𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐒𝟒 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐒𝟓 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲:

Running away to avoid being eaten by zombies has never been scarier... The first proper experience I have gotten with the Resident Evil franchise was this wonderful gem (my first tryout was Revelations).
The opinion I have of this remake is the same as Metroid: Zero Mission is: do a complete overhaul, add nice stuff/plot, rewrite the wrongs and improve the good, a marvelous remake.
The experience with this game was truly unexpected: went blind and didn't know that there was a need to do manual saves, oh and they are limited! Was so ready to complain and had to remember myself this is survival horror, the elements I had become used to (Silent Hill 1/2 unlimited inventory space, saving whenever I wanted) were absent from this entry, but I learned to be more cautious with the use of resources and appreciated the game even more.
I started to get more scared of dying and losing 30 minutes of progress than the occasional dogs, zombies and other enemies jumpscare moments.
The soundtrack is really powerful even when there's no music playing (my personal favorite is the safe room one) when my goal was trying to avoid getting scared with the camera angles of the game, sometimes acting against me when running away from enemies.
I feel the mechanic of burning enemies is a time waster but at the same time it makes you really think which zombies should vanish forever.
The game has so many areas to explore, alternative options and different playstyles (I played with Jill because of more inventory space and fun fact: had to restart my playthrough with her because with Chris I used all my ink ribbons), settings and a creepy atmosphere that still holds to today, there are rumours that Capcom is remaking this entry in 2026 but personally think that if we had a settling point this would be it. Great and without a reason to complain: it is such a fantastic entry to new Resident Evil fans. The next installment I have on my mind is Resident Evil 0, hope to enjoy it as much as this one.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐂 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐂 𝐅𝐢𝐱 𝐌𝐨𝐝:

In my restless dreams, I see that town... My sweet Silent Hill, some could say I finally ended the big three of the franchise, and with a sad face I will tell you, the love for this game is huge and even if the next entries aren't as good as these three, this was THE entry to finally stop being afraid of the horror genre, also got into Resident Evil so a win-win!

Ok, without deviating too much, the story was weaker even if it connected dots to the happenings of 17 years ago, Silent Hill 1, but a solid story nonetheless.

This game is so freaking scary, you start the game and already encountering the huge sleeve monsters and the pendulums, I call them the beyblades (thought they were only the bosses of some part when I watched a trailer on YouTube.)

And while the game ended quickly, each session completed made the ending closer, can't say it was rushed, but there is less room to breath here you go from section to section and can't catch a break (less town exploration!), compared to the calm parts of SH1 / SH2 which made me more relaxed, this is without a doubt the scariest one I've played so far (just sweating thinking about SH4), the Otherworld parts followed by the soundtrack and monster noises really made me poop better the following days.

The perception of a game by the gaming community affects my ability to see it, this is why I tend to avoid seeing many reviews before submitting my thoughts here. Love Silent Hill 1, Silent Hill 2 (kudos for the team that made the Enhanced project for PC) and Silent Hill 3. I wish to have played this franchise so much sooner, and the nostalgia given for playing the PS3 HD Collection crappy version on the PS4's PS+ cloud streaming for some minutes gave a glimpse of what was awaiting. Hope this isn't the end, I want to keep enjoying the next Silent Hill entries. Silent Hill 4: The Room, don't fail me. Send me with the final love letter from the fantastic and creative, Team Silent.

So here I go with my review of the game, we start with players trying to unravel the plot as they navigate the quirky town of Springfield, investigating a mysterious conspiracy and working to save the beloved community from chaos and mayhem. (I am not going to talk about it much so I don't spoil the game to no one).

I don't know if I could have finished it if I was younger though. But it's certainly not what I used to remember when playing this at a friend's house when I was younger, for sure.

The developers did a good job of doing the recreation of the iconic Springfield, capturing the show's humor and charm. We see many references to the show, and the fun starts from kicking Marge in the beginning to the very end game credits!

The game is an open world though it's limited depending on what level you are, so the map is not fully connected without use of mods. The game is 90% driving and you can do the main quests (more on that later), the bonus mission, collect cards, destroy mechanical bees (wtf?), and get chasen by the cops, but I might add that there are occasional frame drops during the parts cops chase you down.

Graphics look pretty good for the time (I'm playing via PCSX2 on Steam Deck with 2x resolution) and they made Springfield vibrant with their characters and the voice actors look spot on, the soundtrack is great and the car rides get better with that. (it comes with its easter eggs of course, that I didn't get all of them but oh well!)


