Product Description

Silent Hill 3 continues the series' trademark brand of psychological horror and terrifying gameplay. As a teenage girl named Heather, players must explore and unravel the mysterious connection between the god-forsaken town and her inner fears. The game features enhanced graphical detail, a more complex storyline and even more grotesque monsters than the previous games.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1021 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Konami
• Released on: 2003-05-23
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• ESRB Rating: Mature
• Platform: PlayStation2
• Number of items: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Play Silent Hill 3 and you'll never scoff at anyone that admits they got scared by a video game again: this isn't survival horror, it's full on survival terror. Away from the shlock B-movie stylings of the Resident Evil series, the Silent Hill games have carved, with a particularly rusty machete, a rather different niche for themselves with a line in taut psychological horror that really gets under your skin rather than just providing a few cheap shocks. The games' primary means of achieving this is via their superb graphics and sound which immediately create an oppressive atmosphere where you're constantly in fear of exactly what manner of evil will happen next.

Unfortunately veterans of the series will know that more often than not; nothing much ever does happen next, except maybe the appearance of one of the small number of stock enemies. They'll also be perturbed by the constant recycling of backdrops in this third edition--particularly in yet another visit to the Silent Hill hospital. The game does stop pulling its punches for the especially disturbing last third of the adventure though, and anyone new to Silent Hill is likely to be scared silly for its entire duration.

The game's other faults, such as a clunky control system and storyline are (for no apparent reason) stocks of the survival horror trade so it would take a particularly surly gamer to deny the game's obvious quality. It'll also take someone with concrete underpants to remain unfazed by the whole thing, particularly the church with the bleeding walls... --David Jenkins

Official PlayStation 2 Magazine
"The nastiest game on PS2--we dare you to play it. 9/10."

GamesMaster Magazine
"Lots of disturbing details make this one of the most weirdly attractive PS2 games yet. 82%."

Customer Reviews

the "real" Silent Hill 2
i found Silent Hill 2 to be immensely disappointing,especially after the groundbreaking first game. This one ties up many of the loose ends from the original(fortunately,i played the original for the first time in years the weekend before getting this)The fun puzzles are back,it's genuinely eery,and the monsters are much better than the second game.All in all,this is what Silent Hill 2 should have been.

The first Silent Hill title I bought.
This is the first in the series I owned, I bought it as a change from the games I was playing at the time (mostly driving games) and what a change! I'd missed out on the first game by simply being a bit young for it on release.

This game can be punishingly difficult in places, due in part to the slightly dodgy controls, but for me this is part of the atmosphere, you really feel helpless, which for a survival horror title is important to me.

The puzzles are genuinely difficult and really challenge your lateral thinking, which is something often overlooked with game puzzles, often boiling down to 'put x object here', not in this game!

You really have to get into a bit of a japanese mindset with the storyline, just like the other great Konami title, Metal Gear Solid, otherwise it can get a bit cheesy on you, but it's still great.

The locations are a real stand-out part of this game, highlights including the ever-present hospital and the old amusement park, the setting for the amazing beginning, you'll see what I mean when you play!

I have played the whole series and so far, this is my favourite title, obviously the first one is the classic, but this really is my favourite.

Silent Hill 3
I've always been a fan of the Silent Hill series so Silent Hill 3 was a must buy. The graphics are slightly better than the graphics for Sile Hill 2. The soundtrack is as usual creepy as hell and adds to the tension and the oh so eerie atmosphere.

What I really liked about this game is the fact that it's a direct sequel to the original and for me the original was a classic. The storyline to Silent Hill 3 isn't quite as deep as the original but that doesn't make it any less scary or any less intense. The characters in Silent Hill 3 I felt were pretty well developed and they added depth to the game. The only sight downside to Silent Hill 3 was that to me Heather seems to run rather slowly. However all in all a good game and a well deserved 5 stars.