Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
While it has some shortcomings with its different approach, Silent Hill 4: The Room is an excellent title that would be Team Silent's last.
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While it's considered the black sheep of the Team Silent titles, and I do feel it's the worst of the Team Silent titles, Silent Hill 4 still has its moments of brilliance.
Team Silent made some tweaks to the Silent Hill formula with The Room. They got more experimental on the gameplay front. Some of the execution misses the mark, but Silent Hill 4 does some really interesting things that the others do not.
Silent Hill 4 has the most "Japanese" feel with its approach to horror. Yet it also has some of the flattest horrors of the series.
Silent Hill 4 has an interesting story to piece together. That said, the personal narrative from the past three titles, especially 2, is stripped away. Silent Hill 4 has some of the best enemies in the series, but also the least inspired.
You can see that Silent Hill 4 did lay some of the foundations that Kojima would explore with PT a decade later. Silent Hill 4 amps up on backtracking, has a lack of puzzles, introduces limited inventory to its detriment, and has an annoying escort that takes up the back half. It can be quite frustrating.
But through this frustration, there are moments of brilliance in Silent Hill 4. While still a divisive title, people have warmed up more to the game over time. Granted, that can also be due to the fact of what came afterward for the series.
This Silent Hill 4 review/analysis/critique/retrospective looks at how Silent Hill 4 came to be, the presentation, the gameplay, the plot, a ridiculous fan theory, and more.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:55 - Making of Silent Hill 4
04:05 - Game Intro
04:56 - Gameplay of Silent Hill 4
8:33 - Presentation of Silent Hill 4
09:33 - Going Through Silent Hill 4 (Spoilers Begin)
12:24 - The Forest
13:33 - The Water Prison
14:36 - The Apartments
15:46 - The Hospital
16:54 - Back half and the escort mission
25:21 - On the Circumcision Theory
26:01 - Final Stretch
26:55 - Conclusion & The Future of Silent Hill
Whang! The Silent Hill Circumcision Meltdown - Tales From the Internet: youtube.com/watch?v=a7-HrspiKfY
Additional Footage::
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
• Making of Silent Hill 3: youtube.com/watch?v=KiH4wOkSzGs
• PT: youtube.com/watch?v=o50nRylk8z0
• Silent Hill 4: youtube.com/watch?v=Qa3pEFP2v9Q
• Super Best Friends Play: youtube.com/watch?v=pMHOK9XIAAs
• System Shock 2: youtube.com/watch?v=t8XHBB7jgjQ
• Takayoshi Sato: youtube.com/watch?v=AhmdMTXJ-gc
• The Room
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While it has some shortcomings with its different approach, Silent Hill 4: The Room is an excellent title that would be Team Silent's last.
• PATREON: patreon.com/boulderpunch
• ONE-TIME DONATIONS: ko-fi.com/boulderpunch
• DISCORD: discord.gg/2AfRXbM2hg
• Get Silent Hill 4 on GOG (affiliate): bit.ly/bouldergogsilenthill
While it's considered the black sheep of the Team Silent titles, and I do feel it's the worst of the Team Silent titles, Silent Hill 4 still has its moments of brilliance.
Team Silent made some tweaks to the Silent Hill formula with The Room. They got more experimental on the gameplay front. Some of the execution misses the mark, but Silent Hill 4 does some really interesting things that the others do not.
Silent Hill 4 has the most "Japanese" feel with its approach to horror. Yet it also has some of the flattest horrors of the series.
Silent Hill 4 has an interesting story to piece together. That said, the personal narrative from the past three titles, especially 2, is stripped away. Silent Hill 4 has some of the best enemies in the series, but also the least inspired.
You can see that Silent Hill 4 did lay some of the foundations that Kojima would explore with PT a decade later. Silent Hill 4 amps up on backtracking, has a lack of puzzles, introduces limited inventory to its detriment, and has an annoying escort that takes up the back half. It can be quite frustrating.
But through this frustration, there are moments of brilliance in Silent Hill 4. While still a divisive title, people have warmed up more to the game over time. Granted, that can also be due to the fact of what came afterward for the series.
This Silent Hill 4 review/analysis/critique/retrospective looks at how Silent Hill 4 came to be, the presentation, the gameplay, the plot, a ridiculous fan theory, and more.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:55 - Making of Silent Hill 4
04:05 - Game Intro
04:56 - Gameplay of Silent Hill 4
8:33 - Presentation of Silent Hill 4
09:33 - Going Through Silent Hill 4 (Spoilers Begin)
12:24 - The Forest
13:33 - The Water Prison
14:36 - The Apartments
15:46 - The Hospital
16:54 - Back half and the escort mission
25:21 - On the Circumcision Theory
26:01 - Final Stretch
26:55 - Conclusion & The Future of Silent Hill
Whang! The Silent Hill Circumcision Meltdown - Tales From the Internet: youtube.com/watch?v=a7-HrspiKfY
Additional Footage::
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
• Making of Silent Hill 3: youtube.com/watch?v=KiH4wOkSzGs
• PT: youtube.com/watch?v=o50nRylk8z0
• Silent Hill 4: youtube.com/watch?v=Qa3pEFP2v9Q
• Super Best Friends Play: youtube.com/watch?v=pMHOK9XIAAs
• System Shock 2: youtube.com/watch?v=t8XHBB7jgjQ
• Takayoshi Sato: youtube.com/watch?v=AhmdMTXJ-gc
• The Room
#silenthill4 #silenthill4review #silenthilltheroom #silenthill #boulderpunch #survivalhorror #silenthillseries #ps2horror #ps2games #konami #konamigames #silenthillseries
