Silent Hill is the first installment in the Silent Hill series of psychological survival horror video games. Unlike earlier survival horror games that focused on protagonists with combat training, the main character Harry Mason is an average man. The gameplay consists of combat, exploration, and puzzle-solving. The controller vibration is used to indicate Harry's heartbeat and will vibrate on low health. The player must regularly enter an inventory screen to check Harry's health, use items, and equip different weapons. Harry Mason and his daughter Cheryl are driving to their favourite vacation spot. Late that night, a figure suddenly appears from out of the darkness. Harry turns the wheel in panic, and the car careens off the road, knocking harry unconscious. Awakening sometime later, he realizes that Cheryl is missing. Stumbling out of the wreckage, he heads towards the small town of Silent Hill.
PuzzleAdventureActionHorrorSurvivalghostsmotorcyclemonstersbloodypsychological horrormurderdrugs3dstory driveninsectsdeathamusement parkPlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
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Character
Earnest, grave, bleak and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
- Developer
- Team Silent
- Publisher
- Konami
- Released
- February 24, 1999
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Time to beat
- 6 h main story
IGDB rating 8.3/10 from 587 ratings.
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