He comes to realize that Pyramid Head was created because he needed someone to punish him, and all the monsters are manifestations of his psyche. Indeed, there's a faint background crackle, but I think I would have been disappointed if it hadn't been there. During release, it was widely praised for its psychological horror story, use of symbolism and taboo topics, overall atmosphere, graphics, monster designs, soundtrack and sound design. IGN 's Doug Perry wrote: "It's frightening, deep, clever, and tries to improve the genre, if just a little, and in the end, that's all I really want in a survival horror game. One major example of this manifestation of guilt is "Pyramid Head", a tall, masculine, faceless humanoid figure, whose head is concealed by a large pyramid-shaped helmet that is made of rusted iron.

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No other details have been released on when or what to expect from the release but we can finally rejoice in knowing the original soundtrack isn't the only soundtrack to have the vinyl treatment. Not sure if this one being on 140g instead of 180g has anything to do with it (doubtful), but it sounds WAY more solid. Maybe a static thing or a dust thing, they did came out a bit dusty, I used a soft brush and that's all (I'm new to this vinyl thing - 4 months - and have yet to spend some money on a wet cleaning device or something else).Producer Akihiro Imamura stated that the decision was also influenced by "a wish from the business section that we move rapidly on the PS2.

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I don't believe in coincidences, so I'm starting to think production of this variant was rushed, and the first LP's just never received smoke treatment (or whatever they're using to get the rust effect) across the board for the entire batch, and that all 500 copies are wrong. At the hotel, James locates a videotape which depicts him euthanising his dying wife by smothering her with a pillow. For example, as a monster approaches the player character, its shadow cast on the wall by the flashlight grows. The story was conceived by CGI director Takayoshi Sato, who based it on Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment (1866), with individual members of the team collaborating on the actual scenario.

Even so Im thankful for the effort they put in, so dont get me wrong, this is a Silent Hill worthy release, just a few, but major steps short of greatness. The voice acting garnered mixed responses from reviewers divided over whether it was well done with an improved script, [6] or hampered by the script. Fermata in the Mistic Air is one of the the most haunting pieces I’ve heard, and goes very well with that scene in the game. The soundtrack and sound effects were considered by reviewers to be effective in creating suspense, [6] [7] [72] though Thompson considered them sometimes "a bit forced and contrived". In his review of the game he commented, "Silent Hill 2 is the game I replay every now and again to remind myself that for all the shiny brown, quick-time event, RPG element space marines, gaming is still worth defending", and that "It's a fascinating voyage of pain and despair that leaves you emotionally drained and satisfied.

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As the developers already had a rough sense of the game's environment, they focused on its plot first, in contrast to the process used with the first game. In 2002, it was ported to Microsoft Windows and re-released for the PlayStation 2 as a Greatest Hits version, which includes all bonus content from the Xbox port. note 1] [13] The concept behind the town was "a small, rural town in America"; to make the setting more realistic, some buildings and rooms lack furnishings. Masahiro Ito designed the monsters in Silent Hill 2; "soured flesh" was the concept behind their appearance. This can be seen prominently with James, who experiences a version of the town influenced by his guilt and delusions for the majority of the game.On the other hand, Thompson felt that the grainy image effects and dense fog hid the details of the environment, [72] while Fielder wrote that the exterior environments "rarely push the PlayStation 2's graphical capabilities".