Mount the ISOs of 2 & 3, and then run their installers like always.
DON'T use W10's own virtual disc app! It will not work.
Don't install under C:Program Files ! This will cause issues.
For SH2, just download Enhanced Edition's installer, and run it. It's that simple!
The "Enhanced .EXE" is also the no-CD crack.
For SH3 & 4, check the Guide or PC Gaming Wiki.
The SH1 is a PS1 rip that you gotta emulate.
I recommend the DuckStation, but most emulators work OK as well.
>Protips
-Play in the release order.
-Start with Normal difficulty! Don't do hard on 1st run (espec. SH2).
-Replaying them all is recommended; tons of replay value.
-Turn down the ingame Brightness setting, for better gamma & colors!
-Don't try to kill everything that moves, especially outdoors. Leg it, or sneak!
-Turning OFF the flashlight can really help w/ stealth!
The list is bullshit. The only game that shouldn't emulated is SH2 because the EE mod is fantastic. Everything else runs better if emulated with PCSX2 (especially since the duckstation guy is working on PCSX2).
Sorry, but you're dead wrong.
The PC port of SH3 is fricking amazing, and all the issues with 4 were fixed years ago as well.
Piss2 emulation still lags behind, is not even an option for people with cheap ass netbooks, and generally provides no benefits, only downsides compared to native PC games.
2 is massively overrated, has aged badly, permanently changed the perception of the series for the worse (dude therapy town lmao), and was mostly propped up by insecure "games are art too!"gays who thought it lent the medium more intellectual cred with "cinephile"gays because the plot borrowed some elements of surrealist arthouse films. The bulk of the game is a slog to get through and the emotional resonance of the story is carried by Mary's monologue at the end.
I don't get why people like 3 so much, I found everything about it so bland, the only good part is the first 25 minutes or so, the dream and the early mall part.
There are old games (20-30 years) that you can still play because they are aged good. Gameplay and visual wise. And then there are games which are aged horrible.
Sure. If you want to play Wizardry 1 play you have to play Wizardry I-II-III: Story of Llylgamyn. The SNES version aged pretty good and is a must have if you like the genre.
If you pretend ng+ Heather becoming princess heart in the bathroom at the start of the game and alien ending is cannon sh3 is maybe the 2nd or third best sh but, its not so I agree with you
>remake
Devs scammed Konami into thinking they're remaking the first game while actually making their own horseshit and then sprinkling wee bit of SH over it.
>Should I play a Silent Hill game?
Yes. Starting with the first one.
t. played them when they first came out, in release order. I was 11 when SH1 dropped, and yeah, it terrified me.
Yet I pushed forward and beat it and the sequels. Many times the following years.
Good stories, amazing OSTs and atmosphere, tons and tons of replay value. Enough lore and symbolism to dissect and talk about for decades to come.
I dunno man, you do you. I think you should because they're fantastic games with great horror. But if horror scares you that much, then maybe it's not a good idea.
SH2 isn't even really scary most of the time, just eerie. Like the feeling of wandering around outside in the early hours of the morning when no one is around. There are moments that fill you with dread in the sense that you feel you've gone too far after taking a wrong turn and it's too late to turn back. Honestly it's probably a better experience to play these games if you're easily scared cause it'll have more of an impact on you.
It's crazy how desperate 90% of Ganker users are to be contrarian and different when it's an anonymous platform. You literally cannot gain clout here but that doesn't stop you guys. Silent Hill 2 was one of Gankers babies, then the remake and random video essayists put new attention to it so now SH2 is atrocious ancient hippy libby shit. The timeless unchanging story of Ganker.
I decided to replay the series for the first time in what, 20 years? after the remake news and 2 ended up the weakest of them despite all the bullshit in 3 and 4, simple as that. In hindsight, people holding 2 as some sort of holy grail is rather weird.
2 > 3 > 1 > Origins > HC > 4 > DP > didn't play rest
4 is awful compared to the first three and I don't get why this place is so contrarian with the majority claiming it to be the last good SH.
I don't think I could actually rank the first 3 games. They all have something unique about them with their own strengths and weaknesses. I simply love all 3.
2>1>HC>4>3
But 4 ruins itself by making you suddenly replay all the areas you've been instead of constantly explore.
Only play 3 until you get tl he train station. Eg the shopping centre. Or just watch the intro or the preview.where she sits in the diner is as good as it gets and inslires a better game rhat never was.
Edit HCs ini so it says 60fps
j steadof 30.
