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Hanging with Henry, or My 20 Hours of Solitude

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

A new disturbing episode: Silent Hill 4: The Room has been added to the Silent Hill series of "survival horror" videogames. This go-around, your main character is Henry Townshend, an isolated, taciturn young man living in a non-descript one bedroom apartment in South Ashfield, a fictitious, alternately bland and terrifying town with a past that rivals (and in many ways links to) that OTHER town with the lake, the resort hotel, the Amusement Park, and the infamous foggy streets: the town of Silent Hill.

It seems that Henry's pad has an evil, convoluted, bloody history. At the beginning of the game, this evil virtually envelops the apartment, imprisoning him and forcing him to enter a series of progressively more disturbing and terrifying alternate realities through a portal (for SH fans, "there's a hole here...") that has formed in a wall in his bathroom. Each time the portal is entered, new shocking and gruesome environments, monsters, and predicaments await poor Henry. Armed with an array of whacking implements (starting with a wine bottle from his refrigerator, leading to the dread Pickax of Despair) and a few guns, he plows through more beastie's than you can shake a bloody appendage at. Eventually, he learns his role in the nightmare he has been trapped in and must face the entity that is responsible for his apartment's gruesome past events that have been designed to culminate in Henry's demise.

Silent Hill 4's environments, sound, and gameplay are top-notch and the game is a must-play for all fans of the genre. The length of the game is about right for the average player and the difficulty level can be ratcheted up insanely for the experienced gamer. For the non-horror fan, the disturbing images and themes may lead to sleepless nights and frequent nightmares. Personally, I dig being scared and disconcerted by my videogames.

I strongly recommend trying out SH4 - if not a purchase, then at least as a rental. The experience is like no other game out there right now, except for the other Silent Hill games, of course. So, turn on the console, turn out the lights, and let Konami scare the pants off you.

Note: This game is not for kids and should never be played by anyone under the age of 15 or 16.

love this game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I thought that this game was actually really good. Although not the best of the silent hill series the gameplay and story line both were really enjoyable and made the game a successs in my own words.another good factor to da game(or course like all da other silent hill games) is da creativity or the creatures and also da somewhat diffucult puzzels that will sometimes have you thinking like youve never thought before.a good game a to play over and over on all the difficulties.

Silent Hill 5

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The next installment in the Silent Hill survival horror video game series, is currently being developed by an American studio. Let hope they can bring this franchise to the next level.
A couple of annoying things to point out bout THIS title.
1. the voice actor playing the protagonist nearly put me in a coma. He has the same tone of voice no matter whats happening around/to him.
2. Hate the combat system. Was never hoping for or expecting a God of War type..but something smoother AND useful to the player when trying to eliminate the creatures and/or survive enemy attacks.
3. Their are a few moments in the animation of the characters (espeacially the main character) where is seems they're moving in 0 gravity. Its just seems SOOOooo slow at times.
So some positives.
1. the game is creepy.
2. I like how the you start you learn more and more about the apartment as you get further into the game.
3. and just some all around creepy creatures AND human residents living in the apartment building.
In conclusion, the game is "OK". You MIGHT wanna rent this before you think about buying though.

Silent Hill -- Consistently Stubborn, Always Disturbing

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: May 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The Silent Hill series has always represented a consistently stubborn and disturbing vision, an unadulterated peek into a collective subconscious of common fears. This becomes progressively truer with each subsequent addition to the series, and the latest is yet another fascinating journey through tormented landscapes: Silent Hill 4. There is something quite refreshing about a game so uncompromising and honest to its vision regardless of the commercial impact, like a good art film that has something profound to say or express amidst a sea of manufactured, mainstream moviedom. That is the essence of Silent Hill 4.

As a video game purely, Silent Hill 4 is undoubtedly flawed, but it's more than that; it's an interactive experience, defined by the sum of its parts that elicits a sustained mood of varying intensities. The music/sfx, lighting, pacing, camera movements--to name a few--are the parts, which, combined, create the tonal layers that in turn educes emotional wells that linger while and after playing the game until they precipitate. Silent Hill 3 accomplished that same feat as well. That is the magic of Silent Hill 4.

But it is a video game, however, and as such, the derivative gameplay can become an issue. Like most sequels, it borrows heavily from its predecessor. Although, unlike its predecessors, there are a few differences that send the gameplay and quite possibly the series itself in a slightly different direction. First of all, gone is the omnipresent and absolute darkness that enshrouded the environs of the previous Silent Hills. I believe this is a welcome change because we have all been plenty enough afraid of what might be hiding in the dark. This gives the game the space to, at times, pull back the camera from the protagonist and show us corrupted, malevolent details of a psyche. In addition to that change, the menu system is accessed in real-time, the combat mechanics have been improved (you can actually maneuver with some precision now), and then there's the apartment/first-person element.

The protagonist, Henry Townshend, discovers one day that he is mysteriously a prisoner in his own apartment, as evidenced by the many locks and chains stringed across his door. Trying to find a way out, he uncovers a hole in his bathroom wall with a decorative and foreboding red border. Where does it lead? Thus begins the somber journey through the worlds of Silent Hill 4. You can travel back and forth between the current world (places like Prison World, Forest World, Hospital, and so on) and your apartment through the portals. The apartment is navigated via a cumbersome yet quietly inspired first-person perspective; the worlds, the standard SH third-person.

Hospitals, prisons, locked in an apartment by yourself, industrial noises in the soundtrack, rusted landscapes: all of these have been found consistently throughout the Silent Hill series. There's deep-seated fears associated with those--fear of industrialization, fear of isolation, loss of freedom--and these sublimated elements always find their way into the series, providing an venue of exploration. That is Silent Hill 4.

