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Silent Hill 3

Team Silent, Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo

2003•Puzzle•PEGI 18•About 7 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurehorrormysteryscience fictiondetectivemonster/alien/supernaturalmusic/danceteenvehiclesfastunsavouryheavyimaginarylinearbig & variedall consuming questcoming of agefighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosionsolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeA fantastical puzzle game that is expansive, breakneck and unsavoury. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

86 / 100

431 ratings

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About This Game

Silent Hill 3 is the third installment in the Silent Hill series. Like the previous entries, Silent Hill 3 is a survival horror combining action-based combat and puzzle-solving, but is somewhat more combat-oriented than the preceding installments. The main character is able to side-step and block some attacks, but in general shares with the other protagonists of the series their relative ineptitude in combat.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Seventeen years have passed since the events of the first game, and the baby whom the Incubator gave to Harry Mason at the end of the first game, Heather Mason, is now a teenage girl. Harry took Heather into his care to raise as his own daughter. One fine day, Heather goes shopping but is suddenly thrust into a strange alternate reality filled with demonic imagery and twisted monsters. She hears footsteps, disgusting, creepy monsters attack her, and she has to defend herself. Heather quickly comes to find that the events unfolding around her have something to do with her past. Exploring the...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureHorrorMysteryScience fictionDetectiveMonster/alien/supernaturalMusic/danceTeenVehiclesAll consuming questComing of ageFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalInjustice/tragedy/vengeanceRescue/escape/jeopardySelf destruction/implosionSolving the riddle/not as it seemsUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

GhostsExplorationBloodyDiseaseDetectiveMurderDeathFemale protagonist

Details

Developers: Team Silent, Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo
Publisher: Konami
Released: 23 May 2003
Series: Silent Hill
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 7h normally
Age rating: PEGI 18
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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