Silent Hill 3

by Konami

Product Features

• Chilling adventure game set in sinister locale
• New monsters, items, and weapons
• Sophisticated storyline
• Fantastic graphics
• For 1 player

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000EZGDM
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: April 6, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,026 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PC

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Atmosphere of absolute fear...., February 24, 2004

By 

J. M Quiggins "Sole_Fish" (Owensboro, Ky. USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Silent Hill 3 (CD-ROM)

Right from the beginning, you get a taste of the horror that awaits you. But, from that point on, the horror only escalates. The hideous creaturs that confront you are straight out of a nightmare. The blood stained wallpaper jumps out at you at every corner. This game is flat-out frightening. I enjoyed Silent Hill 2 for its' merit on mostly gameplay. This game, however, one ups it with incredible and fluid graphics along with outstanding gameplay. Straight out of a grainy slasher flick. The music is also incredible. Most of the stlye of music stems from an undergound alternative style. Somewhat goth, somewhat punk. This game has great length. I finished it in about 20 hours. However, one small downside. This thing is HUGE! It's jammed onto 5 cd-roms. About 3 gig of hard-drive space needed. Plus, you have to consider savegame and memory-swap space. You should have around 4 gig available for this program. That's a hefty chunk. Other than that, this is unbelievable! Enjoy!

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This game still terrifies me., June 19, 2004

By 

"kai_the_destroyer" (The Land of Odd) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silent Hill 3 (CD-ROM)

I first played this on the PS2 with a friend of mine. I recently bought if for my PC.

First off, I'd recommend a controller similar to a PS2; this game is made for controller based play and won't work as well with the standard keyboard and mouse. Also, pay lots of attention to the technical specifications which (copied directly from the box since Amazon doesn't list them) are as follows:

Minimum System Requirements:
Windows XP/ME/2000/98
1 GHz Pentium III or Athlon processor (or equivalent)
256 MB RAM
GeForce 3 Ti/Radeon 8500 Video Chipset w/32 MB VRAM
DirectX 8.1b (included on CD/DVD)
DirectX 8.1 Compliant sound card
4X CD-ROM or 2X DVD-ROM drive
4.7 GB free hard drive space

Recommended System Requirements
Windows XP/2000
1.4 GHz Pentium 4 or Athlon Processor
512 MB RAM
GeForce4 Ti or GeForce FX graphics cards
8X CD-ROM or 4X DVD-ROM drive
5.2 GB free hard disk space
USB Gamepad controller

Supported video chipsets:
NVIDIA GeForceFX, GeForce4Ti, GeForce3Ti (GeForce MX series not supported) ATI Radeon 9800, 9700, 9600, 9500, 9200, 9100, 9000, 8500 Matrox Parhelia

This game is gorgeous, but you won't see that with the minimum system requirements. If you are a big fan of the series or have been looking for an excuse to upgrade your system but don't have the current specs, this would be a good time to upgrade (most of the new games coming in the next year or so will be of similar requirements). Note that with the recommended system requirements (I'm not sure about the minimum), this game looks just as good as it does on the PS2.

Now, as far as the game is concerned:

The game rocks. It's scary and complex. If you can play this alone in the dark for an extended period of time, you are a braver soul than I. The gameplay is variable in both action and riddle difficulty, so you can enjoy this game regardless of your tastes. The sounds are awesome and terrifying; you can tell a lot of work went into making this game as unsettling as humanly possible without being as disturbing as humanly possible. With several endings the replay value on this game is quite high, especially since some of the gameplay is not linear.

The soundtrack, which is included, has some awesome music on it (along with some of the more usual background music we've all come to know and love) as well as some intriguing dialogue from the game. The soundtrack alone makes this worth buying, since most imported game soundtracks go for nearly as much as you can pay for the whole game.

I should point out that this game comes in both dvd and cd-rom formats. There is no difference in the price between them, but I think amazon only carries the cd-rom version of the game (which is an amazing five discs total). If you want the dvd version, I'd recommend going to the nearest funcoland, babbages, or equivalent gaming store.

