Silent Hill: Book of Memories Review/Commentary

[madimpossibledreamer]

(Most of these, by the way, are just me playing the demo because I"m poor)

I’ve never played either Uncharted or Silent Hill.  We’ll see how that goes.  (I also know next to nothing about either, so pretty much blind.  The only thing I know about Silent Hill is that fan-made thing Markiplier played.)

[this has changed.  It’s been a few years since then, though.]

 

Oh, no, M, whatever shall I…right.

I like the transition screen thing.

Cool music.

I have no idea what that poster is.

In general, I like rain.  It probably ain’t good in a horror game tho.

That’s an interesting calendar…

WHY DO WE HAVE A FRAMED PICTURE OF SLENDER FOREST ON OUR WALL?

Some of these are definitely horror posters.  And some…aren’t?  Action/Adventure/supernatural urban grunge?

The creepiest thing in this room is the stuffed bunny that looks like he’s from Five Nights.  Not that I’ve seen much gameplay.

[that hasn’t changed.]

Does anything happen?  Is there an ending to the main menu sequence, or does it just loop?

…looks like loop.  Okay.

What the.  What’s up w/ these pics?

Why are you showing them…okay what am I supposed to, uh.

Heart?  Blob?  Circular coin?  Flower-thingie?  Blob, rabbit, Celtic cross, throwing star.

Oh, creepy, I can highlight.

NOT rabbit.

Let’s, uh.  Try cross?

Uh, name?  Uh.  The girl has attitude.  Lucy.  Oh, wait.  Goth.  Interesting.

….Okay, I put in Ryan and it immediately gave me ‘Thanjavur’ as last name.  What is this.

Unlockable classes.  Okay.  As in, ‘class’ classes.

PAGE 2 WHAT ARE THESE SHENANIGANS

I hope you know you’re going to die.  Sorry, Ryan.

I’ll play as a girl next ti—

I saw that.

Interesting narrator voi—HEY IT’S Kanji.  A very confused Kanji.

….Prom?  You’re pretty cool.  You went to prom.  Cool, sir.

Derek?

I like it so far.

Wondering whether voice actor changes with look and gender.

Uh.  This is not my usual dream.

Okay, pause.  Don’t want to click off of page, leave, come back, and am dead.

Nice musik.

I like vaguely upbeat Goth-man.  Like Abby.

There is a LOT to (maybe) explore.

Oh, I start with a Celtic cross charm.

Lots of touchscreen-poss stuff.  Hope it’s not DW insane.

o-block, +direction ->dodge (yes I guess I had to write it down)

Blood or Light.  Hmmmm

Okay, I think that choice in the beginning wasn’t, like, what story we play.  It’s what permanent artifact we take with us.

Select to find things.  <- may make things have the Brooklyn/Berserker Rage tho.  Okay, so that’s like Toukiden, so it should be easier to remember.

Forsaken – 3 outcomes of trauma.

Light might be good for self-heal, ‘cause I’ll probably need it.  Also this guy is a fluffy bunny.

Library = save.  Find one ASAP.

Oh. No. Traps.

Okay.  Camera angles will be funky.

Uh-oh.  Am I actually supposed to be able to aim?

I sound weird wal—oh, right, flashlight.

Ran out of bullets.  Whoops.

…Adachi?

Beat things up.  Then flashlight.

Hopefully, this is the library.  Hopefully, I saved.

Maybe going the locked way ain’t the most smart thing.

Nightmare perspective, huh

I don’t know if I trust you, Mr. Man.

You seem nice & sketchy at the same time.

I can tell.

Okay, it wasn’t the worst idea.

Music away.

You took the unbroken one.

Jerk.

You’re kinda the only shop around, sir.

I don’t like that red savey flash.

Ryan is quite the budding entrepreneur.

Only thing I did was run to pick up items….

(I have no idea if this is how you’re supposed to play this game)

I won’t.  But, wait.  We’re strangers.

That darkness entering a room is nerve-wracking.

I’m glad we can’t run off the edges.

Left & right hook.  Naisu.

The music does get annoying after a while.

Oh-kay, this is…different.

Oh, not cutscene.  I can move.

Good soul?  Uh…because I didn’t attack you?

Oh, yeah.  You’re so creepy I forget you’re a ‘good guy’ and try to attack you…

Uh.  Thanks, Creepy Room?

Uh, okay?

What’s up w/ Derek?

Uh, forever loading, that’s cree—okay

No s.t. else in between?

Can you save?  Is that not a demo feature?

Nope, not allowed in demo.

Goodbye, Ryan.  It was nice knowing you.

…Uh.  Innocent Sin uniform???  Nice to meet you, Fred Scott.

I think that IS a different VA.

Oh, yeah, that is.  Think that’s Yuri.

Well, now I know who I’d play a—okay, why did you sound angry?

3 levels.  Okay.  (I might just leave the Vita on & charging, since I can’t save.)

Throwing star ups speed.  The cross did karma.

Lucky Clover-weapon durability

Coin—Mr?  Hr?  IDK can’t read my handwriting here.

Compass-know where special rooms are

Heart-more HP

Baozi(?)-Exp

Robbie’s Head-Mo crit hits also what?

Not a rabbit?

Bye Fred Scott.

Lucy…Synel?  Where are these names coming from?

Oh, good, a blond in a horror game.  That’s gonna go well. *sarcasm*

Yukari, you’re a prep?  Interesting.

She’s so defensive, tho.

Not being able to save is an annoying feature.  I want to experience the game to the end of what I can, bleep it!

It hasn’t seemed super challenging yet, but they sometimes dumb down the demo.

Aaaaand, last but not least, Lira Hyde.  Don’t know whose VA that is.

She’s upbeat but angry.  Odd combo.

As much as I like Yuri, I’m gonna go with one of the goths.  I like that they’re both vaguely upbeat.  The question is, Lira or Ryan?

Let’s try Lira.  I ran through Ryan’s for a while yesterday.

Wait, woah.  It’s different!  (Hey, Dojima.)  She wrote it so he got in trouble for stealing.  Ryan wrote it so he got in trouble for stealing.  …Okay, I like Ryan better.

Question is, cross or Baozi-thing?

Loading screen is a while.

The music is cool but it doesn’t generally change.  (Reminds me of TSW which is a fantastic game.)

Ooh, even the clue changes.

“I give up, you found me.” Huh?

Okay, it’s randomized.  (I thought it was randomly related to the name chosen.)  This version of Ryan’s a jerk.

DN suicide.

I got a sword, booyah!

Okay, that one…the colors confused me for the setting sun thing.

Uh-oh.

Well.  I died.

FIRE SWORD

Gun helped a lot in that fight for staying at a distance.

You know, Ryan, the ones that said ‘don’t look a gift horse in the mouth’ weren’t talking about the Necronomicon.

Also, the ‘transfer’ thing doesn’t fit with the ‘hinted suicide’ thing, but maybe that’s more streamlined in the full version?

Generally interesting.  No idea how well it worked with Silent Hill lore because I played it before I'd seen the others, so am not sure how it works.  Fixed cameras in dungeons is...more Res Evil than Silent Hill, from what I can remember.  I can definitely say I thought it looked interesting and I want to play/own eventually if only for the adventures of Ryan and Lisa...not interesting enough to deal with the fact that it's still $60, last I looked.