10 Gaming Moments IMPOSSIBLE To View The Same Way After This

Silent Hill 2 is a game where a lot of messed-up stuff happens, with troubled protagonist James Sunderland suffering strange visions and hallucinations, all the while fending off terrifying monsters in the titular, fog-smothered town.

Needless to say, it's an unsettling experience, but unbeknownst to most players, one of the creepiest moments in the story happens right in the opening cutscene.

Roughly a minute into the game, there's a great shot of James staring at himself in the mirror, which has become quite an iconic frame in the two-decades since the title released. However, as discovered by a Redditor who cranked up the brightness of the image, it turns out that James isn't looking at himself at all - ominously, he's gazing straight at us, the players, a detail that isn't visible during normal play.

Whether an intentional design choice or simply an optical illusion (as some players believe), it nonetheless works as a reminder of how fractured James' psyche has become, and either way... you'll never view this intro scene in the same way again.