At twenty bucks or so, this game is well worth buying and will definitely show you what pc graphics can really do.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love Silent Hill 3 but,, November 1, 2005

By 

SweetDaddy "Darkmaster" (The Darkside) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Silent Hill 3 (CD-ROM)

It all started in 1999, when the first Silent Hill was released. Silent
Hill offered a great storyline, great graphics, promising gameplay, and
the one thing that it still has -- the horrifying atmosphere. Many people
will still agree even today that the first Silent Hill was the scariest. I
would have to agree but I would also have to say Silent Hill 3 is better
in almost everything else.

Storyline - 9/10
Silent Hill 3 is the sequel to the first Silent Hill and doesn't really
have anything do to with the second. The storyline starts off rather slim
with you not knowing much at all. A 17 year old girl named Heather is
shopping at a mall on a typical Sunday and she falls asleep at a table in
a restaurant. She has a nightmare about her in the Silent Hill Lakeside
Amusement Park with different types of messed up monsters. Why she is
dreaming about this is unknown. After she wakes up, she exits the
restaurant and calls her dad. While she's on the phone, a man in his 50s
seems to be waiting for the phone. So when Heather is done, she gives him
a look that she's done and he shakes his head. Heather starts walking away
and the man is following her. He approaches Heather from behind and says
he'd like to speak with her. His name is Douglas Cartland and he's a
detective. He asks for a half hour of her time. It is about Heather's
birth but she's not interested and enters the close by women's washroom to
get away. Later on, you encounter a strange woman named Claudia and she
mentions Heather leading "us to Paradise" and seems to know who Heather is.
Heather doesn't know what's going on and she wants to know.

The storyline in Silent Hill 3 is pretty good but I don't think it's
really close to that of Silent Hill 2. The storyline does evolve A LOT,
further on in the game. Around half way you understand everything because
of a long video explaining everything. The storyline has a lot of depth,
but it's not as good as Silent Hill 2's amazing storyline. It's pretty
deep and is about cult-ish stuff, which isn't too interesting in my
opinion.

Gameplay - 10/10
Gameplay is a little bit different this time. Not much, but it has a
better feel. You still get some of the same weapons as in the other Silent
Hill games, including a Handgun, Shotgun, Katana, Knife, and a Steel Pipe.
But there is one completely new weapon to the Silent Hill series. There is
now a Submachine Gun, which is a 9mm Uzi. For those of you thinking so,
this weapon did not ruin the series whatsoever; you get the weapon past
halfway through the game and it holds 32 bullets in each magazine. You
only get a few magazines for the gun, and the gun is not really good at
all, anyway; it does shoot fast, but 1 bullet from it is equal to half the
power of the Handgun. Reloading is now great in Silent Hill 3. You can
also reload from the menu like previous Silent Hill games, but you can
equip the ammo for the firearm you're using and just press R3 to reload --
it's pretty fast. When you equip a firearm, it automatically equips the
ammo for it so you can reload easily, but you can equip health items also
so you can press R3 to heal. Anything else in the supplies section of the
in-game menu you can equip and press R3 to use, which is a great new
feature. Another new feature is a bulletproof vest. It cuts down the
damage 15% when attacked by enemies, and when you block (another new
feature) attacks, you will lose no health. So gameplay has definitely
improved.

Graphics - 10/10
Absolutely amazing graphics! Definitely some of the best graphics you'll
see on PS2. This game also has the best looking and most detailed
character models for any game yet. There is no match for the character
models and won't be until Silent Hill 4 comes out. Not only are the
character models amazing, the surroundings are also very detailed.
Bloodstains, rust, corpses, etc. Silent Hill 3 also has the "grainy
effect" called Noise Filter that Silent Hill 2 had. The idea of it is to
make the game seem like an old horror movie. It's pretty cool but you can
take it off in the options menu whenever you want, unlike Silent Hill 2,
where you had to beat the game first. When the noise filter ("grainy
effect") is off, the graphics look absolutely amazing! Konami always pays
attention to detail, even small things. Having one of the best looking
games out right now is pretty cool, especially when it's one of your
favourites.

