Silent Hill 3 (2003) (VG)

User Rating:

8.9/10   

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

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Germany:16 | UK:15 | USA:M

Company:

Konami Computer Entertainment

Trivia:

There are several references within the game to movies which influenced the creation of the Silent Hill series: - The train that Heather needs to take on her way home through the subway departs from the Bergen Street platform. This is a reference to the opening of the movie _Jacob's Ladder (1990)_, in which Jacob awakens on a subway train and asks one of the passengers if they have already passed Bergen Street. The platform in the game is nearly identical in appearance to the platform in the film. - A later part of the game takes place in a high-rise building with various businesses located on different floors. One of the businesses is a ballet studio owned by "Madame Blanc". This is a reference to a character from (and the setting of) the Dario Argento horror film Suspiria (1977).

Quotes:

Heather: You know, you might die too.
Douglas: That's fine. No one's going to cry over my grave anyway.

Movie Connections:

References Ringu (1998)

Soundtrack:

You're Not Here

Very good story and atmosphere...just what you expect in Silent Hill.

This one I like a bit less than part two, but they are almost even in their enjoyment value. However, my favorite of the series now has to be Silent Hill Origins thanks to a vastly improved combat and movement system. This one has a good story of a girl who while at the mall starts to see weird things, then of course monsters show up and our gal named Heather must navigate the demented mall, which gets even more demented after a ride in an elevator. She also has to navigate the subways, sewers, and office buildings...all this before she even gets to Silent Hill! And once you get to Silent Hill you will be amazed at how foggy it is! The story is great as it seems to be a sequel to the first one, and of course Origins fits nicely in there too. I would elaborate on it more, but I don't want to give to much away...except I will say I hated that Claudia woman a lot. Those religious nuts always get my blood boiling. So there you have it, the atmosphere is also killer, I loved how you switched over to the more deformed and evil world and the puzzles were not to difficult to piece together. The problems come in the combat...a weakness for all Silent Hill games, you often get damaged and killed less because of your skill and more for the camera angles. Granted this makes it a bit more scary I guess, but I hate when the camera pans to the front of you when I need to see what is ahead. It is also sometimes to hard as I had a bit of difficulty with the final enemy even on easy. Still all in all this was a great survival horror game.