It had a great concept and lots of potential, but fell short due to a lack of creativity and diversity, instead opting for gameplay that got stale after about an hour.

Backtracking is a good answer. Ghosts are another, but anyone who complains about those are justified. They're kind of cunty

The plot was understandable in a single playthrough without a plot guide, unlike SH1/2/3

Is Silent Hill 4 literally the 4th Silent Hill game?

at its core, very little

most people just wanted more of the same

most of its complaints I don't think they're valid; the main one being that you have to escort the neighbour chick through a bunch of locales where you've been before

I was intrigued with the narrative, and she provides answers to the origins of the villain and a bunch of other shit

>>339276218
if you can't defeat the ghosts, you just fucking suck at playing video games. Nothing about the game is unfair; you just have to find the solution - and they are there to be found

>>339276427
yes.

>>339276519
Yeah, I know. The swords help, but you don't have enough for all of them. It definitely put me out of my comfort zone. Also, those fucking apes that steal items off you were unexpected.

I don't know, I played a little bit of it after playing 1-3 and just stopped. I didn't really like it, might try it again some time.

>>339276679
>The swords help, but you don't have enough for all of them.

the first battle with them is the thoughest, after that they're kind of weakened and will go down with a couple of melee blows. Iirc, I took out the sword from a couple of ghosts that weren't really dangerous to begin with.

the chick though that went all Ringu? Leave that one pinned

I could not figure out how to pin the ghosts. After hitting them a few times they would fall down but would get up so quickly I never seemed to have time to use the sword on them.

>>339277437
you need to pounce them a couple of times before they become weakened enough to use the sword

it usually doesn't work directly after the first time they go down