A Silent Hill must play if you're a fan of the franchise.

Aged relatively well for 2022.

The gameplay in the PSP version is satisfactory and the story is perfect like most SH games.

Story and Gameplay:

PLEASE bear in mind that I haven't played SH1 when this review was written and there are spoilers ahead

The title stands on it's own, meaning you don't need a deep knowledge of previous SH titles. There's a lot of lore to be found, almost everywhere in the game, so if you enjoy lore-hunting, this will be great for you.

The gameplay is good, you don't have many kinds of enemies, actually only ONE kind which will change it's appearence based on how you're playing. This makes the game a must play, since it's really interesting and more games should try something like that.

To fight Raw Shocks(the enemy) you only need to push specific buttons based on from where they are attacking you, which is okay. The only problem with the Ice World gameplay is that Harry is SLOW, you will press the button for running hard because you'll think that he's not running at all, but he's just really slow so the creatures will always catch up to you.

The real world gameplay is really nice, you'll be checking a lot of the world of Silent Hill and if you want you can call to different numbers that you get on the overworld to get more lore. Cybil antagonizes you really well sometimes, I just wish we could see more of her in this game.

The BEST part of this game is the psychiatrist, you get analyzed for every decision and detail of your gameplay and that's what makes this game interesting.

Final Thoughts:

It's a must play for fans on Silent Hill, I prefered the PSP version over the Wii, since the motion controls didn't age so well and makes you really tired since the creatures will always catch up to you so either you will be button smashing on PSP or shaking yourself on Wii Controls.

The story is wonderful, you get a psychological analysis based on how you've played it and it's freaking amazing!! Play it if you can, it's an amazing addition to the SH franchise.

A really good game, but it lacked a lot of the stuff that made Zelda games good: dungeons, songs, engaging story and unique weapons/gadgets.

The story is not bad, the bosses/"dungeons" are okay, but it lacked the vibe from previous games.

Hoping for a Breath of the Wild 2 that is more of a classic Zelda game and has a better "grown up"/dark feeling.

CAME BACK AND FINISHED IT

Unhappily this game aged as milk out of the fridge since 1999. The puzzles and story are amazing, but tanky controls and fixed camera angles killed this game and buried it with excrement.

The enemies are a bore.

The grey children give you blowjobs while biting your dick because that's the only explanation for this shitty enemy doing so much damage and coming in waves. The birds were made taking into consideration that no one would fight them, but try to play without taking any damage from these Thanksgiving turkeys flying behind you for 10 minutes, since they don't lose aggro on you for God knows why. And the poor dogs jump on you as if you kicked them in the balls. The enemies have random health, so you might need one bullet and a kick or 10 shots and 2 kicks on the mouth.

These three enemies make the "open world" unbearable.

If you manage to deal with all this crappy bullshit you'll find a good game. I would love a remake or remaster, but since Konami doesn't care I'll watch a playthrough.

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After finishing the game I really enjoyed the story, but the gameplay still awful and deserve a remake =/

I wish I could say this is a diamond in the rough. Really it's on the verge of being okay w/ some neat shit hidden in literal shit. Characters are dull and super obnoxious. Fighting is clunky but ngl the longer I played, the better it felt to control.

Barker's premise is wild and great and the loredumps are pretty neat. I like the game as it descends deeper and deeper into the far past and Barker's nasty sexy extremity of dark fantasy. There's some cool as fuck monsters here.

It starts out looking like complete ass and then there are some genuinely beautiful designs towards the end. The level design itself isn't ever that great tho, just twisting tunnels and rooms one after another. Sadly, the game is mostly an ugly slog, then it gets better, then it ends.

Too bad this didn't get a sequel cuz I could see Jericho II refining its mechanics, picking up the ending, and becoming the cult horror shooter that this sadly doesn't quite manage to be. The soundtrack is great tho! Witches With Guns would be a sick band name

Also, between this and REVillage, I realize I find fps games way more interesting when you're fighting huge fantasy monsters

The best game of the SH franchise, the enhanced version made by fans is the definitive version of this game.

The gameplay, even with tanky controls is still pretty good and aged well, puzzles are challenging enough for you to enjoy it and it has one the best stories I've ever seen in a horror game.

This game is basically a standalone, so you won't need to play other SH games, but it's awesome to see how the overworld has the same stores and places from other games.

Also played the Born from a wish scenario, which is equally good.

A must play for gamers that love horror games.