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Jomb Deddorokku                 Since: 12-03-05 From: purgatory Last post: 6428 days Last view: 6428 days |
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| I've never played Fatal Frame, but with so many people saying its cool i may look for it next time i buy games.
Rydain - Hey, you live right near me! (at least according to your profile)  I dont think i play scary games the same way most people do, ever since being a young child i've loved horror movies, so they dont really scare me in a scream out loud and have nightmares kind of way, it's more like i get more sucked in by the plot with all the heightened tension. I wish they gave me nightmares though, i love having nightmares Silent Hill 2 has one of the best storylines i've ever seen in a game, its one of my favorite games, Siren just beats it out by a hair, and not because the storyline is better, but because of having superior game design. The odd thing about Silent Hill 3 is that i love Lovecrafts writings dearly, but i've never yet seen anyone else successfully mimic his ability to make atmosphere and give me a real feeling of cosmic terror, when SH3 tries to bring up eldar gods and such it just feels forced, and by making the main character something supernatural you lose the feeling of being just an ordinary human up against forces you could'nt possibly defeat. I also think a great horror game should have less emphasis on fighting, because if a monster or situation was really that terrifying then it would take more than guns to deal with it.
Jin Dogan - You looked me up? Jesus on Mars? When i looked me up all i get is some non-english speaking websites of some guy apparently with my name, and information about my most famous hack, PCP. |
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Sin Dogan   860  Uoodo Original Blend Armored Trooper Votoms Canned Coffee!     Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6430 days Last view: 6429 days |
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| Jomb: Oh my goodness, I feel like SUCH a nub right now...
RE4 wasn't really that scary especially compared to the GC remake of the first one. THAT was fnuckin insane. Crimson heads, that's where it's at. I've honestly never played a silent hill game. Can I play the latest without worrying about missing any of the story? How is the overall gameplay of the games? |
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Jomb Deddorokku Since: 12-03-05 From: purgatory Last post: 6428 days Last view: 6428 days |
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| I have'nt played the GC Resident Evil... because i dont have a GC. Is it that much different than the origional? I did enjoy the origional, even though it felt more like an action game with a couple easy puzzles thrown in than a horror game to me. I probably wont be able to play the GC one until the future date when GC is a dead system and is emulated
I have'nt played the latest Silent Hill myself so i dont know if it would be a good starting point. I'd start with 2 if I were you, or 1 would be cool to. The story line for the silent hill games only has the town of silent hill in common as far as i can tell, its not really an ongoing plot between the games. The game play is actually somewhat similar to Resident Evil, but with less emphasis on combat and more on nightmarish settings and puzzles. |
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Rydain Sir Kibble Blaze Phoenix Runs with the Dragon Within  Since: 11-18-05 From: State College, PA Last post: 6430 days Last view: 6426 days |
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Jomb - My profile is correct.  I'm a mile from the Penn State campus. And on the subject of Lovecraftian stuff...I forgot that elder gods can freak me out in well-chosen contexts. I read The Horror in the Museum a while ago, and I thought it was a great story. But, as you said, it just seemed so extraneous in SH3. The last boss was about as frightening and disturbing as that animatronic spider at the end of the made-for-TV adaptation of Stephen King's IT. 
Jin Dogan - I would suggest playing the first Silent Hill (or at least reading a plot guide) before SH3, as SH3 is a direct sequel. SH2 and SH4 have different storylines entirely, so you can play those whenever you want. I think SH2 is a good starting point. It won't spoil any of the other games, and it's not quite as scary as SH, so it will help you get used to the freaky atmospheres and stuff. As far as gameplay is concerned, I agree with what Jomb said. I would add that unlike RE, SH games have unlimited saves, and you can select your difficulty level. SH2 and SH3 let you choose separate action and puzzle difficulties. (Hard puzzle mode on SH3 should have been labeled hell mode, as some of the puzzles cannot be solved analytically without outside knowledge.) Just keep in mind that SH3 is harder than the others (at least in my experience) because of its lack of ammo, emphasis on combat, and level design (most of the game takes place in cramped corridors and rooms). Even on Easy, some areas of the game gave me problems, and believe me, I'm not TERRIBLE at Silent Hill. As I noted upthread, SH4 has a different gameplay style from the other three games. |
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Yoshi Dude TO HELL WITH THIS  Since: 11-17-05 From: Fleepa Last post: 6425 days Last view: 6425 days |
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Zelda 2. 
