Xeogred wrote:Maybe this should be its own thread, but I'm curious to hear a rundown on the Silent Hill games from some fans. It's one of those series I've somehow just not gotten into over the years. I dabbled into 2 years back and liked it, but that's about as deep as my exposure to the whole franchise ever got. I've always heard a lot and gathered opinions on them all over the years though.
Finally think I'll try to play 2 again sometime this month.
1, 2, and 3 are all really good. 2's probably the best of those, but 1 and 3 are no slouch either. 3's a direct sequel to 1, while 2 (and the rest of the series for that matter) is standalone.
4 is... interesting. They tried to take the series in a new direction, which kinda works in some ways and kinda not in others. I think it's probably worth playing, but don't expect it to be anything like the first 3.
After those, Team Silent was disbanded and the series was handed over to a rotating door of different western development teams. I've played a bunch of those a bit, and while they aren't necessarily bad games in their own right, most of them try desperately to "feel" like the first 3 games and end up missing the mark and feeling like imitators. If they tried less to be like "Silent Hill 1/2/3 redux" and tried more to be their own things, they'd probably be more enjoyable.
Shattered Memories is an exception to this, and is probably the best of the western developed games. It's not perfect, but I really like how for once the developers went out of their way to create their own idea of Silent Hill instead of just sticking to imitations of the classic games. If you play any of the post-Team Silent ones, play this one, it really is unique and carves its own niche. I'd recommend playing the original Silent Hill before touching this one though. It's kinda a really loose retelling of the original game's story, but it throws in a lot of twists that are definitely more effective if you're familiar with how things play out in the original.
