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I am genuinely concerned as to how people think its even remotely reasonable to rate this game anything less than fantastic. I have played nearly EVERY Silent Hill game and this game has a wonderfully told story that dares to stand amongst other Silent Hill stories... and damn it it does it well. It may not be the most subtle at every single moment but its a beautiful and harrowing telling of cultural norms and pains women must go through daily even to this day. The combat is fun and, while clunky at times, feels very fitting towards the clunkiness of the previous Silent Hill titles. While the comparison to Dark Souls or Bloodborne is somewhat understandable FROM A VISUAL sense, saying that its comparable in gameplay is purely lying and tells me that you never actually played the game. The level design is great and gives an almost open-world feel on your 2nd+ playthrough. The puzzles are challenging but fair, even on the hardest difficulty and I had a great time solving all of them on my first attempts. Again, the story is absolutely fantastic though I would prefer not to give any spoilers it is ABSOLUTELY worth your time to experience it and every ending that comes with it (including the joke ending). This game may not be Silent Hill 2 and frankly I feel that Silent Hill 2 will always be the best story-wise out of all Silent Hill games, but it is still damn good. I personally would rate this up there with the original 4 and I believe it rightfully earns that spot with flying colors. Please give this game a chance and by all means if you legitimately didnt enjoy it as it is then that's fine. But please don't let the opinions of people that likely didn't even finish the game or are hating on it because you play as a young Asian woman dictate the story this game has to tell you. These people as is don't care for women and are part of the problem. Give this game a chance, because it is clear to me that these people wouldn't do the same for you.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

Didn't feel like a Silent Hill game at all. The Japanese setting is pretty intense and suits the horror genre but it could have been so much better. The combat is absolutely terrible; dodge, parry, attack mechanics just do not work. Voice acting (in English anyway) is extremely amateurish and rather cringe worthy, and the graphics are not particularly impressive; can't help but feel this game could run quite happily on the PS4. There's some fun to be had here but overall I found it very disappointing.

The story is great but the combat is soo terrible genuinely the worst combat in all gaming why did they try to make a souls game with durability weapons and after 80% of the game they js spam the monsters because they ran out of story which is because this game had insane potential

An ok-ish game brought down by getting placed in the wrong franchise. People usually play SH for hard hitting horror that strikes at the player mentally, the mythology/world, and for the kind of subtle grounded writing that you expect more from films and literature than video games. Not to mention the Lynch, Barker, Stephen King, and Kirosawa vibes. SH ƒ might as well be Nior or Persona 4. Lets be real, what makes this a SH game? What makes this more SH than The Medium, Total Chaos, Layers of Fear, or Resident Evil 8? The name. That's it. As a long time fan, there are some cool ideas and designs in ƒ but this style and genre of game isn't my cup of tea, I especially hated the combat, and it objectively isn't SH as far as DNA is concerned. And no, SH isn't about overcoming mental illness and facing down your guilt in fog. That is a blatant misreading of SH 2. Get it together, people.