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Silent Hill Origins (PS2)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Adventure/Survival Horror

RELEASE DATE

04/MAR/08

ESRB RATING

MATURE, Blood and Gore, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence

DEVELOPER

Climax Group

PUBLISHER

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (KDEI)

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

PlayStation Portable, http://www.gamerdna.com/game/silent-hill-origins-playstation-2-1, http://www.gamerdna.com/game/silent-hill-origins-playstation-portable-1

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

Silent Hill 36

PLAYING AS #USES

Travis O'Grady 25

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

survival horror 27
3rd person adventure 7

GENERAL TONE #USES

DESCRIPTION

Silent Hill Origins is a prequel in Konami's most successful survival horror series. Players take the role of trucker Travis Grady, who comes to the famously fog-laden town for a routine delivery. Origins features the debut of the "Cineractive" system, designed to intensify feelings of isolation and uncertainty in the player. Through a "quick-time event"-style mechanic, gamers react to cut-scenes by entering button sequences at key moments, to respond to their current situation with a counter-attack or quick dodge, for example. As he works his way through the game, Travis can collect everyday items such as portable electronics, garden tools, and kitchen knives, to use as weapons against the soulless monsters that inhabit the town of Silent Hill. Each potential armament has a durability rating, and all objects will eventually break if used too often. To complete the game, Travis must make his way through the traps, puzzles, and monsters that seem to appear suddenly out of the miasma when he least expects them. ~ All Game Guide

Silent Hill Origins (PS2)

GENRE/STYLE:

Adventure/Survival Horror
RELEASE DATE:

04/MAR/08
TOP TRAITS:

Silent Hill, survival horror, Travis O'Grady
DESCRIPTION:

Silent Hill Origins is a prequel in Konami's most successful survival horror series. Players take the role of trucker... more

players 50

followers 1

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POPULARITY: PS2 PLATFORM

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Silent Hill Origins (PS2) by: ThiagoTYR

“the silent hill series begins to fall in this game, but it is still a good game”

created 15/APR/2011

Silent Hill Origins (PS2) by: Nebular

“A decent first attempt for an outside developer to tackle the Silent Hill series. The game was good overall, but being able to move between the real and nightmare worlds removed a lot of the tension that made its predecessors so gripping. The...”

created 13/DEC/2009

Silent Hill Origins (PS2) by: Svelah

“SH0 was a great game and very dark. I had it originally for PSP then got the PS2 version when it was available. I liked many aspects of the game but it wasn't the greatest. ”

created 20/AUG/2009

Geiger317 played Silent Hill Origins on 03/MAY/09

“Tried this game out, since I like the SH series pretty well. Its garbage. Poorly implemented fighting that includes quicktime events, and little to no story for as far as I could put up with it. ...”

created 06/MAY/2009

onemorehour was the last to comment - over 4 years ago... show previous hide previous

“Yeah, I had the same experience with the TVs and other one-use items: way too slow to be effective. The meat hooks were my favorite--long reach, fast enough, and powerful :)

Overall, I enjoyed the game despite its flaws. It was the first survival horror game I played on a portable, but it still managed to be pretty creepy at times... for the series, though, it did feel a bit dumbed down on many levels (story, gameplay, etc.).

The plot is slow to get realized, but it does eventually get somewhat interesting toward the end. I was compelled enough to finish it, but probably only because it was portable :)”