>didn't originally start as a Silent Hill game
>main character was boring and had very little backstory
>escort was even more annoying than usual
>bad guy was alright
>story was mediocre
>monsters were disappointing with the exception of one
>out of three bosses all of them were also disappointing
>what is voice acting?
>only redeeming quality was music
why do people like 4 and claim it was the best?
>>332726741
Always think it's Lara Croft.
>didn't originally start as a Silent Hill game
this is a meme.
It was always meant to be part of the Silent Hill franchise and was developed by part of Team Silent while Silent Hill 3 was being developed by the other part.
>>332726741
>and claim it was the best?
Nobody does.
The slow degradation of your apartment was no less than masterful. It's a great game with a few minor problems.
>>332726741
SH4 is easily the worst out of the original Team Silent games, but it still has that distinct touch to it and the atmosphere is pretty good. Like another anon said, your apartment becoming haunted over time was a great change in pace.
Sh1-4 are great and well worth a play through, it's really not debatable anymore. 4 might be the weakest, but it still has few neat ideas that come through rather nicely that couldn't be done as effectively in the previous games.
Honestly the only things left to discuss about silent hill as a whole is which game after 4 was the shittiest, and it's a depressing argument.
>>332726961
>this is a meme
Do you know what that word means? Literally only OP has ever said this.
However, it was never meant to be a part of the mainline series. More of a spinoff or a side-story.
>>332729847
>Literally only OP has ever said this.
it's been said enough time to be mentioned on its wikipedia page.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Hill_4
>Despite what has been popularized around the Internet, Silent Hill 4 was always meant to be connected to Silent Hill and not an unrelated separate horror game that later became a Silent Hill title
>>332729072
it's a little fun to discuss which had the most potential. My vote's with homecoming on that one.
>didn't originally start as a Mario game
>main character was boring and had very little backstory
>escort was even more annoying than usual
>bad guy was alright
>story was mediocre
>monsters were disappointing with the exception of one
>out of three bosses all of them were also disappointing
>what is voice acting?
>only redeeming quality was music
>>332726741
literally the best silent hill ever you just have normie taste
>>332731431
1/10, an attempt was made
>>332729943
>hurr durr wikipedia said it so it's true
That's still literally just one person who decided to add that one sentence to that article without any citation or evidence. Stop being fucking retarded.
>>332726741
>didn't originally start as a Silent Hill game
Stop saying this, moron.
That is one of the largest misnomers in the history of gaming. In truth, not a single design document exists from before the game was called 'Silent Hill 4'. So the decision was clearly made very early in the process, all but eliminating the possibility that it was made for exploitative reasons.
>>332731431
Try harder next time. Much harder.
>>332726741
>Silent Hill 4: The Room was terrible
Stopped reading here.
Made a video a while ago.
Skip to 8:28 to find out why your opinion is wrong:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVFuQxWbD5E
>>332732917
literally two people have thought the same thing already, and I've heard it before too.
Stop trying to damage control
>>332733275
>open video
>greasy-haired smarmy faggot
>XDDX DDDD so random
No thank you.
I thought the game was alright the dogs in the subway and on the way to the circular orphan prison were annoying as fuck. Camera angles didn't help but alot of games were like that during then. The main character's voice acting was complete shit. It just came off so boring.
>>332733468
I was young.
Feel free to refute my points, cunt nugget.
>claim it was the best
Who, where, when?
>>332733683
>there's points worth refuting
>>332732917
I've heard this in gaming magazines, websites, forums, word of mouth when the game came out. It was a very popular rumor.
>>332733749
Too stupid to realize that? Ah well...
>>332733275
you did not make this.
>>332733020
>That is one of the largest misnomers
A misNOMER is when you NAME (or define) something wrong, not when you say something wrong about something.
Calling Silent Hill a "racing game" is a misnomer, for example. Saying that Silent Hill has a lot of kart racing in it, isn't.
>>332726741
>why do people like 4 and claim it was the best?
I never heard anybody claim 4 is the best. It has always been considered the weakest one out of the original games made in Japan.
>>332733969
Thanks.
Do I need to explain my point? Or can you infer what was meant.
>>332726741
>didn't originally start as a Silent Hill game
this is b8SH4 was still pretty bad though.
![1445695675422[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/b1uRZLP.jpg "1445695675422[1].jpg")
>>332734240
How about you, can you infer that I was just correcting your improper use of the word and I wasn't arguing with you? Because I swear to god, this site seems to gather people who are completely unable to do just that.
>>332734426
Uh... seems you inferred hostility, when there was none. I was just asking you question.
Ironic that its you who is now arguing isnt it?
>>332734613
My bad, I guess the 4chans got to me too. Yes, I got what you meant.
>>332732917
It is cited you fucking retard it goes to this fucking page
http://archive.videogamesdaily.com/features/konami_interview_sep04.asp
>>332726961
>>332734252
>>332733020
op here, my bad, thank you for correcting me
>>332726741
even the god damn thumbnail of this fucking room startles me
just that one fucking room
>>332726741
Whats the symbolism of this giant head
>>332734683
>Tsuboyama: No, we won't keep this trend for the following sequels.
>following sequels
WHY KONAMI? WHY?
>the PS2 SH games, as well as homecoming, had PC versions
>the former especially since the PS2 was killing it in LITERALLY every market
>downpour, from 2012, when PC was a much larger market than it was for those other SH games, didn't get a PC version
I still think those were weird calls to this day. I'm not complaining, I just find this odd.
I have always liked SH4, but it's not my favorite in the series. The atmosphere, visuals, OST and even story are good, and the Ghosts are some of the creepiest enemies ever. The room mechanisms were awesome.
