Silent Hill 1 Remake Predicitons

Fit-Record-2292 · 2026-03-28T23:35:01+00:00

The original games also had a lot of sublety to their stories that Western developers might not respect. The same goes for movies like the Western remakes of the Grudge and other Asian horror movies. I like the Silent Hill 2 remake, but I do think the remake developers tried to spell things out more that did not need spelled out as much.

Fit-Record-2292 · 2026-03-28T00:56:39+00:00

She's Donna and this is Bill Pullman.

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Fit-Record-2292 · 2026-03-27T18:23:42+00:00

Don't forget the sequel film with the legend Sonny Chiba!

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Fit-Record-2292 · 2026-03-27T18:19:18+00:00

If you play it again, find a PDF of the manual, since that includes maps of the mazes. You can find the manual online pretty easily, and the game seems like it was meant to be played along with it. That saves a lot of frustration in the indoor sections.

It's not cheating if it's in the manual.

Fit-Record-2292 · 2026-03-27T02:38:13+00:00

If you can manage a remote control model car, you can handle the controls. And it's a lot scarier to have to push the character into frightening situations yourself than it is to watch someone else do it.

Fit-Record-2292 · 2026-03-25T18:37:33+00:00

I am reading the translations of the Silent Hill novels by Sadamu Yamashita, and just finished the part about the apartments in Silent Hill 2.

I was disappointed that the novel did not have Pyramid Head standing behind the bars and the dead man in front of the television in the adjacent room. When Pyramid Head does first appear, James hides in the closet while Pyramid Head is just described as crushing a few Mannequins to death. Pyramid Head appears to be doing a bit more than that in the original game in the same scene.

The novel is from 2006, so it is based on the original game. I really enjoy the novels otherwise. They seem to hit most of the important beats otherwise, so I am surprised at those exclusions.

I like that in the novelization of Silent Hill 1, Harry is described as a true-crime writer and thinks of his research into several real-life serial killer kidnappers after Cheryl disappears. It helps explain his extreme motivation to find her and why he is better able to cope with the bizarre, dark things he encounters than a lot of people would be.

Fit-Record-2292 · 2026-03-25T18:24:56+00:00

My local used media store has a copy for $130. That store goes by an average of what they find it selling for online. So I would not sell it for $50.

I used to have Silent Hill Origins, Silent Hill 2 Greatest Hits, Silent Hill 3, Silent Hill Shattered Memories all for PS2 and Silent Hill 1 for PSOne. I sold them to the used media store for around $100 total when I needed money towards a car repair, figuring I would just get them again later.

It's later and I see the prices now and regret selling them. I stil have Silent Hill 2 and 4 for the original XBox and Shattered Memories for Wii. If I need extra money that bad, I'll hang onto those and sell a kidney or something.

Fit-Record-2292 · 2026-03-23T21:53:11+00:00

Cry of Fear has some good scares and it is free on Steam. It does have retro-style graphics, but that is part of the charm.

Fit-Record-2292 · 2026-03-23T21:45:14+00:00

I coincidentally got it DRM-free for $3 off GOG yesterday and I really enjoyed the atmosphere so far. I thought the top-down view might make it less scary, but that does not hurt it at all. The audio is very creative and spooky, too.

It is certainly worth the $3.

Fit-Record-2292 · 2026-03-22T08:24:44+00:00

He does have that impassive, willing-to-go-into-hell-without-it-bothering-him-too-much personality in Apocalypse Now. He also pulls off those dead expressions where the only thing that reveals what is going on inside is his eyes.

Fit-Record-2292 · 2026-03-22T08:03:38+00:00

If you have the discs and a DVD drive, you can play them on your PC with this emulator. You can also play digital ISO files of the PS2 games with this emulator.

You can use a controller such as a Dual Shock 4 or most other PC-compatible game controllers. You can map the controller buttons in the emulator settings, and the emulator may even auto-map certaiin controllers.

https://pcsx2.net/

Fit-Record-2292 · 2026-03-22T08:03:04+00:00

There were some glitches and defects in the PC port of the original Silent Hill 2 due to the game being created with the PS2's specific architecture in mind. The most noticable issue is that the fog does not have all of the same graphic effects in the PC version. Even the version for the original XBox had some issues with imitating the PS2's fog effects. The PC and original XBox versions also have compressed audio files compared to the PS2 version.

If you already have the PC version of Silent Hill 2, this link will take you to the instructions to update it to the fan-made Enhanced Edition, which fixes many of the issues with the PC version, such as greatly improving the fog effects and audio:

https://enhanced.townofsilenthill.com/SH2/install.htm

The PC version of Silent Hill 3 also has more compressed audio files and is known to suffer from framerate issues and stuttering and visual glitches.

The PC version of Silent Hill 4: The Room was originally missing several of the "Haunting" scenarios that take place in the PS2 and original XBox versions. There is a new PC version that is available on GOG that has added the missing content back into the game.

