As a very late-comer to the Silent Hill franchise, I finally sat down and finished this game, and there are a lot of great things; the atmosphere is one of palpable dread throughout, combat is surprisingly smooth for a first outing in the series - not nearly as clunky as the first Resident Evil (1996) imho, and a lot of puzzles have those great "a-ha" moments when you figure it out.
Only a few elements that brought the score down for me - some of the puzzles were far too difficult to figure out, especially in the later sections of the game, but I've heard they're slightly more forgiving in the later games which is good to hear. Other than this, I found the story a little too abstract, and I found it hard to get sucked into it for this reason, in spite of the fact that I really cared about Harry and seeing him succeed. Somehow I was absorbed by every element of this game except its story!
Onwards now, to my first ever playthrough of Silent Hill 2!
Only a few elements that brought the score down for me - some of the puzzles were far too difficult to figure out, especially in the later sections of the game, but I've heard they're slightly more forgiving in the later games which is good to hear. Other than this, I found the story a little too abstract, and I found it hard to get sucked into it for this reason, in spite of the fact that I really cared about Harry and seeing him succeed. Somehow I was absorbed by every element of this game except its story!
Onwards now, to my first ever playthrough of Silent Hill 2!