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SrRd_RacinG
04/17/17 10:34:25 PM
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I think the fog of Silent Hill makes it more intriguing and scary. Raccoon City, at its core, is just a place with a lot of zombies. Silent Hill is a psychological horror with physical threats intermingled.
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The-19th-Sparta
04/17/17 10:38:40 PM
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Raccoon City you can escape, Silent Hill you cannot under normal circumstances.
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KiwiTerraRizing
04/17/17 10:39:16 PM
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Only bad people go to Silent Hill
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Zack_Attackv1
04/17/17 10:40:52 PM
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Well, considering I would have a certain Valentine to hold my hand in Racoon City, I am going going to go with Silent Hill.
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Megaman50100
04/17/17 10:42:07 PM
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Silent Hill easily. Raccon City would be tense scary situations surrounding you, Silent Hill is you yourself are messed up and you are trapped in your own hell.
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UrCa1988
04/17/17 10:42:59 PM
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Silent Hill is literally a personal hell.
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CowboyDan
04/17/17 10:44:12 PM
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KiwiTerraRizing posted...
Only bad people go to Silent Hill

That's only the case in 2
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KiwiTerraRizing
04/17/17 10:45:11 PM
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CowboyDan posted...
KiwiTerraRizing posted...
Only bad people go to Silent Hill

That's only the case in 2


It's the only good one
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Hash-Brown
04/17/17 10:46:20 PM
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Silent hill is only scary to people that have deep personal issues.
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paperbag
04/17/17 10:46:35 PM
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I still remember Silent Hill demo from a game informer magazine, scariest game I have ever played... I have never purchased one SH since then =\
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CowboyDan
04/17/17 10:47:10 PM
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KiwiTerraRizing posted...
CowboyDan posted...
KiwiTerraRizing posted...
Only bad people go to Silent Hill

That's only the case in 2


It's the only good one

Blasphemy, 1 and 3 are nearly as good.
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Neo7
04/17/17 10:47:56 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaBaCCHTLmA

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The-19th-Sparta
04/17/17 10:54:13 PM
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Common reasons for those who were forced into Silent Hill in their respective games:

1. Those who came into contact with Alessa and those who she considered important in her life.
2. Individuals with severe mental issues, troubled pasts, and have committed sins.
3. Continuation of those that are close to Alessa, her reincarnation Heather, and members of the cult she originated from.
4. Basically anyone inside or near the apartments that Walter Sullivan is haunting.
Homecoming: An entire fucking town because of bad story writing.
Downpour: In a similar case to 2, the characters are those who have committed sins, have evil intentions to commit sins, or "do not play by the rules".

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HeyPuff
04/17/17 10:55:33 PM
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Take out the letters from Silent Hill and Raccoon City from your username. How does it spell?

Puff
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HeyPuff
04/17/17 10:56:23 PM
#16:


CowboyDan posted...
KiwiTerraRizing posted...
CowboyDan posted...
KiwiTerraRizing posted...
Only bad people go to Silent Hill

That's only the case in 2


It's the only good one

Blasphemy, 1 and 3 are nearly as good.


You pretty much just deleted the spoil box over the dudes post lol
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CowboyDan
04/17/17 10:57:00 PM
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The-19th-Sparta posted...
Common reasons for those who were forced into Silent Hill in their respective games:

1. Those who came into contact with Alessa and those who she considered important in her life.
2. Individuals with severe mental issues, troubled pasts, and have committed sins.
3. Continuation of those that are close to Alessa, her reincarnation Heather, and members of the cult she originated from.
4. Basically anyone inside or near the apartments that Walter Sullivan is haunting.
Homecoming: An entire fucking town because of bad story writing.
Downpour: In a similar case to 2, the characters are those who have committed sins, have evil intentions to commit sins, or "do not play by the rules".

Homecoming was such shit. And of course that's the only one available on Steam. At least let me buy fucking Downpour.
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The-19th-Sparta
04/17/17 10:57:56 PM
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19 p

I don't know what to think of this.
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CowboyDan
04/17/17 10:57:57 PM
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HeyPuff posted...
CowboyDan posted...
KiwiTerraRizing posted...
CowboyDan posted...
KiwiTerraRizing posted...
Only bad people go to Silent Hill

That's only the case in 2


It's the only good one

Blasphemy, 1 and 3 are nearly as good.


You pretty much just deleted the spoil box over the dudes post lol

That was mine, and not necessarily. That spoil box could be 2, 4, 0, 5, or 6.
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The-19th-Sparta
04/17/17 11:00:13 PM
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@CowboyDan

Downpour was pretty good, and I say that knowing some fans will want to slap me for saying so. It's definitely not on the same level as the first 3, and has some bad issues with it, but I liked it a lot and thought it was true to a Silent Hill game, as light as it may be.
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CowboyDan
04/17/17 11:02:03 PM
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The-19th-Sparta posted...
@CowboyDan

Downpour was pretty good, and I say that knowing some fans will want to slap me for saying so. It's definitely not on the same level as the first 3, and has some bad issues with it, but I liked it a lot and thought it was true to a Silent Hill game, as light as it may be.

