I Didn't Promise Anybody Anything

Yahtzee reviews Silent Hill 2, a game he actually likes.

It's funny. For all the credit that Silent Hill 2 gets, I still prefer the story of the original. This is not to say that James's wife problems aren't interesting — they are — it's just that I can't really empathize for the protagonist. James is a total dolt, and a douchebag, and he's not flawed in that "aw shucks I can't stay mad at you" kind of way.

He's just plain flawed, distasteful backstory notwithstanding. If your dead wife writes you a letter telling you to go to a spooky resort town and if you actually go there looking for her, then you deserve to have acid-spewing dessicated rejects from Los Straightjackets chomp on your ass.

"I lived there once, it was nice up until some guy lost his daughter. He kept running around screaming something about monsters. He ended up raiding a school, several homes, and a hospital...beat the shit outta some people. Dude was sick man, his daughter was down the street at the Starbucks."