Silent Hill 3 Demo

The Silent Hill series has caused countless nightmares since it was first released over two decades ago, due to the extra-horrifying monsters haunting the strange city in which the action takes place. Moreover, the psychological elements scattered throughout the games also contributed to the overall atmosphere, as did the helplessness of the main protagonists, who were just as scared as you over the course of the story.

Silent Hill 3 takes place 17 years after the events of the previous episodes and aims to continue to story, by making Heather Mason the main protagonist. As you might recall, Harry Manson was the original character of the series and he adopted Heather after he defeated the cult god that caused all the horror in the city. Now, as the little girl is all grown, the cult intends on using her to give birth to their god once again and bring back the terror.

Playing as Heather, you must avoid falling prey to the monstrosities that follow you around the mostly abandoned town, as well as find out how to stop the cult from unleashing the supreme evil. On your way to the truth, you have to go through a variety of locations, all of which are filled with blood, disturbing scenes and a multitude of apparitions that attack you on sight. To top it all off, you are barely able to handle the few weapons you find throughout the town, such as pipes, bats and a pistol.

In order to make the experience worth multiple playthroughs, the game provides you with two different endings to the story, which are activated depending on certain choices you make on your way to the inevitable conclusion. Certain characters make a return in this episode as well and you can also find out about the previous events that took place in the first part of the series, to give you a better understanding of the overall picture.

Since, as usual, the game is ported from PlayStation, it does suffer from a few flaws when it comes to control, since they are rather awkward to manage with the keyboard. The same can be said about the camera, which sometimes switches in the most inappropriate moments and causes you to be unable to see or fight the enemies. The graphic quality, on the other hand, is decently high to render the depressing environments you visit over the course of the story.

Although it had some pretty big boots to fill in, Silent Hill 3 did well by its predecessors, since it encompasses a lot of the same elements and more than decent story telling. It does, however, lack the potential for any permanent emotional scars, since it does not come close to the previous installment when it comes to disturbing scenes.