How old were you when you played the first silent hill?

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I wasn't talking about you. I'll but an empty line between that text.
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You youngsters. Why deflower yourselves at such a blossoming age?
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^ Oh come on. You're only two years older than me :P
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mmm...
Are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all who claim it?

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simeonalo wrote:I wasn't talking about you. I'll but an empty line between that text.
*Sigh*


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*Sigh*

Back on topic. My little sister played the game when she was 5 years old, and she thought it was completely stupid and didn't even scream. Now, she can't stand the game because of its "Scariness".
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That's odd.
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i was 13 or 14 i think. i had seen my cousin play part of the apartment in silent hill 2 and it scared the S* out of me some years prior. a friend of mine was really big into horror movies and games, so he had the original Silent Hill, and he just let me have it. He said, "I don't play it anymore, so just keep it." Scariest experience ever. I played it by myself, alone at night with all the lights out. my house it 30 years old and creeks like a mutha. plus, at the time my neighborhood had a stray cat problem, so there was intermittent cat fights outside which scared me stupid. to this day, i still think Silent Hill one scared me the most, even though I had nightmares about Pyramid Head after playing the labyrinth section in 2. plus, besides Homecoming, its the only other Silent Hill i played by myself. 2-4 i played at a friends while he and his brother watched. it was still scary as hell, but it woulda been way worse alone.
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I just bought Calling for my Wii, and I have to say that it's definitely scary, though the ghost encounters suck ass.
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simeonalo wrote:I just bought Calling for my Wii, and I have to say that it's definitely scary, though the ghost encounters suck ass.
they suck in what way? suck as in its hard and a challenge, or suck as in its annoying and makes the game not fun?

i just bought this game called Fragile Dreams for the Wii, its not a horror game, though it does have some survival horror elements (my friend calls it an adventure game with a ghost-ish theme). its a great game, but not scary at all. anyway, when i went to buy it, i saw Calling and thought, "Maybe i'll get this next. or Bioshock 2" :p
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Annoying, repetitive, and cheap. Other than that, it definitely is a scary game. The second scenario is definitely scarier than the first scenario.
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simeonalo wrote:Annoying, repetitive, and cheap. Other than that, it definitely is a scary game. The second scenario is definitely scarier than the first scenario.
wel, that sucks, but as long as its scary, perhaps i will get it.

more to the topic, while i played through SH1 when i was about 14, i wasn't able to bring myself to replay it until i was 16 or 17, because it scared me so much the first time, especially the hospital. i dunno what it is, but Alchemilla Hospital is still the scariest s* i've ever endured in a Silent Hill game. (the scariest ever for me would have to be the rope hallway in Fatal Frame. only game i was never able to play. too scary for me. ^__^)
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I was 6. I rented it at blockbuster when it came out. All I remember from then was going through the streets and the house with the doghouse. I got really mad because I couldn't find a way to get to the school. The next thing I remember is getting scared at the Grey Children. For some reason I keep thinking it was when I first went in the School but IDK. That was the last day until I had to give it back to Blockbuster.
Recently I bought it off Amazon.com and played it until the Lisa scene in Nowhere. It shows the non-CGI scene (at least I suspect it's a cgi scene lol) then when it is supposed to show the cgi scene it turns completely black and just plays the music for the scene over and over. It renders the game useless. I can't skip it and play so im stuck :| :? :x :evil: :( :cry:

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I was 19. Funnily enough, I still am.
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Is there a game place you can take the disc to? I wouldn't be screwing around with the disc unless you know what you're doing. Replacements are expensive and hard to get ahold of.
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My suggestion would be emulation. Normally I don't ever suggest it, but since you do own the original disc...
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I was 15 when I first played Silent Hill 1, and it scared me pretty badly. Especially the hospital. Its the only Silent Hill that still scares me even after replaying it so many times :lol:
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Goodnight wrote:Is there a game place you can take the disc to? I wouldn't be screwing around with the disc unless you know what you're doing. Replacements are expensive and hard to get ahold of.
I went to a few places and they said that they only clean their own games and wouldn't accept any amount of money. I probably just ruined it as I just tried cleaning it with toothpaste ( I read somewhere that it works), and it didn't work at all. I might have to try and get another copy.


About the emulation things (emulators?)... what are they? I keep hearing about them but I have no idea what they are or how to get them. Thanks. :D
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When it first came out -- I was around thirteen years old at the time. I remember insisting that I play it at night in the dark...then chickening out and turning the lights on. It scared the pants off of me. I remember jumping and cussing at the tv any time a nurse or gray child snuck up on me. It gave me nightmares for weeks...but I loved it for some reason, so I kept coming back for more.
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RuneDragonfire wrote:When it first came out -- I was around thirteen years old at the time. I remember insisting that I play it at night in the dark...then chickening out and turning the lights on. It scared the pants off of me. I remember jumping and cussing at the tv any time a nurse or gray child snuck up on me. It gave me nightmares for weeks...but I loved it for some reason, so I kept coming back for more.
Hey, what part made you want to turn the lights on?
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