I had the pleasure of playing this on an actual PS2 for the first time and I loved it. The Silent Hill trilogy is easily a masterpiece from start to finish. My personal ranking would be Silent Hill 2, 1, then 3.
I think my favorite part about this game is the monster designs, which were easily some of the creepiest in the entire franchise. I think SH2 had a better atmosphere, but this game had some really great locations such as my personal favorite the Borley Haunted Mansion. The Chapel was by far my least favorite location and I did not enjoy that section of the game.
The boss fights were ok, I didn't really think they were anything special. The puzzles weren't really too hard either but I played on normal so maybe that's why.
One cool thing I noticed is that I used guns here more than I did in SH2.
I think my favorite part about this game is the monster designs, which were easily some of the creepiest in the entire franchise. I think SH2 had a better atmosphere, but this game had some really great locations such as my personal favorite the Borley Haunted Mansion. The Chapel was by far my least favorite location and I did not enjoy that section of the game.
The boss fights were ok, I didn't really think they were anything special. The puzzles weren't really too hard either but I played on normal so maybe that's why.
One cool thing I noticed is that I used guns here more than I did in SH2.