Play 2, 3 & 4 in pc at 320x240 with 1024x1024 textures. Pixelated it all belends in.
HC is good untilit tries toexplain the town. Also you will probably get stuck in he fraveyard. Oh well.
2 is the only one you NEED to play. It is in everyone that has played jt's top ten if not #1.
NeV play remasters, hd etc. Only the originals. DP is too shit to mention. Don't play it.
Would SH1 be as beloved if it was a PS2 game? I feel like it heavily relies on the PS1 horror aesthetic but may not have been able to stand on its own as well if it had SH2's graphics.
SH2 is a significantly worse proper video game than SH1 that is ironically propped up by its art direction and story. Yes, SH1 would still be beloved if it looked like the PS2 games. Hell, I'd love to see a remake of SH1 that keeps everything the same but polishes the visuals up to SH3's standards.
3 had the best art style for all silent hills
it's realistic enough to be believable, but still 'off' like you're looking an old photograph, or looking at something through a dusty window
even 4 has some really nice areas where the graphic age really comes together, but the aesthetic is kind of off
3 > 1 > 2 > 4 > Origins > HC > DP > SM
Yeah pretty much
Made by a group of people who only played sh2
Absolutely based. I also disliked the crappy walking simulator/adventure that Shattered Memories was.
I’d say 4=0, tho
shattered memories had a good story you pleb
SH1 > 2 > 3 > 4 > SM > Play Novel > > > rest of the shit out there.
Here's the SH PC guide + DL links:
SH1 NTSC DDL:
https://mega.nz/#!bVUCTJzD!PmnPw4S7fWGyvTjw9S0-RQdk7rRp2BQNuXJqRkZCZvk
SH2 DDL:
https://mega.nz/#!rFcj1SIJ!47JH9M4OrzmQKuaiJ6IqUgmgz_SVNtk4LIYNSa-D-_8
SH2 torrent:
https://mega.nz/#!bYcEnbhC!rYnhvcJiRC46T6yExS0Y61JHZ-5N3WxFvfZMI8xbyhE
>SH2:EE project's home page:
http://www.enhanced.townofsilenthill.com/SH2/
>SH2 Audio Replacement mod (optional):
https://github.com/elishacloud/dxwrapper/issues/6#issuecomment-402207990
SH3 DDL:
https://mega.nz/#!2JNkgJ7b!nfPf5cIs6I5K-sdAs7RcnHvGA2hAvIGdpQuIoBhF3iE
SH3 torrent:
https://mega.nz/#!GVVGRLpD!SyklVbuLIkc38ZYji5QL3sWHKtHt9-Bto700My8pH7c
SH4 DDL:
https://mega.nz/#!Us1XTaII!cglH0dZOaH5yQEm4cnEh3eyUz4bIf6rACQqcVzkb4Hc
Mount the ISOs of 2 & 3, and then run their installers like always.
DON'T use W10's own virtual disc app! It will not work.
Don't install under C:Program Files ! This will cause issues.
For SH2, just download Enhanced Edition's installer, and run it. It's that simple!
The "Enhanced .EXE" is also the no-CD crack.
For SH3 & 4, check the Guide or PC Gaming Wiki.
The SH1 is a PS1 rip that you gotta emulate.
I recommend the DuckStation, but most emulators work OK as well.
>Protips
-Play in the release order.
-Start with Normal difficulty! Don't do hard on 1st run (espec. SH2).
-Replaying them all is recommended; tons of replay value.
-Turn down the ingame Brightness setting, for better gamma & colors!
-Don't try to kill everything that moves, especially outdoors. Leg it, or sneak!
-Turning OFF the flashlight can really help w/ stealth!
The list is bullshit. The only game that shouldn't emulated is SH2 because the EE mod is fantastic. Everything else runs better if emulated with PCSX2 (especially since the duckstation guy is working on PCSX2).
i played 3 on PC whats the difference.
Sorry, but you're dead wrong.
The PC port of SH3 is fricking amazing, and all the issues with 4 were fixed years ago as well.
Piss2 emulation still lags behind, is not even an option for people with cheap ass netbooks, and generally provides no benefits, only downsides compared to native PC games.
I have a better plan
>buy ps3
>hack it
>play the whole franchise up to pt with just one click
2 > 1 > 3 > who gives a shit.
