I'm playing this for the first time. What should I expect?
Play the game and find out
>>344690896
The magic of horror games franchises is discovering the beauty of their first game by yourself.
It's ps1 don't bitch about the graphics, despite there's other ps1 games with better graphics.
It becomes genuinely scary at some point
Don't look the puzzles on the internet, you will feel better about yourself when you solve them.
Explore after you finish your first playthrough, there's no much worthy exploring on the first.
>>344690896
Getting stuck on a puzzle, probably.
>>344690896
Despair
>>344690896
A piano puzzle I couldn't solve.
>muh daughter
game really starts to get good when you get to the school
I loved the camera angles in the game. Over the shoulder camera just don't let the devs capture the scene in the most spooky way.
all doors are locked
shit gets rusty
>>344690896
SPOOPS AND FUN
Also prepare to re-start the entire game when you do something stupid and fuck up your file ;)
Good game, but unfortunately it peaks maybe 25% in at the school. The following area is also good, though not quite as good, and it only goes downhill from there.
>>344692890What color were the birds?[\spoiler]
You should expe-
Did they fix the shit going on with the latest emulator?
>>344693769
>The following area is also good, though not quite as good, and it only goes downhill from there.
one could almost say it goessilentlydownhill
retarded puzzles
OP, learn how movement and camera control work. It will make your life easier.
>>344694441
That was a great puzzle.
OP, heres some real talk for you
DONT LOOK UP GUIDES
DONT LOOK UP WHAT TO DO
DONT LOOK UP YOUTUBE VIDEOS
JUST FUCKING PLAY IT WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT
Turn off the goddamn lights, turn up the sound (headphones pref), and play it in the dark.
>>344694441
This is one of the easiest puzzles in the game. I had way more trouble with others.
>>344694441
how is this a bad puzzle?
>>344694441
Git gud.
>>344695854
>>344695369
>>344695116
oh fuck off. you guys probably played it 10 years later after youtube came out and you just looked up what to do. In the 90s you had to figure shit out on your own
>>344694994
fucking this.
>>344690896
Always play with puzzles on hard in every SH game
Enemy difficulty is up to you
>>344695963
It wasn't hard. It didn't even require musical knowledge. I had heard about a piano puzzle beforehand and was terrified when I found the piano, and then figured it out within minutes.
>>344696283
>one of the most infamously hard puzzles in the entire franchise
>it wasnt hard guise i swear!!!
go fuck yourself
>>344696607
All the hard puzzles for me were in the final level.
>>344695963
Not any of them. But gamefaqs was a thing in 1999 with plenty of walk throughs. I remember bringing up an ascii map of that forest from Secret of Evermore a few years earlier.
>>344695963
Do you tipically spam about "the good old days without youtube and shit" while simultaneousley being the cause of games being dumbed down for slow people?
>>344694441
the blood on the keys was what threw me off with this puzzle
>>344696283
Just to make sure were on the same page, lemme post the puzzle here
>First flew the greedy Pelican,
>eager for the reward.
>White wings flailing.
>Then came a silent Dove,
>flying beyond the Pelican,
>as far as he could.
>A Raven flies in,
>flying higher than the Dove.
>Just to show he can.
>A Swan glides in to find a >peaceful spot
>next to another bird.
>Finally, out comes a Crow,
>coming quickly to a stop,
>yawning and then napping.
>Who will show the way?
>Who will be the key?
>Who will lead to the silver reward?
How the fuck are you gonna sit there and tell me a 8 year old kid could figure that shit out in a few minutes? it literally ruined my night because I couldnt progress, so I had to go to the library the next day, get on the computer, and go to fuckin gamefaqs
Theres so many red herrings and metaphors that a kid wouldn't even know which parts of the poem are the hints. I'm 25 now and its clear as day, but as a kid I had no fuckin idea
>>344694994
>Turn off the goddamn lights, turn up the sound (headphones pref), and play it in the dark.
No thank you I don't want a heart attack
>>344696779
nah go fuck yourself. That puzzle was clearly the odd one out, and much harder than the rest. Its infamous for a reason
At the most it should have been optional, for a secret weapon or something
>managed to somehow solve every puzzle in every SH game so far on hard
>reach this one
This shit broke me.
I had to admit defeat and look up the answer after almost 6 hours worth of attempts.
Man, the only time this game actually scared me was during that run through the sewer after the boat cutscene.
>>344696819
There's like 1 and a half jump scares and they're not that bad.
The game is atmospheric as fuck (for 1999)
>>344696819
If you're like 10 I could agree, but DESU its not that scary. You wont get a heart attack, as there are no jump-scenes or screamers. The whole time you'll think something is about to happen, but nothing ever does, which is the scary part.
