Silent Hill 4: The Room for PlayStation 2 Reviews by Gamers

Silent Hill 4 has the same creepy atmosphere, music, camera angles, and enemies the series has been known for and the story is fairly good considering the third game tied up a lot of the loose ends from the previous games in the series. As the title suggests, you play as a man that for some reason or other is trapped in his apartement and the only way of getting out is to discover the mystery of the apartment by going though a hole in the wall in his bathroom to different worlds. This game is actually easier for beginners of the series I think because there is a very lenient learning curve in that the game is almost broken down into levels and that there are very few enemies for the first few levels. Later on though, the levels become very complex and loaded with enemies, although to be honest, I got through the game with only using my gun a handful of times since the melee weapons were so powerful and easy to use. The cinemas are by far the best of the series, with a good horror movie quality to most of them. There creatures in the game are all original to the series, but none of them are as unnerving as some of the monsters from the past games. Things I disliked about the game however was the restriction to the amount of items you could hold (I know it makes it more realistic, but there is a lot of backtracking to your apartment as a result), finding some items that really have no use anywhere in the game, and the fact that you have a character with you for most the latter part of the game that cannot keep up with you and you can go through several rooms before you even realize that you lost her. The final boss battle is very unique though and overall I think Silent HIll 4 is a very good addtion to the series, although a bit different as well.