I started playing that game recently and I must say it's one of the best in the series...more surprising it looks and plays very nicely on the PSP...

Don't expect anything too new, though. It is yet another parallel story branched off of the original storyline.

I need to grab this. Everything I have read says its as good as any of the PS2 games. Silent Hill has managed to hold onto the "spooky" game world when Resident Evil went well over the edge into camp.

I need to grab this. Everything I have read says its as good as any of the PS2 games. Silent Hill has managed to hold onto the "spooky" game world when Resident Evil went well over the edge into camp.

As I said, it is vintage Silent Hill. Same game mechanics with good new puzzles and the quite nice addition of mirror portals between the real world and the altered world.

I was on the fence about this game with all the changes and rebuilds it went through, but it sounds like it's done a great job of capturing what Silent Hill is all about. SH5 for PS3 looks like it comes out in February, which is awesome, so this may just be the holdover to get everyone through until then. I will definitely put it on the X-mas list for the wife ;)

SH5 for PS3 looks like it comes out in February

That would be amazing...unless it ends up sucking like SH 4 The Room

That would be amazing...unless it ends up sucking like SH 4 The Room

Wow.. you didnt like SH4: The Room, huh?

I thought it was brilliant and one of the best, honestly. Incredibly spooky and the whole banging on the windows, looking thru the peep hole and being locked up in a freaky haunted room thing really got me...

I know you're totally entitled to your own opinion. Guess I assumed that it was generally well liked.

Just interested in which one is your favorite? Wondering since Ive been a fan of most of them except for 3 which was tedious, in my opinion...

The Room was pretty widely panned. I never even finished it because it was far too repetitive for my tastes. 2 and 3 were fanatstic though, so if Origins is going back to the classic feel it should be perfect.

According to IGN's release calendar, 5 is coming in February (but a lot of other blockbusters are slated at that same time, so who knows how accurate that is). 5 is being made by an American developer if I remember correctly. Interviews have stated they are bringing 5 back to the glory days of the first 2 games. Everything I've seen in video seems to point to truth in that.

2 was the best, IMO. It was so creepy, I had to force myself through the game. 4 just didn't do it for me... it was an interesting dynamic, though. Just wasn't very creepy to me. at least not like SH2 was.

I have never played a SH game. How will newbies to the series fare with Origins?

I have never played a SH game. How will newbies to the series fare with Origins?

Ditto

Well, I just picked this up based on the recommendations from this thread and its pretty good meta-review results. This is the first SH game that I've played. And to tell the truth, while I enjoy it, it's pretty damn useless. Yes, you got that right. I think that it's terrible but fun none the less.

First, controls: Why the need to press a button to run when the analog stick could take care of both walking and running? Why the need to hold down the right shoulder pad to attack when the circle and triangle buttons go pretty much unused? Controllers have evolved, why not the controls?

Save points: This is a portable game. You should be able to save no matter where. Last I checked portable games are great to play when you're waiting for something. You're waiting for your bus to get to its stop, you're waiting in your car to pick your wife up after work, you're waiting at the dentist's to be called in next. The waiting tends to end abruptly. What are you gonna do, tell the dentist to hold his horses until you find a freaking red triangle? Sure you can put the PSP in stanby, but then it's pretty damn useless for anything else.

Puzzles don't make any sense: This one I just don't get. Think of the first with the golden egg. Put the egg in the brass thingamajig, and unlock the door. Pretty damn arbitrary! There is absolutely zero context to it. A freaking golden egg in a freaking brass thingamajig. That's just lazy design. It's just a puzzle for a puzzle's sake where the design of the puzzle itself has absolutely no relevance!

Okay, apart from the above, it's kind of cool.

Sounds like the classic controls for a PS pad, I agree, Not sure why they wouldn't use controls that would match beter with the PSP.

As for the puzzles, thats one of the best parts of the series. As Resident Evil dumbed them down to the point of "blue key to blue door", SH has been going strong with interesting and hard puzzles. Sure, they all don't belong in context, but they're fun.

For the noobs, think along the lines of the original resident evil, but creepier and more story driven. Fighting is ussually secondary to puzzel solving and a good story. Pick up SH2 for PS2 or Xbox first, as it was the best in the series and will give you a feel.

Well, I just picked this up based on the recommendations from this thread and its pretty good meta-review results. This is the first SH game that I've played. And to tell the truth, while I enjoy it, it's pretty damn useless. Yes, you got that right. I think that it's terrible but fun none the less.

First, controls: Why the need to press a button to run when the analog stick could take care of both walking and running? Why the need to hold down the right shoulder pad to attack when the circle and triangle buttons go pretty much unused? Controllers have evolved, why not the controls?

