Silent Hill HD Collection

Oh yeah it updated quite a few times for system and game after it was booted after 10 years in storage. But the gameplay is top shelf. Just like I remember. So impressive and nostalgic.

So I'm a major die-hard Silent Hill fan, as many of you guys are as well. Anyone who has looked into the HD Collection knows that this game has had some...shall we say harsh reviews. When I first discovered this Remaster I was so excited to buy it as soon as I saw it, but before I did I researched it and came to find that it was notoriously a broken piece of trash. This crushed my heart, as it did so many others. When this game was first released there was a day one patch, which says a lot. I mean, if a game comes out and it AUTOMATICALLY has an update patch before you can play it that's when you know something's wrong. Turns out this game was released out of pure laziness. It came with lots of freezing, sound glitches, subtitle/dialogue lag, bugs, and errors galore! After hearing about all of its faults I waited more than a year before I broke down and bought it. I bought this December 2014, and it got here very early and after reading that it was improved I had high hopes! After admiring the beautiful artwork of the cover, I popped in in my PS3 and booted up Silent Hill 3, my personal favorite game out of the SH series. Let me tell you something, it works (for me) almost flawlessly. I am almost 6 hours into the game (only at the hospital right now because I take my SWEET time in games like these, especially because every corner of this game is nostalgic for me and I am greedy and want every single door opened and every supply found) and so far it has ran almost perfectly. I will not lie to you and say that it's 100% flawless, though. So far the errors I've occurred have been: - Froze twice, both at the Dance Academy for some reason. - The voice dialogue has lagged for me one time, which isn't an issue to me personally. I don't fuss over stuff like that, I fuss over errors that BREAK the game. This game is 12 years old so I will give Konami a break. - Subtitles occasionally are different than the dubbed voice, but seeing as though there are new voice actors (I prefer the original SH3 cast personally but again the change isn't game-breaking!) the script is a little bit different. I have not played through Silent Hill 2 yet but I have heard that it has virtually no problems. There are new voice actors in SH2 also but unlike SH3 you can choose between the new and old voice actors. But Troy Baker is in the new SH2 so hey, his smooth voice is nicer to hear than the awkward sooo-ries/aboots from the original. (Still love the original actors, though!) Overall, as broken as this game once was the Playstation 3 release of it has been mended enough to where your experience will be pleasant and you will not encounter too many problems. If you wanna be safe, just try and get your hands on the original copies of Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3, but otherwise have fun exploring the streets of hell and remember kids: " In my restless dreams I see that town; Silent Hill. I'll be waiting for you...in our special place."

I have played Silent Hill 2,3, on HD collection, and 4 on XBOX. This HD collection is simply awesome. There are so many complaints about the visuals and voices on the HDversion. I will give my opinion from someone that didn't play the originals except SH4 but that's not on the collection anyhow. When I loaded the game it updated new data and patches for a while. First the framerate issues - none at all (need I say more)? Voice acting Silent Hill 2 you get the originals and newer ones. I chose the originals no problems there. SH3 doesn't sound bad to me at all. I guess there not as good as the originals. However there is so little dialog anyhow that I can not see how this would be such a major concern. The girls sound like girls and the men sound like men, not a big deal. SH2 the fog. Well the fog is all over the HD collection. It is hard to see while exploring the town. There is a bit of the sense that the fog is rolling with you instead of engulfing you. This does not effect gameplay and it's still hard to see. Besides the fog is only when you are outside and since the dread of the game really takes place exploring the inside of the buildings this was not a concern. Most of the time when you are outside it's dark and foggy so you use a flashlight and you run from creatures from place to place. Those are the three biggest complaints that I have read from other players.There are some others like signs and stuff that changed and this has no effect what so ever on gameplay but purists say it ruins the game. The visuals in SH3 are stunning. I could not believe that I was playing an old game. The game is simply awesome and I think they look more vibrant then the originals from the youtube comparisons I have seen. SH2 still has that old school look but the feeling of dread while playing this game is second to none, and the most powerful part of the game that easily makes everything else seem so petty. The story comes together nicely as well. SH2 has the highest dread factor of anygame I have ever played. Some of them are Dead space 1 and 2, Siren, SH Downpour, SH4, RE 1, The Thing, Stalkers, Half Life, Doom3. By dread factor I mean the "oh man, I really don't want to go around the next corner." Or "I really do not want to enter this room or run into Pyramid Head again." I felt myself dreading the fact that I felt so compelled to play the game at all. It's not to bad looking back as a whole, but when your immersed in it you feel like screaming "enough already." Play the game for what it is ( a great game in HD) instead of what it is not - the original.

