Posted on 02/24/2014 at 08:55 AM
| Filed Under Blogs
I played but never finished the original RE games because of the tank controls but for some reason I got used to them in SH1 and have finished the game twice. Other than the controls I found the game fairly easy. If you are playing on easy enemies should be "hit 3 times and step on them to kill." I don't recall enemies respawning because I hate that. Homecoming was the worst offender for respawning.
SH 4 was bad because instead of respawning they made enemies in the final half invincible and you had to pin them to the ground or avoid them.
Combat was never what Silent Hill was about and that's why I hated the last half of The Room and Homecoming in particular. I don't want to learn how to block and evade, I just want to hit enemies and have them die.
Towards the end exploration becomes a must and items/clues are easily missed. The environment before the final boss was the biggest frustration for me because there was no map. That made navigating the labyrinth of corridors very difficult.