What Goes on in that Place Called Silent Hill
Recently, I've been going through the first four Silent Hill games and as I am almost done with the fourth entry, I thought that I should talk a bit about them. For this piece, I kind of just want to talk about my experience with the games. It is no mistake to call Silent Hill 2 the cream of the crop that rises to the top. The story of James Sunderland and his delusions of guilt and grief is told masterfully in the space of this game. From Maria to Laura, the cast is rounded out to one of the best that I have dealt with across games. Whereas Silent Hill 1 built the foundation for unhinged personalities to dwell, it is the second and third entries that really elevated the series as a whole for me. While there are many great elements to gush about in Silent Hill 2, the character that I liked the most was Angela. A young woman looking for her mother in Silent Hill. Meeting her in the foggy cemetery with no one else in sight was unsettling, but her attitude made you feel less tense.