GameTap writes: "Silent Hill is one of the best-known survival horror series out there, even if the series' quality has flagged a bit in recent entries. Konami's been hard at work on the newest installation-due out this fall-for quite some time, and this time around, the terror has been ratcheted up with new characters, a new plot, and a host of next-generation graphical touches.
New protagonist Alex isn't just some gasping ninny, like his predecessors-instead, he's a soldier just discharged from the army who has returned to his hometown by hitching a ride with a semi trucker. The opening scenes of the game feature this trucker and Alex pulling into a fog-strewn town. It's unclear whether this town is supposed to be Silent Hill right from the start, because Konami showed some footage of Alex awakening on the streets shortly after his arrival, reeling and wondering where he is. Shortly thereafter, the Silent Hill town plaque comes into focus amidst the fog."
The sirens are sounding again, beckoning you back to the foggy ghost town as we rank all the Silent Hill games, from the chilling classics to the misguided missteps.
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.
Normally, we would not consider it a different game (Restless Dreams), but since it had a very different critical reception and had new content, it was allowed. As for Downpour, I would agree, but since that one is subjective, we let him make his case for the placement.
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.
Twinfinite: "They said it couldn't be done, be we've tried our best to rank all the monsters in Silent Hill according to their fear factor. Let's go!"
Pyramid Head is my #1 too, despite the fact you don't actually fight him much - and the few times you do are actually super easy. It's all in the presentation & close encounters.
I never thought the monsters themselves were very scary. It was the tension and the unknown, the silent moments that got under your skin that were the most scary to me.
Silent Hill has always been about the psychological horror more than it's gore.
Daily Video Game writes: "Xbox Store has just launched three new digital sales that offers steep discounts on various combat, family, and free to play games for Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One, including many Xbox 360 games right now!"
I had no idea Binary Domain was backwards compatible. I know what I'm downloading.
I would like El Shaddi, Afterburner Climax, and outrun 2 please. I am sure that there are other games as well but those came to mind for me right now.
if you look closely at the pics you can tell the pollys look really bad. like a ps2 in hidef, but that matters not to me. I will pic this game up for sure!