[Author's Note: Being a Silent Hill game, it's not as fun to play as it is to just experience the game. That explains the discrepancy in the fun factor rating and the overall.]

Weakest in the series...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: March 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Like many reviewers I kept asking myself throughout the game: why the hell can't he just break out of his own apartment? But also like them, I had to succumb to the machinations of the creators of Silent Hill 4 and finish the game.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: April 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I liked all the silent hill games. My favorite is Silent Hill 2. What I miss is the device that lets you know when monsters are coming. The flashligh was another thing. It was one of the objects that stood out in the game. It provided the errie atmosphere that Silent Hill is known for. Silent Hill 4 is another great addition to the series. I like the fact that it had new things, such as the 1st person view. The monsters are creppy looking. The ghosts are nice too, but can get annoying. But fits perfectly in the series. I have not finished it yet but I am having a blast playing it. With how much the game costs now its well worth the price. Give you liked Resident Evil and are looking for something different give any of the Silent Hill games a chance. If you just wanna use guns and blast your way through everything this game is not for you. Its more of a psychological thriller really.

MY REVIEW

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: December 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

A GOOD GAME WITH A GOOD STORY, ITS A SHAME THAT THIS GAME IS FULL OF STUPID CREATURES AND BORING WEAPONS.

best of the series

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: March 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I accidentally made the mistake of playing SH 4 The Room before any of the other SH games, so I went in reverse. Personally, I feel this is the best in the series, and I will explain why.
Yes, 2and 3 have the awesome, fog-smothered town of Silent Hill, with cool buildings and a radio to detect enemies. I also like the holes you can jump through in 2, and the many dungens you can reach and say, wtf?. But, you know what? Pyramid head, a guy that follows you around and that many SH fans adore, wasn't all he was hyped up to be. On top of this, the whole plot for Silent Hill 2 is really good in the beginning, but loses itself as the game progresses.
James is lured to the town by a letter he receives from his wife... Who is dead. Cool, right? So he goes looking for her in Saint Hill. But, as you find out, Mary, the wife, was ill and stayed at a hospital in Silent Hill for a while. How could that be possible if it was a cult run town with intricate torcher chambres and a supposed orphanage that actually brainwashes children? You mean that no one noticed? There was virtually no mention of the cult, just that Mary found the town peaceful and that it was founded onsacred grounds or something. So, three doesn't really explain the cult aspect of the town as much as it should of and just made you kind of accept that people never noticed the torturing or new about it.
Then, 3 had great graphics and a good voice over for the main character, but again, sketchy plot. They made the cult this time seem like it was actually catholic and had good intentions-to let gods eternal paradise shine on mankind- but had one or two fanatics that went about it the wrong way.
Silet hill4 was just scary as hell. You play a man who cannot leave his apartment accept via a wierd hole in the bathroom wall that believe me, you wouldn't enter except if you had to. And he HAS to. No one will here him scream, so he has no choice. Though the voice over is appalling, the game has horrifying characters, and it portrays the cult from silent hill as being really twisted, dark, and evil as all hell. Everone keeps dying that you run into; man, are you praying that at least one person will stay alive to keep you company!
I actually have not played the original Silent hill, but am about to buy it. I have enjoyed the series, but this one, by far, is the best for sound track, graphics, plot, and for being terrifying!!!!!!!

The perfect game for spying on your neighbors!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: May 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This Silent Hill 4 game gave me mixed feelings about it. When I first watched my friend play it, it really bored me and made me not want to play it all. It was nothing like Silent Hill's 1 through 3 and that's not a good thing! But then when I first played it myself, I started to like it a little but it still wasn't even close to being as good as the first 3 Silent Hill games.

The thing that really made me not like it was that the ghosts can harm you even though they don't even touch you and those Saint Medallions didn't last very long so after a while, it got very frustrating. I did buy the game and actually found a way to enjoy playing it without the stress of ghosts taking away life: using cheats with infinite health!! I know that it defeats the purpose but I actually do like this game as far as storyline goes and the fact that you can't leave your apartment. Some areas in the game are very interesting like The Prison and The Subway with that umbilical cord and The Hospital with those wheelchairs. And the fact that you can see all these hauntings and spy on your neighbors is cool. I definitely like this game now a lot more than at first and it's the hardest to play because of the ghosts. It's not a scary installment but a very interesting and sometimes cryptic game.

I also like how you can look out the windows in the apartment, listen to different things on the radio once in a while, and see different thoughts about the paintings in Henry's apartment after each level or so. Throughout a lot of the game, Henry is with the neighbor Eileen and when you bring her to The Forest World, she'll read all these passages written on rocks and buildings mainly about someone named Bob, and I wonder, who the heck is Bob?

ladies and gentelman theyve done it again

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 25
Date: September 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

yes a new silent hill and by god its just as good i really dont get this can sm1 tell konami there suppose to be gettin worse right to the review games great same great graphics but heres the problem theres a huge leap between normal and easy as in huge like easys too easy and normals like that much harder but that aside the games just like any silent hill same old satanic cult thing going on i still havent finished it but till now the actual game i mean like the riddels are like kinda easy but all in all great game i liked the monsters in this one cuz in two there was this really bad lookin monster the one at the begining but no here there all cool especially this one that comes out the wall hint:dont try and kill him yup invincible storys good as i said i havent finished but till now its building up greatly what else is there ya another con not enough items i mean like not enoguh keys and stuff ive like finished two worlds and i all i used was a key and a coin but as i said all in all great game a definite must in ure collection

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