Why is Silent Hill 4 so disliked?
Unkillable ghosts.
>>321389869
It's great really.
I love silent hill 4. Just not near as much as 1-3.
>>321389869
Because it isn't.... good?
>>321389869
it originally wasn't a silent hill game
The escort mission
>>321390610
>escort mission
Triggered.
Seriously, I can't think of a single game where an escort mission was fun.
That fucking annoying cokehead.No not Henry the jittery guy.
>>321390697
depends how important the character you're protecting is
>>321389869
Because it forces you to replay the game on the second half, as an escort mission, with an immortal assailant following you the whole time, no healing at the appartment. It scared the casuals shitless, but it was awesome.
For every good moment or good idea that the SH4 had, there were 5 retarded and immersion breaking things. Who the fuck though the escorting/backtracking and burping monsters was a good idea?
>>321391120
>For every good moment or good idea that the SH4 had, there were 5 retarded and immersion breaking things
You can say that about literally any other Silent Hill game.
> Who the fuck though the escorting/backtracking and burping monsters was a good idea?
Who the fuck thought needing to find a wax dummy, horseshoe and a lighter to make a handle to open a door was a good idea when you could just jimmy it open with a crow bar
>>321391216
>wax dummy, horseshoe and a lighter
Am I the only one who liked that puzzle (and figured it out easily?).
I thought it was pretty creative.
>>321391296
Common sense would tell you those items had to be used together just from having them at the same time.
>>321391216
>You can say that about literally any other Silent Hill game.
Not really.
You could argue a few things, but for the most part everything was really well designed to draw you into the experience.
>Who the fuck thought needing to find a wax dummy, horseshoe and a lighter to make a handle to open a door was a good idea when you could just jimmy it open with a crow bar
I legitimately don't get people's problem with that puzzle, it wasn't even very difficult and not nearly the most cryptic puzzle
>>321390697
Yep and they had the bright idea to make it a large part of the game , still liked Eileen though
>>321391331
Yeah but I've heard a lot of people struggled with that one for some reason.
>>321389869
It was the first major departure from the series formula.
>>321389869
I really liked almost all of its aspects, except for:
-Escort mission was kind of a let down (even though going down the lighthouse with Walter chasing you was pretty tense);
-The plot was handles a bit too heavy-handed near the end;
-Wall monsters were just annoying.
I never really had any problems with unkillable ghosts,considering that my favourite horror game is first Siren.
>>321390512
It was decided to be Silent Hill in early stages of pre-production, before any work was done. I don't really know why people always bring it up. Is it just an urban myth, like Xenogears' second disc being like it was because the money went to FF8?
>>321391550
The Xenogears thing isnt true .....
Makes the game even more bizarre
>>321389869
The majority of the game is favorable for most, it's the back tracking in the last part that put people off... that wasn't what bothered me though
It's the stupid haunted wheelchairs that I thought were the dumbest part
Rest of the game is fine for neme
>>321391550
The myth perpetuates because it's so different from the first 3 games. When you have weird/bad design decisions like the addition of a hud and the radically different level design, when someone tells you that it wasn't meant to an SH game it makes sense and you believe it.
>>321391695
From what I've read it was just a case of money mismanagement within the stuido. They really just ran out of dosh near the end, there wasn't any malicious plan by Square to grab the money and throw them to FF8.
I liked it way more than 3. It has a shit ton of flaws, but it tries to do something different, is unnerving as fuck and its story is really solid and twisted.
>>321391848
the bosses from 3 alone make it better than 4.
>>321391848
Walter was a stroke of genius
>>321391836
This is Square we re talking about
I can see why people would believe it
>>321391870
The designs from 3 are great but "dark Heather with an uzi" and the overall more action route makes me like it less than the others. Also, it being a direct sequel to 1 feels like cheap pandering to me (but this is a personal problem)
>>321391950
Probably my favourite character from the whole saga.
>>321391950
>that moment when youfind his corpse
They really nailed that secret room.
>>321392146
>that moment when you finally get out of the room
>that moment when Robbie is looking at you
>that moment when the room gets haunted
>that moment when you choose to put the doll on the trunk, thinking it is a good idea
The whole thing is filled with genius
>>321391950
>mfw I thought Pyramid Head was Walter Sullivan when I first played SH2
>>321389869
Your picture proves the point. It wasn't scary but retarded. Also terrible back tracking and boring.
>>321390697
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>>321394952
I asked for escort missions that WERE fun.
I know /v/ hates eclebs and watching things, but I think this is quite an interesting analysis as to why it's disliked, but still interesting in it's own right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaPNuBK4UNM
Soz4shilling
Henry
Ghosts
Wheelchairs
Burping monsters
Backtrack escort mission for half the game
Henry
What would have happened if Walter had completed his ritual?
>>321397659
eternal dream :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNmZCOmZ040
>>321389869
Because it's terrible
>doing the same places twice
>unkillable enemies
>focused on combat with breakable weapons
>second half is an escort mission
>ending depends on how well you do the escort mission
>main character is so empty since everything revolves around his room not him
SH: TR
>shit protagonist
>boring weirdo plot
>idiotic monsters
>ghosts in a SH game
>doesn't even take place in SH
>drags on longer than it should
>literal mentally retarded antagonist thinks an apartment is his mother
Oh and I love the part about it being a franchise where you're supposed to go around collecting random crap to solve idiotic puzzles but if you pick up something that the antagonist leaves behind during a cutscene, you get the shitty ending.
GG, SH4.
