I began playing Silent Hill on the Playstation last week, and have spent a fair slab of the weekend playing it.
My girlfriend doesn't like how scary it is, so I'm sensitive to her and only play when she's not around, but credit goes to her for figuring out the tale of the silent birds riddle while we chatted on the phone. I was proud that I managed to solve the coloured plate one myself though, despite the red plate looking pink and the orange plate looking red.
Its a brilliant game. It plays similar to Resident Evil, except at the cost of a graphic reduction, the pre-rendered scenes are replaced with polygons, and the bio-mutants are replaced with nightmarish monsters.
The map is very well implemented. In Silent Hill, clues are automatically marked on the map, which saves me from making so many notes during play.
There are two dimensions in the game, and the protagonist uncontrollably moves between them when his ears ring: He just sorta wakes up. Both are one step removed from what would be considered the norm. They share the a similar map, but the characters are unique to each world, and the surroundings are unique only by their style of decay.
It transcends the game/real-life boundary when I hear the sound of an enemy approaching when the washing machine is whirring.
My weapon of choice is the long red axe, because it's devastating to monsters and there's a skill to controlling it.
My preferred method of play is with an original Playstation pad, because its lighter and it feels more precise to use.
At present, my current save is down in the underground sewer-like tunnels that are entered near the elementary school.
I need to help the guy I control and yet can't recall the name right now's daughter.
Wish me luck!
Addition: I watched a film over the weekend too! I can't recommend it enough. Its an intricately well-balanced film that blew our minds. The film is Elysium and it is truly fantastic!
My girlfriend doesn't like how scary it is, so I'm sensitive to her and only play when she's not around, but credit goes to her for figuring out the tale of the silent birds riddle while we chatted on the phone. I was proud that I managed to solve the coloured plate one myself though, despite the red plate looking pink and the orange plate looking red.
Its a brilliant game. It plays similar to Resident Evil, except at the cost of a graphic reduction, the pre-rendered scenes are replaced with polygons, and the bio-mutants are replaced with nightmarish monsters.
The map is very well implemented. In Silent Hill, clues are automatically marked on the map, which saves me from making so many notes during play.
There are two dimensions in the game, and the protagonist uncontrollably moves between them when his ears ring: He just sorta wakes up. Both are one step removed from what would be considered the norm. They share the a similar map, but the characters are unique to each world, and the surroundings are unique only by their style of decay.
It transcends the game/real-life boundary when I hear the sound of an enemy approaching when the washing machine is whirring.
My weapon of choice is the long red axe, because it's devastating to monsters and there's a skill to controlling it.
My preferred method of play is with an original Playstation pad, because its lighter and it feels more precise to use.
At present, my current save is down in the underground sewer-like tunnels that are entered near the elementary school.
I need to help the guy I control and yet can't recall the name right now's daughter.
Wish me luck!
Addition: I watched a film over the weekend too! I can't recommend it enough. Its an intricately well-balanced film that blew our minds. The film is Elysium and it is truly fantastic!
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