Basically it's about a town called Silent Hill somewhere in America. The people living there are all part of a cult that worships Samael (basically Satan). Samael's power manifests itself turning ones greatest fears and even memories into grotesque monsters. This is how I've understood it anyway. First there's Silent Hill. Silent Hill 2 was a completely separate story, but still it has everything to do with the cursed town. SH3 continues where SH left off. Silent Hill 4: the Room, like SH2, is once again a separate story. All games have clues and and whatnot that explain things in other SH games. SH4 explains surprisingly much about the subtle story changes in SH2. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> thnx for telling me sounds pretty good i might try out soon