>>344696819
LoL pussy, might aswell go play it on a bench inside a walmart with your samsung ching chong.
>>344690896
hahahahaha
prepare your anus OP. prepare your anus.
>>344696925
iirc, the only way to solve it is if you had general knowledge of the Shakespeare stories that puzzle is referring to. Kind of unfair, IMO. Although it's not like it was in Normal mode, so that's fine.
>>344696817
nigga 8 year old kids shouldn't be playing silent hill
>>344696817
>playing fucking Silent Hill at 8 years old
You were a brave kid anon.
>>344696957
as a kid I was scared to death at that part where you go through the clock tower tunnel and go to the hell version of the school.
That and the hospital. Jesus fuck, man.
>>344696925
Thats isn't how puzzles are supposed to be done and SH3 was a huge misstep in that department.
>>344696925
nah this puzzle is bullshit because your suppose to have knowledge on shakespeare plays
>>344697132
>>344697112
nah its cool. I played with my brother and he was 9.
RE2 was a lot scarier IMO. the fuckin licker encounter gave me nightmares for like 2 weeks. Damn I remember it clear as yesterday... you walk past the window and it crawls past. Then in the next room the window is broken and you can just hear dripping. God damn. I had to restart the game and play on rookie mode with the SMG just to beat it
>>344697135
I like that one jump scare in the hospital where you walk into this empty room, turn the camera around, and here this load bang coming from the window.
>>344690896
Bad voice acting and a puzzle involving you aviary knowledge.
>>344696925
well luckily the game had an option to choose the puzzle difficulty - easy/medium/hard. Just don't pick hard like a dumbass unless you actually want some hard ass puzzles
>>344697347
SH2 did something like that in one of the bathrooms too.
And you never really know what it was, which adds a lot to that moment.
I remember when my mom bought me this game. She bought it for me because I was sick and had to stay home from school and she had to go to work.
All alone in the big empty house and it was my first real horror game.
I got so scared I ran outside. 3rd grade was fun.
>>344697528
There was the girl crying in the school bathroom as well, but that shtick is so cliche I couldn't get scared by it.
>>344697112
>>344697132
Shit, I bought it at 6.
>>344697810
>buying m rated games for an 8 year old
i think your mom might be retarded
>>344696817
I was playing that shit in the 3rd grade and beat it.
The puzzle that got to me the most was not the piano, but that door where the answer was ALERT, gave up on that so many times because I couldnt figure it out.
What was your favorite puzzle guys?
Mine was the hospital one on SH2 (the code on the door). It makes you go "woah, that's what he meant!" Once you figured it out like no other.
Another thing, do you ever get to meet the demon making those noises in the prison on extra difficulty?
>>344698006
I dont think my mom even understood what the rating system was back then. Hell the cover and back didnt even show any real horror. Just a picture of a regular town and your daughter with some sort of phrase along the lines of "Going to silent hill to find your daughter"
She probably thought it was a adventure game.
>>344697280
Really? I thought the exact opposite as a kid, RE felt much more down to earth and kind of manageable where as SH was just nightmare fuel.
>>344696607
DUDE.
I don't know if you're american or not but it couldn't be any more fucking obvious.
"Black and white birds"."Birds without a voice." Black and white piano keys. There are keys that don't make a sound. Instant connection. The only hard part is knowing which DIRECTION the birds are going. That means the most times you have to try the puzzle is two if your IQ is above 40.
>>344698352
Well, they got the school monsters blowing you on the top right. But it's probably vague to people that haven't played it, so whatever.
>>344697280
Resident Evil's scariness wears out so fast when you replay the games as an adult - well, aside from REmake's, anyway. Aside from the obvious B-movie cheese, most of the games have no real sense of mystery. You pretty much know exactly what's going on and your only job is to survive and escape. In Silent Hill, you have no clue what's happening or why, and that sense of confusion ups the horror elements of the game way more... With that being said, I still think RE2's a way better game than SH1 for the mere fact that it's not a clunky fully 3D PS1 game with horrible frame drops and laggy controls.
>>344697280
I was always too scared to play horror games as a kid. I couldn't even play RE4 which really isn't scary at all. Well besides the Regenerators.
>>344698390
its still an infamously hard puzzle
>>344698526
*top left
>>344698390
It doesn't outright state "black and white birds" though.
>>344690896
You can expect THE best Silent Hill game, and one of the greatest survival-horror titels ever made.
didn't notice this thread, but in case someone's interested in that SH PC Guide + the DL links for SH1-4, look up the post at: >>344698520
>>344692890
Solving that on my own was the best feeling ever.
