Silent Hill 4: The Room is Team Silent's last entry in the titular series. This game changes up the formula established by the last three games in the series, from its tank controls to the UI. I'm not sure they were necessary changes, but I did adapt to them after a few hours of playing and began to enjoy the game a lot more. The narrative is okay by the series standards, the concept of the singular hub and the themes of isolation are unqiue and welcome. Henry Townsend unfortunately is very weak as a character compared to the series' previous protagonists. The atmosphere is still pretty scary, but is missing somewhat of that somber and dreary feeling that previous games excelled at. Unfortunately, while the GoG patch fixed this game's PC port's many problems, it still has a glaring problem with the gamepad, I had to install Zealot's camera mod to adjust the camera sensitivity. Furthermore, the missing hauntings from the PS2 version was restored with the installation of the SH4 Randomizer. The extra steps required were a bummer, and while I had no issue installing them, I could see someone less savvy getting frustrated. Silent Hill 4: The Room is still an experience worth trying, for both fans of the series, and for fans of psychological horror. The DNA of this game is present in works such as P.T. and many modern horror games.
