Silent Hill 3 (2003) (VG)

Director:

Kazuhide Nakazawa

Writer:

Hiroyuki Owaku (scenario)

Release Date:

6 August 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery

Tagline:

The most terrifying game returns

Plot:

The third game in the Silent Hill Trilogy. The heroine of this game is teenaged Heather who is suddenly...

Plot Keywords:

Monster | Silent Hill | Carousel | Bathroom | Loss Of Father

Cast

Heather Morris	...	Heather / Cheryl (voice)
Richard Grosse	...	Douglas Cartland (voice)
Donna Burke	...	Claudia Wolf (voice)
Clifford Rippel	...	Father Vincent (voice)
Matt Lagan	...	Leonard Wolf (voice)
Lenne Hardt	...	Confessor (voice)
Mike Matheson	...	Borley Mansion Guide (voice)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Germany:16 | UK:15 | USA:M

Company:

Konami Computer Entertainment

Trivia:

The game features numerous references to Silent Hill 2 (2001), including several small Silent Hill 2 posters in the Mall. When playing the game with a Silent Hill 2 save game on the memory card or harddisk, other references appear: - In the Mall, you are given the option to retrieve something from a dirty toilet. When doing so, Heather will crouch and hesitantly move her hand towards the toilet, accompanied with suspensful music. At the last moment she comes to her senses, turns to the camera and says "Gross. Who would do something like that anyway?". (In Silent Hill 2, the player had to retrieve a wallet from a clogged toilet). - When examining your mailbox in the appartment building, Heather comments that there is no mail, not "even from a dead wife". Silent Hill 2 starts with the player receiving a letter from his wife who has been dead for 3 years. - When examining the fence on the roof of Brookhaven Hospital, Heather says "it doesn't look like it's about to break". James from Silent Hill 2 was thrown through the fence off the roof.

Quotes:

Claudia: They've come to witness the Beginning. The rebirth of Paradise, despoiled by mankind.
Heather: What are you talking about?
Claudia: Don't you know? Your power is needed.
Heather: How should I know?
Claudia: I am Claudia.
Heather: So what!
Claudia: Remember me, and your true self as well, also that which you must become. The one who will lead us to Paradise with blood stained hands!

Movie Connections:

References Ringu (1998)

Soundtrack:

Hometown

Great game, lived up to my expectations.

The third installment of the Silent Hill series will not disappoint any big Silent Hill fans, and that is a promise. While it lacks the depth and emotion of Silent Hill 2 and is less captivating, it is still a great game nonetheless and doesn't fail to hold your attention.

The game is a direct sequel to the first game. If you haven't played it, that game revolved around Harry Mason searching for his daughter in Silent Hill. Well, now that little girl has grown up and is a young teenage girl, who serves as the character you play as in the game. Like all young teenage girls she has quite a temper on her, but her heart is in the right place and she is determined to find out what is happening to her. Heather wakes up in a shopping mall after falling asleep in a restaurant, and is leaving when she is approached by a detective who goes by the name of Douglas Cartland. He tries to get Heather to come with him to speak to someone, but Heather vehemently rebuffes him and goes to the bathroom, where she escapes through the window. Thinking she is safe now, Heather goes through the back of the mall, only to discover that something has gone terribly wrong. Soon, her whole world has been shattered, and the only thing she can do now is survive.

The graphics are superb, and are much better than any of the other games (including 4) the plot is brilliant, and the characters are all extremely interesting, to the point that you really care about them, and that even goes for the bad guys as well. All in all, Silent Hill 3 is one fantastic game. However, like all games, it has it's pros and it's cons.

Pros: -The graphics. They are fantastic, and are the best of the entire series.

-The monsters are more challenging than any of the previous games, and are often much harder to defeat. This serves as more of a challenge to the gamer which is definitely a good thing.

-The weapons are fantastic. There is a lot more to choose from then in any of the other games. Also you can unlock certain weapons which is really fun.

-The characters are probably some of the best in the entire series, especially Heather, who is my favourite character of the series.

Cons: -The fact that you don't spend a lot of time in Silent Hill irked me slightly. Also, you don't get to run around exploring the town like you did in the previous games. It takes the fun out of it a little bit. However, you can pay a visit to Heaven's Night, the club from Silent Hill 2 just in case any fans of that game are interested.

-The camera angles can get quite annoying at times. Sometimes the camera goes allover the place. I can't really explain it, but you'll see what I mean when you play. It doesn't really cause too many problems though.

Apart from that, this game is well worth buying. I'm not sure that it's better than Silent Hill's 1&2, but it is definitely worth playing if you're a fan of this series, or even if you're not, you should still give it a go, but I'd advise playing the first game before you do. 8/10