Silent Hill 4: The Room

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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
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  1. 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 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. IAnother 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.… Expand
  2. silenthill4
    Nov 7, 2014
    0
    the game doesn't even **** work 0/10

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  3. misterMiao
    Sep 3, 2016
    2
    Terrible gameplay, thin and inconsistent story. Promises much but delivers nothing. Soundtrack is great but audio is poorly utilized so it is barely recognizable. Visuals are a disgrace compared to the earlier Silent Hill games. The horror elements have no meaning but are simply there to make you see horror. Rather replay an earlier Silent Hill games so you never have to witness this ****
  4. PAPA
    Jun 30, 2007
    3
    SH4 is a PIECE OF CRAP. Yeah I gave 3 for the graphics and the probably good story until now (I've just started). SH4 nightmare is its controls. NO, they aren't different and innovative and original or whatever..they are STUPID and ANNOYING. It's puzzling to me how could a game company release a game with that kind of controls. It just ruined everything. I'm curious toSH4 is a PIECE OF CRAP. Yeah I gave 3 for the graphics and the probably good story until now (I've just started). SH4 nightmare is its controls. NO, they aren't different and innovative and original or whatever..they are STUPID and ANNOYING. It's puzzling to me how could a game company release a game with that kind of controls. It just ruined everything. I'm curious to know how the story unfolds but I don't think I'll get over the controls. I want the GAME to give me a challenge NOT the game ENGINE.… Expand
  5. ShawnSchirmer
    Mar 12, 2008
    2
    The controls are utterly bungled, and the camera angles are worse. I walk around... looking at me! Not always, but way too often. And when I'm not looking at myself, the camera is often too close too really see my surroundings, or I'm viewing myself from the side rather than seeing into the distance. Pity, because the plot seems very weird/interesting. I hung with it for aboutThe controls are utterly bungled, and the camera angles are worse. I walk around... looking at me! Not always, but way too often. And when I'm not looking at myself, the camera is often too close too really see my surroundings, or I'm viewing myself from the side rather than seeing into the distance. Pity, because the plot seems very weird/interesting. I hung with it for about an hour but gave up after being killed and faced with the prospect of having to start the level over. Oh yes, they screwed up the save feature, too. This is a Konami console port. Moral? NEVER buy a Konami port--they've done this with their other games as well.… Expand
  6. Topfpflanze
    Feb 2, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. SH4 The Room starts completely different than its predecessors. Later in the game it returns to the old patterns, the old riddles, the old sounds and the old graphics, the latter probably even older than the PS1. The controls are intentionally clumsy, the weapons near useless. If you have played the predecessors, SH4 starts promising but at a certain point it gets repetititve, boring, unrelated to the story and pointless. Most of the secret information is delivered in the very last moments, and you get a headache from it, if you don't ask yourself who delivered the diary sheets you always find under your door. The appartment building you're living in has its dark fleshy backside, but hey: It wasn't THAT large all the time you lived there.… Expand
  7. ngelo00
    Feb 5, 2022
    2
    This game is a shame. Attracted by the famous name "silent hill" I downloaded it but it really sucks and the "horror" scenes are funny.
  8. silenthill4bad
    Dec 13, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. . What the hell?… Expand

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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
  1. 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.
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  2. 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.
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  3. Stuff
    85
    The large number of cut scenes seems a little distracting at first, but once you get used to them, they add a lot of depth to the game.
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