Silent Hill is a horror game icon and I can see how the first game started it all, the horror is real and the setting is perfect. Enemies are a little annoying but it's a PS1 game, whatever. My one major issue with the game is both its biggest upside and downside, the fog. While it perfectly sets the mood and adds terror to the game, there is just too many missable collectables that you absolutely can miss. I missed major collectables because there was 0 telling you where to get them and I cant see more than 2 feet in front of me at all times. This is even worse with maps, which I believe should be outright given to you at the start of every area. I got lost in a town I had never been in before and had no way getting back to the start to find the map leading me to inevitably google it. I also missed an entire weapon which would have helped me greatly. Worst of all, these items, along with the only item that will let you get the good endings of the game, are only there for a very short period of time before you can never get them again. You basically have to know that they are there in order to get them. But on the pros of this game, I love the buildings, the changing between the normal world and the other world is extremely well implemented.

Reviewed on Sep 12, 2023


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