Silent Hill 4: The Room

I do not usually write reviews but I will do it for this game... Before I start, I want to mention that in my opinion, Silent Hill 2 (SH2) is one of the greatest games ever created by humanity. So this review will be mostly a comparison of these two games. Pros: 1. The game seems to use the same game engine, so about 70% (overall) of the game does feel like Silent Hill 2 in terms of gameplay: - same navigation and fighting mechanics (the fighting is more challenging but in this 70%, it's mostly fine) - similar animations and cutscenes - similar puzzle mechanics 2. When you start the game in the room, there is a strange feeling of despair and bewilderment which is cool. Cons: 1. Well... the remaining 30% of the game is different: - Unkillable enemies... are just annoying. In Silent Hill 2 you could kill all the enemies in a location if you wanted (except maybe for the Pyramid Head). It will not work here. Some ememies are immortal and unavoidable. So there are places (and in some cases whole areas) where you have to just run pass them. And it's more annoying than scary. There is a limited way to kill some of such enemies though but it's a waste of time - Limited inventory... is just annoying. There are many items in the game that you collect but since you don't know if/when you will need them, you need to return to the chest to store them. It takes time and that's all - Companions. Rember Maria from Silent Hill 2? Well, this game also features a similar character, but unlike Maria, this one is just annoying and stupid (taking into account her mechanics). In the end, I did not even care about her anymore - Locations. Unlike Silent Hill 2 where you travel through the town, here you simply visit diffent locations that are not directly connected. It's not that bad, but it does not make you feel attached to these places. Remember that time when you entered the hospital in Silent Hill 2 in 'normal' world and eventually woke up in rusty-silent-hillish world? Well, don't expect such a great moment here - Repetition. After about 50% of the game you understand everything and see where it's all going and what to expect next. At about 60% of the game I wanted it to end already. - Story. The motivation of the antagonist is just not my cup of tea to say the least and I think it's extremely stupid just like him - Endings. Remember how any tiny action (e.g. looking at the knife, reading something) could affect the ending in SH2? Well, forget it. The ending decision in this game is extremely simple - Hauntings... are just annoying. No spoilers here, they just are - Bosses. Most are optional and just annoying. The last one is unnecessarily hard and annoying Conclusion: It's still a great Silent Hill game, but not close to Silent Hill 2. To make it more enjoyable just play it on Easy. Tiny Spoilers: - Don't hoard candles or amulets, just use them when you want to use them - Don't ignore hauntings - Don't hoard golf clubs, just use them if you want, as they are not that great - Don't hoard ammo, just use them if you want, as guns are not that great in this game

It´s awesome this game is here in GOG. Hope they can get all the other classic Silent Hill games.

This is my first Silent Hill game. I think it's good, maybe even great, but the characters are probably not as memorable as SH2. Music and visuals are superb though. Atmosphere too.

Silent Hill 4: The Room is a game I've been wanting to play for a while now, but due to glitches in the PS2 emulator and the Xbox version not being as good as the PS2 version, I didn't want to emulate them or buy the physical copies since they go for 100-200+ usd. I knew there was a PC port of the game along with Silent Hill 2 and 3, but I was hoping someone would do a fan "remaster" on the same level of the Silent Hill 2 enhanced edition. Well, after hearing that Silent Hill 4 was on the PC, I decided to do some digging to see how the PC version held up to the PS2 version and I saw that it was an OK port but had the same issues as the Xbox version, so I kinda put that game on the back burner for a bit. I later found out that in 2025 gog came out with 2 new patches that fixed alot of the issues and re-added all the missing content and pretty much did the fan "remaster" I was looking for, so now I can easily say that until Konami gives Silent Hill 4 the remake treatment that silent hill 2 has gotten and soon silent hill 1 that as of now the best way to play the og version of silent hill 4 is on PC through GoG. I'd like to thank the people at GoG for preserving old games for PC, since one of the main reasons I play on PC is that there will never be a PC 2, so if I want to play a game from 1994, I can. I just need to work to get it to run, but Gog takes all the hassel out of playing old games and gives me a way to buy them so that if they're no longer sold, I don't have to resort to buying old CDs/dvds off of ebay or downloading them from a sketchy internet archive / abandonware site.

I used to rent this as a kid and couldn't beat it because I was too scared and the puzzles were a bit much for my tiny mind. This runs great on my PC, I've had no crashes or even hiccups, and it runs at 1440p. Always remember that the sensitivity and visuals on old games will probably take an hour or so to get used to, but once you're locked in, this game was amazing and terrifying. My favorite in the series.