So I didn't end up finishing the game because I forgot to save and lost hours of gameplay, but I made it about two thirds of the way through and watched what I didn't complete. There's a lot of interesting ideas, I actually like the phone mechanic and the therapist segments but I found the gameplay lacking.

I didn't care for the running segments, and the Nightmare world lacked the punch seen in previous titles. The fog in Silent Hill was switched out with snow, and the industrial horror aesthetic of the Nightmare world was replaced with ice. It's an interesting choice but overall ineffective.

The narrative was good and I think a lot of the themes present are intriguing. To me, this is similar to Silent Hill 4: The Room in the sense that the gameplay wasn't as good as the main trilogy but the story, atmosphere and other mechanics made it very interesting.

Although, Silent Hill 4 is a lot better than this.

Reviewed on Oct 26, 2022


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