PLEASE NOTE: I bought this game 2 years after it came out. I don't care to purchase games when they first come out. Anyway... First and foremost: I am so glad Konami made this available for the newer consoles. Saving this most classic game from being lost amongst the nexus of "Old Game Obscurity" in the event Playstation 2 consoles become "non-existent" (or you're like me and your PS2 Disc is dying and I was NOT about to buy "SH: Homecoming" for my SH fix). I have never played Silent Hill 3 for myself but Silent Hill 2 plays just the same as the PS2 version (with the exception of the "soft-quit"). At first I was a little put off about purchasing the HD version due to what I have heard or read about it. But then again, my PS2 SH2 disc was starting to look as if it needed to be retired. So I went ahead and bought it. Man was I both relieved and surprised. I guess its because I ordered this much later after SH2 Fans rung Konami's ears with complaints into oblivion possibly... But here's my take to two the loudest complaints I heard: For one: there was a lot of *ahem* "complaining and whining" about the new voice actors for the HD version. Personally I think the new voice acting truly emphasized the level of desperation, despair, sadness and irrationality/madness each of the characters possess. (Even going so far as to highlight how pathetic each one of them is trying to grasp control or sanity upon their circumstances). Although I will say that I think they were better off sticking with the voice actors for Laura and Eddie from the Original cast. But if you enjoy the "B-Movie" quality of the original cast: there's an option provide for the "New" or "Original" at the start of the game. Secondly, if you're a SH 2+3 fan but you're not sure about purchasing the HD version because of all the complaining about the game "not looking HD": ignore these people. It's a friggin' PS2 game that came out in 2001, I'm going to assume that in order for an "overhaul update" to the graphics to happen, the whole game would've had to be redone from scratch and then there would probably be WAAAAAYYY more to complain about. I'm going to assume a crap ton of updates came out to redeem the HD Collection since it's debut. The way I see it, it could've done a lot worse. The HD Collection doesn't take away from how much Silent Hill is still one of the most fascinating and pleasantly horrifying gaming experiences of all times. I'm Just happy it's available for play on my PS3. But you be the judge for yourself.

By the time I was a Silent Hill fan, original copies of the PS2 games, collected here with the exception of Silent Hill 4, were nearly impossible to find. Though I did play Silent Hill 2 on the PC, and a tracked down a copy of 3 for my PS2, I never got around to finishing them. I was looking forward to this collection so that I would finally have a chance to play through these classics of survival horror, a genre that's more or less ceased to exist at this point. Now that I've finished both of the games included in this collection, I feel like I need to say something to counter all the negativity. Yes, this collection has issues, and the series deserves better, but I still had a great time with it. One of the complaints I've heard repeated centers around the fact that Silent Hill 4 isn't included in this collection. The developers who handled the porting, Hijinx Studios, have said that this is because they "didn't want to give [fans] something we weren't sure they wanted." I'm willing to give Hijinx the benefit of the doubt here; remastering entire games takes a lot of work, and I understand why they didn't want to devote their time to something that fans might not be keen on. After all, Silent Hill 4 isn't nearly as well-regarded as the two games that preceded it, and is generally seen as the beginning of the series' decline. So, while I would have liked to see SH4 given the same treatment as 2 & 3, I can understand why it wasn't. Less forgivable, though, are the technical issues with the collection. Most noticeably, the audio hasn't been synced properly with the cutscenes. While SH2 fares well enough for the most part, with only a few scenes out of sync, the problem is significantly worse in SH3. Entire lines of dialogue are read before characters are even on the screen, subtitles disappear before a line is over, and the audio completely fails to sync up with what's happening on-screen. It's jarring to watch a character continue speaking after their line is over, and in a few cases it really took me out of the game. I assume this problem arose because of the newly recorded voice work, and the option in SH3 to switch between old and new voices. It's a shame that the new voices weren't synced properly, because in my opinion they're actually an improvement over the originals. Another significant problem I encountered in SH3 was pervasive slowdown. In most larger areas, particularly the town of Silent Hill itself, the game slows down ever so slightly, and randomly corrects itself before starting to chug again every few seconds. As far as I can tell, this issue wasn't present in the original PS2 version, so I'm a little baffled as to why it it's such a problem here. I was able to play through these sections without any issues, and it's not as though the game slows to a crawl, but it's still annoying that an ostensibly remastered game features such a prominent bug. Those two issues were the only major problems I came across while playing the games, and I didn't encounter any freezing or game-breaking bugs, like others apparently have. There was the occasional jittery texture, and at one point I ran across a brick wall that seemed to vibrate, but the games remained perfectly playable throughout. And despite their technical issues, I still had a lot of fun playing them, especially SH2. Though Hijinx should be criticized for turning in such sloppy work on such seminal games, they hardly ruined them. They didn't even come close. While this isn't the definitive Silent Hill collection, like I'd hoped it would be, there are still two absolutely classic games here, and no amount of slowdown or unsycned audio can disguise their brilliance.