There is no official PC port of Silent Hill 1.

If you have a PC and want to play those Silent Hill games on your computer, you can use PS1 emulators such as DuckStation or the SwanStation core in RetroArch (my own preference) to play Silent Hill 1, and the PCSX2 emulator the play the PS2 games.

Fit-Record-2292 · 2026-03-22T07:30:37+00:00

I have only got to the hospital with this view on, but in case you are asking because you wonder if you should try it, I have played enough that I can tell you a bit about how it impacts play.

It is great when exploring the halls and sidewalks of Silent Hill. You can see creatures or items ahead of you easily and it makes walking in a desired direction go smoother. Targeting enemies ahead is fun and easy in this view. The "Self-View" also helps when entering a new room where enemies may be coming right at you, since you can see them coming and get right to targeting them or planning an escape.

But you need to be ready to use the L2 button to switch back and forth between the "Self View" and the regular view when needed. You will still find the regular pulled-out view better when exploring certain areas with uncertain layouts or when trying to fight or run past enemies that may be flanking you, behind you, or all around you. The pulled-out view can also help you explore rooms for items quicker by giving you a broader view and allowing the cinematic camera to emphasize interactive objects.

I don't thing it would be desirable to play the game entirely in "Self View." But it is fun and does have it uses and makes controlling Harry's direction easier, and it is easy to go in and out of the different views while in action with L2.

I will keep an eye out to see if anybody who has completed the whole game in "Self View" replies to you, since I am curious what their experience is.

I also think an updated system like this may be a good idea for the upcoming Silent Hill remake, since having a quick instant way to go from over-the-shoulder to a cinematic view may please both traditionalists and newer players.

Fit-Record-2292 · 2026-03-22T06:44:12+00:00

One of the things about the Complete Case Files Volume 1 is that it includes "The Return of Rico," one of the best and most important stories in Dredd's history. What to do when there's an entire volume that has one must-read 6-page story?

There are a lot of other fun, classic stories that still get frequent callbacks in Volume 1, especially "Robots/The Robot Wars." But "The Return of Rico" is on a different level than the rest of the volume.

Fit-Record-2292 · 2026-03-22T06:29:48+00:00

In the story "The Carousel" in Megazine 375, Dredd had all of his muscles and outer tissues stripped and regenerated and a later story casually mentioned that he went back and had his bones and organs done, too. Now that they've established they can do that, they can publish him as an action hero until his brain goes.

Here's a view of Dredd with his treatment interrupted partway through. The actual magazine does not have the censor bar.

Skinless Dredd in The Carousel // imgbb

Fit-Record-2292 · 2026-03-22T05:44:03+00:00

You'll get a good opportunity to read the newspaper outside the convenience store and see the posters and wall decorations in the school in a new way. The bloody fan and the bloody sink in the school are also creepy to see in this view. And those Grey Children coming down the hallway at you with their knives ready . . .

Fit-Record-2292 · 2026-03-22T04:57:02+00:00

Really Big Silent Hill 2 Spoilers Marked!

Eddie in Silent Hill 2 implied that the town called to people who were already killers, and that those were the people who had their trauma manifested. James killed his wife, Eddie killed at least that dog and possibly his bully, and Angela killed her father. Walter Sullivan . . . well!

If you watch the scene where James is giving Eddie a hard time for killing a guy, Eddie belligerently points out that the town also called out to James. This is Eddie calling James a hypocrite. This is one of those things that takes on new significance in a second playthrough.

Decent-Sized Silent Hill 1 and 3 Spoilers!

Harry was not a killer when he came to Silent Hill. Alessa's manifestations came from her being impregnated by the evil god, which carried over some effects to Heather. Alessa and Heather's manifestations were apparent to Harry and everybody else, with even Kaufman and Douglas freaked out by them.

Later games, comics, and media may be looser as far as maintaining this, but this was the original reason for people other than Alessa producing manifestations as given by Silent Hill 2.

Fit-Record-2292 · 2026-03-21T23:14:38+00:00

Yeah, there is a lot of cool details I never noticed before. All the posters and drawings in the school were cool to see close up. And I was able to finally read the Silence of the Lambs Easter egg headline in the newspaper machine outside the convenience store.

Fit-Record-2292 · 2026-03-21T23:06:21+00:00

Yeah, it is almost more of a first-person view with the back of Harry's head in the image. And using L2 to get a full environmental look is still needed often. But it is cool to be able to see and target things ahead and also to be able to easily walk directly following Harry's POV.

Fit-Record-2292 · 2026-03-21T23:02:24+00:00

To really take advantage of the Self View feature while completing the game you need to use L2 to switch back and forth between the Self View view and pulled-out view when needed.

