#Silent hill 2 pc fog series

The pixel abstractions of eras past are even easier on the eyes. In most new games, with their smoother controls and cleaner graphics, I can distinguish between objects and feel fine. The blocky textures, the greys and browns that blend into each other, the jerky movement, the dimness all of these work together and cloud the way I think about space. ThereвЂ™s a stretch, roughly correlating to the rise of the first PlayStation in the 1990s through the end of the PlayStation 2 a half-decade ago, that constantly causes problems. This deep unsettling nausea only happens when I play a certain era of videogame. This happened to me the first time I played Silent Hill 2, too. I pause the game, and go outside for some fresh air. If I keep playing, IвЂ™ll feel the inside of my stomach squeeze, and the nausea will get more intense.

ItвЂ™s the inside of my stomach squeezing in on itself. I know, from years of experience, that eating wonвЂ™t actually do anything, that what IвЂ™m feeling isnвЂ™t actually hunger. In the real world, playing the Silent Hill HD Collection on an oversized, non-high-definition CRT television, I feel this strong pull in my stomach.

When he runs, this spotlight sways a bit, left to right, the dark caked-in grime of the walls changing pattern and occasionally breaking for a door. It is dark, with only a single flashlight clipped onto my characterвЂ™s jacket. In the game, I am going down yet another seemingly endless hallway.

#Silent hill 2 pc fog series

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