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Silent Hill 2: The Game with a Sinister Storyline

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Silent Hill 2 isn’t just a game that you play; it is something that you suffer through from the start until the very end. You go through a gradual layer of psychological horror and with each passing moment, you feel as though you are hovering between a dream and a nightmare. It was released in 2001, and to say the least, it was ambitious for its time. SH2 places a great focus on dread, this is why the story and the atmosphere are top while combat is relegated to a supporting role. Some may think that is exactly where the flaw lies, however, most fans of the genre are ok with the way it goes, and let us not forget that we're talking of a (remake of a) game that was published a long time ago, for a different generation of players. You’re not some action hero or a brute soldier; you are James Sunderland, a normal man with grief and a rather ambiguous letter from his dead wife.  The Fog The main character of Silent Hill If there is one thing neglecting S...