Well maybe not pizza (or millions), but that doesn't matter! What matters is the game and why I spent too many late nights and sunny days inside playing it; why even now after ten years I still swear with frustration and fear playing the original, and still get excited about the promise of an eighth installment.
The answer is simple - I love Silent Hill. It is in no way a perfect game series...
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...but it changed the face of the survival games genre, created iconic scenes, creatures and settings and still sets the standards for horror in games to date.
I fell in love with the game when the demo was making its waves back in the late nighties, I couldn't wait for the game to come out (or to be old enough) to get it! It had everything - an eerie soundtrack, nightmarish creatures, a hero with a mission, a classic creepy plot and most of all the iconic setting.
Don't forget the fog! and the monsters..
I wasn't disappointed. Every new game in the series added something new for me to chew on, from sexual undertones, references to classic horror movies and creatures that made me throw my controller in rage and gasp in fright. Even after ten years I still get a chill up my spine on foggy days..., that's because the game gets rooted inside you, it feels as familiar as a haunting fairytale yet it still surprises you. Every time I play through the series again I spot something I haven't noticed before or a hint towards a new twist, and then spent far too much time researching theories on the internet.
But the time has come for me to research and review the games and hopefully share with you why the games are important to me and hopefully encourage you to pick them up, get a bag of millions sit back and enjoy.
Millions the god of horror snacks
