I just finished Silent Hill 2 (2024) and I see why people say it's scary
For context I've never played any Silent Hill game before and was very averse to horror in general but after a recent binge through a bunch of titles I really enjoyed the genre.
That was, until I opened this game.
What I used to consider scary did not do this game justice; from the start until the finish my heart rate was so high that I should've probably called my cardiologist.
While I did find Resident Evil 7 scary, it was a sort of "rational" fear, y'know with the people trying to kill you and all. But Silent Hill 2 just made me feel... off. I heard someone call it "exhausting" and that basically captures it—aside from the puzzles being nightmares the constant noise of the soundtrack, the visuals, the enemies, the fact that I don't play as a 49 year old with a one hit delete gun just made it so fucking... scary. Like, I didn't want to leave my room until it was light out again and couldn't sleep right after.
So uhm... yeah. That was just an eye-opener for me since most of what I consumed in terms of horror was watching playthroughs and Let's Plays, playing what some people (now including me) consider to be one of the scariest games of all time maybe wasn't the best idea as my first "real" horror game. The weird thing is I'm trying to find the next hit of horror-dopamine, so I guess this is me asking for recommendations?