Silent Hill 3
by Konami
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Video Game Reviews of Silent Hill 3
Customer Review: more excitement
Summary: 5 Stars
Silent Hill 3 is where the amount of fear REALLY goes up a few notches. Encountering a monster in this game will probably scare the crap out of you, thanks to the graphics being a big improvement this time around.
The music isn't quite as good as the original Silent Hill, but in this case, the music doesn't really hurt the gameplay at all. You will be scared regardless of what tune happens to be playing. The sound effects alone can make you afraid. Playing as Heather is a really nice twist, also. As you play the game, imagine what she must be feeling.
I would recommend this game to anyone who has a strong enough mind to handle this kind of psychological horror. Remember, it may be a video game, but the violence and fear may be too much for many folks to handle. I recommend NOT buying this game for your children.
Customer Review: Scariest Game Ever
Summary: 5 Stars
Or movie, for that matter; You may need the guide the get all the way through(I did...so sue me), but it's well worth it to see this one to the end. Turn the lights out, the phone ringer off, and the sound way up. This game takes everything I liked about the first 2 and steps it up a notch; Sure, it's a short game but one worth playing; The amusement park level and the church were pure genius...Oh, and the subway level nearly gave me a heart attack. Always a good sign. Plus the graphics still hold up just as good as some supposed 'next gen' titles...A must have for horror fans.Customer Review: Plagued with flaws.
Summary: 3 Stars
Ok, first off this game looks beautiful. The graphics, models, and sounds are all superb. Its just too bad everything else goes downhill from there...
And let me just say that this game is NOT scary. The monsters looked strange and funny. You have a fat naked blob. You have a tall skiny naked blob. You have a funny sounding 'dog' monster. You have a torso that crawls thingy. Everything looked strange.
And all those humanoids crawling with their shaking heads reminded me of a Tool video...
And seeing blood on every wall and floor is not scary. I get it... theres blood everywhere. Let me open up the next room and see, surprise!, more blood. :Yawn:
The only thing that gave me nightmares in this game were the doors. Every hallway you enter has 10 doors in it. Yet only 1 or 2 can be opened. And with the way the map works, you are forced to try and open every stinking door in the game for fear of missing an important clue inside it. You will be spending more time finding a door that opens than actually finding clues.
Plus the camera system in this game seems to be haywired.
I cant count how many times my character would run 'towards' the screen down a hallway and the only thing i can see is whats behind me. And everytime you leave a room all the camera shows you is the door behind you that you just closed. I hate changing the camera angle every five seconds just to see whats ahead of me.
In the end this game failed to impress me. It wasnt scary. It wasnt that good. And most importantly, it wasnt that much fun.
Customer Review: Get disoriented, lost, and, oh yeah, a little bit of story.
Summary: 3 Stars
The most annoying thing about this game is the fact that most of the time you can't see ahead of you!!!!. I know it's dark most of the time, but it's the camera that gets truly annoying. Most times when you walk into a room the camera goes right on you, so on the screen you see your character standing at a door, wouldn't we be seeing what is in the room??? no, not here, then we have to fuss with running around and getting angles to work so we can see where the heck we are going...blah
anyway, this is more of the same from Silent Hill 2, which is running, running, getting lost, disoriented, ,,finding a key, use it on a door, blah blah blah,,,,not much of a game here...The best parts are the videos/storyline....why dont they have more of those???? The enemies are competely annoying and sometimes, lame. The concept, graphics, story are great, but just they way it is implemented could be better. The main character seems to keep her composure even though she is in this hellish world?
Customer Review: The Truth about Silent Hill 3...
Summary: 3 Stars
Another review, another game played and beat... what a way to spend a series of nights off. Silent Hill 3 was a sad tragic tale in the long story of Silent Hill. I didn't like this game and to be honest here's why...
First off this is the third game that bares the name Silent Hill and after the story and experience of Silent Hill 2, I was expecting something better... even remotely better... I didn't get it needless to say.
As for the graphics and sound and yadda-yadda, yeah they are great and as to be expected from a PSX 2 game title. The problem for me comes in the form of losing that "Disturbed" feeling... which is what Silent Hill really clings to. The feeling of horror from seeing such disturbed images and what-not.
In Silent Hill 3 you play as a teenage girl... so we all know now that the directors of the game are going to focus on the stupid teenage lust craze thing going on in the world today. Sadly this is evident in the game as you sometimes find yourself wondering what the heck a teenage girl such as this is doing in such a situation. Hey been there done that... but the loss comes in lack of story driven potential as Silent Hill 2 had.
In the end I would recommend skipping this title over for something that truly delivers original content and exciting gameplay. I hate to say it but I was suckered into false hope of a better Silent Hill 4... that is for another time.