Silent Hill 4: The Room

THE GOOD:
graphics
story
creepiness
variety of weapons

THE BAD:
short levels
feels more like resident evil

SUMMARY:
I've always been a big fan of the SH series. What I like about it, above gore and violence, is the feeling that goes with gameplay. You're immersed into a trapped world, desperately tring to find a way out. This latest installment is no different. Trapped in your apartment, with no where to go but a hole in the wall. The frustration of not being able to leave is an excellent level of the game, and the first person view makes it feel very personal. The worlds, I feel, could be a bit longer and more in depth, and the new fighting takes a little getting used to. Monsters charge at you now RE style, instead of their usual waddle. The progressing neighbor visits and concerns only adds to what may be the creepiest and most bizarre SH yet. Some have given it bad reviews, but individual actions and elements isn't what...

THE GOOD:
The deep, twisted and disturbing plot
The hellish monsters
Great audio and VO's
The visuals
Melee weapons all the way
The freakish room changes
New swing power bar

THE BAD:
The first person view can be hard to control
The ghosts
Less fear inducing than the others

SUMMARY:
Silent Hill 4: The Room has you control Henry Townsend - A regular person who moved into "The Room" two years before the game takes place. The room is situated in a regular apartment building, in the town of South Ashfield next to the dreaded town of Silent Hill.....

The game opens as Henry wakes after a nightmare, of which he has been having for the past few days, the same time he has been stuck in his room. But soon he finds a hole in his bathroom and decides he has nothing to lose and enters. He is shocked as he awakes on an escalator going down to the subway. From here the game unfolds into a brilliantly twisted, action packed,...

THE GOOD:

Graphics, gameplay, weapons!

THE BAD:

A little tougher than the others, but still too easy

SUMMARY:

Silent Hill 4 is the final SIlent Hill game for now, I believe they are working on a 5th. You can expect a lot of good things to Silent Hill 4 incuding:
An all new Silent Hill Storyline and adventure with new plot twists, much much harder riddles and monsters, some of them just won't die! New monsters are added in number 4, including ghosts. There are new transition with 1st and 3rd person views!
You can explore new enviormaents including, a Forest, a prison and many more new levels! You play as a 20 year old male main character and your stuck in your apartment room and you have to go through levels to get out... This game is rated M for mature, and is one of the worst games you can get, I don't recommend anyone get thisif they are under 17, if ya want it though, then buy it! You'll love it!

For me, Silent Hill has always been a very special series. Whereas its `influence`, Capcom`s Biohazard (Resident Evil) series resorted to highly obvious monster-pops-out-of-nowhere tactics to scare its players, Konami`s take on the so-called survival horror genre offered a far different way to terrorize gamers. During the early days of the original Silent Hill`s development, I distinctly recall an interview whereby the team admitted that their goal was to depict hell itself; they had asked various individuals what their ideas of the devil's playground were, and proceeded to use them. Furthermore any number of inspiration sources were consulted as well, books, movies, stories, etc. (In my own opinion, watching the late 1980`s movie Jacob's Ladder offers a great deal of where the Silent Hill team got their ideas, especially in the DVD version's deleted scenes).

Silent Hill 4: The Room troubled me from the very first press announcement; Silent Hill 3 was still fresh in...