Ash
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Yeah, gameplaywise it's a semi-respectable effort but it's not going to blow you away and doesn't evolve or diverge much from what you've already seen. If you don't appreciate navigation and puzzle-based gameplay, it would even be tedious. The story is cool but based on writing alone is not going to melt your mind. If the intense horror, mystery, tension, and otherwordly experience is not piquing your curiosity nor tickling your brain, and the gameplay is only frustrating or boring you, time to move on.
The game is a masterpiece...in a sense, and the only worthwhile Silent Hill in my book, but it definitely requires a certain mindset to appreciate and may not have the same grand impact it had on many of us back in 1998 now that it is being experienced in the wake of a million horror games rather than only...50 at the time or whatever, with half of those being 2D point and click. Nonetheless, it remains a clear contender for top ten horror games, despite the semi-respectable gameplay, and definitely not in the top 3 because of that shortcoming.
The game is a masterpiece...in a sense, and the only worthwhile Silent Hill in my book, but it definitely requires a certain mindset to appreciate and may not have the same grand impact it had on many of us back in 1998 now that it is being experienced in the wake of a million horror games rather than only...50 at the time or whatever, with half of those being 2D point and click. Nonetheless, it remains a clear contender for top ten horror games, despite the semi-respectable gameplay, and definitely not in the top 3 because of that shortcoming.
