Everyone You Love Is Dead.... (Got SH Working)
SO! SILENT HILL DOWNPOUR!
It's got bad reviews. As a Silent Hill game, all I heard in the few days between its release and getting it is that it's not a good Silent Hill game. This immediately inclined towards liking it, as my favorites are The Room and Homecoming - oft toted as the worst of the main series.
Yeah, everything that was said and that I thought is right. For a Silent Hill game, some of the absolute staples of the series aren't exactly present. There's very little interactiveness, there are no save points (it uses the autosave at checkpoint functions), and so far the monsters are rather generic. Murphy hardly says a thing about anything and he moves like Monsieur Heavy Foot. All weapons are breakable and temporary and the controls are clunky. And Murphy himself? Well, I don't remember Henry mentioning his long lost brother given up for adoption, so I assume they'll drop that on us later. (No really, I kind of hope people ship Henry/Murphy just so there will be pictures of them making out. It's the closest I'll ever get to Henry making out with himself.)
THAT SAID! I love it. <3
Honestly, I don't mind the controls. I would prefer a bit more interactive stuff, but a lot of things can just be read without having to click on them. So while Murphster there may not be saying too much - expect about mining technology and underground engineering, he has his priorities - you still have neat things to read.
I love the visuals, there are some exceptionally cool sequences that are entirely unlike anything else in the series (The Devil's Train segment is beautiful!), and I've been enjoying the puzzles and storyline so far.
Though a big thing I'd heard seems to be a lying lie. This is not entirely independent of the Order storylines. I'm only about 23% in, and already mentions of the Orders Rituals, the Gillespie family and demonic miners have shown up already. So don't believe the 'it's just like SH2! It has nothing to do with the cult or religious stuff!' lines.
More thoughts as I play more!
It's got bad reviews. As a Silent Hill game, all I heard in the few days between its release and getting it is that it's not a good Silent Hill game. This immediately inclined towards liking it, as my favorites are The Room and Homecoming - oft toted as the worst of the main series.
Yeah, everything that was said and that I thought is right. For a Silent Hill game, some of the absolute staples of the series aren't exactly present. There's very little interactiveness, there are no save points (it uses the autosave at checkpoint functions), and so far the monsters are rather generic. Murphy hardly says a thing about anything and he moves like Monsieur Heavy Foot. All weapons are breakable and temporary and the controls are clunky. And Murphy himself? Well, I don't remember Henry mentioning his long lost brother given up for adoption, so I assume they'll drop that on us later. (No really, I kind of hope people ship Henry/Murphy just so there will be pictures of them making out. It's the closest I'll ever get to Henry making out with himself.)
THAT SAID! I love it. <3
Honestly, I don't mind the controls. I would prefer a bit more interactive stuff, but a lot of things can just be read without having to click on them. So while Murphster there may not be saying too much - expect about mining technology and underground engineering, he has his priorities - you still have neat things to read.
I love the visuals, there are some exceptionally cool sequences that are entirely unlike anything else in the series (The Devil's Train segment is beautiful!), and I've been enjoying the puzzles and storyline so far.
Though a big thing I'd heard seems to be a lying lie. This is not entirely independent of the Order storylines. I'm only about 23% in, and already mentions of the Orders Rituals, the Gillespie family and demonic miners have shown up already. So don't believe the 'it's just like SH2! It has nothing to do with the cult or religious stuff!' lines.
More thoughts as I play more!