

That nuance wasn’t entirely possible with the PS2, but it was to the game’s benefit.

It isn’t a realistic white mist casting a semitransparent veil over the town.

To this day, there really isn’t a video game that feels as unsettling as Silent Hill 2 - and much of that can be chalked up to the limitations of the era. The narrative is unnerving enough on its own, especially thanks to the psychologically harrowing direction it takes in its later moments, but much of its horror comes from its atmosphere. James soon discovers that the town is overrun with monsters, including creepy nurses and the iconic Pyramid Head. She summons him to the town of Silent Hill in rural Maine, where it’s a little too foggy for comfort. Silent Hill 2 tells the story of James Sunderland, a man in search of answers after receiving a letter from his wife - which is weird since she died three years earlier.
