Silent Hill Series

[Dustybrown]

I liked the movie, even if it combined elements from SH 1 and 2 they did it well, it wasn't a bastardization

It was a complete bastardization after the first half of the movie. Up until the point Rose meets Dahlia, it was good, but after that.. any semblance to the original game was through the Gans' direction. Roger Avery remorselessly destroyed the plot because he didn't want to play the games.

Pretty much sums up my feelings on the movie. It was really good for the first, say, 20 minutes or so. The scene where Silent Hill first turns "dark", when Sharon's mother (I forget her name) goes down the corridors to look for her daughter and is attacked is very much of the first game. As soon as guys with canaries pop up, it's all lost.

The first Silent Hill is a great game in terms of WTF and story. The hospital and the school will leave you with an uneasy feeling for days. I remember playing through SH1 with a friend all night and you literally feel relieved when the switch comes from "dark" Silent Hill to "normal" Silent Hill. You see things in the game and think "dear god, what's that..." and in some cases, when you find out, you almost feel as if didn't want to know. There's also the great use of the radio. When something bad is coming, it will start making noise, so you're always waiting for what's coming next. It's quite the mindfuck.

Silent Hill 2 is good as well. It's not a direct sequel so to speak, but (as someone else said) more of a subplot. It retains a lot of the first one, in some respects. The story is pretty good too especially when you find out why the main character is in SH. Also, the visuals are pretty amazing. The hotel, for example. At one point you enter it and it's a normal looking hotel. Next the camera angle will switch and there's a blocked off room which looks completely destroyed by fire.
SH2 wasn't quite as good, imo, although some people like it better. The graphics are definitely more up to standard. There were some aspects which ruined it for me though. Like the hospital felt as if it was something of a rehash because it was just so creepy in the first game. Without trying to spoil too much, I can see how it tied in to the first one with the plot and the fact the main character had been there, but in the second I can't understand why the main character would have been to a hospital in the town.

SH3 and SH4 were awful to me. I couldn't even finish playing SH4. I don't know if it's just because I absolutely adored the first one when it came out. But 3 and 4 didn't live up to standard with me.

Don't judge the games by the movie. Although story elements are the same, you don't get the sense of apprehension in the movie that you get actually playing the game. The story of the games are better too.

[Elcura]

I liked the movie, even if it combined elements from SH 1 and 2 they did it well, it wasn't a bastardization

It was a complete bastardization after the first half of the movie. Up until the point Rose meets Dahlia, it was good, but after that.. any semblance to the original game was through the Gans' direction. Roger Avery remorselessly destroyed the plot because he didn't want to play the games.

Pretty much sums up my feelings on the movie. It was really good for the first, say, 20 minutes or so. The scene where Silent Hill first turns "dark", when Sharon's mother (I forget her name) goes down the corridors to look for her daughter and is attacked is very much of the first game. As soon as guys with canaries pop up, it's all lost.

The first Silent Hill is a great game in terms of WTF and story. The hospital and the school will leave you with an uneasy feeling for days. I remember playing through SH1 with a friend all night and you literally feel relieved when the switch comes from "dark" Silent Hill to "normal" Silent Hill. You see things in the game and think "dear god, what's that..." and in some cases, when you find out, you almost feel as if didn't want to know. There's also the great use of the radio. When something bad is coming, it will start making noise, so you're always waiting for what's coming next. It's quite the mindfuck.

Silent Hill 2 is good as well. It's not a direct sequel so to speak, but (as someone else said) more of a subplot. It retains a lot of the first one, in some respects. The story is pretty good too especially when you find out why the main character is in SH. Also, the visuals are pretty amazing. The hotel, for example. At one point you enter it and it's a normal looking hotel. Next the camera angle will switch and there's a blocked off room which looks completely destroyed by fire.
SH2 wasn't quite as good, imo, although some people like it better. The graphics are definitely more up to standard. There were some aspects which ruined it for me though. Like the hospital felt as if it was something of a rehash because it was just so creepy in the first game. Without trying to spoil too much, I can see how it tied in to the first one with the plot and the fact the main character had been there, but in the second I can't understand why the main character would have been to a hospital in the town.

SH3 and SH4 were awful to me. I couldn't even finish playing SH4. I don't know if it's just because I absolutely adored the first one when it came out. But 3 and 4 didn't live up to standard with me.

Don't judge the games by the movie. Although story elements are the same, you don't get the sense of apprehension in the movie that you get actually playing the game. The story of the games are better too.

I think everyone knows the games are better then the movie, but the one thing they captured well in the movie was the atmosphere, they kept up the same mood during they whole movie, the only things that ruined it for me was the part at the end with all the barb wires (you know). But otherwise I think you guys expected a movie that basically was like watching a game, now personally I think for a movie director/writer that is VERY boring, he stretched the movie a bit but kept the same basic elements and didn't butcher it as badly as RE: Apocalypse. Also, don't deny that the parts with Pyramid head, those owned. As for the ending, the only thing I can think off is that they were both stuck in the shadow world, possibly because they have unfinished business there or a calling they haven't answered. The easiest explaination would be it's a device for a sequel though.

Also Dustybrown, where in London are you from?

[Gangzilla]

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i remember this game! u got mirror with 3 tips

[Liion]

awesome games and a great movie imo

<3 pyramid head

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[Mifaco]

Silent Hill is a town with perpetual electricity problems. Additionally, a large number of locks in Silent Hill are defective; why there hasn't been a class-action lawsuit against the lock manufacturer is beyond me.

Since it's so dark, you're given a flashlight. However, all this flashlight does is give you the equivalent of a giant neon sign, ensuring any monster within a fifty-mile radius homes in on your location. The simple act of turning off the flashlight and turning up your monitor (or TV's) brightness is enough to make you move like a ninja. Be careful, though - your character has the eyesight of an old granny and can't comprehend such simple things such as picking up an object in the dark.

The first and third games in the series feature scenes where the town is invaded by the "Otherworld". What the "Otherworld" really is isn't precisely explained, but apparently, Otherworld denizens believe in an economical and efficient lifestyle . All floors are replaced with grating, and nonsense concepts such as "lighting" are disposed of.

Thankfully, your character has infinite inventory and melee weapons don't suck balls.

[Po]

awesome games and a great movie imo

<3 pyramid head

The best part was when everyone was running into the church and the one chick got caught by him and he picked her up and ripped her skin off. That was just fucking sick.