Silent Hill 2 Real life background Scenes? What the.......

Denise’s Coin Laundry

Although the main title of the Laundromat is slightly destroyed nowadays, the screen capture of the game was obviously taken at a time when the title was actually present as a whole.   Otherwise, the sign is perfectly represented with the same font and the building itself is the same drab yellow color it has been for the past 18 or so years.

The World of Pets

Pet World used to be the greatest pet store in all of San Mateo County until raised rent prices and building costs sent them right down the tubes.  The building is now a mere third of the size as is pictured in the Silent Hill screenshot, but the logo has remained the same as well as the building design and color.


Newell’s Bar

In my opinion, this is the coup des gra of all the screens.  This picture is taken of an old bar on the corner of San Mateo Avenue, which sports a perfect match and building design to the Silent Hill 2 screenshot.  The likeness is uncanny both in building design as well as the details on the street showing a decorative light post as well as a few strewn about trash cans.

All this time I didn\'t know it was real!  

that\'s pretty weird but cool at the same time.  In a way it\'s really freaky like Silent Hill.  I guess Konami went that extra mile to ensure realistic locations.

Pstwo, what city is this?  Is it actually San Mateo CA, or some other city in the south bay?  Sorry, but I never played Silent Hill 1.

That would really freak me out if it was my city. A game like Tony Halk or Driver is cool but SILENT  HILL!! Nope they could probably make me too scared to go to the grocery store because I died in the game at the grocery store. :eek:

thats crazy, i wonder how accurate they will make them look.........

These pictures were posted here last year by another member. He actually lives in this town and he was freaked.
I can\'t remember who it was tho\'......

I think it was Ryu, but my memory could be playing tricks on me. Freaky stuff. :shivers:

Yes, it was Ryu. I remember the thread.

Originally posted by macabre
Yes, it was Ryu. I remember the thread.

Yep, Ryu posted similar pictures a long time ago.

Oh man I can\'t wait for this and how it will
show at E3.
I wonder how much progressed on this game and
imo this one is higher on my list than AITD 4.
It would be a bit underwhelming if the realtime
graphics fall short to the movies we\'ve seen on the
internet.

Knotter

the shots are impressive pstwo... I wonder where we could find the zombie nurses...

freaky man, i would never be able to go in them incase something bad happend

It seems that there is a real Silent hill town. Scary stuff.

Silent Hill, yuck, I\'m pretty tough when it comes to horror movies & other scary stuff, but SH was WAY too much for me. It left me feeling so weird, like in a panic... I never, ever, ever wanna play it ever again. I wouldn\'t dream of getting SH2, even if I got it for free.

I think Ryu even said that it\'s his home town.

I love horror. Silent Hill was a miracle/dream come true for me (sure RE was good, but it was too old) I bought Silent Hill the day it came out, and played in nonstop to the end with out a guide. But Small Lady, I know that feeling. Especially in the sewers were you can\'t see anything!