Thursday, March 25, 2010

Videogame Emotions: Loneliness



Over much thought...(haha)... I have decided that the Japanese are obsessed with loneliness. The art of feeling solitude, all alone, and without company. Well, to the games then. I am going to give two main examples; Silent Hill 2 and Shadow of the Colossus--- All of the Silent Hill games attempt to exercise and invoke the feeling of being alone, but i feel the one that succeeds the most is number two which is often considered the best and most frightening of the terrifying series. I can't help but agree. But fear is another emotion. The way Silent Hill 2 exercises loneliness in such an expert way are not only the Fog Sections, but the Otherworld as well. The ememies are somewhat abundant, but they are just unhuman and just silent enough that it makes your mind travel into the darkest most depressing part of solitude. There's no way to describe it. Just play it.
The next wonderfully lonely game is Shadow of the Colossus... but I'll make part II of this article later, soon I promise. Sorry for the late posting.

1 comment:

  1. Silent Hill is scary. Really really really scary. You'll find yourself talking like Will Smith in iRobot "Get out of my head! Get out of my head!"

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