WATCH ORDER: THINGS TO WATCH BEFORE SILENT HILL 2 REMAKE

The Silent Hill 2 Remake is the iconic horror movie loved by gamers, which is going to be released on 8 October 2024. The game follows a little kid who has gone through a trauma and was killed by a cult with no fault of her own, this kind of hatred turns her into a curse where she begins to spread the darkness all over the town and haunts them trying to get her revenge. It has all kinds of gory, scary, spooky, eerie, creepy, horrifying and so many more chilling elements which makes it one of the best experience-driven games out there.

1. Silent Hill (2006)

This movie is one of the best horror movies that I have watched, I am not talking about the best scares, I am talking about the plot, most of the horror movies these days have been done to just get a few scares out of people, with almost the same kind of repetitive plot. But this is different it is an amazing adaptation of the game, it starts with a little girl who sleepwalks to a mine whispering Silent Hill and almost falls into the mine, thankful her mom comes to the rescue, this wouldn't have been the first time, fed up by all this, Rose and the Sharon go to Silent hill a forbidden town closed off to prevent the darkness from exiting the town. As they enter Sharon gets abducted soon after and Rose spends the whole time in search of her.

Sharon and the crazy hag trying to hide from the cult "Silent Hill(2006)." IMDb  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384537/mediaindex/

Not only does Rose deal with the darkness herself, but it's not just Sharon who was abducted for a reason, Rose was made to find her daughter for a reason, to show her the true nature of the town. There are a lot of people in the town, but they are all afraid of the darkness and protected by the church and the underground cult. It's the plot that has so many layers which is what makes it a good movie, the antagonist is not really who you think it is, nor the protagonist, but the story in the end does have a kind of closure, with the background to the whole thing explained pretty explicitly, which is what makes it a must watch.

2. Silent Hill: Revelations (2012)

This movie is the continuation of the previous one, like Part 2, I would suggest you watch the previous one before you read this. As seen in the previous one Sharon and Rose after defeating the cult don't escape Silent Hill, the fog remains, somehow Rose manages to save one of them and sends Sharon back to the real world, where she is taken care of by her dad, and both of them keep moving trying to hide from the darkness. She would have completely forgotten about Silent Hill and Dad tries to keep it that way. But soon enough she comes across people of a cult coming after her as well as the darkness following her around in her dreams and real life. Only this time around her dad gets abducted and she has a helper Vincent.

Heather stuck in the amusement park about to face her worst fears  "Silent Hill: Revelations(2012)." IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0938330/mediaindex/

Vincent falls in love with her and both of them go to Silent Hill in search of her father, she enters the town and Vincent gets abducted, it has some elements of the previous movie, including the deadly nurses and the Pyramid head, it has all the elements this franchise has to offer, a lot of gruesome deaths, a lot of flesh and monsters which are obscene to watch. With Silent Hill 2 remake around the corner, this movie gives an overall of what to expect from it, Heather (Older Sharon) faces exactly what her mother had faced in the first movie, although she is brave and the spot thinker, she can handle herself throughout the movie. This movie might not be as great as the first one but still makes for one of the better horror movies with a decent plot.

Alright, there is the list of everything to watch before you play the game, hope you guys have enjoyed the read, if you did make sure to spread the word about this blog to others interested as well, cause I am only going to be bringing you guys more of what you guys just read, hopefully I have at least motivated you to give one of these movies mentioned a watch. Well, I only wish to improve your experience in entertainment. 

WATCH ORDER: THINGS TO WATCH BEFORE BLACK MYTH WUKONG

Black Myth: Wu Kong is a game set in Buddhist mythology, released on 19 August 2024. Sun Wu Kong is the monkey king who was a god incarnate, even upon learning the ways of Buddhism from his master, he tends to be erratic, brave, and nonchalant. He is the smartest of all monkeys but he still finds difficulty in understanding the line between him being a part god part monkey and sometimes even part demon. Well the game itself has a very detailed backstory and lore to be understood hence this blog will give you the watch list so that you can enjoy the game to the fullest.

1. The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven's Palace (2014)

The movie is set in Buddhist mythology, where there is a constant war between demons and gods especially between the Bull demon and the Jade Emperor, heaven gets destroyed to pieces and the protector sacrifices herself to recreate heaven, while doing so one of her crystals falls onto the human world inside the crystal a monkey was born with its life energy, who is none other than Sun Wukong, a priest takes him under his wing to teach him everything he knows. Sun after learning everything goes back to his friends the monkeys and becomes the king of the monkeys for his prowess.

Sun Wukong learning from the priest. "The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven's Palace (2014)". IMDb,https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1717715/mediaindex/

This movie shows the origin story of Sun Wukong, it also shows how he obtains all his abilities, his weapon the special staff, and also his armor.  This movie also has very horrible VFX and graphics, the movie is quite wholesome as it touches upon, Sun's love life, even though he is very erratic in nature, he too finds solace in someone. The movie also depicts Sun's true form by the end of the movie which ties everything related to understanding Sun's origin story clearly depicted, which makes this a must watch before playing the movie, to understand the characters and the lore better, which gives an overall better gaming experience.

2. Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)

This movie is set after the monkey king is trapped by Buddha to atone for his sins for 500 years, a young man who aspires to be a demon hunter by not using violence finds himself facing 2 demons a fish demon and a pig demon. Unable to defeat both, his master tells him to seek Buddha through the Monkey King. Sun in this movie is shown as a full-blown demon who even after 500 years of isolation is still unable to atone for his sins and continues to be a demon.

Sun Wukong is satisfied after killing a few demon hunters. "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)". IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2017561/mediaindex/ 

This young man comes to Monkey King in order to find a way to tame the demon pig, in the process he frees the Monkey King without realizing, Sun tests his resolve for Buddha, and the young man starts to chant the Sutra and even after witnessing soo many deaths, he remains unmoved by anything Sun has to throw at him. Sun in his true form of the devil, turns into a giant gorilla, when he faces Buddha himself he realizes how much smaller than Buddha he is, physically and morally. Eventually, he joins the good side and follows the path of Buddhism, spreading and preaching the teachings.

3. Black Myth: Wu Kong - Official Gameplay Reveal Trailer (2020)

The trailer itself shows the amazing gameplay of Wu Kong as he traverses a land of demons, although the overall story is still unclear, it shows that there is a way to transform into others, as well as transform into any other animal, it shows some of the most important features of Wu Kong including the staff which can change its size as he wields, there is also his ability to walk on clouds. The opponents as shown here are the four heavenly gods.

Wu Kong uses his clone ability against the wolf demon. "Black Myth: Wu Kong - Official Gameplay Reveal Trailer (2020)" https://images.app.goo.gl/tDitRboTo41hGvbo7

Apart from this they also have some fighting gameplay that looks very clean, the boss battles look very fierce and a little bit on the difficult end, the game developers at GameScience have honestly done an incredible job in bringing Wu Kong to the video games, where every gamer out there can experience all these cool abilities that he has in order face the troubles he has to face to reach Buddha.

Alright, there is the list of everything to watch before you play the game, hope you guys have enjoyed the read, if you did make sure to spread the word about this blog to others interested as well, cause I am only going to be bringing you guys more of what you guys just read, hopefully I have at least motivated you to give one of these movies mentioned a watch. Well, I only wish to improve your experience in entertainment.