Agreed. It was the first time a game gave me decent Silent Hill vibes since 4. Shame it sold and reviewed so poorly.
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Forlorn_Ass
04/17/17 11:04:43 PM
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CowboyDan posted...
The-19th-Sparta posted...
@CowboyDan

Downpour was pretty good, and I say that knowing some fans will want to slap me for saying so. It's definitely not on the same level as the first 3, and has some bad issues with it, but I liked it a lot and thought it was true to a Silent Hill game, as light as it may be.

Agreed. It was the first time a game gave me decent Silent Hill vibes since 4. Shame it sold and reviewed so poorly.


Of all the Silent Hill games, 4 is the one that made me feel the most uncomfortable. There's just something about that game...
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GiftedACIII
04/17/17 11:04:47 PM
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There are invincible ghosts and eldritch beings in Silent Hill and there are things like getting trapped inside a projection screen. You can KO anything if you have a rocket launcher in Raccoon City.
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PrettyBoyFloyd
04/17/17 11:11:57 PM
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I remember when I first played Silent Hill years ago when you go through the room where the phone suddenly rings it scared the life out of me, but seconds later my own phone ranged scaring me even more.
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NocturneD85
04/17/17 11:14:15 PM
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Still scared to go through the Elementary school in SH1
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SrRd_RacinG
04/17/17 11:16:08 PM
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NocturneD85 posted...
Still scared to go through the Elementary school in SH1



I first played SH1 about two years ago. I don't know how I had avoided it so long. Such a tense game. The school was very creepy.
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SirDumass
04/17/17 11:16:08 PM
#27:


silent hill easily

pyramid head is a great atmospheric touch
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ChromaticAngel
04/17/17 11:21:26 PM
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Silent Hill is a reflection of your own inner demons. Unless you're Fred Rogers or Bob Ross or some shit, you will probably have a worse time in Silent Hill than you will in Raccoon City.
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Verdekal
04/17/17 11:23:59 PM
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Silent Hill is more psychological horror.
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HeyPuff
04/17/17 11:28:23 PM
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CowboyDan posted...
HeyPuff posted...
CowboyDan posted...
KiwiTerraRizing posted...
CowboyDan posted...
KiwiTerraRizing posted...
Only bad people go to Silent Hill

That's only the case in 2


It's the only good one

Blasphemy, 1 and 3 are nearly as good.


You pretty much just deleted the spoil box over the dudes post lol

That was mine, and not necessarily. That spoil box could be 2, 4, 0, 5, or 6.


You know which one it is Brah, but lol I didn't realize you wrote it. My bad bro
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The Great Muta 22
04/17/17 11:36:21 PM
#31:


NocturneD85 posted...
Still scared to go through the Elementary school in SH1


That game legit scared the shit out of me when I played it back when it came out. I remember playing RE1 at like 10 or 11 years old and laughing during it, but Silent Hill was horrifying.
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CowboyDan
04/18/17 12:05:31 AM
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Forlorn_Ass posted...
CowboyDan posted...
The-19th-Sparta posted...
@CowboyDan

Downpour was pretty good, and I say that knowing some fans will want to slap me for saying so. It's definitely not on the same level as the first 3, and has some bad issues with it, but I liked it a lot and thought it was true to a Silent Hill game, as light as it may be.

Agreed. It was the first time a game gave me decent Silent Hill vibes since 4. Shame it sold and reviewed so poorly.


Of all the Silent Hill games, 4 is the one that made me feel the most uncomfortable. There's just something about that game...

@Forlorn_Ass Oh yeah man. Gameplay was meh in some ways, but the atmosphere was top notch.
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CowboyDan
04/18/17 12:07:32 AM
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HeyPuff posted...
CowboyDan posted...
HeyPuff posted...
CowboyDan posted...
KiwiTerraRizing posted...
CowboyDan posted...
KiwiTerraRizing posted...
Only bad people go to Silent Hill

That's only the case in 2


It's the only good one

Blasphemy, 1 and 3 are nearly as good.


You pretty much just deleted the spoil box over the dudes post lol

That was mine, and not necessarily. That spoil box could be 2, 4, 0, 5, or 6.


You know which one it is Brah, but lol I didn't realize you wrote it. My bad bro

All good. And yeah, anyone who knows about the series would probs guess which one it is. Meh, the game is 16 years old and I didn't directly spoil anything.
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kollisionn777
04/18/17 8:08:15 AM
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silent hill. someone in this topic put it best- youre actually living out your nightmare
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Hash-Brown
04/18/17 8:12:06 AM
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kollisionn777 posted...
silent hill. someone in this topic put it best- youre actually living out your nightmare

Silent Hill only does that if you have skeletons in your closet or Alyssa/Heather is directly involved. Other than that it is a normal town.
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rhklce
04/18/17 8:16:32 AM
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HeyPuff posted...
Take out the letters from Silent Hill and Raccoon City from your username. How does it spell?