When you lose all of your lives in that game, a red screen shows up with a dark Ganon doing some weird pig laugh. When I was much younger, this was horrifying. I couldn't play that game for years because it disturbed me so much. I never played any real scary games until I was much older, so they don't phase me. |
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Rydain Sir Kibble Blaze Phoenix Runs with the Dragon Within Since: 11-18-05 From: State College, PA Last post: 6430 days Last view: 6426 days |
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Originally posted by Yoshi DudeI'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who hated that screen. I used to do that Up + A "quick save" trick when I was about to lose my last life just to avoid it. I didn't even like the screen you got from losing a life. The pulsating background and "brrrrr" noise were unpleasant and creepy. |
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Jomb Deddorokku Since: 12-03-05 From: purgatory Last post: 6428 days Last view: 6428 days |
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| Rydain - I'm about 30 miles from State College, I go shopping there sometimes. I read all of Lovecrafts books many years ago, but he is easily my favorite horror writer. I recently re-read The Whisperer In The Dark because it was so good! I used to really be into the Call of Ctulhu RPG but I lost contact with all my players so I have'nt played it in a long time. I thought the very idea that my girl in SH3 could single-handedly defeat an eldar god was absurd and ruined the horror of it. Actually the biggest problem with SH3 was that they tried to explain everything. SH1 and SH2 were so effective BECAUSE we did'nt know what the hell was going on. The unknown is much more frightening than the known. I forgot how silly that spider in It was *LOL*
I tried SH3 with the puzzles on hard once, and gave up almost right away because i did'nt know enough about Shakespeare to get past the bookstore, and was'nt bored enough to research it. I did think the hidden weapons and outfits you could get were kinda fun the second time through, even though looking like some kinky anime chick with a light-saber completely killed the atmosphere
Hey, how about that Halloween game on the Atari 2600, that freaked me out more than any video game till we got to 32 bits! |
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Young Guru Snifit  Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 6432 days Last view: 6425 days |
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| the remake on GC is definately a lot better, it's the game the original should've been. The crimson heads, zombies that just come back to life, but run and slash and are generaly much much stronger in attack and difficulty to kill. Also, the lighting made that game increadible. RE4 was creepy the first time through when things come at you unexpectedly, like the chainsaw guy, the regenerators, and such. I had no idea how to kill the regenerator the first time through, never got the thermal scope, so i'd sit back with the rifle and blow off it's legs and just unlease and pray I killed it, having no idea what i actually needed to do. And the guys with the long claws, they were crazy. | |||
Coby Keese Since: 11-20-05 From: Belgium Last post: 6430 days Last view: 6427 days |
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| Silent Hill. Definitely Silent Hill.
I remember first playing the demo to SH1 on the PS and everytime that one monster came and killed you (in the intro scene) I would turn off the PS. That was so fucked up, with the freaky noises and the freaky atmosphere and all. Then I borrowed SH2 from my cousin and I always played it with one of my friends, never alone. Then came SH3 wich I completed mostly together with a friend, not because I was scared, but because... Well, it's more fun with two. Later I completed it alone to get the extra weapons etc. So after all that I downloaded SH4 wich I never got to complete because of hardware problem. (I still have the game installed on my partition, but it's not working, probably some deleted registry stuff)
So yeah, Silent Hill is win because I've completed RE 1, 2, 3 and Code Veronica X and they weren't that scary at all. Silent Hill just feels creepy. |
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