SILENT HILL DOWNPOUR gameplay

[jiradevan]

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Oh damn I really love how SILENT HILL DOWNPOUR looks like so far.

Only this “woman creatures” and the fighting / combat system doesn’t make me happy until now.

I like the idea of keeping up just one weapon at once and even this one will break with the time but I don’t like this “from gaming in fighting mode” feeling. When there suddenly pops up a pointer/visor. It focus too much on fighting and takes you on an other level. That bothers me. I have no problem with it generally, I love it in some other games but I don’t want it in Silent Hill. I prefer it like it was in the first 3 games. I’m also not amused about that the creatures in the newer Silent Hills are more aggressive and somehow they don’t give you a chance to run past them. You just HAVE to fight them. Maybe this sounds strange but it makes it less scarier. It’s more like “Oh not again *sigh*” I miss it what Silent Hill 3 extremely good did with you. It was dark as fuck, you heard something and you knew “Okay it’s coming, prepare for fighting”. But then you were so scared that you thought “Aaah damn run, run, run don’t stop” This panic feeling, although you knew it was no problem to fight and defeat whatever stands in your way, but the situation made it scary and you preferred it sometimes more just to run. Well but okay, I will wait for the game before I make a final judgment.

Oh An other little point I don’t like is that at every damn object a “press this button” symbol pops up. That’s annoying as fuck, and same as with the fighting It pulls you out of the game and the feeling. It’s like it tries to remember you that you’re playing a video game and that you have to press buttons. Like “Press it press it NOW! DO IT” Again I prefer it how it was in the original games you just run through rooms and explore stuff. Try everything to pick up or just try to open every single door room. It felt more real.

So talking about objects, there is one thing I’m already really happy about it. It’s the object sound. I love this dull-sounding sound, it makes me so nostalgic. There is no sound in any other video game which make me happier and talking about nostalgic, Silent Hill every time again give me this feeling of old times. I’m so in love with this vintage / retro touch of the Silent Hill games. Especially the old phones, it remembers me I once used them too, the old radios and televisions, the hangings/wallpapers, the typewriters, old computers and more.

I can’t help but it feels so good what this game does to / with me and so I can’t other than to love the SILENT HILL series like no other video game.