Eileen shaving
>it’s this autistic freak again
This place is full of those anon, don't bother complaining it's a losing war
>1920x1080
it's this imposter again
I'm pretty sure it's the original webm
God Heather is so fricking hot I need her bros
>shaving on the bed
godamn nasty b***h
>obligatory eileen shaving post whenever silent hill is mentioned
who the frick wears shoes inside
americans
americans
americans, they also put their shoes in the fridge
no we don't, we put them in the freezer
The fridge is a better place for shoes than for ketchup
when i was a kid i put my socks in the freezer thinking i was a genius in the summer....
You dont put your shoes in the freezer?
What went wrong?
>"WE TOTALLY GET WHAT SH IS ALL ABOUT, DOOD!! :D"
t. gays who only watched The Movie.
it was made by americans who probably only watched the movie instead of degen japanese still brain damaged by the atomic fallout of nukes
2 1 4 3
1 > 4 > 3 > 2
what george plots are even like that
the only one i can think of is the dominatrix who chains him to her bed then ditches him
jerry mainly gets into strange or whimsical situations while the george plot usually involves some kind of ill conceived plan going horrifyingly wrong
2 is massively overrated, has aged badly, permanently changed the perception of the series for the worse (dude therapy town lmao), and was mostly propped up by insecure "games are art too!"gays who thought it lent the medium more intellectual cred with "cinephile"gays because the plot borrowed some elements of surrealist arthouse films. The bulk of the game is a slog to get through and the emotional resonance of the story is carried by Mary's monologue at the end.
3 is the apex of the series.
>3 is the apex of the series
Whole series already peaked with the first game, nothing comes close to it.
OG 4,2,3,1
dumb fun side beef. shsm, shhc,
All the others dont matter
Oh SHorgins was cool side beef as well.
I don't get why people like 3 so much, I found everything about it so bland, the only good part is the first 25 minutes or so, the dream and the early mall part.
They want to have sex with heather
Because Silent Hill 3 is aged better than 2.
>Making up moronic contrarian memes for a game that's actually good
For what purpose
I don't really understand this argument, a game stands on its own, it doesn't age good or bad, it's literally still in time.
There are old games (20-30 years) that you can still play because they are aged good. Gameplay and visual wise. And then there are games which are aged horrible.
Would you say this aged good or bad
Sure. If you want to play Wizardry 1 play you have to play Wizardry I-II-III: Story of Llylgamyn. The SNES version aged pretty good and is a must have if you like the genre.
Its just contraritroony buzzword babble.
If you pretend ng+ Heather becoming princess heart in the bathroom at the start of the game and alien ending is cannon sh3 is maybe the 2nd or third best sh but, its not so I agree with you
The grafix are really pretty and Heather is a qt. There's not really anything that stands out as terrible. And it has the best sound design.
I don't get it
Usually George ends up suffering in a hell of his own making, much like the SH protagonists.
what did henry do?
Henry is an outlier and should not be counted.
I only ever played shattered memories but that game was still pretty great, iirc its a remake of silent hill one?
It's not a remake it's an alternate retelling but it doesn't play or look like 1 at all
>remake
Devs scammed Konami into thinking they're remaking the first game while actually making their own horseshit and then sprinkling wee bit of SH over it.
Shattered memories, even though it's not even all that scary, is the only horror game that ever gave me a nightmare, and i love it for that.
Silent hill origins would have been 1000 times better if it focused more on Travis and his alternate personality struggling for dominance.
This would be way funnier if it was just an unedited screenshot of the game
Someone please fix it
I'm a pussy who gets easily scared by movies and video games, and who has nightmares for the following week after experiencing something scary.
Should I play a Silent Hill game?
They're not really horror and the monster design is silly.
its more of a psychological horror than like in your face horror like resident evil used to be. it'll prolly frick you up for a while so yea play it
I have vague memories of a SH on PS2 at a friend's house, and there was a giant worm in toilets or something.
It looked really cool and scary, so I might play them.
>Should I play a Silent Hill game?
Yes. Starting with the first one.
t. played them when they first came out, in release order. I was 11 when SH1 dropped, and yeah, it terrified me.
Yet I pushed forward and beat it and the sequels. Many times the following years.
Good stories, amazing OSTs and atmosphere, tons and tons of replay value. Enough lore and symbolism to dissect and talk about for decades to come.
I dunno man, you do you. I think you should because they're fantastic games with great horror. But if horror scares you that much, then maybe it's not a good idea.
