A preview from GamesCom 2011 of "Silent Hill Downpour" is now online at PlayDevil.com
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"Playing the first chunk of the game did offer some insight in to the cryptic juxtaposition being given. Downpour shrugs off previous story threads, far from unheard of for the series, but an important point to make for fans looking for recurring threads. Instead of looking to the past a new 'hero' is presented in the form of Murphy Pendleton, a convict who finds himself free after a bus transporting him crashes. Probably feeling quite lucky at this turn of events he tries to put some distance between himself and the crash site, unfortunately the town of Silent Hill has other plans and Murphy soon finds himself trapped by the eponymous town."
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I mostly disagree with Downpour's position. Yeah, the game is not amazing by any stretch of the imagination but is much better than the HD Collection and Homecoming. The main issue is the performance, but that was mitigated by the patches, especially on the PS3. Personally, I put it a little behind Origins and The Room.
Having Restless Dreams as a different entry from Silent Hill 2 is also a choice.
Normally, we would not consider it a different game (Restless Dreams), but since it had a very different critical reception and had new content, it was allowed. As for Downpour, I would agree, but since that one is subjective, we let him make his case for the placement.
silent hill 2 is definitely the best one out of those.
for me personally, the whole ritual/cult stuff was always so weird to me in all the other games.
No disrespect but I put SH2 over 1. 1 is fantastic, but 2 took it all up a level.
