scarier with or without the radio?
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Agreed with the "On" count. It's a lot like the visual static, it's extra noise. The fact that it's purely indistinct garble helps create unease.
Without the radio it's just "Oh hey a mannequin just standing there peacefully minding its own business."
With the radio on it becomes "OH SHIT A MANNEQUIN LURKING IN THE DARK WTF IS THAT NOISE IN MY EAR I'M SO CONFUSED!?"
And then you run into a wall in blind panic.
Without the radio it's just "Oh hey a mannequin just standing there peacefully minding its own business."
With the radio on it becomes "OH SHIT A MANNEQUIN LURKING IN THE DARK WTF IS THAT NOISE IN MY EAR I'M SO CONFUSED!?"
And then you run into a wall in blind panic.
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[quote]I feel sorry for Henry. Here we have, this good-looking, even-mannered, sharp-dressed young single man, but who gets the fangirls wet? The weirdo serial killer with a soul-crushing Oedipal Complex and bad hygiene, or the dickhead priest with greasy hair and nasty teeth. - Alone in the town[/quote]
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Agreed. It sounded like an alarm clock that would ring in Harry's pocket when enemies are near.SpaceProg wrote:Hehe, to me it didn't even sound like a radio in the first game.Haoie wrote:The radio sounded much freakier in the first game.
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Once, in Silent Hill, my radio just started working, and it was Weird Al. I was frightened.
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[quote]I feel sorry for Henry. Here we have, this good-looking, even-mannered, sharp-dressed young single man, but who gets the fangirls wet? The weirdo serial killer with a soul-crushing Oedipal Complex and bad hygiene, or the dickhead priest with greasy hair and nasty teeth. - Alone in the town[/quote]
[quote]I feel sorry for Henry. Here we have, this good-looking, even-mannered, sharp-dressed young single man, but who gets the fangirls wet? The weirdo serial killer with a soul-crushing Oedipal Complex and bad hygiene, or the dickhead priest with greasy hair and nasty teeth. - Alone in the town[/quote]
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I'm not really scared by creature horror, so the radio on or off has zero effect on how scary the monsters are. I'm simply not scared of them either way. There are two exceptions in Silent Hill 2 though: 1) the mannequins, how they just stand still waiting for you is rather disturbing, which is more effective when the radio is off since you won't be expecting it, and 2) the cockroaches, because they make that sound like some kind of demon toy being wound up.
While it wouldn't be much of a video game, I'd be much more scared if the town was abandoned entirely. As in no monsters, no other characters, just the protagonist and an empty town. That would terrify the poop out of me.
While it wouldn't be much of a video game, I'd be much more scared if the town was abandoned entirely. As in no monsters, no other characters, just the protagonist and an empty town. That would terrify the poop out of me.
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In my opinion, I think the radio is an important thing in Silent Hill. I have played other horror video games and I have to say, in silent hill, the radio make me feel nervous and sometimes scared (specially if it's my first time and I don't know what's going to happen). Because, something that silent hill have that I love a lot is the "you hear but you don't see" thing. And the radio helps in that. I remember when I played for the first time SH2 and I really listen to the radio and didn't saw any monsters around me, but I knew they were there... but where? It's amazing lol.
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I tried leaving it on, but it didn't really add anything for me.
When I did turn it on, I set it to a very low volume.
Turning the music off worked for me, but just for SH3, and not always.
When I did turn it on, I set it to a very low volume.
Turning the music off worked for me, but just for SH3, and not always.
We entered Winter once again
Naked, freezing from my breath
Neath the lid all limbs tucked away
This coffin is your abode from now
and onwards
Naked, freezing from my breath
Neath the lid all limbs tucked away
This coffin is your abode from now
and onwards