I realize mine is not a popular opinion, but I think the Silent Hill series is the weakest of the more popular survival horror games. I love all the Fatal Frame games, and most of the Clocktower and Resident Evil games, but something about Silent Hill, to me, was a promise unkept. It was rich in atmosphere and very little else. Quite a bit of pounding these mutant creatures to a pulp with a plank too. Sure, there are clues and inventory and you need to work out a story, but it all seemed so secondary to the "chilly atmosphere" generated, which eventually wore off. In my opinion it lacks substance.

Its been 6 years since I played SH1, so when I played SH2 thoroughly it certainly gave me chills all over my body again. That's pretty rare these days. I enjoyed playing this game. The graphics are a whole lot better than the first SH game. Everything else was the same. I do have two complaints. One; to me the game felt kinda short, Two; Konami should have added a choice of choosing Widescreen or Standard screen(like RE4). I had to modified my Widescreen TV to get the images just right or the pictures would look distorted. Besides that, I like everything about this game.

This is the best Silent Hill, as to yet. I have played them ALL, the first one with "bad" graphics (I personally think they should remake the game with better graphics, so people can enjoy it more), The third one with the girl and the ROOM. But Silent Hill 2 just has the right amount of horror and twist and images and puzzles, that makes it the BEST (for me) of the series !!!

"If you haven't played SH1 does not matter, they are different stories."

I begin playing survival horror games like 4 months ago, because my cousins let them to me. They gave me Resident Evil 1 and 2 and Silent Hill 1. I began playing Resident Evil beacause i think it was better, but rapidly it began borring me, so I began playing SH1. Since the first time I played it I didn't stop. It was the best survival horror I ever played. It scared me on some times. But I finish it, I was so happy and I replayed it like 2 more times.

After finish it I bought Silent Hill 2, it was fantastic, the improvement on sound and graphics were so cool. I love it since the first time. I already finish it, so I am expecting to buy Silent Hill 3.

This is an awesome game, and this is a really, a really must buy survival horror game. Excellent!!!

i had to make sure i was reviewing the right silent hill because i can't believe how much people like this game. i did like the first silent hill on playstation, years ago. then i tried silent hill 3 for PC and the camera system was so awful i just couldn't stand it. so i gave this one a try and it's just... boring! you walk around, see some monsters, kill them.. blah.. shooting them isn't very fun. gee, if i want to kill monsters, why wouldn't i just go play doom 3? it's dark. it's scary. it uses guns in a far better manner. so that means the only reason to play silent hill is to learn the story? then why not just go read a good book or watch a movie? or maybe walking around a town is fun.. but hey, i can put on my sneakers and walk around town!