Joystiq: "Downpour takes place in the southeastern portion of Silent Hill, an area not yet seen in the series. The particular area I visited included a dilapidated gas station nestled against a dark, rainy forest. Controls operate in a manner similar to Homecoming, though a few features are borrowed from Shattered Memories as well.
Combat enters somewhat new territory in Downpour, as Murphy won't be compiling an inventory of permanent weapons. Instead, weapons are found within the environment itself and disposed of at will. During my demo, I used a crowbar to remove a lock from a fence and later took on a horde of witch-like ghouls with a shovel. Murphy can also throw weapons directly at foes, though my shovel seemed less than ideal as a spear. Combat in general didn't have a very good feel to it: my shovel's impacts barely seemed to register."
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I mostly disagree with Downpour's position. Yeah, the game is not amazing by any stretch of the imagination but is much better than the HD Collection and Homecoming. The main issue is the performance, but that was mitigated by the patches, especially on the PS3. Personally, I put it a little behind Origins and The Room.
Having Restless Dreams as a different entry from Silent Hill 2 is also a choice.
silent hill 2 is definitely the best one out of those.
for me personally, the whole ritual/cult stuff was always so weird to me in all the other games.
No disrespect but I put SH2 over 1. 1 is fantastic, but 2 took it all up a level.
The Ghetto Gamer has been predicting and tracking PS3 prices over the past year. The last few months have seen a massive spike in the pricing of PS3 games, and it may be too late to pick up some of the more rare and hard-to-find ones at a reasonable price. Some of these are nuts.
Again, seen this coming from the start, glad I already bought everything I wanted over the years 👌
Stil remember selling ps3 titles to buy a PS4. but i keept the ones i liked more. Did the same with the titles of the PS4 to get a PS5.
It looks pretty good imo, even the music didn't sound terrible (maybe a little generic compared to Yamoaka's style though).
I'm gonna' miss Yamaoka with Silent Hill! Anyway, I really wish this game would support Playstation Move for more of a Shattered Memories feel. What a great game that was!