SH0 is frightening, disturbing and really entertaining.
Welcome to Silent Hill.
Or welcome again to Silent Hill if this isn’t your first SH sport.
For me it isn’t, I’ve performed via all of the 4 (now 5) titles of this excellent franchise (my favourite truly) and intend to replay them for so long as I dwell. I am what you possibly can name a SH-maniac.
So, does SH0 disappoint or not?
No. It doesn’t. Let’s divide this evaluation into totally different classes:
01 – STORY
The story is superb and really harking back to SH2 (due to the emotional half), however not going into many particulars (I do not need to spoil it to you) it goes like this: Travis Grady is a trucker, driving into his subsequent future/job. On the best way he decides to go previous Silent Hill for a shortcut however one thing occurs, just a little lady crosses his manner (sounds acquainted?) and he stops and there is nothing on the market. Within the reflexion of his side-mirror he sees the little lady once more and follows the highway to a home on fireplace. After saving the little lady, Travis faints and wakes up in a misterious foggy place, a avenue, clouded by fog. Silent Hill. He decides to take a look at the hospital and see how’s the little lady doing. However one thing will not be proper… || 9/10
02 – CONTROLS
The controls are very responsive and the animations of motion are very fluid. There is a slight wait of like 1 second after you press SQUARE for Travis to run. However that is probablyon objective as a result of, let’s face it, if it was actual you’ll additionally waste a second to start out your full run. So this provides to the credibility of the sport and the issue. Additionally, Travis will get drained (wich was lacking from the opposite SH’s), fortunately there are power drinks scattered round city so that you can hold operating (specifically on the town when the straightjackets are all operating in the direction of you!). So that is one thing else that provides to each actuality and problem of the sport. Additionally, thank God for the shortcut for the weapons (by urgent the directional buttons) a la Silent Hill 4 wich is superior in case your weapon breaks otherwise you waste all of your bullets ‘trigger you needn’t open the menu and navigate via all of the menus to get the place you need or use and medicinal pack or drink. You employ the analogic to maneuver round, CROSS to verify/decide up objects and use doorways and so on; TRIANGLE to entry your map (very helpful as normal); and CIRCLE to toggle your flashlight on/off (bear in mind that is very helpful to cover from monsters and sneak previous them!). You additionally use R1 to go to your battle pose/intention and CROSS (whereas R1 is pressed) to assault/shoot. So the controls are simple to be taught and straightforward to get, no problem right here and superb response. || 10/10.
03 – GRAPHICS
The graphics are a few of the greatest you may see on PSP, and the static results (while you get near monsters) are similar to when Henry was near ghosts on Silent Hill 4. Very cool. The display screen flashes crimson on the edges to warn you when your well being could be very low, so keep watch over this. The sceneries are completely superior specifically on the “other-world” the place they grow to be ugly and blood splattered. The monsters are very nicely modeled/animated and really very ugly/disgusting. I like the “plastic” impact they’ve too. The character fashions may have extra particulars on them, however nothing that can get in your manner. I had a really humorous expertise with this, whereas I used to be combating a monster the digicam was proper between Travis and a Wall and Travis leans backwards to assault the monster and the digicam goes inside Travis’ head LOL it was the scariest factor I’ve ever seen. Again to being severe, every thing on this class was nice. || 9/10
04 – ATMOSPHERE
So, we all know this appears to be like like Silent Hill by now, however does it FEEL like Silent Hill? Hell yeah it does! The fog is there, the radio is there, the flashlight is there, the monsters are the there. The city is there. Together with some acquainted characters (certainly one of wich was actually BAD on this sport =). Other than this character, we’ll be visiting some acquainted spots and majorly new ones (yay!). Additionally, the music Akira Yamaoka makes (wich is ideal!) and the sound results he produced (wich are additionally high notch) make an enormous distinction on the environment (extra macabre and frightning). || 10/10
05 – SOUND AND MUSIC
As I mentioned within the earlier class, Akira Yamaoka’s music/sound is ideal (as normal) and suits the entire sport/atmosphere/story so nicely that can make you cry… in worry. 🙂 GO AKIRA!! || 10/10
06 – REPLAY?!
This sport is frightening and excelent for the primary time. However on the occasions to observe you most likely will not be as scared (if scared in any respect). The sport is lacking some “WTF?!” moments that we have been used to see on different Silent Hills, however this doesn’t imply you will not like replaying it and you will not have something to intention for. You do, and many stuff. This sport presents a brand new mechanic known as ACCOLADES, every time you do one thing particular you’ll unlock costumes or weapons (or different cool stuff). Additionally there’s a great deal of spots you may try on the town that you simply will not be visiting the primary time since you’ll be too anxious operating away from the freaking jogging straightjackets! And now, here is the key draw back to the sport. It is SO – FREAKING – SHORT! I completed it in 4 hours the primary time, and in 1 HOUR the second time (the UFO ending is certainly like 40 min earlier than the true finish of the sport, besides you’ll most likely end the entire thing with 1 hour and 30/40 minutes the second/thirt/and so on time you undergo it). This doesn’t imply it isn’t enjoyable and it would be best to play it repeatedly both for the adrenaline of killing monsters and stuff or to see the three totally different endings (it would be best to see them, specifically the BAD ENDING, wich is the true ending to the sport) and getting all of the accolades. So yeah, there’s a variety of stuff to do right here. Other than the accolades system you’re going to get the EXTRA OPTIONS (those you see in all the opposite SHs) solely after you end it as soon as (it has some new choices there too).
So, is that this your first time on Silent Hill? I might counsel you play the opposite ones first as you’ll perceive the plot a LOT higher. However, in case you are already taking part in this earlier than taking part in the opposite ones, hold going, as a result of on the nice facet, it would be best to play the opposite video games to get the entire (nicely not entire) factor straight. Might be a greater prequel because it doesn’t inform you a lot of the start of the story (and even Alessa’s father) but it surely’s entertaining to play only for Travis’ story. It does get a few of Alessa’s background straigh thought, wich is sweet, and explains what actually occurred earlier than Slent Hill 1 (it is a direct prequel). Now I need a prequel to the prequel. Lol.
So for those who’re a Silent Hill or Survival Horror fan and personal a PSP it is a MUST PLAY! Excelent sport with nice high quality. Climax actually did it! After all Akira Yamaoka (GOD) had clearly his finger on it (you may see by the earlier model of the sport).
OVERALL || 9.5 (5 Stars)
Excelent sport!