>>344698390
>EZ as fuck puzzle u just need to find the solution
Wow, thanks a lot you muppet.
>>344698532
Likewise, SH's scariness wears away once you realize that theres nothing there. Its just a wide, mostly empty world, covered in darkness and/or mist, with enemies here and there. The music and the radio make great atmosphere, but once you realize theres nothing to be afraid of, the magic is gone.
You could say the same about RE, but that still has random jump scares, fast enemies, and forced isometric perspective. Aint NOTHING like when you get to the jail area and you hear the dog feet clicking on the concrete, but you cant actually see where they're coming from. Or when you know theres zombies in the room, but you cant look around because the camera is fixed.
>>344693769
Bullshit bubba, the sewers were the scariest part of the game and they didn't appear until 75% through the game.
>>344698390
I wouldn't call it obvious, but it does give you enough clues to solve it yourself with enough thought. I think the only part that's T&E with that puzzle is the placements of 2 birds.
>>344692890
i was playing this for the first time recently and i was on the puzzle for a minute, then my 13 year brother came and solved it immediately, it was amazing
>>344700182
interesting. I was 13 and had trouble with it. I was over thinking it. I was renting it from Blockbuster.
>>344695963
I played it around when it came out and even back then I didn't find it hard.
However, I struggled a bit with this fucker.
>>344699765
Bull. Shit.
17 years later, and SH1 still unnerves me to no end.
>finding RESI of all things more unnerving
wow, what a faggot.
>>344700354
>wow, what a faggot.
coming from the pussy who is scared of Nothing : The Game - Scary Sounds Edition.
Which brings me to my next point: RE actually had a story and a mission objective. You have to find umbrella and shut it down, and on the way you find short snippets of stories in papers and journals and stuff, and sometimes you get forboding dialogue too. Like when you go to the jail cell and find the guy who locked himself in, then later you come back and the cell is fucked up and the bars are bent. And throughout the playthough you sometimes hear the roar of the main boss, which you encounter several times throughout.
OH YEAH, you get to play as Claire on the 2nd disc. Goddamn, RE2 had so much more content than SH1. SH1 doesn't even feel like a finished game by comparison
>>344695963
lol
>>344700778
>being scared of a game with less atmosphere than a postmodern painting
Of course dumb people are scared of quick monster that go zip zop on you.
>>344700778
>coming from the pussy who is scared of Nothing The Game - Scary Sounds Edition.
...just after I'd stated that SH1 is one of the scariest games ever made? Reading comprehension sure is tuff!
>Which brings me to my next point: RE actually had a story and a mission objective.
And lemme guess, you're trying to claim that SH does NOT have all that, and much more in fact?
>OH YEAH, you get to play as Claire on the 2nd disc
Only because lazy hacks developing it couldn't originally fit it on a single dics. The N64 port has both characters + brand new content, on a single 64 Mbyte cartridge.
And sorry bro, I was a huge RE fan back in the days, but SH1 managed to completely convert me. it is the FAR superior game.
Plus REmake > RE2.
>emulated SH: Origins
>reach the Hospital
>already spooked
Horror games aren't for me
>>344701434
Lemme put it this way. RE2 had everything SH1 had, but more.
SH Fans: crybaby neckbeards scared of the dark
RE2 Fans (other REs excluded) : Manly men with taste for the biggest zombie game of the 90s
>>344701556
>And lemme guess, you're trying to claim that SH does NOT have all that, and much more in fact?
No, it has zero story, except that you are trying to find your daughter and for some reason you traverse through a long linear maze for no fuckin reason. All the dialog is meaningless and poorly thought out, specifically designed to be vague and directionless, especially everything dahlia gillespie says.
People who liked RE2 are now successful businessmen with happy lives and good jobs, while SH fans are middle age virgin neckbeards who jack off to anime porn. Case closed
>>344702104
>No, it has zero story
I thought it was a bait, and whaddya know! It was!
>>344702224
>hurr, I have no argument, I'll just call him a troll
>>344702104
Resident Evil is just about jump scares. Once you know that licker is going to jump through the glass, it won't ever scare you the second time.
>>344702572
You didn't argue, either. You literally dodged the question and just said "RE2 had everything SH1 had, but more". And youre taking up the "no u" defense. Fuck off if you don't like SH.
>>344702572
>using all the memes, call names and blatant, obvious lies in the post
>asks for "arguments" against them
>>344702023
>Playing SH: Origins unironically
I'm sorry,anon,you fell for the konami meme
>>344690896
Absolutely nothing in it will scare you and you are going to wonder why people on here always bitch about games not being horror anymore when they were never really scary to anybody but children.
