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Silent Hill 4: The Room (PC) | 
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| From: Konami
Category: Video Games
List Price: £29.99
Buy New: £17.65
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 7569
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows Nt
Genre: action-games
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
ESRB: Adults Only
Media: Video Game
Age: 15 - 18 years
Operating System: Windows Me
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.3
EAN: 4012927070918
ASIN: B0002UOUSG
Release Date: September 24, 2004
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Survival horror games don't get the recognition they deserve in the wider world. Whereas CGI effects have done nothing but make horror movies less and less scary, ironically video games, particularly the Silent Hill series, have been showing filmmakers just how it should be done for years. Irritatingly though the original PS one title remains the best of the series with the last two PS2 titles being little more than hi-res rehashes. The Room manages to shake things up a bit though, ditching the radio and flashlight gimmicks and adding twice the normal amount of side characters and a more involved fighting system. There's also a number of completely invincible bad guys and a new Resident Evil style limited slot inventory system. The room in question, as you're no doubt wondering, is in fact the toilet. Playing yet another everyman character you wake up from a rather disturbing dream to find out that you're locked inside your flat and the only way out is through a gateway to hell next to the privy. Which almost sounds like a BlackAdder joke, but is unlikely to have you laughing after your first trip. Within your flat the game uses a first person view, with the series' more traditional third person viewpoint taking over when you go through the portal. A series of weird lens filters and excellent (i.e. very unpleasant) sound lends a real otherworldly feel to proceedings, so that when things do choose to go bump in the night at you, you end up being very scared indeed. --David Jenkins
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 Outstanding Plot but PC Version Suffers July 18, 2008
Jenesis (UK)
I won't go into a huge long review about the plot, as there are good, comprehensive and accurate ones out there already. In my opinion the plot is superb and an excellent addition to the Silent Hill line.
As to the gameplay, to sum up: Could Do Better. Again, others have done more detailed reviews of the gameplay mechanics (combat is frustrating and the level repetition annoying) so I won't say any more there.
The main thing I wrote this review to say is: Do NOT get this on PC unless you absolutely have to. Yes, the graphics (on a gaming PC) are very pretty, but the controls are horrible. The game is practically unplayable using the keyboard alone and necessitates the use of a gamepad, however even doing this will cause you problems, as the completely counter-intuitive default button assignments will tell. I have a very good 12-button gamepad and I couldn't get the game to recognise the right analog stick at all, so in the first-person parts I was forced to use my keyboard to get Henry to look up and down.
To summarise: Good for Silent Hill fans, only really worth playing on consoles.
 THIS IS NOT SILENT HILL September 4, 2007
fast review (england)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
this is more like resident evil,the plot is good but the gameplay is boreing and lame
 Sinister - A game for those with a strong mind February 22, 2007
Reiss Williams (UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This was the first Silent Hill game I ever played, mainly because I found Resident Evil so boring. Silent Hill is unique in almost every way and Silent Hill 4 is by far my favourite.
Silent Hill 4: The Room, takes place in an apartment building situated, not in Silent Hill, but its neighboring town, South Ashfield. Silent Hill 4 focuses on room 302 and the man who for the past few years, has lived there. One night Henry (the tennant of room 302 and the main character of the game) has an intense nightmare, when he wakes, he finds that he cannot leave his room. When you play, he has been trapped in his room for 5 days and at this point, looks kinda rough (My personal opinion)
In the first scene of the game you will play through the nightmare in which Henry has endured for a previous 4 nights. You'll awaken and have the oporitunity to experience two main events which will instantly start to test your sanity; you will also be able to familiarise yourself with the apartment and what is in it. For those of you familiar with the previous titles, I will tell you that your only save point is situated in your room. (Nothing like a little extra pressure, eh?) Another thing you'll notice (mainly for those who have played the previous Silent Hill titles) is that there is a limit to how many items you can hold at one time. Eventually you will be drawn into your bathroom where you will discover a hole in the wall which leads you... not next door... but into a tunnel which for some, might remind you of the ring (movie: and that's just my opinion again)
Whilst in your room (302) you will be in first-person view, you cannot use any weapons and during the first half of the game, the room has healing powers. (That 'security' is later taken away from you as the curse amongst it beccomes stronger. It makes the game become even harder) The chest in your room will be where you store items that you have no use for, the diary is where you save and the hole in your bathroom wall (during the first half of the game) is where you enter the alternate universe.
I love this game, I still play on it and am currently trying to get the ten star ranking. The game focus' on melee weapons which is a good thing because going back to your room to grab more ammo, or using up 6 of your 10 inventory sots for 1 weapon, isn't exactly ideal. The story behind the game is more than enough to keep you on the edge of your seat... and your sanity... The monsters are the creepiest you'll ever see for a while (particulary the, as I like to call it, "Hand Monster". I won't tell you it's real name, it's a bit of a give-away) and the characters are all unique; just like in real life they have their dark sides. Some of the tasks you have to do can get agrivating and there are a few puzzles there but the game mainly focus' on it's complex story plot, battling and sucking YOU into this dark realm. The graphics are great, I have played the PS2 and PC versions of the game and I have seen some of the Xbox graphics and they're all great. (I personally think the PC graphics are the best and I don't have a 1,000 PC on my hands either) You will here some negative reviews on the game but I think it's great and worth a shot.
Down sides are: Repetition, lack of environmental sound FX (Fans of previous titles will know what I mean) and lack of guns (for the gun lovers, I don't care much for guns) Another thing I have heard and only slightly agree with is the voice acting of the main character, Henry. Henry seems to have a dry response to alot of the events around him (On several ocasions people are dying in front of him and he doesn't seem to care in his voice... aparently) But I think that is deliberate because of what his character is supposed to be like. Other than that, all the characters are well (vocally) acted.
But putting the criticism's aside, the graphics are spectacular, other than a few environmental textures which could have been more detailed, the sound effects are great and the limited music you hear is effective. The cutscenes are frequent in the first half of the game and settle down after that. The gameplay itself is alright, apart from a few people who do not like going back and forth between the room and the otherworld might find that a little agrivating.
I think I've covered everything I need to allow you to make your choice on whether to try the game out or not so I'll just leave you with my final quote...
"DARE YOU ENTER THE ROOM?"
Good Game a must have horror December 12, 2005
m_barber@hotmail. (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire United Kingdom)
0 out of 11 found this review helpful
Excellent game really imaginative an a must have for any die hard silent hill fan. This game is made all the more difficult however when you order the game an it doesnt come with a manual. Very tricky indeed.
Not your typical Silent Hill game November 25, 2005
RM (London Colney, HE UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'll just give a list of pros and cons for this game, since everyone's covered it pretty thoroughly already: Pros- Very good plot
Original enemies (ghosts)
Switch from first-person to third-person p.o.v.
Challenging
Graphics Cons- Not as dark as the previous instalments
Controls do take a while to get used to since they are quite different from SH2 and SH3.
Ghosts can get annoying
Need to return to your apartment each time you want to save your progress which does become a little cumbersome after a while. However, I do recommend the game to everyone, not only SH fans. Just be open-minded and don't expect a typical Silent Hill game.
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