Silent Hill 4: The Room

I have never played any Silent Hill Game before, but if the positive reviews of this mess is true, then maybe Silent Hill is just a bad series of games, lol. Honestly, do yourself a favour and avoid this abomination. It is one of the worst game experiences I have had among those 500+ games I have played in my life. Story might be interesting, but this is a game not a book! You need to have a functional gameplay, for God's sake! "Ooh, but the slow and sluggish movement, bad camera angles represents depression feeling...". Yeah, humans can justify anything no matter how terrible it is. Nope, this is a terrible overpriced game. Don't get it! I beg you. Don't be a pawn of the mad Silent Hill 4 fans. Only by avoiding this game can you truly save your sanity and the pain to your wallet.

My opinions are my own. You do not deserve them.

This doesn't feel like a Team Silent, Silent Hill game. The main character has the worst voice acting in the series which boggles my mind, no personality like past protagonists. enemy designs is average for a silent hill game. Inventory is so frustrating to deal with especially the second half of the game. Speaking of the second half of the game where to have to escort someone. Some of the worst times I had with a game so frustrating. The music by Akira is barely heard in the game and coming from SH 2 and 3, this is a negative, cutscenes don’t have the same quality as past titles. There is so much wrong with this game to be called a silent hill title. If this was a stand alone survival horror game it would be okay but this is a disgrace to the trilogy and If you like SH 1-3 do not play this. Its a waste of time.

so far I like what I have played, sure it was not more than 30 minutes however can anyone possibly tell me how to enable controller support? I tried to play with M/K but that didnt help much.

Silent Hill 4: The Room is the black sheep of the Japanese developed games. Leaving behind the cults and psychological horror of the previous games, SH4 focuses on a dream world with condensed linear levels and bizarre scenarios even by Silent Hill standards. Unfortunately the game fails to execute any of its core concepts. The first half of the game is a self contained series of linear key hunts completely bereft of puzzles and items. You can return to your apartment to fully heal and this almost Souls-like form of progression dominates the first few hours. This changes entirely midway through the game when it becomes an escort mission with an injured character through the exact same maps. You can't progress without this character, you're frequently chased by a gun/chainsaw toting super villain, and immortal ghosts briefly encountered in the first half can travel map to map to harass you. This section of the game is completely dependent on puzzles and while you can briefly leave your escort behind the games ending is directly tied to their wellbeing. The biggest positive is the atmosphere. The titular apartment feels like a lived in space and the game frequently surprises you in the second half by taking away the safety of this space. This is the unfortunate downfall of SH4: the second half is a real good Silent Hill experience dragged down by an escort mission but the second half wouldn't be engaging without the drawn out dull safety of the first half. SH4 is a frustrating experience but filled with enough creepy concepts to be worth a watch. I can't recommend anyone spend the 8 hours it takes to play blind.