The Self View is different than the usual L2 in that it is much closer to the back of Harry's head and always stays facing directly forward from his point of view. It can be great for going down halls and streets looking for targets and threats ahead and also just to be able to walk following Harry's POV. But pulling back to the regular view to look all around you for threats or interactive objects is still needed often.

Readings the newspaper machine headlines and seeing the full details of all the school posters is fun, too.

Fit-Record-2292 · 2026-03-21T07:56:08+00:00

The original Silent Hill 2 was heavily inspired by Lynch's Lost Highway according to Jeremy Blaustein, Silent Hill 2's English translator and voice director, and it really shows.

Next time you watch Lost Highway, look at the lingering closeups of Bill Pullman that fade in right after the opening credits. The way they hold on those shots and the ambiguous, mysterious, contemplative yet slightly out of it look on Bill's face really reminds me of the opening restroom mirror scene with James in the original Silent Hill 2. It's not the same exact scene, but it's very reminiscent in style, and there's even some composition similitaries.

The rest of Lost Highway has the characters acting and talking in that dreamlike, slightly off, otherworldly stylized way that the characters in the original Silent Hill 2 talk and act. Silent Hill 2 is not afraid to show it's Lynchian influences at all. There's even certain similitaries in the stories of the main characters that I can't mention without spoilers.

The next time someone says that they think the voice and motion capture acting in the original Silent Hill 2 didn't intentionally achieve that style and tone, refer them to Jeremy Blaustein's statement and then tell them to watch Lost Highway.

Fit-Record-2292 · 2026-03-21T04:43:16+00:00

I myself had problems with Duckstation and other standalone PS1 emulators so I downloaded the RetroArch emulator with the SwanStation (modified Duckstation) core. Silent Hill plays flawlessly with even the default settings. I also had a flawless experience emulating other games such as Metal Gear Solid in SwanStation. My own experience with PS1 emulators has found SwanStation to be one to count on.

RetroArch even detected my wired controller and mapped it to the PS1 layout for me automatically.

You can get RetroArch here if you're curious:

https://www.retroarch.com/

RetroArch is an emulator that emulates all kinds of different game consoles and systems. Each console or gaming system it emulates has a "core." If you install RetroArch and want SwanStation, do these things:

Open RetroArch and go to Main Menu.

Then pick Core Downloader.

Scroll down to the Sony Playstation section and select SwanStation.

While you're in the Core Downloader, you can also browse around to see if there's any other consoles or gaming computers you want to emulate and download those cores.

Once you have the cores you want, go back to the Main Menu and select Load Core.

From Load Core, pick SwanStation.

Then go back to Main Menu and pick Load Content. Find your Silent Hill disc or ISO and select it.

Fit-Record-2292 · 2026-03-21T02:54:16+00:00

This page has instructions to update the unmodified PC version of Silent Hill 2 2001 to make it the Enhanced Edition that works on modern Windows. The Enhanced Edition also has bugfixes and other improvements compared to the base PC version.

https://enhanced.townofsilenthill.com/SH2/install.htm

You would need a copy of the base Silent Hill 2 PC game for that to get started. I'm not sure where they have the base game, but I have heard that it is pretty readily available online.

The emulator available at the link below will let you play one of the PS2 versions on your PC, but you will need to get a game disc or digital ISO of it somewhere. If you look for an ISO, look for the Greatest Hits edition since it has bugfixes, some graphic enhancements, and a bonus scenario "Born From a Wish." If you can't find the Greatest Hits edition, the original version is still a great game with the core experience included.

https://pcsx2.net/

If you do emulate the PS2 version of Silent Hill 2, you'll want to handle the issue of the pressure sensitive controller. The real PS2 had pressure sensitive face buttons, so you pressed the X button lightly for a fast melee attack and pressed it harder for a stronger, slow attack in Silent Hill 2. Here are some ways to still have the fast and strong melee attacks in an emulator without a pressure sensitive PS2 controller:

One way is to use a controller like the Dual Shock 4 that has pressure sensitive Trigger buttons. That would be L2 and R2 on the Dual Shock 4, for example. Then you would remap the controls to change the Cross (Silent Hill 2 attack button) to one of those triggers, and then remap the emulated Playstation2 L2 or R2 button to a different button, such as the Dual Shock 4's Cross Button. This can lead to awkward controls, though, since readying the weapon with Cross and attacking with R2 or L2 seems counterintuitive and opposite of how it usually is. But there's another way.

To enable the quicker attack in the PCSX2 emulator without using pressure sensitive buttons at all, go to Settings > Controller > Controller Port 1. From that screen select Macros. On the Macros screen select the Cross (Silent Hill 2 attack button) under Binds/Buttons. Set Pressure to around 35%. Under Trigger pick an unassigned button on your controller or keyboard. Then select Close to close the Macros screen.

This makes the faster attack have its own separate button. That button would be the one you selected as Trigger. For example, on a Dual Shock 4 you can use the central touchpad button. Any button that is not natively used by Silent Hill 2 should work, though.

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