Puff


k

That's what I'm left with.
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Touya999
04/18/17 8:53:50 AM
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Corpse party
Fatal frame
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GiftedACIII
04/18/17 12:31:08 PM
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Hash-Brown posted...
kollisionn777 posted...
silent hill. someone in this topic put it best- youre actually living out your nightmare

Silent Hill only does that if you have skeletons in your closet or Alyssa/Heather is directly involved. Other than that it is a normal town.

Raccoon City is usually just a normal city too. Obviously this scenario is assuming the events of those games are actually happening.
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NocturneD85
04/18/17 12:46:12 PM
#39:


The Great Muta 22 posted...
NocturneD85 posted...
Still scared to go through the Elementary school in SH1


That game legit scared the shit out of me when I played it back when it came out. I remember playing RE1 at like 10 or 11 years old and laughing during it, but Silent Hill was horrifying.


Then SH1 did something right if it scared you.

I dunno why, but the school scared me more than the hospital. Just something about a school in that position doesn't sit right, along with the demon children. Would think they'd be push overs but that wasn't the case. They out numbered you easily and can corner you.
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Brain_Explodes
04/18/17 12:50:19 PM
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Contrary to popular belief, none of the main characters in SH2 are full blown "bad" people. If you're interested, I recommend a story playthrough by a Youtuber/Twitch streamer named NubZombie. You can also try Sniper Kat Six. Both of them have great insight into the Silent Hill universe, NubZombie arguably more so.
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ChromaticAngel
04/18/17 12:52:39 PM
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Brain_Explodes posted...
Contrary to popular belief, none of the main characters in SH2 are full blown "bad" people. If you're interested, I recommend a story playthrough by a Youtuber/Twitch streamer named NubZombie. You can also try Sniper Kat Six. Both of them have great insight into the Silent Hill universe, NubZombie arguably more so.


No. James is a horrible person through and through. Mary is also horrible but that doesn't give James the right to kill her.
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Brain_Explodes
04/18/17 1:02:35 PM
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ChromaticAngel posted...
Brain_Explodes posted...
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No. James is a horrible person through and through. Mary is also horrible but that doesn't give James the right to kill her.


We can debate this all day and I'm happy to have a healthy discussion. But I'm too lazy to do quotes and spoiler syntaxes on the phone while working. Do check out the videos I recommended though, they're quite interesting.
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_Goggalor_
04/18/17 1:04:45 PM
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Silent Hill is much, much worse. Like, not even close.
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garan
04/18/17 5:21:14 PM
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Silent Hill by far.
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CowboyDan
04/18/17 5:44:47 PM
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Brain_Explodes posted...
Contrary to popular belief, none of the main characters in SH2 are full blown "bad" people. If you're interested, I recommend a story playthrough by a Youtuber/Twitch streamer named NubZombie. You can also try Sniper Kat Six. Both of them have great insight into the Silent Hill universe, NubZombie arguably more so.

James is a bad person. He has a sympathetic story, but that's because he's a well written character, not because he's a good person. Eddie is "not really a bad guy" in the sense that school shooters aren't "bad guys". Being bullied is no excuse to kill people. Ill concede that Angela wasn't really that bad.
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WindMouseHanpan
04/18/17 5:50:02 PM
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Silent Hell is literally purgatory. You are punished for your sins there and essentially suffer through your own personal hell.

Racoon City would be scary, but at least you have others to fight alongside you and help you survive (hopefully) and all the monsters are just creations of a virus, not the embodiment of your worst fears, nightmares and guilts.
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SrRd_RacinG
04/18/17 8:03:46 PM
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I think RE3's Raccoon City might be the most scary, based on creatures alone; nemesis and hunters, etc.

That would make it the most interesting discussion.
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WindMouseHanpan
04/18/17 9:28:29 PM
#48:


SrRd_RacinG posted...
I think RE3's Raccoon City might be the most scary, based on creatures alone; nemesis and hunters, etc.

That would make it the most interesting discussion.


Nemesis only hunts S.T.A.R.S. members, though, so we likely wouldn't have much to fear from him. Hunters, on the other hand...I'd lose against a hunter. Hard. Bye bye head...
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Edgemaster97
04/18/17 9:36:03 PM
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Silent Hill is a place that draws its power from the emotional and psychological torment of the people it draws in. Most people don't have nearly the kind of baggage Silent Hill needs in order to pose any kind of threat. Laura in SH2 flat-out saw Silent Hill as a perfectly nice place, partly because that was how Mary described it to her in the hospital, and partly due to her own lack of personal trauma. For most people, Silent Hill would be an almost literal walk in the part. In SH4, it's even implied that Silent Hill does exist as a perfectly normal, functioning small town.

Raccoon City on the other hand, is filled with concrete and fully hostile life, that would straight-up murder your ass, no matter what your history was.
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SrRd_RacinG
04/18/17 9:38:29 PM
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Based on physical harm, I think RE takes the cake.

But SH would destroy your mental state.
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