Silent Hill 2

Reviewed by:
Alex Porter

Hands-down the creepiest video game ever, Silent Hill 2 makes horror über-franchise Resident Evil look like Casper the Friendly Ghost. You, cast as a poor schlub called to action by a letter from your dearly departed wife (who apparently won’t let a little thing like death stop her from collecting child support), are asked to explore a depressed seaside hamlet with all the charm of Atlantic City on a Mad Dog hangover, creeping through blood-smeared corridors and bludgeoning subhumanoids into a bloody pulp, all to a soothing soundtrack of radio static and hissing pipes. If the grainy, David Lynch ambiance doesn’t make your nads retract in terror, the four-legged headless guys in combat boots and leather thongs certainly will. Sweet dreams.

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