Save points: This is a portable game. You should be able to save no matter where. Last I checked portable games are great to play when you're waiting for something. You're waiting for your bus to get to its stop, you're waiting in your car to pick your wife up after work, you're waiting at the dentist's to be called in next. The waiting tends to end abruptly. What are you gonna do, tell the dentist to hold his horses until you find a freaking red triangle? Sure you can put the PSP in stanby, but then it's pretty damn useless for anything else.

Puzzles don't make any sense: This one I just don't get. Think of the first with the golden egg. Put the egg in the brass thingamajig, and unlock the door. Pretty damn arbitrary! There is absolutely zero context to it. A freaking golden egg in a freaking brass thingamajig. That's just lazy design. It's just a puzzle for a puzzle's sake where the design of the puzzle itself has absolutely no relevance!

Okay, apart from the above, it's kind of cool.

I told you. It's vintage Silent Hill.
All good Silent Hill games have had these features.
So, did all good Resident Evil games, until 4, which was remixed to please a wider audience.

It's quirky, arbitrary, sometimes annoying, often creepy, mostly crazy stuff, but millions of gamers like it.

I can see why you would not. Particularly if you never enjoyed previous SH games.

Fighting is ussually secondary to puzzel solving

It's survival horror. You must carefully select your fights. You must carefully manage your health potions. You must carefully memorize the location of save points. Making your character run requires you to use an uncomfortable key combination. Adopting a combat stance does too. All of these elements are meant to build tension and push you to the edge and create moments of panic where you scramble to save your character's ass.

We own 18 PSP games and the following:


requires you to use an uncomfortable key combination


Has less to do with SH than it does with the PSP itself!

I picked this up two days ago with the BB coupon but I have yet to get my wife's hands off the PSP to try it! (Puzzle Quest is EVIL)

Wow.. you didnt like SH4: The Room, huh?

I thought it was brilliant and one of the best, honestly. Incredibly spooky and the whole banging on the windows, looking thru the peep hole and being locked up in a freaky haunted room thing really got me...

I know you're totally entitled to your own opinion. Guess I assumed that it was generally well liked.

Just interested in which one is your favorite? Wondering since Ive been a fan of most of them except for 3 which was tedious, in my opinion...
Actually, if you look around at the review scores and such you will find that his opinion is in the majority, or it is in the least favored of the games though. I'm with you though, SH4 is right up with the best of them and a great comeback after the better scoring but not nearly as compelling third installment. It is a game I replay pretty much every time I upgrade my HTPC, while SH3 doesn't get nearly as much of my attention even though it can be hacked to support widescreen while the others can't.

Anyway, good to hear Origin's is good, I'm not a fan of the PS3's LCD, but as a big fan of the series I'll likely have to borrow one from a friend to give the game a playthough at some point.

We own 18 PSP games and the following:



Has less to do with SH than it does with the PSP itself!

I picked this up two days ago with the BB coupon but I have yet to get my wife's hands off the PSP to try it! (Puzzle Quest is EVIL)

Granted, but they could have allowed you to run using the thumb knob quite easily if they had wanted to.

I picked it up yesterday and I'm enjoying it so far. As to saving; you can just put the PSP to sleep at any time and resume later. I read that the PSP only loses about 1% of charge for every 24 hours it remains in sleep mode. I started to use the sleep mode a lot more lately.

I've only played the first SH briefly and it feels pretty much the same.

Granted, but they could have allowed you to run using the thumb knob quite easily if they had wanted to.


Just tried it out. I don't think pushing two buttons is bad at all for running.

Graphics are by far the best I have seen, exceeding Daxter by quite a bit. Only criticism is that the filter used to give it a smooky look is also aplied over the text making it a bit blurry.

I was also unable to get to a save pooint in 10 min.. kinda rough for a portable game!

If you are a fan of the series you will love it.

I am a casual fan of the series and kinda wished they would have streamlined the whole "is this door locked?" aspect of the game.

But I'm always happy when a dev stays true to a long running series.

Looks superb for a PSP game as well

It's survival horror. You must carefully select your fights. You must carefully manage your health potions. You must carefully memorize the location of save points. Making your character run requires you to use an uncomfortable key combination. Adopting a combat stance does too. All of these elements are meant to build tension and push you to the edge and create moments of panic where you scramble to save your character's ass.


Amen, I wish they pushed RE forward, rather then scrap it and bring out the real horror that was RE4

Hey guys. Saw this game at BB the other day and have been debating to get the PSP or PS3 and wait for the game release in Jan. Any of you hooked up the PSP to an HDTV and if so, what kind of resolution is is capable of getting.

Off topic, but did anyone end up playing MGS:Portable Ops? I also tried the Syphon Filter game, and I must say it was impressive!