I wish the old controls would return. I'm talking about the "tank" controls. I hate the strafe feature; this isn't Max Payne. Why couldn't they just keep the tank controls and simply add a 180-turn?

Anyways, I want to play through this game badly, but it's too frustrating for me to continue. I'm at the Hotel (first time you enter Silent Hill) and each time I encounter an enemy sauf the Nurses (what the hell are they doing there anyway?) I just want to throw the controller at my TV. The "fog" monster (pulled straight from the movie) seem to hit me whatever I do. Whether I am in front, on the sides or behind them they'll hit me. It's the same with those things with blades as feet. They block all of my attacks (even bullets!) and just keep hammering at me. I fall down, go back up and I don,t even have the time to do anything that I'm down again. I don,t know if I'm the one who can't play right or if the guys behind the game fucked up bad, but please give me some pointers or else I'm never touching this game again.

It's Silent Hill.

Of course the controls are shitty.

You should have read the actual post, Biff. AuthenticM liked the old controls (as do I) and wanted them back (as I will probably too.)

There's nurses in the Hotel? What the hell?

Use. The. Knife.

Seriously, I was screaming at this game constantly because of the combat until I realized the little measley knife absolutely wrecks everyone's shit. As long as you spam the fuck out of the A button with the knife, it's rare you'll get hit because the knife is so fast. I can obliterate those 5 nurses in Fitch's office now without getting scraped.

The only thing this spam-the-knife strategy doesn't work against is the Schisms. Dodge their attack (they telegraph it by bowing up), and then do a A-A-X combo on them. Rinse, repeat.

Also remember: The enemies will never simultaneously attack you. They just sit back and watch until it's their turn.

I'm also a longtime fan that loved the tank controls. I know it's frustrating at first, but once you breakthrough and realize the knife is the bringer of pain, you'll wonder why you ever had a problem to begin with.

"Use. The. Knife.

Seriously, I was screaming at this game constantly because of the combat until I realized the little measley knife absolutely wrecks everyone's shit. As long as you spam the fuck out of the A button with the knife, it's rare you'll get hit because the knife is so fast. I can obliterate those 5 nurses in Fitch's office now without getting scraped.

The only thing this spam-the-knife strategy doesn't work against is the Schisms. Dodge their attack (they telegraph it by bowing up), and then do a A-A-X combo on them. Rinse, repeat.

Also remember: The enemies will never simultaneously attack you. They just sit back and watch until it's their turn.

I'm also a longtime fan that loved the tank controls. I know it's frustrating at first, but once you breakthrough and realize the knife is the bringer of pain, you'll wonder why you ever had a problem to begin with."

lol @ hermit gamers criticizing games for making progress.

"lol @ hermit gamers criticizing games for making progress."

"Jayge said:

"lol @ hermit gamers criticizing games for making progress."

Progress for a series at the cost of it's identity and soul isn't worth making."

Thats the thing about opinions Jayge, they don't always match up.  Sucks, don't it?  I suppose that could mean we do the whole internet argument thing, and go into a thinly veiled slap fight of get the last word in, but I'm just too old to care about that shit anymore.  You can have it.

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