Silent Hill 4: The Room

 PC
Metascore
67

Mixed or average reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 20
  3. Negative: 2 out of 20
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  1. Game Over Online
    74
    A damned scary game, and it's one of the better survival horror titles out there because of that. It's good to see its designers taking risks and experimenting with the formula. This time, however, it's kind of a misfire. It's by no means a failure, but it's not a success, either.
  2. IGN
    69
    You expect to be scared, and you will be scared, but the freakishness, the undertones of distress and uncomfortable wreathing of characters that merge lamps and mannequins, replaced now by raging wheelchairs and insignificant ape-things, just don't scare or unnerve me like previous games in the series did.
  3. My Gamer
    68
    But, if you are looking to partake in a definitive step forward for the survival horror genre…I’m afraid that Silent Hill 4 does not take it.
  5. Computer and Video Games
    63
    Tasks as simple as wandering around are frustrated by the controls reversing as the camera angle jumps, while during the frequent combat bits you'll spend more time fighting with the clunking movement mechanism than with the denizens of Silent Hill.
  6. Edge Magazine
    60
    Look at it one way, and it's a choking journey with unprecedented attention to unease and psychological horror, a game framed with unparalleled sophistication. From another angle, it's just a clunky PSone throwback, with all the design wit of a dodo. [Aug 2004, p.92]
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  7. PC Gamer
    60
    Where this game falls short is the actual gameplay. Your apartment serves as a hub and you go back to it repeatedly, either to save your game or to retrieve adn drop off items from your limited inventory. I don't even need to tell you how tedious this backtracking gets. [Holiday 2004, p.99]
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  8. Just Adventure
    50
    It is a mediocre game that would have probably gone unnoticed under a different title.
  9. Computer Gaming World
    50
    Yet another great console game undermined by a sloppy port. [Jan 2005, p.104]
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#39 Most Discussed PC Game of 2004
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#24 Most Shared PC Game of 2004

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User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 196 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 128 out of 196
  2. Mixed: 44 out of 196
  3. Negative: 24 out of 196
  1. kailoone
    Oct 18, 2015
    8
    I always had mixed feelings about this game since it's just so different from the first 3, The story is very strange and somehow original, wayI always had mixed feelings about this game since it's just so different from the first 3, The story is very strange and somehow original, way more original than SH3 storyline. Not sure if I could say it's a great story but original at least Story 8/10 Music and sounds including voice acting are great, the music as always is excellent, the sounds right on and the voice acting is a huge improvement Sound 10/10 Controls and gameplay are fine too but they are really different and not in a good way, the gameplay is really awkward too and sometimes it just doesn't feel like a silent hill game Controls and gameplay 7/10 The graphics are fine and can look ok all maxed out in PC version, but the game doesn't really scare that much and the otherworld doesn't look all that great either, Graphics 9/10. FInal veredict 8/10 this game tried something new and it just felt like something totally different than a SH game, not a bad game at all just really different, the story was ok but strange and the fear factor was lacking alot but it was there too. Overall a good SH game but far from being the best.… Full Review »
  2. Richardg234
    Dec 16, 2011
    10
    Silent Hill 4 The Room is the fourth game in Konami's survival horror series.The game focuses on Henry Townshend who lives in Room 302 of theSilent Hill 4 The Room is the fourth game in Konami's survival horror series.The game focuses on Henry Townshend who lives in Room 302 of the South Ashfield Heights Apartments and after having nightmares for a couple of days he's trapped in his apartment.The PC version is good,graphics are good,gameplay is good and the controls are okay.The problems with this version is that game can run slow even if your computer meets the minimum requirements.This is a good PC game and give it an all formats recommendation… Full Review »
  3. nonaste
    Mar 20, 2019
    0
    Another crappy pc port just like 1 thru 3 with lousy camera angles and stupid controls. Making the game even more intolerable is the lack ofAnother crappy pc port just like 1 thru 3 with lousy camera angles and stupid controls. Making the game even more intolerable is the lack of a quick save and reload and predetermined save points. I played for an hour, went to the subway quit, came back, and had to start a new game. No save during all the wandering around in the apartments and crawling forever to get to the subway. I wasted enough to time with this crude trash. Scary? Lol. NOT!! UNINSTALL!!! never to waste my time again on this lame crap.… Full Review »
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