#Silent hill 2 pc or xbox movie
#Silent hill 2 pc or xbox series

While the original T-rex terror was in thrall to Resident Evil, DC3 blasted the series to space вЂ“ no, really вЂ“ subsequently making the cult franchise extinct. That same year, two very different horror titles hit Xbox, in Dino Crisis 3 and Fatal Frame. Brutal yet brilliant, the ghastly antics of James Earl Cash toy with the notion of violence and voyeurism Brian Cox's director taking almost erotic pleasure in Cash's murderous cat-and- mouse clashes against gangs of thugs as he hisses instructions through a mic. Taking a short break between GTA titles, Rockstar made Manhunt in 2003: a gruesome interactive snuff flick that remains hugely unpleasant.

The twilight years of the original Xbox produced a number of horror titles spanning the entire spooky spectrum. Were they really themselves? Did they just give you a funny look? Were they in actuality a scuttling alien parasite who'd taken the form of one of your permanently parka-covered pals? Sowing seeds of terrifying doubt, this paranoia-laced horror captured its movie's chilling spirit long before Creative Assembly nailed the mood of Ripley's universe in Alien: Isolation. Coming two decades after John Carpenter's body-morphing horror hit, Konami's tardy tie-in The Thing delivered frostbite frights as it made you question the every move of your AI squadmates.

#Silent hill 2 pc or xbox movie

These early days of Xbox horror also featured one of the most pleasantly surprising movie spin-offs to ever surface. It's just a pity the series has skulked into the shadows in the intervening years, with its last proper appearance on Xbox coming with 2012's crummy Silent Hill: Downpour. The Japanese publisher had an instant classic on its hands. Telling the story of the emotionally distraught James Sunderland, it dealt with themes of guilt, grief and sexual violence in a way few games have the guts to address even now. Whereas Resi was all silly lines and obvious 'gotcha!' scares, Silent Hill 2 was more insidiously upsetting. Launching within a year of the original Xbox, Konami terrified gamers with an entirely different breed of horror. As this landmark spookster predated Xbox by 15 years, Team Green fans were forced to wait for 2015's excellent Resident Evil HD remake to finally get in on the zombie-whacking act.

The moment that undead Doberman smashed through the most famous window in games, a horror icon was born, and the roots of a truly iconic series cemented. Capturing the collective imagination of a generation of players like few titles since, the original Resi made an indelible impression on '90s gaming. How our shattered nerves love Resident Evil 2. Twenty four years on, Capcom's constantly morphing franchise continues to terrify, with Leon and Claire's Raccoon City remake deservedly claiming Official Xbox Magazine's Game of the Year in 2019. Looking back, you can probably blame/praise Nostromo for Resi's divisive item box system. Nostromo somehow squeezed in elements of resource management long before it became such a well-worn mechanic the spaceship's survivor forced to collect key items to escape the vessel. Released for the Commodore PET 2001 in 1981, it was years ahead of the undies- soiling curve. Partially inspired by Ridley Scott's masterful Alien, and taking cues from a stealth title called Manbiki Shoujo, Akira Takiguchi's cheekily named Nostromo saw players trying to escape the gaze of an unseen extraterrestrial.

Over a decade before Resident Evil served up Jill sandwiches, a Japanese student crafted a frightening adventure that was indebted to a certain chest-bursting Xenomorph. To trace the precise origins of gaming horror, you have to go back to the early '80s. Long before the original Xbox launched in 2001, twisted, nerve-shredding games from the East helped define the survival horror genre, forever changing the medium in the process. Video games have been tingling our collective spines for decades now. Subscribe now for as little as $9 for three digital issues. This article is taken from Official Xbox Magazine, your guide to Xbox One and with the inside track on Xbox One Series X.