Penumbra VS Silent Hill 1 & 2?

[Heresiarch]

Hi folx, I'm a pussy who love the SH series because they managed to make me piss screaming in fear due to all the horrors they brought. I've heard that another brilliant horror game series the Codex adore are the Penumbra series. How scary are they? Should I get them and prepare some diapers to cover my coward ass?

 

[Dumb Bitch]

Dunno about 1, but SH2 definitely was not scary. Only creepy.

 

[ghostdog]

Penumbra is ok, but there is no comparison IMO. Anyway, the fact that you were piss screaming in fear with SH really tells you're a pussy, since these games don't have many sudden/cheap scares, they mostly rely on psychological fear. So yeah, I'm sure you'll also need some diapers handy.

 

[denizsi]

SH1 > everything else

The sequels were too mainstream/Hollywood-influenced for their own good.

 

[sqeecoo]

Also try Pathologic. Very disturbing and weird game.

 

[Cleveland Mark Blakemore]

I liked Pathologic. I thought it was a deep, immersive game. The problem was that nothing much ever really seemed to happen after a while. Maybe I just didn't play long enough.

 

[Dionysus]

Silent Hill has better storytelling, which is something that I normally wouldn't even note about a videogame. It's unique for a videogame and reminds me of David Lynch.

Penumbra's storytelling is less interesting, but the atmosphere is good. The first Penumbra was lame because it was too easy to kill the enemies. The second episode was great, and probably features the best gameplay of any of these games.

 

[RaXz]

I get more scares and horrors from the Silent Hunter series..

 

[Darth Roxor]

To put it simply: Silent Hill sucks, while Penumbra doesn't

 

[Admiral jimbob]

Silent Hill 2 is a wonderful game. I loved the first hour or so of Penumbra, but quickly realised that I wasn't going to be encountering anything actually frightening in that episode at least. From there on, it was just a convoluted little jaunt through some interestingly-designed puzzles. Is the second one better?

 

[Multidirectional]

Silent Hill has better storytelling, which is something that I normally wouldn't even note about a videogame. It's unique for a videogame and reminds me of David Lynch.

Exactly why I love SH games, especially SH2, I'm a huge David Lynch fan. There's nothing else in the movie industry that would give me that weird dream-like feeling Lynch does, so it's even more impressive to me that video game managed to achieve that, at least partially.
I remember first time completing SH2 and being emotionally touched by it while also being surprised about it. Up until then, no other game stayed with me after I finished it.

 

[mountain hare]

Silent Hill has better storytelling, which is something that I normally wouldn't even note about a videogame. It's unique for a videogame and reminds me of David Lynch.

Exactly why I love SH games, especially SH2, I'm a huge David Lynch fan. There's nothing else in the movie industry that would give me that weird dream-like feeling Lynch does, so it's even more impressive to me that video game managed to achieve that, at least partially.
I remember first time completing SH2 and being emotionally touched by it while also being surprised about it. Up until then, no other game stayed with me after I finished it.

Word. Angela at the staircase, James watching the tape, Mary reading the letter. Silent Hill 2 may not have the 'fear factor' SH1 did, but it really did hit home hard.