Silent Hill 4
Silent Hill 4 is the last game made by Team Silent before they
dropped the project and let the Western versions began flooding the series.
Silent hill 4’s game play is similar to its predecessors but has a few new
kinks to it. There’s a mechanic where the certain enemies known as ghosts
cannot die. After you’ve just bludgeoned a ghost to death with your trust lead
pipe it will eventually get back up and attack you, starting the cycle over
again. Lucky enough the ghost’s can’t travel through maps. You’ll spend most of
your time in the dream world but there are some iconic moments in the room that
acts as your Safe house and central hub.
The Maps in
Silent Hill 4 allow are linear and less like previous silent hill games, they
still give you that feeling of a silent hill game. The Linear concepts of a
tight and dimly lit underground corridor do give off the feeling of being a rat
trapped in a maze.
The story is
that a kind of Silent Hill 2 except without a relatable character. James (SH2) had
a passion for finding his wife. This passion was so strong that he willing
stepped into a haunted town and continued to look for her. Henry (SH4) on the
other hand seems quiet and insecure. The whole reason he’s even been trapped in
the underworld is because he moved into the same apartment of the guy who made
it. There’s nothing linking him to silent hill or anything. He hasn’t even done
anything wrong to deserve it…. That was just nit picking. I know Walter
Sullivan just made that world so he could continue his legacy in finding his
mother. He was performing the 21 sacraments to bring his mother back to life.
The whole Deal is that in order for Walter to be reunited with his mother he
has to kill 21 people. Proving my point that this could have happened to
anybody.
I just mean
Henry honestly looks and talks so slow. It’s almost like he’s on pot or
something, but I digress. Lack of a relatable character aside the story was
actually quiet good. The game over all made me feel like I was playing
someone’s acid induced nightmare.