Sound - 9/10
I did expect more from the sound but there's nothing really wrong with it.
Silent Hill 2 had amazing songs and had a lot of them. There are some good
songs but not nearly as many as in Silent Hill 2. This game has a perfect
credits song and people that have played the first Silent Hill will find
it familiar, yet a little different. The Silent Hill 3 soundtrack comes
free with the game in North America and it is great. It has almost all the
good songs from the game in it. There are a few amazing songs on the
soundtrack like track 9, 24, 25, and many others, so you should spend some
time listening to it if you get it. I gave the sound 9/10 because it's not
as good as that of Silent Hill 2, but it is still amazing. Silent Hill 3's
sound by itself is completely amazing, but compared to Silent Hill 2 it is
a bit different.

Controls - 10/10
Now the control of the game is a lot better. Your character runs a lot
more freely now, which feels great! You don't turn sluggishly anymore and
you can run pretty fast. But when you have a heavy weapon in your hands,
you won't run as fast. The game has pretty much the same controls as
Silent Hill 2. Start now pauses the game, and Select opens your inventory
(just like in the first Silent Hill). The menu is a little different but
it's better. It's a lot more organized so you can find items easily. It's
sorted in items (key items), weapons, and supplies (health and ammo items).
So if you want to restore you're health, equip a certain weapon, and use a
key item, it's a lot easier to do.

Atmosphere - 10/10
This is probably the least scary Silent Hill, but it still has amazing
atmosphere. Who doesn't enjoy the darkness and loneliness of the Silent
Hill games, honestly? The game has many dark and scary moments. Especially
one part after halfway through the game. I won't ruin it for you though
because it's a great experience. Strange and scary sounds add a lot of
atmosphere. The game's soundtrack improves the game's atmosphere a lot.
Songs totally match the situation you're in. From sadness to insane, this
game has it all! The game experience really changes when you're playing
with headphones. It's very intense. But for the best experience, play at
night in the dark (no lights on, with only your TV illuminated) with
headphones, or with surround sound and a sub woofer -- nothing is better!

Replay Value - 9/10
There's actually a lot of replay value in this one. There are only three
endings, but there are now a lot of extra weapons and costumes. Some extra
weapons are: Unlimited Submachine Gun, Flamethrower, and Beam Saber. You
have to unlock these first, obviously, and then you can use them in a
replay game. If you use extra weapons, there will be a small rank
reduction. This is actually pretty good, because if you expect to get a
really good ranking, you can't just use the Unlimited Submachine Gun for
everything. But it doesn't deduct much, anyway. There are also ten extra
action levels ranging from Extreme 1 to Extreme X. So if you're a hardcore
Silent Hill fan, you'll have a lot of fun beating them. There are some
other extras too, including flashback moments from Silent Hill 2, if you
have a completed save file for it. They're not exactly flashbacks, just
things to remind you of Silent Hill 2 moments. Good times, good times.

Rent or Buy
If you enjoyed Silent Hill or Silent Hill 2, then this is no exception!
Even if you're new to the series, there is a high chance you'll like it.
If you like horror and adventure, this is the perfect game for you. If you
do plan to buy this game and you want to understand the story, consider
buying or renting the first Silent Hill. Because Silent Hill 3 is the
sequel to it. And it wouldn't hurt to play Silent Hill 2 either. If you
enjoy this game after you play it and you're missing other Silent Hill
games, go out and buy them -- try eBay also. If you're not really
interested in this game, then you might want to check out some screens
and videos at a good gaming site. And if you're still not sure, rent it to
see if you like it. And I'm sure you will.

Overall - 10/10
Overall, Silent Hill 3 is amazing game! With insane horror and suspense,
I'm sure you'll love it. If you want a bone-chilling experience, Silent
Hill is the way to go. And also consider buying Silent Hill 4: The Room
when it comes out. Don't wait to buy Silent Hill 3, buy it now!

One more thing.
This game is good a*s he*l. I love it. If you all want to know the System Requirements here they are, minimum requirements: Pentium III 1 GHz, 156 MB RAM, Windows XP/ME/2000/98, DirectX 8.0, 32 MB video card, DirectX compatible sound card, 4x CD ROM, keyboard, mouse or something better. This info... Read more ›

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