Silent Hill: Downpour is really good!

**lee___radio** · 03-12-2012

not as good as real life encounters.

**Ghost-Rhayne** · 03-12-2012

Originally Posted by Lethal_NFS

Yes I do. I also have the Sony 3D viewer.

Did you ever post any impressions?

**three3-times** · 03-12-2012

http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/122/1220529p1.html

4.5??? damn!

**manutdfan** · 03-12-2012

Damn that review isn't good!

**Beast of Bourbon** · 03-12-2012

Great now im caught between excitement and nerdrage

**Blacksite** · 03-12-2012

I'll wait to read other reviews on the title. I don't care for IGN.

**Lethal_NFS** · 03-12-2012

Originally Posted by Ghost-Rhayne

Did you ever post any impressions?

Not yet. It is a pretty impressive piece of equipment though. Nothing like playing games on a 700" screen lol.

Other review scores for Downpour:

GameInformer = 7/10

Destructioid = 80/100

**F34R** · 03-12-2012

Without going into detail, I'd give it a 7.5.

**Lethal_NFS** · 03-12-2012

Originally Posted by F34R

Without going into detail, I'd give it a 7.5.

That is about what I would give it. If you compare this game to Home Coming, it gets a 10 lol.

**iDerek759** · 03-12-2012

That's good to hear. The forced combat in Home Coming completely turned me off. I'm all about the exploration and side-quests though! Should be cool.

**Nuvian** · 03-13-2012

IGN seems to be the "odd man out" lately, giving i am alive 4.5 as well while most other sites gave it a 7-8.

**Beast of Bourbon** · 03-13-2012

Ok my faith has been restored a little bit. I might pick it up after ME3.

*Tapatalking*

**FdMstng99** · 03-13-2012

Good to hear Lethal, looking forward to this.

**shrike** · 03-13-2012

I'm sorry guys but - what the hell? Are we playing the same game?

I hate it so much, it feels like a generic fan-made DLC or something... The atmosphere is completely paper thin, the voice acting is beyond horrendous (the opening dialogues with the first characters where almost like watching a junior school play) and worst of all, the combat. Oh the fucking combat. It's just frustrating and it's almost as if they took the fact that the series didn't have the best combat mechanics and played on it, deliberately making it worse to try and boost 'authenticity'. But in the end it just feels awful.

It kind of reminds me of Deadly Premonition, but the difference between that game and this is that DPhad a good story that you could put aside it's crappyness. I have no connection with the random douche I play as, I dont care about his shit, and most of all I have no motivation to go through the completely linear scripted events. It saddens me that this abomination can be labelled as a Silent Hill game... although actually after playing Homecoming the series was dead for me. It's better than homecoming but that is like saying chlamydia is better than HIV.

I have said all that needs to be said, and thats without even bashing the graphics which for a current gen game are totally shit. The glory days of silent hill 2 feel like they are so far away the developers of this generation will never match it. I really, REALL never thought I would say this but I agree with the 4.5/10 IGN review. In fact I would give it a 3 at best. It's just another churned out, craptastic game with a good franchise badge to make a quick bag of cash.

**Fenix** · 03-13-2012

Normally your opinions on spot on and i have no issue getting the games you say are good, but knowing the combat is crap on purpose cause your an "untrained human" makes this a no buy or rent for me. I normally play games for story, but mostly for fun and being frustrated with a main mechanic of a game just doesn't sound worth it to me.

Originally Posted by Nuvian

IGN seems to be the "odd man out" lately, giving i am alive 4.5 as well while most other sites gave it a 7-8.

Most gave it in the 70s, but even joystiq gave it a 2.5/5 stars and I agree with there reviews more then not

**Nitey** · 03-13-2012

Regarding I Am Alive, there must be an aspect of the game that made people who played it say 'Oh that's cool!' or some sort of story twist that was uber engaging, because, looking at videos and reading general opinions the game looks fucking tosh. I'm not usually one to judge a book by it's cover, either

**shrike** · 03-13-2012

Originally Posted by Nitey

Regarding I Am Alive, there must be an aspect of the game that made people who played it say 'Oh that's cool!' or some sort of story twist that was uber engaging, because, looking at videos and reading general opinions the game looks fucking tosh. I'm not usually one to judge a book by it's cover, either

Being a game collector and blogger I play just about everything on every console (including the DLC stuff) and am always generally unbiased in my reviews - and you hit the nail on the head. I failed to see what was good about I am alive - it just was not very good.

**Lethal_NFS** · 03-13-2012

Originally Posted by Fenix

Normally your opinions on spot on and i have no issue getting the games you say are good, but knowing the combat is crap on purpose cause your an "untrained human" makes this a no buy or rent for me. I normally play games for story, but mostly for fun and being frustrated with a main mechanic of a game just doesn't sound worth it to me.

Most gave it in the 70s, but even joystiq gave it a 2.5/5 stars and I agree with there reviews more then not

You also have to remember that I only put 1hr in to the game. And in that 1hr, I really actually enjoyed the game. It is a very twisted and reminds me of Silent Hill 2. I am not saying to purchase this game. I am saying that it is worth playing.

This game is clearly not perfect as I already stated. But it is still enjoyable.

**Beast of Bourbon** · 03-13-2012

Alright i've heard enough.
Purchase delayed indefinitely.

*Tapatalking*

**Wrath** · 03-13-2012

Why does this thread have 10,000+ views?

**Beast of Bourbon** · 03-13-2012

I guess people WANT it to be good because they are dying to get a new SH?!
...So they're looking for positive reviews.

*Tapatalking*

**Lethal_NFS** · 03-13-2012

The game is nowhere near as bad as shrike is describing. The game is enjoyable but it does suffer from poor fighting mechanics. Overall the game is worth a play through.

**FdMstng99** · 03-14-2012

Originally Posted by Wrath

Why does this thread have 10,000+ views?

Because everyone loves Lethal.

**TDbank24** · 03-16-2012

Originally Posted by shrike

The glory days of silent hill 2 feel like they are so far away.

They're coming back March 20th when the Silent Hill HD collection comes out.

I'm enjoying Downpour though. We're certainly past the glory days with this franchise but that's not going to stop me from loving me some Silent Hill. I really liked Homecoming but i'm the same as just about every SH diehard fan. Silent Hill 2 was the best and the fact that it was so good it really put the franchise on a pedestal that could never be reached.

So for what it's worth i think you just need to enjoy Downpour the best you can. These games are all about story and atmosphere for me. Both are there in Downpour.

**Yuuichi** · 03-17-2012

Originally Posted by Lethal_NFS

The game is nowhere near as bad as shrike is describing. The game is enjoyable but it does suffer from poor fighting mechanics. Overall the game is worth a play through.

Poor dosent even begin to describe the combat system. *I hit button* Murphy: Ok I will attack, nah JK I am going to stop mid motion.