@Video_Game_King said:
@nohthink:
It's @Abyssfull , isn't it?
No, it wasn't me. Also I'll have you know that when it came to me defending Code Veronica, it was more so about me trying to explain how ludicrous it was to say it's a worse game than Survivor. I'm not some Code Veronica cultist or anything. I think it's probably the worst out of the main entries in fact.
@Seroth said:
Silent Hill games usually have bad combat, puzzles that don't make any sense, and terrible voice acting. But the atmosphere and story is pretty damn good.
Bad combat? Sure. Puzzles that don't make sense? On the normal difficulty for both SH2/SH3, all of the puzzles I think were very manageable. Hell, I was able to get through 'em when I was I think 10-12, so they must of been. Some of the original SH's puzzles were strange (like the one in the Otherworld near the end with the morgue list or something), but they're never too difficult that they'll leave you stuck for hours on end I wouldn't say. Unless you're talking about them not fitting in the context? Which I also think is unjust since Silent Hill is often a purposely strange and abstract place after all, so all the strange and arbitrary puzzles only add to the appeal of the franchise's eerie effect.
The voice acting is definitely hit or miss, but for as much as everyone loves to shit over it, Homecoming has some really solid voice acting. Brian Bloom, guy who voiced Varric in DA2 and Jackie in The Darkness 2, voices the protagonist in Homecoming. Maria in SH2 is fantastic as well, and one of the high points of the entire game, Hell she damn near makes the game; it's the one reason why I'm so glad that the original VO is in the HD collection. Heather, the protagonist for SH3, is another standout as well I'd say. Everyone else, though... yeah, it's pretty rough. Especially the original, but it's also brilliant! It has a David Lynch kinda vibe to the dialogue. But quality-speaking, it's almost reaching the depths of 'the original Resident Evil' bad.
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