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I'm having a blast. A great game, so much fun.



It needs a quality of life patch.

I have been a fan of Silent Hill ever since the release of original Silent Hill 1 back in 1999. The psychological horror, drama, soundtrack and atmosphere was unsurpassed for its time. Silent Hill 2 took most of the best parts of one and turned Silent Hill into a masterpiece although I still considered 1 to be the more scary of the two games. I have played almost every game in the franchise.

This remake has improved upon all the aspects of the original. It's more terrifying and has a atmosphere that surpasses it. So far I believe this is the best Silent Hill game of the franchise. The soundtrack, in game sounds and graphics are the best of any game I have played in almost 2 decades.

The developers also give you in game options that help increase immersion and rid yourself of the modern console era hand holding. You add or remove any aspect of the hud, UI or prompts that your heart desires to play the game the way you want without your immersion getting broken by button prompts. You want it to be like oldschool Silent Hill 2? You can play it that way or with even greater immersion than the original.

To have the best experience I would strongly recommend playing it with no spoilers, no guides, and no hud or onscreen prompts. Don't watch twitch, youtube or even the trailer for the game. Do a blind playthrough and only turn on hud elements if you really need them.

Developers of horror games or of remakes should take a look at what Blooper Team has done here. This isn't just how you do a great remake. This is how you create a great atmospheric game that sucks you in completely.

From the very first scene the characters and voice acting is incredible. It's like hearing a quality film with good actors. The characters themselves are believable and from what I seen so far stick close to the original in terms of symbolism and design.

There is a miserable vocal minority of SBI obsessed individuals who think women not dressed like they are on a adult website = ugly. Ignore them. There's nothing wrong with how the characters look and it does stick faithfully to the symbolism of the original game.

Optimisation is the only thing I think the developers need to work on but this is from the prospect of someone on a Laptop that's several years old. The game is still beautiful and playable on my laptop even with some of the shadows and other effects turned down. I'm sure patches will help with this and the frame-rate.

Anyone having frame rate issues just needs to look at the guides online which will help get the game running well even on some older systems. The game also works on Steam Deck which is always a plus and i will be trying it out on there.

The only real negative i encountered while playing is the ghost trails on leaves and some other moving objects but there's a guide to fix that which is so easy to follow.

This game is the best of 2024 for me and the best Silent hill game so far and the best Remake ever made. Other developers out there should take note that THIS is how you do a remake!

The best sandbox game in the known universe.

The bright flickering colours on the in game text and items in the game caused my eyes to become strained and blurry. This game is literally unplayable unless you want to end up with damaged eyesight. It took a day or two for my eyes to recovered from playing it for just a few hours.

I'm not sure if its the games refresh rate or me playing a older game on a modern system but something was definitely not right.

Very fun but bring a friend if you're a dumbo bumbo like me!

This was a little hard to get into at first but it felt very rewarding towards the end when you solve some of the more difficult mysteries and puzzles.

A lot of fun. It was like a holiday puzzle solving adventure although i got a bit tired of the backtracking at one point. It had a few comedy moments too.

Fun game, will destroy friendships and relationships. I fully recommend!



Unlimited balls...

The first hour of the game was fun, learning about the characters and uncovering their mystery's. The music is better than the first game but they really need some sound volume options. Towards the end the backtracking become a little tedious and i feel the story jumped the shark. I still recommended it if your going to play the other Blackwell games.

A unique point and click mystery with a twist. Some mechanics and required actions are not obvious, such as combining notes in your notebook. It's a good first step into the Blackwell series of games and its mostly the main characters story which will grab you.