SH2 isn't even really scary most of the time, just eerie. Like the feeling of wandering around outside in the early hours of the morning when no one is around. There are moments that fill you with dread in the sense that you feel you've gone too far after taking a wrong turn and it's too late to turn back. Honestly it's probably a better experience to play these games if you're easily scared cause it'll have more of an impact on you.
SH 3 > 2 > SM > 1
I haven't played 4.
It's crazy how desperate 90% of Ganker users are to be contrarian and different when it's an anonymous platform. You literally cannot gain clout here but that doesn't stop you guys. Silent Hill 2 was one of Gankers babies, then the remake and random video essayists put new attention to it so now SH2 is atrocious ancient hippy libby shit. The timeless unchanging story of Ganker.
I decided to replay the series for the first time in what, 20 years? after the remake news and 2 ended up the weakest of them despite all the bullshit in 3 and 4, simple as that. In hindsight, people holding 2 as some sort of holy grail is rather weird.
No you didn't newbie
Shut the frick up, Black person.
SH1 will always be the best SH to me.
EE seems like a buggy mess for me. Audio ends up fricking up.
If you're having audio trouble, you haven't installed the EE mod correctly. Or at all.
PT/Silent Hills would have had absolutely nothing to do with Silent Hill and I'm glad it got canceled.
It absolutely wouldn't have, but it still woulda been fun. There were a lot of great horror ideas in PT.
only played first 3 so out of them it's
gameplay 3>1>2
story 2>3>1
2 > 3 > 4 > 1 > The rest don't exist
2 > 3 > 1 > Origins > HC > 4 > DP > didn't play rest
4 is awful compared to the first three and I don't get why this place is so contrarian with the majority claiming it to be the last good SH.
I think the only contrarian here is (You), my friend.
Saying origins and hc are good is way more contrarian than putting 4 above them
2 > 4 > 1 > 3. The rest are so garbage they don't deserve a ranking.
1 > 2 > 3 > 4
That being said, I like 1 and 3 an infinitely small amount more than 2 because Harry and Heather are the best.
I don't think I could actually rank the first 3 games. They all have something unique about them with their own strengths and weaknesses. I simply love all 3.
2>1>HC>4>3
But 4 ruins itself by making you suddenly replay all the areas you've been instead of constantly explore.
Only play 3 until you get tl he train station. Eg the shopping centre. Or just watch the intro or the preview.where she sits in the diner is as good as it gets and inslires a better game rhat never was.
Edit HCs ini so it says 60fps
j steadof 30.
Play 2, 3 & 4 in pc at 320x240 with 1024x1024 textures. Pixelated it all belends in.
HC is good untilit tries toexplain the town. Also you will probably get stuck in he fraveyard. Oh well.
2 is the only one you NEED to play. It is in everyone that has played jt's top ten if not #1.
NeV play remasters, hd etc. Only the originals. DP is too shit to mention. Don't play it.
>HC is good
Shutup Black person. It is. I am sorry that you are an nva asiatic.
HC is never good, it is playable and not worth finishing because all the endings are trash.
It has a fitting ending. The one I got anyway.
the one with the aliens?
No. But they probably all have moronic endings if you play them wrong.
Probably the one that straps you to a chair and turns you into a fricking Red Pyramid Thing
not him but I got the aliens ending on my first playthrough and never touched the game again
Would SH1 be as beloved if it was a PS2 game? I feel like it heavily relies on the PS1 horror aesthetic but may not have been able to stand on its own as well if it had SH2's graphics.
>PS1 horror aesthetic
zoomer detected
SH2 is a significantly worse proper video game than SH1 that is ironically propped up by its art direction and story. Yes, SH1 would still be beloved if it looked like the PS2 games. Hell, I'd love to see a remake of SH1 that keeps everything the same but polishes the visuals up to SH3's standards.
1 > 3 > 2 > 4 = 0 > HC > SM > DP
3 had the best art style for all silent hills
it's realistic enough to be believable, but still 'off' like you're looking an old photograph, or looking at something through a dusty window
even 4 has some really nice areas where the graphic age really comes together, but the aesthetic is kind of off
BLUE SKY TO FOREVER
THE GREEN GRASS BLOWS IN THE WIND, DANCING
IT WOULD BE A MUCH BETTER SIGHT
WITH YOU
WITH ME
4>2>1>3>SM>DP>HM>Origins
4's got the best OST, I'll give it that. Tender Sugar might just be my all time favorite vidya song.
I thoroughly enjoyed them all but never played origins. I actually really liked downpour but to rank it would be 1>2=3>all others are 9.5’s.