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The Silent Hill franchise has always catered to the dark tastes of survival horror fans, and with Downpour, Konami ups the psychological terror by taking away the most essential tools at the disposal of gamers - guns and ammo.Players familiar with the...
Graphics on par with rival titles; storyline keeps you entertained; some spooky sound effects and music; degradable nonconventional weapons brings a new challenge to the gameplay; direct correlation between rain and gamers’ heart rates...
Doesn’t offer the best replay value; not as jump in your seat scary as previous titles in the series.
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It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is…looking like his ole' self ag'in….Silent Hill is one of those typical Konami franchises – constantly searching for the feel of it's heyday, and often missing the mark by varying degrees. Downpour fits in nicely t...
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g3ar.co.za Updated: 2016-12-03 00:07:00
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Silent Hill: Downpour is probably going to split fans of the series. The new direction, while still recognisably Silent Hill, has taken on a distinctly more Western patina of grime. This is reflected in the gameplay, combat and setting changes and these a...
Side quests, Moral choices, Storyline...
No save points, Sometimes predictable, Limited enemy types...
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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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gameobserver.com Updated: 2014-09-20 02:39:22
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I didn’t have high hopes for Silent Hill: Downpour. As such, I didn’t 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 game’s plot to the older games and expanded the franchise’s universe by relating Homecoming’s cult to the one present in the first four games. Downpour doesn’t ev...
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Play.tm Updated: 2014-09-20 02:39:22
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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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blogcritics.org Updated: 2014-09-20 02:39:23
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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...
Silent Hill: Downpour is a decent game to play until you factor in the frame rate issues. The stuttering was so terrible I found myself wondering why the hell I'm playing the game when it seems as if no one in Vatra Studios quality assurance department to...
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strategyinformer.com Updated: 2014-09-20 02:39:23
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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...
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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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gamespot.com Updated: 2014-09-20 02:39:23
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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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ign.com
Updated: 2014-09-20 02:39:23
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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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The Creeps come back to the town, the latest entry Silent Hill: Downpour in Konami's classic survival horror series, better visuals, obvious locale's design and creepy effects simply are not enough to cover up flawed game engine and terribly designed clun...
Apart from the issues I have with “Silent Hill: Downpour” it's actually not a bad game by any stretch of the imagination, it's just not good enough to fit in to the Silent Hill calibre. Some of the locales are just as creepy as earlier releases, especiall...
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