Silent Hill for iPad

If you like Silent Hill and survival horror you will love this game. It feels like Silent Hill and in many ways plays like Silent Hill. It also has the save system from Resident Evil which I love. I think the people who dislike this game are just not used to a traditional survival horror game. I personally thought the controls were no more clunky than the older Resident Evils. Im used to that play style so no problem.

However I do have some complaints. The game is way too short. Think of it more like an telltale games episode. Despite reading every document, taking my time, and investigating every nook and cranny I beat it in about two hours.

Also the save system is problematic for mobile games. It uses a traditional resident evil style save. Instead of an ink ribbon that you use on a printer, you use a floppy disk to save on an old style computer. I like this save system except that if Im playing the game in short bursts and need to put the iPad down, sometimes the game will lose my progress. The only way to ensure your game is saved is to use a floppy disk and make a hard save. However if Im playing or 20 minutes at the airport and need to stop playing, running to s save point is not realistic. I think a good compromise is a soft save system because if you suddenly need to put your iPad down its possible to lose your progress.

Basically a soft save would save your game but immediately delete itself once you reloaded the game. The only saves that would be hard saves would be the saves you make in the game on the computer with your disc drive. Because I do agree that there is more tension when you fear dying and losing your progress. It definitely adds consequences to dying.

Despite this minor flaw, I think the game is one of the best on iPad. It is significantly better than shattered memories.

Cant wait for the next episode!

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