Anyway, since we got this nice SH thread here, lemme repost the SH PC Guide + the DL links:
SH1 NTSC DDL:
https://mega.nz/#!bVUCTJzD!PmnPw4S7fWGyvTjw9S0-RQdk7rRp2BQNuXJqRkZCZvk
SH2 DDL:
https://mega.nz/#!rFcj1SIJ!47JH9M4OrzmQKuaiJ6IqUgmgz_SVNtk4LIYNSa-D-_8
SH2 torrent:
https://mega.nz/#!bYcEnbhC!rYnhvcJiRC46T6yExS0Y61JHZ-5N3WxFvfZMI8xbyhE
SH3 DDL:
https://mega.nz/#!2JNkgJ7b!nfPf5cIs6I5K-sdAs7RcnHvGA2hAvIGdpQuIoBhF3iE
SH3 torrent:
https://mega.nz/#!GVVGRLpD!SyklVbuLIkc38ZYji5QL3sWHKtHt9-Bto700My8pH7c
SH4 DDL:
https://mega.nz/#!Us1XTaII!cglH0dZOaH5yQEm4cnEh3eyUz4bIf6rACQqcVzkb4Hc
And in case someone's once again new to this PC gaming stuff: Use a program like DaemonTools Lite to mount the ISOs of 2 & 3, and then run their installers like always.
The SH1 is a PS1 rip that you gotta emulate.
The "sh2proxy" fix works as a no-cd crack as well, and is included in the pack.
In case you experience issues saving the game / not being able to edit the disp.ini, make sure the files aren't set to "Read Only", and run the game as Administrator.
If SH2 gets stuck in a black screen upon launch, close it and re-start it again.
>>332734683
I meant the first part of your quote. You know, the part we were arguing about.
Jeez, I know five seconds is a long time for you kids to pay attention, but I want you to really fucking try here, Tommy.
>>332735423
I never really understood why Downpour was never ported to PC. Not like you're missing much anyway, the game is pretty crappy and would probably run like crap, since it runs terribly even on 360.
>>332731431
If that game is so bad, how did it win best game of the year every year?
would she flinch if u busted a nut on her face?
>>332735559
Especially since 2012 was around the time when "mustard rice" was starting to kick into full swing, and Downpour would be the essential "shitty console port" that would soon be the norm for PC.
Then again, I think horror games work much better on PC due to the fact you sit much closer to the game, and thus are more immersed in the game. That explains why it's the one genre PC has in spades.
Literally no one claims SH4 was the best.
No one at all whatsoever. If you wrote that just to bait a response, you sure as hell got one.
>>332735852
It's more personal experiences with a handful of people on the internet claiming it's the most terrifying/the best. From the friends I've have that have played it a lot of them claim it was "refreshingly new" and "had an awesome story"
>i need new friends
>>332736198
Like I said.
No one.
>>332730571
I think shattered memories has a lot to work with, though it's split on whether people consider it good or bad. I'd love to see it's mechanics put on something that has a bit more meat on it gameplay wise rather than just running and puzzle solving.
Is Downpour as bad as everyone says?
>>332738393
Some dungeons are pretty shitty.The only decent part is exploring Silent Hill, that is, until you realize all enterable buildings are literally copy pasted. Overall it doesn't even feel like a SH game at all, the beggining sets up the mood of a SH game but it falls apart pretty quickly, even Homecoming presented itself as a SH game better than Downpour.
>>332738393
as a silent hill game yes but as a random game it's fun and hilarious if like me you don't know the controls so you accidentally throw every weapon and have to run laps to get it back assuming you didnt throw it off the edge
Yo.
Anyone got that pic on how to fix the PC version of Silent Hill 2 and 3?
Word.
>>332738393
It isn't horrible, it just doesn't have any of SH's normal strengths - story, characters, monster design, etc.
The best thing about it were those small side-stories/missions. I thought I'd hate them, but they worked pretty well. Small glimpses into the town's twisted history and such.
Of course, perhaps I only feel like that because the main story was dull.
>>332738393
>Is Downpour as bad as everyone says?
it's worse. Literally THE worst SH game, ever, if you ask me.
-No Akira's soundtracks. You can hear it, you can FEEL it.
-The MC's inner monologue = fucking annoying.
-Indicators, flashing items and tips everywhere! Try to play without them, and you gonna be all lost for a while at least, as the game was DESIGNED with them to be ON.
-The chase scenes were annoying. Especially the last one. And I fucking liked SM for crying out loud.
-Bad and limited enemy design.
-A handful of characters that just... are. I guess they tried to personify the Town or something, but come on.
-The environments? Boring & full of copypaste.
-The side missions? POINTLESS in the end, as you get ripped off all your gear, and they don't even effect the ending!
-BAD combat. Yeah I know, and I always ran past 90% of enemies in originals as well, but holy shit this is WORSE than in SH1-4 if you ask me.
-UT3 engine bugs and annoyances (texture & area streaming, usually lagging badly behind, the Subway doors getting locked, random bug of being unable to pick up items ...)
-QTE -like scenes.
Last the story... there technically isn't one! It's not deep or cryptic at all, it's just CONFUSING - most probably because before the very end, the game doesn't know how the story even goes, when your choices are evaluated. In this sense the game actually contradicts ITSELF earlier on, as there's no alternative cutscenes or discussion choices.
Yes, it's MAYBE slightly better than Origins, can't say any better than HC, but it's still a BAD horror game, and worse SH-game. Far from the original Tetralogy.
>>332739539
Read the thread: >>332735485
