For what it is, a free game it’s not too bad. I think the environments are really well done and add tension and eeriness. I also think the main enemy, the cherry blossom monster is well designed and creepy. The final chase where you have to find the items in the maze was genuinely scary. That’s as far as it’s positives go, the Therese I. This game just don’t work, many other people have said this before but they handled the themes pretty poorly and it’s hard to connect to the characters in the measly 2 hours it took me to finish the game. The game also kinda demeans the original games with its inclusion of the “ Silent Hill Phenomenon”. Someone else can probably explain it better but I know it has caused some lore/continuity issues. For what it’s worth it’s not horrible but nothing very great either.

My favorite game of all time, the story is amazing and the relationship between Joel and Ellie is really great and their growth and Joel’s character arc throughout the game is really well done. The environments and environmental storytelling are really done and the world building is amazing. I always feel immersed into the post apocalyptic world whenever I play. The graphics of this remaster still hold up really well and the gunplay and combat is very good. All of the side characters we meet in the story are well written and acted. This game covers the themes of loss overlocking that loss very well through Joel growing to care for Ellie even after losing his daughter Sarah, all of this culminated in the final hospital section which is really well done. The atmosphere with the sirens and the flashing lights and the music with Joel frantically trying to get Ellie out is the perfect culmination of how Joel has grown throughout the game. Might I add the music in this game is top tier. Overall a definite must play for anyone who owns a PlayStation.