The latest adventure in the world's worst vacation spot is scary fun, but some control issues and uneven puzzles make it less fun than its predecessors. Read Review
Konami's Silent Hill series has succeeded in delivering some of the most horrifying and psychologically disturbing experiences in videogame history. Silent Hill 3 continues that tradition by providing clamoring fans of the series with the same masterful blend of mysterious storyline, nail-biting sound design, challenging puzzles and shocking monsters. New chilling locations in the town of Silent Hill such as the Mall, Amusement Park, and Subway are revealed in the new game, as well as featuring a new arsenal of weapons like the flame-thrower and sub-machine-gun. Heather, a seemingly normal teenage girl must explore the hellish place of Silent Hill in order to understand her forgotten past and escape with her life, if not her sanity.
I've often referred to the Silent Hill series as the "thinking man's Resident Evil." Unlike the RE series, which goes for its scares through an unsubtle combination of hideous zombies and gallons of pixilated blood, the horror in Silent Hill comes from a combination of incredibly rich atmosphere, a suitably horrifying (if slightly incoherent) storyline, and the kind of monsters that would make Freddy Krueger hang up his spiked glove and head for parts unknown. Silent Hill 3, the latest edition of this illustrious series, does a pretty good job of holding up the franchise's legacy of quality, but several problems -- some inherent to the game itself, some in the jump to the PC -- serve to make this version less fun than the previous games in the series. Read More »
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