I felt like 1 was better overall but gets a tiny bit worse towards the end, while 2 gets way better towards the end.
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Start with Silent Hill: The Arcade and make your way up to Silent Hill: Revelation 3D.
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Don’t forget this one.
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yeah i agree with this. 1 has some more old annoying old game tropes - the overworld enemies that hound you a lot, a boring sewer level, and an ending where you have to do the exact right things or get the bad ending. i think 2 is more oversaturated culturally but also probably slightly more approachable. but yeah it does start slower. once you’re past the Hospital in SH2 which is def my least favorite area you’re really into the best part of that game. also 3 starts weirdly hard at the very beginning for some reason but def visually is the best one. i still have yet to personally commit to 4 for many reasons tho have enjoyed watching friends play it.
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silent hill 3 is the best one cause it’s super trashy in fun ways, like the sewer fairy, all the haunted house shenanigans, funny phone calls and whatever else
i mean i also love the mood and i’m just big fan of violent revenge and stabbing gods face with a katana (oh thats the trashiness again)
also i was a stupid teenager who really loved all the lyrical tracks and i still can’t tell if that was legit or embarassing nerd taste
i guess my point is, from the perspective of playing these games as a teenager, sh3 might be the most teenage brained of the og trilogy (at least if rather than smart about horror you loved watching direct to vhs horror with big sis and had an easily exploitable halloween and monster love)
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i havent played a lot of silent hill but i loved what i played of 4 lol…
3 has a strong personality. But it’s the most actiony of the sequels and in many ways just seems like a retread of SH1. Worth playing but less interesting than the other three, imo.
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Three is proof that you don’t need to lock everything into over the shoulder camera to have a fun and frantic 3 action game.
1 is the scary game of the series
2 is the horrific game of the series
3 is the thrilling game of the series
4 is the spooky game.
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I always liked 4 for its surreal, disjointed atmosphere – The ghosts that chase you through bright subway tunnels, the big two headed ogres that belch when you hit them…
It also did some pretty cool experimentation with the form in a way that felt ahead of its time. I loved the first person segments in the apartment, and the way your ostensible safe haven slowly became more frightening than the rest of the game.
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On a separate note: Do they still make physical video game strategy guides in this day and age? I’m totally in the mood for those to come back. I’d love to have a lavishly illustrated guidebook for Metaphor: Refantazio that I can page through to reference the different classes and items and such.
I have to assume this isn’t a thing any more, but am I wrong? And if it’s not a thing any more, then when did the practice die out?
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it seems that they do!
elden ring has a multi volume series of official strategy guides
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I looked into this recently via this page: https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/3429/ref=zg_b_bs_3429_1
Elden ring, armored core 6, and totk seem to be the most recent games with big fancy guides. (Elden ring is 3 volumes!) And people seem to be buying them if reviews are any indication. A lot of scam-looking self published guides on that list too. Also kinda sad to see a game that came out when the concept of a guide was still barely hanging on (octopath 1, Pokémon sword/shield) but by the time a sequel came out they didn’t even bother—or maybe a big guide publisher went out of business.
Edit: oops what Loki said basically
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i bought the original printing of that dark souls trilogy guide and sold it for like £200 during the period it was OOP. i should get the reprint again, the fromsoft ones are generally really nice.
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Some time ago, Kowloon’s Gate VR for PS4 got an official English translation.
Does anybody know what ties this game has with the original PS1 cult classic (JP only, to this day, although a translation is in progress)? Is it a remake, or a different game altogether (e.g. prequel)? I could find little information on the English speaking internet…
Swear I saw a video covering this but can’t for the life of me find it… As far as I’m aware the VR game is it’s own thing, not a remake. I think it’s also quite lightweight in terms of content, more an excuse to revisit the environments and characters in VR rather than a full-fledged remake or sequel/prequel. Planet Laika, by the same team, ended up getting a fan translation so I doubt it’ll be long before it gets fully translated. Might be worth the wait!
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Yeah, I expect that the fan translation might be ready in a year or so!
Thanks for the info, btw!
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What kinda computer speakers do people use in 2024. Hopefully not some shit driven by a preamp or whatever, just something that plugs into the lil green audio out like normal.
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My first Silent Hill game was 4 and when I came across one of the vocal songs in the game it seemed a little out of place (I remember DaleNixon at the time explained to me that it was kind of a tradition in the series when I mentioned it), but of course those songs quickly grew on me and I still listen to them regularly today. Even the ones from the non-numbered games are great.
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I use iLoud monitors which can connect directly to an audio jack
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350 bucks hachi machi
I guess I probably should’ve expected that
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