FOG
O
G
>>344702685
don't get me wrong, SH was fun, but RE2 was better in every aspect. Thats all.
>Resident Evil is just about jump scares.
It had a small handful of tasteful jump scares on top of the same level of atmosphere as SH
>You literally dodged the question and just said "RE2 had everything SH1 had, but more"
I provided reasons too. Maybe you missed those.
Name 1 thing SH did better than RE2. Go.
I felt bad for the cat in the school
>>344702907
> tasteful jump scares on top of the same level of atmosphere as SH
You actually believe yourself?
>>344700282
This was well designed with the astrology mislead.
>>344702104
SH fans: keep to themselves, have nice threads about lore theories and facts with civil discussions all over the place
RE fans: ruin SH threads because of their inferiority complexes that make the world look like it's full of unexplored rivalries. When left to themselves they will often be seen murdering eachother over which title is the best (protip: they're all the same and the ones that aren't are actually what those games were trying to be from the start: action games).
>>344702907
>Name 1 thing SH did better than RE2. Go.
Everything you and I say is just subjective at this point, so why not? It had better music, atmosphere, lore, and characters.
I liked RE2, but the only part where the atmosphere even competes with SH is the police station which is only a small part of the game.
>>344702907
Why are we comparing the first SH to the best RE game in the series? I'm so used to SH2 vs RE2 shitposting.
>>344702810
I only used legitimate debating tactics in my post
>>344703159
>no counterargument
>>344703332
They were the same generation.
SH2 would be best compared to RE4, which was also superior in every aspect.
>>344702907
Only one?
Lore, puzzles, enemy placement, atmosphere, movability, secrets, story.
>>344703448
>SH2 would be best compared to RE4, which was also superior in every aspect.
Those games are hardly comparable. SH was still a survival horror franchise at that point while RE drifted into more combat oriented gameplay.
>>344702104
>No, it has zero story, except that you are trying to find your daughter and for some reason
>Le evil corporation unleashed a deadly plague and now everyone is the zombabe.
Face it,REcuck, the only good RE was 4 and it was not because of the story or character development.
>>344702104
DSP wrote a book?
>>344690896
A game with no good sequelsI couldn't get into 2 or 3, they seem really interesting up to shortly after the first boss, then i just get a feeling like I'm wandering around without purpose and all the characters are acting like idiots
>>344703965
Whoa now. I'm not that guy, and I believe that SH1 was better than RE2. But don't go full retard cause this shithead is fucking up the thread. RE1 was good because it was so new, but didn't really hold up. The Remake did it justice, and it is a good game. RE2 is an improvement in everyway on RE1. RE3 became a little too action oriented, but it tried to be different without losing the survival horror feeling. I didn't care for Code Veronica X, and RE0 was just piggy backing off the RE Remake.
RE4 really could have been a completely new series, but the name is recognized so I don't blame them for calling it RE4.
>>344696819
I once did this and I made until the first boss, and it was like 4 am so I was kinda sleepy, I went to sleep quickly but I was still tense from the game. That same night I experienced my first ever sleep paralisis, it was horrible.
>>344703739
>Lore,
What lore? The utter lack of lore is covered up by SH fans calling all the unexplained bullshit "mystery". The only character that was even comprehensible was cybil, but she disappeared after a few scenes
>puzzles,
SH puzzles were straight out of a textbook with no relation to the story, like that piano one and the random number puzzles. RE2 puzzles were specifically designed for the game, like the 4 keys, the cog, the wrench, etc.
>enemy placement
meh, I'd say they are about the same. Neither really had any specfic coordination, but RE2 had much more enemy variety. Also more interesting scripted events like the crows breaking in the windows, the zombies breaking through the glass, the surprize zombies during the level transitions, new enemies for every zone, etc.
>atmosphere
meh. Different atmophere, both are good tho
>movability
They were the same almost, just the RE camera perspective made things harder for those with autism and poor spatial awareness
>secrets
Like what? RE2 had some cool easter eggs hidden, like when you check the police chiefs desk 48 times in a row
>story.
HAAH WAAW
Theres more story in the random journals you find in RE2 than the entirety of SH1.
>>344704445
this is autism, quit it
>>344703981
>confusing based John Rhys-Davies to shitty meme online celebrity
uncultured swine
>>344704516
cool argument bro.
>>344704570
thanks, mlady
>>344703448
>no counter-argument
And your counter-argument is not responding to people that actually prove you wrong. But sure,I'll play into it.
