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I Close My Eyes I Go To Sleep....
Mar. 30th, 2012 10:32 amSo....
I've already played through Downpour twice and today I'm starting game 3.
I couldn't even tell you what it is about this game that I love so much. It's not nearly as interactive and frightening as a Silent Hill game should be, the Big Reveal is relatively so-so, the action specific button reflex bits are annoying as hell, there aren't any boss battles, the final battle is ridiculously disappointing, the monsters are lackluster for the most part, the ball was dropped on so many aspects and themes that could have been further explored, Murphy comes from the Henry Townshend School of Emoting and Reacting, and yet...
This is my favorite, right up there with The Room.
I'm already freaking working on a Murphy app, and it's kind of eaten my brain.
Maybe it's just that despite the obvious cult presence in the game...the storyline does stay far away from all of that. Or maybe it's Murph and his delicious, delicious tragic angst. Maybe it's all the shout outs to The Room, or perhaps my heart was won simply with the ghost train to hell. I don't know.
I do know I'd hump Murphy Pendleton's leg in a heartbeat, though.
I've already played through Downpour twice and today I'm starting game 3.
I couldn't even tell you what it is about this game that I love so much. It's not nearly as interactive and frightening as a Silent Hill game should be, the Big Reveal is relatively so-so, the action specific button reflex bits are annoying as hell, there aren't any boss battles, the final battle is ridiculously disappointing, the monsters are lackluster for the most part, the ball was dropped on so many aspects and themes that could have been further explored, Murphy comes from the Henry Townshend School of Emoting and Reacting, and yet...
This is my favorite, right up there with The Room.
I'm already freaking working on a Murphy app, and it's kind of eaten my brain.
Maybe it's just that despite the obvious cult presence in the game...the storyline does stay far away from all of that. Or maybe it's Murph and his delicious, delicious tragic angst. Maybe it's all the shout outs to The Room, or perhaps my heart was won simply with the ghost train to hell. I don't know.
I do know I'd hump Murphy Pendleton's leg in a heartbeat, though.
