Greenwald, Andy (October 2001). "Digital: The Haunting". Spin. Vol.17, no.10. New York. p.64. ISSN 0886-3032. OCLC 12872607. As the story progresses and you delve into the mystery, the game's genius becomes clear: It's genuinely scary because it's so restrained[...] Haynes, Jeff (April 23, 2007). "Silent Hill Origins Impressions and Interview". IGN. Archived from the original on October 6, 2010 . Retrieved April 13, 2010. a b c d e f g h "IGN Xbox Interviews Silent Hill 2 Producer Akihiro Imamura". IGN. March 28, 2001. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011 . Retrieved February 4, 2012. Silent Hill 2 [b] is a 2001 survival horror game developed by Team Silent, a group in Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, and published by Konami. The game was released from September to November, originally for the PlayStation 2. The second installment in the Silent Hill series, Silent Hill 2 centres on James Sunderland, a widower who journeys to the town of Silent Hill after receiving a letter from his dead wife informing him that she is waiting there for him. An extended version containing an extra bonus scenario, Born from a Wish, and other additions was published for Xbox in December of the same year. 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. A remastered high-definition version was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2012 as part of the Silent Hill HD Collection. The Best Videogame Stories Ever". GamesRadar. April 21, 2008. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011 . Retrieved July 16, 2010.

The first installment in the series, Silent Hill, received a positive response from critics on its release and was commercially successful. It is considered a defining title in the survival horror genre, moving away from B movie horror elements toward a psychological style of horror emphasizing atmosphere. [2]

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Plunkett, Luke (March 20, 2009). "PAL PlayStation Store Update: Silent Hill!". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011 . Retrieved December 25, 2010. Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo (September 24, 2001). Silent Hill 2. Konami. Scene: Staff credits. A film adaptation of the first game in the series, Silent Hill, was released in 2006. It was adapted and directed by French film director, producer and writer Christophe Gans. Gans himself is a big fan of the Silent Hill game series. A second film adaptation, titled Silent Hill: Revelation written and directed by M. J. Bassett and based on Silent Hill 3, [151] was released in 2012. Christophe Gans expressed an interest in making a third film in a 2020 interview, stating that a script is being developed centred on puritanism. [152] In October 2022, a sequel to the first film was announced to be in early development, referred to as Return to Silent Hill, with Gans returning to direct and the film being based on Silent Hill 2. [153] In popular culture [ edit ]

The hometown of horror novelist Stephen King, who based many of his novels' fictional Maine towns upon it. His novel Carrie and his short stories " The Mist" and " 1408" are among his known influences on the series of Silent Hill. Bedigian, Louis (April 11, 2006). "Silent Hill Experience Review - PSP". GameZone. Archived from the original on November 30, 2007 . Retrieved June 13, 2010. Silent Hill Ending Analysis". Silent Hill 3 公式完全攻略ガイド/失われた記憶 サイレントヒル・クロニクル[ Silent Hill 3 Official Strategy Guide / Lost Memories: Silent Hill Chronicle] (in Japanese). NTT Publishing Co., Ltd. July 31, 2003. pp.28–29. ISBN 4-7571-8145-0. Wiz, Tha (December 18, 2003). "Silent Hill 3 Review – PC". GameZone. GameZone Online. Archived from the original on September 20, 2008 . Retrieved August 30, 2008. Main article: List of Silent Hill series characters Recurring elements [ edit ] Plot traits and symbolism [ edit ]

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Tyler Fischer (January 31, 2020). "New Silent Hill Movie Announced". comicbook.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2020 . Retrieved February 9, 2020. The series' player characters experience an occasional dark alteration of reality called the "Otherworld". [55] In that reality, physical law often does not apply, [56] with varying forms but most frequently ones whose physical appearance is based on that of Silent Hill, and the series' characters experience delusions and encounter tangible symbols of elements from their unconscious minds, mental states, and innermost thoughts when present in it, [56] [57] manifested into the real world. The origin of these manifestations is a malevolent power native to Silent Hill, which materializes human thoughts; this force was formerly non-evil, but was corrupted by the occurrence of certain events in the area. [56] Andrew Reiner (November 26, 2014). "The Top 25 Horror Games Of All Time". Game Informer. Game Informer. Archived from the original on August 18, 2015 . Retrieved July 27, 2015. Meet the Characters and Monsters of Silent Hill 2". IGN. August 15, 2001. Archived from the original on December 24, 2007 . Retrieved August 8, 2007. Items". Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (Instruction manual). North America: Konami Digital Entertainment. December 8, 2009. p.10.Silent Hill: The Arcade". IGN. IGN Entertainment, Inc. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012 . Retrieved December 1, 2011. Silent Hill: The Grinning Man Comics". IGN. IGN Entertainment, Inc. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012 . Retrieved December 31, 2011.