20 Mind-Blowing Facts You Didn't Know About Silent Hill

9. James Sunderland's Gun Is Meant To Be Satirical

Silent Hill was partially created to capitalise on the success of Resident Evil in the US, and the burgeoning renaissance of the survival horror genre, and they took a lot of cues from Capcom in the early days. The controls and graphical fidelity were more down to similar hardware than anything else, but sparsity of weapons and ammunition, necessitating players frequently just run from enemies, is totally Resi. In fact, combat was even less of a concern in Silent Hill. The fear is more of your surroundings, the terrifying atmosphere, not in resource management and the prospect of having to re-play through sections. Still, it pays to be armed in Silent Hill, with James Sunderland arming himself with a handgun for most of the second game. A handgun which you find in a shopping trolley, no less. And according to the making of book Lost Memories: Silent Hill Chronicle, the placement of the weapon in such a place was supposed to satirise American gun laws, where you can buy firearms in supermarkets. Guess Team Silent watched Bowling For Columbine between their David Lynch marathons...