Silent Hill 4: The Room

Haven't even bought it yet but just wanted to say how great of a game it is.

This is what fans have been waiting for. I got tired of trying to emulate the old games. Immediatly had to get it looks very clean and shall do a Let's Play on my Youtube channel @AbsolutelyAmel in case anyone wants to check it out before purchasing! I never finished this game but played the other ones more than once. Now it's time to give this one another go! Konami should definetly re release the others for a reasonable price like this. Much like Resident Evil, Silent Hill HAS to return. The world of gaming horror needs it!

Despite missing a bunch of the Room hauntings, having this in not only HD but in 4K is a dream come true after the hellish disaster that was the SH HD Collection. I would still have a backup "main" copy to see the rest of the content (this tells you what the PC is missing http://www.silenthillmemories.net/sh4/hauntings_en.htm) but this nevertheless is one of the best ways to play the game. hopefully they follow suit with SH2-3! I haven't gotten a controller to work which was a mild bummer but a mouse works just fine. If you are unfamiliar with this game... people say it is the "worst" of the original 4 but in a way it is the best. It packs by far the most disturbing imagery and the least relief, for example neglecting the tradition of 1 joke ending. They force you to do a lot of un-fun things that psychologically wear you down... but I say lean into this. it made me *feel* more than any of the first 3, and the cyclical "get me out of here" repetition I believe it is an artistic achievement in its literal embodiment of depression. Everything is monochromatic and boring, there is almost nothing fun to look at, it is impotence incarnate. You are a passive (possibly neuroatypical) observer who can only look out the window and see all the colorful things he can't have, and you must rise to the occasion of looking cosmic, surreal evil in the face, empathizing fully, and putting it to rest forever. And if nothing else, the "trapped going in circles" motif will remind you where PT got the idea.

Framerate is 30fps. Do not attempt to unlock the framerate, you'll get undesirable results. The game itself... I'll just say this: if you'll every find yourself in the position of asking to yourself "Why is this game is so easy...?" , just know that the best is yet to come. This aspect is probably the best thing about it.

This game is no doubt a little rough around the edges and perhaps a little over ambitious on Team Silent's part, but with that ambition comes some fantastic ideas and a very unique experience. I have never played a horror game like this one. It's not the masterpiece that Silent Hill 2 is but for me, it's certainly up there with SH1 and SH3. And to the people who say Henry has no personality, well... he's not really supposed to. He's an introverted blank slate of a character and the literal receiver of the story and a metaphor of the player, shut in his room etc. You are Henry essentially as opposed to all of the other games where you're playing as someone else.