.
Summary: If you though that the Resident Evil series was scary (wuss), then do yourself a favor and avoid Silent Hill 2. However, if you had no aversion to any previous survival/horror titles, then this game will likely get you one.
Silent Hill 2 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 2, 2002
Pros: The sights, the sounds, the story, the characters and the uniquely chilling atmosphere.
Cons: Ummm... Not for kids... Is that even a con...?
Summary: After a raft of painful PS2 disappointments which colminated in the pretentious nonsensical barely interactive philosophical mumbo jumbo packed disaster that was Metal Gear Solid 2 (there's a mouthful for you), the console is in serious need of some bank ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 22, 2002
Pros: Great gameplay, excellent music, and everything else.
Cons: None.
Summary: I would by lying if I told you that I was a newbie to the Survival Horror genre in general when I first played Silent Hill 2, but I can truthfully say that this game scared the bejeezus out of me in ways that Resident Evil never could. I have been an ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 18, 2002
Pros: same great disturbing gameplay, great graphics, just about everything
Cons: Sound effects can go from freaky to irritating sometimes, loses its scaryness at times.
Summary: Funny how this game can soak your pants when you play it in the middle of the afternoon, with lights on all around you. I got this game on a sunday, took it home and started. When you first get a glimpse of your first enemy limping quickly down the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 3, 2002
Pros: SCARY, SCARY, SCARY! Great lighting effects and sound.
Cons: Killing zombies gets boring.
Summary: Silent Hill was probably one of the best games out for Playstation. Konami gave the gaming world a new kind of horror game: One that is actually scary. Konami comes back with it's Playstation 2 attempt at a horror game. It came out pretty good. Konami ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 21, 2002
Pros: Superb Graphics; Freaky
Cons: Controls Take A Bit Of Practice To Get Right
Summary: Silent Hill 2 (obviously) is the sequal to the action-horror game Silent Hill (which is for the PSOne).
In Silent Hill 2, you are a guy going to a town called Silent Hill. On the way, you meet a lady who warns you that terrible horrors await. ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 10, 2002
Pros: Excellent visuals, creepy sounds, multiple endings, and great unfolding of the plot.
Cons: Not as tightly knit plot as the first.
Summary: The first thing that must be recognized about this PS2 release is the astounding graphics. The lighting effects are stunning, and the fog effects add tremendously to the feel of the game. The creators spent years perfecting Silent Hill 2 and it ... read more
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