AAG's Tyler Chancey writes: "The Silent Hill series has had a very interesting history, especially in recent years. After premiering on the first Playstation as the antithesis of Resident Evil, emphasizing themes of isolation and fear of the unknown as opposed to an oppressive atmosphere with limited means of fighting back, the series started to invest its resources into slow-building psychological horror. The next three games are hailed as classics for focusing on three-dimensional protagonists, level and monster designs drenched in symbolism and enough nightmare fuel to keep Stephen King up at night, and narrative storytelling that some consider the best in the entire medium. Then, the original team left the franchise and moved on. Since then, Silent Hill fell out of touch with what made its type of horror so powerful, and the games released afterward have ranged between functional but bland and experimental but anemic. Can Silent Hill Downpour, overseen by unknown Czech studio, Vatra Games, bring Silent Hill back to its roots? Well, to quote an infamous movie adaptation of a Mary Shelley novel, “it's alive!!!”
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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.
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.
