Silent Hill Heaven

Some fragments of the visual lightning and that eerie apartment sequence remind me to at least somewhat associate with SH2.

Like simeonalo , I think horror games require three certain "rules" in order to achieve the most effective experience. 1. Nighthours (23 p.m - 5 a.m; six straight hours without breaks cause effect). 2. Isolate yourself in a room, pull down the venetian blinds and turn off the lights. 3. He...

The substance that flies off of him is the black acid that drips through the hole in his chest. It can be assumed that his chest cavity is full of the stuff, so it makes perfect sense that it would go everywhere when her bullets hit him. You're right, it's black acid. Nevertheless, the effects were...

Dan Licht is a competent choice, surely he'll bring some memorable pieces into the game. I'm especially hoping for simple but effective guitar songs ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkEl9TVJBMw = goosebumps) and piano pieces. It's only a positive thing they've hired someone else to do the music, and...

I'm not expecting to be as strongly scared and totally mesmerized as I was in SH1-3, because that will most likely never happen again. Also, having watched hundreds and hundreds of horror films since early childhood have somewhat dulled my senses. But [REC] did scare me, and so did the excellent rem...

Fair enough, implementing a stealth and hiding gameplay due to an old man's physical limitations doesn't only sound refreshing and exciting, but it can also be considered as an innovating element for the franchise. An interesting feature that facilitates an old man's limitations would be if one were...

SH - Hear Nothing; the oppressive isolation, the vulnerability, the tangible dread. SH2 - Ordinary Vanity; so many flawless songs, yet this one brings something beyond special... loneliness and love wrapped up in fear and abandoness. SH3 - Breeze - In Monochrome Night; the drums, the piano, the guit...

Oh, General Discussion, you say... I better be right the next time. Silent Hill 3 was originally going to include an 'older' main character before they made it too action oriented. How interesting, didn't know that. I don't mind the replacement of Heather, though; the idea of an older protagonist sh...

Having the next Silent Hill dealing with old age sounds like an intriguing, refreshing and original concept to me. The protagonist and a few of the revolving characters could be in their 70's, the in-depth terror of Silent Hill could arise itself at an old people's home or something in between, and ...

The first Resident Evil came out alright, and so did the second Tomb Raider. Doom was presentable too... because they were just... straight forward entertainment, and that's about it; they didn't "pretend" to be anything besides that. SH failed due to its pretentious elements, sleeping pil...

Patrick Tatopoulos' make-up and special effects in SH is quite impressive and well-made (except for some questionable CG-adjustments on the Gray Children, the irritating coach roaches surrounding PH and the blood coming through that Straight Jacket which Cybil shoots at). He seems very passionated a...

As you know, RE had no intention of bringing symbolism nor depth, what it did was telling a decent, "fast food" story with familiar Hollywood features and easy going suspense and decent acting, and it worked fine in that matter. The outcome of the first RE is okay. Besides the visuals and ...

Rose and Chris may very well continue in the sequel, but I feel that too much explanation may ruin things. Introducing new characters is propably a proper decision to make, but a subtle approach in order to make it less inconclusive may be to tell what happened to Chris, Rose and Sharon through ref...

Actually, unlike SH, the first RE had the occassional suspense, a sense of claustrophobia, some nerve and build-up in the low budget direction, and a strong ending... Unfortunately the crappy APOCALYPSE ruined everything and worse. Director Paul W.S. Anderson did a decent job, though it obviously wa...

SH in 3D is not just uncalled for, it's out of place. What's with the sudden 3D-trend... it'll become an obstacle for certain films.

You mean "fate"? Is Silent Hill really about closure, though? Each game had a kind of uncertain ending after all. Yes, fate... not faith. An obvious mistake. Although the games also had uncertain closures they were often well-written and "appropriate" given each games' final. Tr...

I saw the film three times and saved all my three tickets for quite a while. I couple years I reckon... Randomly, probably after realizing that I really disliked the film without enjoying that I disliked it, I ended up burning one and tossing the others in the wastebasket. It was just a piece of pap...

Nobody likes a smartass. ; )

Happy news and a slight of excitement, indeed. Considering Roger Avary is the director this time and supposedly he alone wrote the script in jail (quite an enriching experience that hopefully not only put things in perspective, but may very well elevate the quality of the writing process), I don't s...

Homecoming is a good game in overall, but there are flaws that cause some attention: - The narrative is occasionally sluggish and unfocused, it too often lacks intensity and compelling story telling. - Noticable lack of tangible horror and isolation, and the strong sense of feeling vulnerable and al...