This post also compares versions of the games and provides a. u/MoreKraut and other community members completed an extremely thorough guide on playing Silent Hill 1 - 4. A remake would alleviate these issues and if executed properly, would make the atmosphere even better than it was originally. Alchemilla Mod is an attempt to recreate original atmosphere of cult game Silent Hill on the Source Engine. This guide was created in 2020 however a lot of the information is still relevant today. SH1 is still a fine game to me, but it does suffer from clunky unresponsive controls and a relatively poor inconsistent framerate, due to the aging hardware it released on. But to make this stuff accessible, the commercial IP owners need to step up their game big time. u/Daddyconeboobs has completed a guide to playing Silent Hill 1- 4. Without them most of our video game history would be lost. I'm extremely grateful for the work of emulation authors and the people who preserve old games. And if you dont have a psp you can still emulate it on pc but honestly having a psp is much better in the long run. If you have a original psp its as easy as just a few clicks same with shattered memories. Silent Hill Short Message has already gotten 1 million downloads. theres nothing esoteric or arcane about it if you have the time and computer literacy to post on reddit following simple step by step instructions should be easy. You dont necessarily need a PC to be a member of the PCMR. You might need a videogame console or a machine capable of emulating the game. Official Silent Hill Subreddit: Discussions, Memes, News, Art and more. I constantly tell people to embrace emulation, but I also understand why that's just simply too difficult for some people. Welcome to the official subreddit of the PC Master Race / PCMR All PC-related content is welcome, including build help, tech support, and any doubt one might have about PC ownership. The Video Game History Foundation recently did a formal study on this:Ĭompared to music or film or books, being able to legally buy and use old video games first hand is impossible for the sheer bulk of video games, including some really pivotal and popular titles throughout history (and a history that isn't very long at all). Some of the comments in this very thread show this in action, with people unwilling out unable to follow even basic guides for this stuff.īeyond that, the video games industry as a whole are just utterly terrible at making old titles available.
You should never brush off the game just because of its graphics or bizarre monotone voice acting. It is dated in some aspects but that does not change the fact that it worth your time if youre a horror fan. Even so, people aren't wrong to complain about accessibility.įor mainstream audiences with low technical capability, emulators are things like SH2:EE are orders of magnitude too cumbersome and complex to set up. Yes the first Silent Hill is a good game. I'm a die hard retro gamer who has embraced emulation since it first existed.