Jump-scares is horror for the lowest-common denominator.
There's nothing "tasteful" about it.
The atmosphere is shit,it's dull.
The ambient sound that are good are almost non-existent.
The key-items that you have to use to open doors make no sense in the universe and timeline they're in.
The story is B Movie tier of shit .
The reason you don't have any clue what SH's story is about is because you prolly didn't play it all,you were too stupid to understand it or you skipped a lot of the notes that explain the story.
>>344704445
>no lore in SH
Did you not play the games? SH and RE both did the whole back story from random journals. RE was just about evil medical company release a zombie virus while silent hill was about a cult. There isn't any point of arguing with you mean youre just stating lies then going "cool arguement, bro" to everything else.
>>344702104
>People who liked RE2 are now successful businessmen with happy lives and good jobs, while SH fans are middle age virgin neckbeards who jack off to anime porn. Case closed
Top Lel mate
>>344704854
All trolling aside, there is no lore in SH. And certainly not from little journal snippets all around the game.
Even after I beat the game way back when I still had no idea what the fuck was going on.
>>344703965
I disagree. RE2 basically paved the way for the survival horror genre as a whole. I seriously doubt SH would even exist if it wasn't for RE.
>>344690896
Negative draw distance
>>344705126
>Trolling aside
So you're just shitposting now?
>MFW SH fans repeatedly dodge questions when asked what the plot was.
Challenge: In 4-8 complete sentences, explain what the fuck happens in the plot of SH1.
>>344696819
Not for the spoops, for the atmosphere
For a game as dated as it is SH has some god tier atmosphere
>>344705510
>god tier atmoshere
>>344705507
What's the point? People have actually tried to seriously answer the shitposter, but all you get as a reply is "RE2 is better than SH". He even admitted to trolling. >>344705126
You can easily google what the story is if you are that concerned.
>>344705507
I think your bait went stale,anon. Might want to try in the overwatch thread
>>344705507
No.
And I won't explain the plot of Eraserhead to you either, you lazy bastard.
>>344690896
It's like a horror-themed Zelda game.
>>344705713
I did google it just to see if I could get some perspective, but the "plot summary" consisted of
>harry goes here. Harry does this. Some bitch shows up and says go here.
Even an actual, real, unbiased plot summary cant give this game a meaningful plot
>>344706043
Again, what's the point? All RE2's plot is there is a zombie virus and you gotta get out of the city. I guess that means RE2 has zero plot?
>>344706025
This
>>344705893
Oh yeah, don't even get me started on the graphics.
>>344706181
Those are fixed camera angles. It's basically a portrait you can walk through.
>>344706181
Fixed camera with pre-rendered back grounds, as opposed to a free camera with real time rendered background? Why don't you shitpost about it?
>>344706484
the screenshots do it enough justice ;)
SH1 isnt even playable by todays standards. Mario 64 looks better
>>344706798
>complaining about screenshots from an emulator
Are you even trying anymore?
>>344706902
Spoiler alert: the emulator makes it look better.
If you knew shit about shit you'd know that
>>344707013
>implying you can play SH on an emulator with a bunch of glitches
Is this really the best you can do?
>YFW these plays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OkmMqkeJ6U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY92NAdGaR4
>>344707121
there are no glitches on the emulator, fuckface. You're using ePSXe 1.7+, right?
>>344696920
I think the reason why it's infamous is because its the first proper puzzle in the game imo. Its not too far in so people can get up to it and give up on the game without feeling like they've wasted a lot of time
How many people have played Silent Hill and have not gone into the police station?
Superior PS1 horror game coming through.
>>344710296
Nigga that game is so god damn hard
>>344709381
I loved when I stumbled in there on a second play through. It explained a lot and I totally missed it first time.
>>344710296
never heard of it.
and that says a lot, cause I've played a lot of retro games
>The hospital elevator
A fucking button shouldn't worry me as much as it does.
>>344710296
>Edgelord: The Game
Muh Growing Pains
>>344710386
As far as resource management sometimes feeling like you just need to know in advance what pills you need to pick up or leave behind, I'll agree. Everything else you should have no problem with if you can get through early resident evil or silents hill
>>344710983
I haven't played it in like 13 years and all I remember is I couldn't get the stuff that kept me alive and I stopped when I got to the freaks in bandages
>>344690896
Be scared until you get the sledgehammer and it stops being scary because it beats nurses in one hit.
>>344694441
Can we all agree that puzzle where you had to count the limbs was harder?
>>344710296
>That part when the pc almost gets molested by the church beggar dude
