Silent Hill 4 The Room

by Konami

Product Features

• Face giant mutant wasps and dogs as you navigate through horrific, alien dimensions
• Terrifying and more powerful new zombies that can walk through walls and float through the air
• A cast of mysterious new characters -- some of whom will try to Block your way
• Stranger creatures are waiting for you, as you unravel a horrible story

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002YIUO2
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 1.2 inches
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: September 7, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,570 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PC

Silent Hill 4: The Room offers a new cast and story, full of dark mysteries and horrendous new creatures. Henry Townshend is trapped in a cursed apartment. Mysterious portals have appeared in them, leading him to disturbing alternate worlds. This game is a terrifying experience that fans and newcomers will never forget.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great looking game with poor controls and camera angles, January 16, 2005

By 

Linda (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silent Hill 4: The Room (CD-ROM)

I have played and completed the PC versions of Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3, and they are both great games. I am a huge fan of the entire Silent Hill game series, especially SH2. However, Silent Hill 4 is dramatically hampered by not only unbelievably terrible character movement controls (whether using a mouse/keyboard combination, or a PC gamepad), but the computer selected camera that follows the main character around makes the game truly unplayable. The camera will many times "decide" to be in front of the character (pointing *towards* his face) during critical or exploratory situations, while at other times it will be hovering *over* him. Both camera angles make it almost impossible to see more than a few inches in front of your character. This is incredibly annoying, and gets you killed a lot, and takes much of the fun out of looking around and checking things out -- because you simply can't easily do it. (There is a key that is suppose to force the camera back behind the character, but it rarely works as it should). This is one of the few major PC games that I have attempted to play for a few days, but found it so un-enjoyable that I have uninstalled it from my computer. I never thought I would do that to any Silent Hill game!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Really Spooky, But Only If..., August 11, 2006

By 

Xtian "Xtian" (Roseville, California) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Silent Hill 4: The Room (CD-ROM)

... you like atmospheric horror. There are plenty of gorey and disturbing images and plot elements to lend to the over all 'shock' of the gaming experience, and believe me, they're weird and creepy and disturbing all right, but for me it was the game's well-crafted atmosphere that really got to me. I highly recommend you play it at night, lights off, on a better-than-decent sound system with better-than-decent sound and video cards if at all possible, the better the tools, the better the experience. I'm really into atmospheric horror to start with, finding spine-tingling creepiness that builds and builds to a crescendo much spookier than instant shock-terror, so if that's you too, you will definitely appreciate the willies this game is capable of giving.
That said, however, I do have a gripe or two. You might also want to purchase a better-than-decent gamepad or controller and ditch your keyboard/mouse combo for this one, if you haven't already - the weirdness of the keyboard configuration combined with the frustrating camera angles do make combat more than just challenging.
The camera angles don't initially make sense, true, but after playing a bit I realized it's purely intentional - yes, it's kind of mean of the developers to not always let you see what's coming up ahead of you by turning the camera to face your character as you run 'forward,' but that's all part of the atmosphere (although yes, it does at times result in you taking damage a bit unfairly). I found it a truly neat trick that made the game a bit more difficult but also added significantly to the creepy factor, particularly in tense and dangerous areas. Note, however, navigating this way will definitely take some getting used to.
The combat (on a keyboard) is truly clunky and frustrating, make no mistake, but I found after a bit of practice and button reassigning I got the hang of it, and it's definitely better than some ports I've played. Do buy a controller, though, to truly enjoy the game's engine.
Lastly, the game's voice-acting and dialogue loops are a bit cheesey at times, but then that's also part of the atmosphere - when you're not being creeped out, you can laugh at the 'B-Horror' elements (which I believe are intentional) of the experience.
I'm currently about 1/3 of the way into the game; I purchased it new in 2004 but then shelved it for awhile in favor of other titles and have finally come back to it, and I'm glad I did. It definitely plays without problem on my XP Professional system although the amazon description points out it was made for Windows ME. The plot is so far definitely engrossing, and just as (if not more so) intriguing as Silent Hill 3, also definitely worth playing for much of the same reasons I'm listing above if you haven't already. However, if you are totally unfamiliar with the series (as I once was), I recommend you do some digging online and study up as it's a bit confusing and has recurring themes in each game. Or better yet, pick up a strategy guide.
If you like dark-room I-don't-know-what's-in-there-with-me-and-I-can-hear-it-breathing-when-I-hold-my-breath terror, than this is definitely a game for you!

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely amazing(although not totally Silent Hill)!!!, September 30, 2004

By 

Alexandros Papakonstantinoy "beholder69" (Athens,Greece) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Silent Hill 4: The Room (CD-ROM)

This game is absolutely UNBELIEVABLE!!! I got it 3 days ago and managed to clear it twice!However,it's not easy at all.The points I'll have to mention are:
1:It doesn't have the awaited silent hill gameplay,as stuff like "I explore a room and it doesn't have anything and when I try to get out...BOO!I scared you" are all gone!I can't say I didn't enjoy them in previous games but a little change now and then is good :)

2:Action level is next to ridiculous(Normal)at the first half of the game and I got a bit disappointed.On the other half however,I got really glad that I managed to finish the game!It gets really hard on the way.

3:Riddles are more than easy.I don't know about hard mode yet but in normal mode ANYONE can move on.There are in fact no riddles.Just a question now and then "How do I move on?Oh,yeah, right!" To summarize I'd say that the game guides you all the way leaving nothing for you to guess.

4:If you take a general look at the game, you will easily understand that especially due to point 1 and 3 we are talking mostly about a movie rather than a game.Yes,a movie in which you just help the main character.It's far more serious than the previous ones(which by the way I loved) but it has all the psychological terror needed to make a movie that could make "Seven" look like "Sailor Moon". The whole storyline is amazing(at the occult side) combining certain rituals and ceremonies with the paranormal.Sound is of course amazing once more.(Akira Yamaoka rules!)

In general,I would recommend this game to anyone that likes psychological terror,although some classic Silent gamers will not like that the town of Silent Hill is actually playing a second role(not in the history,but on the action level)Finally,I'll have to congratulate the production as except everything else,they made a really big game so that we can enjoy many hours of gameplay!

BUY IT!You won't regret it!

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