Ok now I wanna get to the not so good part, I think the main quests are repetitive to the point the game is mocking you. (the 3 last missions of the game say it all).

The game shows its biggest weakness here, the missions are based on the following: follow / destroy / flee from the car, go against it to pick items and get to locations / characters. Rinse and repeat, sigh. I was really enjoying the game at the beginning until I picked the formula they were using here, was it budget? Oh and everything is timed just for the sake of making the game harder (no problem with that except when you design a mission to almost be picture perfect and spawn a truck in front of the end line, I'm looking at you level 6 mission 6!).

If I find the main quests repetitive (and the story made me question why I'm doing this and that), every bonus level, mechanical bee destroyed, or card you find doesn't provide unique content to make it worth to 100% unfortunately. The collectibles didn't make me more eager to explore Springfield, except when I needed the coins to buy an outfit or vehicle mandatory to progress in the game. Though I need to say, besides the game limiting you to 1/3 of the map constantly and each of those parts looking like a racing track with shortcuts, the parts you fly on the ramps are sick dude.

Talking a little about the good and less good parts about the game.

Pros:

- A love letter / A good representation to the Simpsons fans.

- Driving is great.

Cons:

- Everything is timed for the sake of being timed

- Quests are repetitive to the point you question what you are doing (before and during the quest) why do I need to do you a favor for you to speak, that the next person is the one I actually needed and so on? (minor complaint)

I don't wanna go that way, but this is the GTA III / "the GTA for kids" clone as intended, and while I think they could have done more interesting stuff with the platforms and such, they couldn't really include some weapons or dare I say gadgets in this? But you can kick kids. (also the fact people drive you around when you are stealing cars is hilarious).

To conclude, the repetitiveness ruins a little bit of the game with everything being timed,the quality of the quests too but hey I give it a 7 because they did a great job giving Springfield characters some representation and the driving is smooth for the most part, and 20 years later still considered the best game of the franchise (that really says something about the quality of the games, huh?) if you're not a fan of The Simpsons or you have an already set standard for your open-worlds I wouldn't recommend it. The game is a little outdated but this is how I feel in regards to it in general.

For a 5 min game it has a little fun music going and the dinossaur taking so much work to do a simple task and getting all mixed up and getting zero appraisal, thank god they did this with dinosaurs.

As someone who has ADHD symptons, the part with the book with all those things showing, man I really felt it.

The game is short and sweet, I didn't wanna rate it but a 3 stars will be a good time spent overall.

The expectations were high, since I already had played a little bit from the original game, and boy... This remake's certainly the complete package. Without delving too much into the story: Samus is selected by the Galactic Federation to an important mission: infiltrate planet Zebes, defeat those damn Space Pirates, the mechanical life-form, Mother Brain, and exterminate all Metroid organisms.

The story's fine, giving enough interest to know more of the lore, but I'm here for the gameplay: Top!! If you compare to the counterpart, from running, jumping and shooting, everything is smooth/responsive and feels like in the right place, while the original (from 1986) shows a real need for an 'update' and this really accomplished. Gamers like me that are more used to the modern Metroidvanias should be really happy with this one (a wonderful GameBoy Advance game, might I say). They added some QOL features, the map being the most important in my opinion, didn't felt very lost playing, the soundtrack is great and the atmosphere is perfect, giving the creepy vibe, that you are by yourself against all the crazy monsters. Didn't find the boss battles that hard, just a couple of tries and nailed the strategy, would like if they added more bosses to this version.

The Metroidvania aspect is almost perfect, by the end of the game I felt like a God and the upgrades just made sense and giving a sense and purpose to backtrack and get some hidden collectibles (in which I add: was not the best to find some of them) A fast travel option between areas would be appreciated but this is a 2004 game and could affect the game's exploration since it's a short one, just saying this because I died some times and would be playing for 30 min and make zero progress due to save point being far back, but more like a me problem that didn't take much enjoyment off.

My pros for the game are the gameplay, atmosphere and power-ups and fast travel options and more content (while that new area was so cool and different) would be my improvements needed. I really enjoyed the game, would love more incentive to keep playing it post game, the images (if you know, you know) didn't make me want to play it more, aside from some areas that I will reach using the new powers to get to them, don't have interest to 100% or do those crazy requirements to complete the gallery.

This was a very cool one and I rate it 9/10, next stop: Samus Returns!