It's definetly inferior to 1-3 but i don't get why it's so hated. There are many great ideas in this game, more great ideas than much of the silent hill games after this one. But, somehow the gameplay feels more stiff than the other games and the story just doesn't feel very Silent Hill. I have no problem with them doing something different but i can't help but feel this was supposed to be a different game, i wish they could do more things to connect it with the story of the town or do something like Silent Hill 2 and apply it to the personal fears and secrets of the characters. This one feels detached from the main story but unlike Silent Hill 2 it doesn't feel close enough.

I had no business playing this when i was a kid, it's funny how far in the game i went at that time even without finishing it (because i didn't knew how to speak english and was scared shitless), when i was 14/15 i decided to pick it up again and i finally finished it and it felt so different. The fear factor is supposed to be larger because of Nemesis but when you're not a small kid anymore it just doesn't work, the first 2 games can often scare me right now and i'm 24, but this one not so much. I guess because the fear of the big menace is more related to losing progress and frustration than it actually being scary.

Jill has a lot of personality and this is the game that made me obsessed with her when i was a kid, her and Lara Croft were really important to me... maybe because gays love strong women that kill people i have no idea why but i was obsessed.