Silent Hill Heaven

Well, whatever it is, it's one of those mystical impenetrable barriers. Like those hotel doors with broken locks, even though the metal's so rusted and the wood is so rotted, you could probably knock the door down by sneezing too hard in its general direction. According to DJ Ricks, Silent Hill has...

The darkness in that section was very unnerving. Normally I'd walk out of a cramped, dark building into a relatively bright and open outdoor area, feeling that I've escaped the claustrophobia/oppression for a while. Even with the fog and the monsters, I could breath . But when the darkness crept in,...

Wow. That guy's head does not look human, let alone like James. One might say his face was simply destroyed/mutilated, but the shape of the shin, neck, and Occipital are all wrong. I was thinking it might just be shoddy texturing, but it's the exact same on the HD Collection. The clothes do look sim...

Ohhhhhhh. Right on. I actually like that a lot. It would certainly subvert the all too common "child as victim" trope present in recent SH titles.

The story you linked was pretty horrifying. Another example would be the Sasebo slashing.

I wasn't thinking that Charlie had grown up to be a serial killer, but that he had kid while he was a child, and Murphy couldn't come to terms that he had 'created' a monster. Sorry, could you elaborate on that? I don't think I understand--my brain hasn't been working very well since summer semeste...

I would really dig that twist, although would Murphy be old enough for his son to have become a (presumably adult) serial killer? His son would have to be at least 18 for it to be realistic, since most serial killers start killing at age 28 according to this random, incredibly plain website. How old...

Fair point, I hadn't thought of that. Although I like to think that Downpour's Room 304 actually exists as it appears in-game--that it is a physical manifestation of a "memory" within the Otherworld/fog world. But I have nothing to back that up and it's wishful thinking on my part, and it ...

Maybe. But these were just so obvious. It honestly sounds like wishful thinking to discount all of these clear Homecoming references, as you alluded to in a previous post. Differences in landscape don't really override such blatant links between the two games, in my opinion. As I said before, Silent...

Does it says anywhere (in some memo) that the prison is in the middle of toluca lake? And also, what are the references to homecoming in downpour? I can only think of that painting in the library There were two paintings--one of the Shepherd house and one of the "Welcome to Shepherd's Glenn&qu...

There are so many references to Homecoming in Downpour that, in my opinion, it's a huge stretch to say the game is non-canon. The desire is understandable but mostly unfounded. I can't speak for the devs, but it seems almost like there was a conscious push to confirm that Homecoming actually happene...

And I liked having to navigate the mines with only the lighter for illumination; it provided just enough flickering light to make the atmosphere just perfect! I agree. I had my darkness set really low, so the lack of proper illumination made the mines very, very unnerving. I could barely see a few ...

I mostly disagree. Throughout the vast majority of the game I experienced no issues with the combat. I'd screw up a few times, but it was almost always my own fault. However, the final stretch of the game over-emphasized combat, in my opinion, and this gave me some grief. That section in the prison ...

I've just entered the caverns, and so far I'm loving this game. I dig the atmosphere--I've been playing in a dark room with noise-cancelling headphones, and I've been on edge the entire time. There've been a few moments that have made me physically jump, and plenty that simply disturbed me and got u...

I believe you're right; when you enter and leave significant areas, there is a real save. The constant (and identical) saves in-between appear to be checkpoints that won't stick around if you turn off the console. It's a flawed system. What I've been doing is checking the "load" screen to ...

Still playing ME3, so I won't pick this up right away. It honestly feels wrong to delay my playing of a Silent Hill game. I've been waiting for years. My body is so ready. Mama needs her fix. But if I let the games pile up, I'll never finish any of them.

I will be vigilant.

I'm glad Jim Sterling likes it. Whenever he enjoys a game, I inevitably enjoy it as well. Besides that, he just generally knows his shit. Perhaps I'm simply bitter about IGN's low score, but I honestly haven't considered them a serious source of reviews for a long time--not since they gave my favour...

I've played Korean and EU games on my North American PS3, so I believe it will work. I don't really see the downside in pre-ordering.

Since many of my favourite games have gotten 7s and 6s (Nier was mentioned earlier as an example) I'm pleased with that score. And, as stated, that's pretty much the norm for SH games. Not that it really matters--this is a single, poorly written review. The jury's still very much out. But again, 7 i...

I'm going to third that sentiment. I'm going to third it so hard. If there aren't decent checkpoints, and I die at the end of the level, I won't go "Oh, how frightening, well done Vatra," I'll turn off my console and hate everything I see for about fifteen minutes. People seem to think tha...

I don't know about you guys, but I found that hilarious. And it was definitely meant to be a joke.