This game is somewhat different from it's predecessors. The combat is more smooth, but not by much. You can use a first-person mode in the room, which is somewhat interesting, but I don't think it's any better than third-person view. There are a few things to do in your home, like peek in on your neighbor or look out into the hall. But it all gets pretty repetitive. And in order to save, you have to return to your room, which requires finding and going through a portal, and it just takes up more time than having a save point in the place of the portal. So, I wouldn't say that whole portal thing is an improvement, either. There are a few places to go, like a prison or a forest. You move through each area fairly quickly. The characters are pretty interesting, although most don't stick around long. Someone is killing people and the pattern is following a murder from the past, in Silent Hill. The story is decent. I look forward to seeing what happens next. Although, getting there can be a pain, because of some of the ghosts. That is the major problem I had with the game. You cannot kill them. They can do some serious damage to you if you stick around long. You can beat them down, but they'll just get back up. There is a rare item that you can use to keep them trapped, but you can only keep them trapped if you leave it there, and you only get a few. So that is not very helpful in the long run. The ghosts are just floating people, sometimes flaming. They aren't scary or creative. They are just annoying. That is the main reason that I don't like this game much. Other than that, it's a good game. And although it's not as good as Silent Hill 1, 2 or 3, it's still worth trying.
This game is somewhat different from it's predecessors. The combat is more smooth, but not by much. You can use a first-person mode in the room, which is somewhat interesting, but I don't think it's any better than third-person view. There are a few things to do in your home, like peek in on your neighbor or look out into the hall. But it all gets pretty repetitive. And in order to save, you have to return to your room, which requires finding and going through a portal, and it just takes up more time than having a save point in the place of the portal. So, I wouldn't say that whole portal thing is an improvement, either. There are a few places to go, like a prison or a forest. You move through each area fairly quickly. The characters are pretty interesting, although most don't stick around long. Someone is killing people and the pattern is following a murder from the past, in Silent Hill. The story is decent. I look forward to seeing what happens next. Although, getting there can be a pain, because of some of the ghosts. That is the major problem I had with the game. You cannot kill them. They can do some serious damage to you if you stick around long. You can beat them down, but they'll just get back up. There is a rare item that you can use to keep them trapped, but you can only keep them trapped if you leave it there, and you only get a few. So that is not very helpful in the long run. The ghosts are just floating people, sometimes flaming. They aren't scary or creative. They are just annoying. That is the main reason that I don't like this game much. Other than that, it's a good game. And although it's not as good as Silent Hill 1, 2 or 3, it's still worth trying.