God forgive me but it's the only silent hill game I like.
The scariest part of this game is when you're half way through it and you have to replay the first level again as an escort mission and you realise that the second half of the game is just going to be you redoing everything you already did while a lady is with you crying on because ghosts are after her.
This game starts so amazingly. The Room is such an awesome concept, and seeing it change as you go is so cool. I love coming back to it and seeing how things changed. The main gameplay is pretty cool too as you explore the areas full of creepy characters as the great story unfolds.
But then the second half hits, and yeah, it’s a real slog. Backtracking through areas you’ve already been to, and the whole time you have to a slow escort mission. It’s a massive shame, because if the second half was as good as the first, I would LOVE this game - but it just drags it down significantly for me. I went from being excited at what’s coming next, to just wanting it to wrap up.
Creatively, Silent Hill 4 is a mixed bag. I really love Eileen and some of the other characters, but I don’t care at all for Henry. The lack of puzzles is really disappointing, but the few that are there that use the room are brilliantly clever. The character design is cool, but the enemy and sound design is a huge step down. The room is dripping in atmosphere, but the level gameplay wasn’t scary at all.
Silent Hill 4 has some of the most genius ideas I’ve seen in gaming, but unfortunately doesn’t execute them in as good as a game as those ideas deserve to be in.
But then the second half hits, and yeah, it’s a real slog. Backtracking through areas you’ve already been to, and the whole time you have to a slow escort mission. It’s a massive shame, because if the second half was as good as the first, I would LOVE this game - but it just drags it down significantly for me. I went from being excited at what’s coming next, to just wanting it to wrap up.
Creatively, Silent Hill 4 is a mixed bag. I really love Eileen and some of the other characters, but I don’t care at all for Henry. The lack of puzzles is really disappointing, but the few that are there that use the room are brilliantly clever. The character design is cool, but the enemy and sound design is a huge step down. The room is dripping in atmosphere, but the level gameplay wasn’t scary at all.
Silent Hill 4 has some of the most genius ideas I’ve seen in gaming, but unfortunately doesn’t execute them in as good as a game as those ideas deserve to be in.
this game had me sweating the most out of all silent hill games it was great but dragging eileen around was too frustrating
Nothing is scarier than the water prison level for 10-year-old me in the 2000s (and also twin fucking victims)
I still find these games highly disturbing and uncanny but at the same time charming and super sexy
Replaying 1-4 almost every year, but Silent Hill 4 always amazes me with its craziness and creativity
Silent Hill 2 is more like beautiful poetry but this one was much more impactful and scarier for me with all this dreadful plot about the man who considers the apartment to be his mother
The people who created the classic Silent Hill games are absolute geniuses
I still find these games highly disturbing and uncanny but at the same time charming and super sexy
Replaying 1-4 almost every year, but Silent Hill 4 always amazes me with its craziness and creativity
Silent Hill 2 is more like beautiful poetry but this one was much more impactful and scarier for me with all this dreadful plot about the man who considers the apartment to be his mother
The people who created the classic Silent Hill games are absolute geniuses