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According to Konami, 2012 is going to be a good year for Silent Hill fans. With Silent Hill: Downpour, the Silent Hill HD collection and Silent Hill: Book of memories, all being released this year, things are looking quite promising. Nevertheless, fans of...
Downpour is a decent attempt which doesn't quite manage to reach its full potential. The problematic battle system, glitches and framerate issues prevent the game from being enjoyable. While the story is rather interesting, it is not enough to make the g...
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I didnt have high hopes for Silent Hill: Downpour. As such, I didnt buy it new. I waited two weeks, bought it used off Ebay, and finished it over a weekend. Sadly, pretty much all of my pre-release expectations turned out to be true.Upon booting up t...
I hate to cite Homecoming as a positive example, but at least that game tried to link the games plot to the older games and expanded the franchises universe by relating Homecomings cult to the one present in the first four games. Downpour doesnt ev...
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Updated: 2014-09-20 02:39:09
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It's been a while since a Silent Hill title has lived up to expectations. Now it's Vatra Games turn to try with Silent Hill: Downpour. It does a great job as well, although not quite enough overall...
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The first place I saw Silent Hill: Downpour was at the Konami’s booth at the annual E3 Expo in Los Angeles, last year, it was playable and it looked pretty good. As many longtime fans of series and after some serious departures from the original formu...
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The horror genre is a pretty narrow field, with most fans focusing on either Resident Evil or Silent Hill as their series of choice. While Resident Evil fans are treated to multiple game releases, Konami has been careful in the past to not flood the ma...
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With a new developer and a shift towards a more action-oriented approach, it’s no wonder that so many met the news of Silent Hill: Downpour with muted indifference. Indeed it’s impossible to even call Silent Hill a great series at this point, with the...
With a new developer and a shift towards a more action-oriented approach, it’s no wonder that so many met the news of Silent Hill: Downpour with muted indifference. Indeed it’s impossible to even call Silent Hill a great series at this point, with the...
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If you ask a Silent Hill fan what their favorite game in the series is, you're likely to get one of two answers: the original Silent Hill, or its sequel, Silent Hill 2. I fall into the latter category, because the second game took what the original did...
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Silent Hill: Downpour is a celebration of gaming's most notorious ghost town. It taps into the madness and surrealism that has made this series legendary, and presents Silent Hill as a more robust location than ever before. Most of the fundamentals are...
Captures the classic Silent Hill visual style, Good voice acting, Side missions reward exploration.
Combat still feels stiff, Underwhelming sound design, Persistent frame rate issues.
Maxwell McGee returns to Silent Hill for this video review of Downpour...
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Updated: 2014-09-20 02:39:09
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Being a Silent Hill fan is a lot like watching Eddie Murphy movies. You keep thinking back and remembering the glory days, while quietly thinking that maybe this next one movie will be the one to restore him to Beverly Hill Cop/48 Hrs. glory (or in Sil...
The most frustrating thing about Silent Hill Downpour isn’t the lousy combat, dull exploration, or even the technical gaffes. It’s the fact that every now and then while playing through the game’s story, you’ll see signs of brilliance; sunlight hinted...
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