The games included in this set are appropriately terrifying: At once depressing and engrossing, the symbolism and despair of Silent Hill 2 will have you wanting to play more in spite of your fear. There are moments of the game that taken out of context seem absolutely mundane, but in the setting of the game are painfully chilling. Silent Hill 3 is a completely different kind of terrifying. While SH2 builds your paranoia and dread, SH3 keeps your adrenaline up with nearly constant encounters, setting a frantic pace much more suited to its young protagonist. HD remastering- The graphics definitely look a bit more grimy, and the lighting is a tad more accurate. The camera angles are still fixed, elevating the paranoid feelings, however I was hoping they would have improved the controls so that it's easier to have James walk around. Currently he's still clumsy and oafish, which yes, makes the game all the more terrifying, but it's frustrating and at times unfair. I would have liked smother movement controls. I don't mind if he's slow or clunky but I do mind the issue that occurs where you walk into a new area and suddenly have to try to adjust the way you use your controls while monsters are attacking you. I shouldn't be thinking about game mechanics while playing- I should be completely absorbed in the horror. Still, I like having both games together and seeing the updated graphics. I have put so many hours of play into this disc that it was well worth the money.

Received in good and new condition, cover is beautiful

The "Silent Hill HD Collection" brings back the two games in the "Silent Hill" series that helped define the series as a whole-- in glorious High Definition. The first "Silent Hill" game on the PSone was released 1999, and just two years later, something extremely rare happened-- a sequel was released that was far superior to its predecessor not only in graphics, but story. Then with the release of the third game, we went back to the story of the characters from the first game (which were the basis for the movies "Silent Hill" from 2006 and "Silent Hill Revelation" from 2012). You probably know all that and more about the two games featured here if you're buying this collection, so I needn't go too deep into the stories of the games. The ports to the PS3 look absolutely gorgeous, I actually have a hard time telling the difference between the HD port and standard PlayStation 3 graphics-- it's that good of a transfer. The new voice acting in both games is far superior to the originals, and while I don't usually condone going back and re-editing creative properties (George Lucas and "Star Wars" springs to mind) I'll make an exception, here. James Sunderland's new voice in particular is much better than the 2001 version. The actor (who played Vincent Brooks in Atlus's "Catherine") portrays James as a tortured man with deep-seated psychological and sexual issues that manifest themselves into uncontrollable flesh in a town right next door to Hell known as "Silent Hill." The gameplay is awesome, a return to the classic style is always fun. While I prefer the newer (Downpour) style of gameplay, this has a retro feel to it that gives the player a constant sense of unease, being out of control and making the games all the more intense. I prefer the 2D controls over the 3D controls, personally-- something I'm not sure was available in the original PS2 releases of these games. Either way, this collection is well worth the thirty dollars and if you're a fan of "Silent Hill" buy it!

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le jeux est défecteux, beaucoup de bug. Impossible d'y jouer. Après recherche sur le net il semble que la version HD pose problème

Compilation idéale pour redécouvrir deux classiques du survival horror. L’ambiance reste très efficace, surtout avec un bon casque et dans le calme. À privilégier pour ceux qui aiment les jeux lents et narratifs plutôt que l’action pure.

Try to acquire this before one day it disappears, you never know what Konami or Sony think. Seize your chance before it's sold out. In case someone curious, this is Region 1. Although it's not the original but at least I got the classic

Pros: Software update resolves many of the previous issues with the HD collection (no graphical glitches, good voice acting and relatively in sync, fog now looks great in both iterations, frame rates improved, etc.) Wonderful HD graphics and memorable storyline. A melancholic and psychologically depressing Silent Hill 2 followed by psychological horror and terrifying imagery in Silent Hill 3. Maria's own chapter in Silent Hill 2 provides 3+ hours of gameplay. Cons: Some frame rate issues in both titles - not detracting from the experience but I noticed it more in Silent Hill 3. Silent Hill 3 crashed on me 3 times - 2 times while running down Nathan Avenue toward the Lakeside Amusement Park - taking it slow to load the scene helped get through it. But Uncharted 2 and 3 crashed on me too, so not penalizing the game. Silent Hill 3 has shorter gameplay than Silent Hill 2, and arguably more unforgiving with ammo and health even on Normal.