Every Silent Hill Sequel Ranked From Worst to Best

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Silent Hill is a peculiar series. It’s as divisive as it is beloved by many. For those still new to the series, making sense of the menagerie is as daunting as the twisted monsters that stalk the halls of the titular town.

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This is why here, today, we’re giving a no-holds-barred recount on all the Silent Hill sequels. No rose-tinted glasses.

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THE WORST – SILENT HILL: DOWNPOUR The saddest thing about Vatra’s Silent Hill: Downpour is that it could’ve worked. On paper, a story about a disgraced convict father with an ambiguous past navigating an open world Silent Hill has loads of potential.

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Unfortunately, every single creative decision falls apart upon playing. Messy combat and lackluster level design made for a terrible open world. The story lacked a concrete anchor to build a message, complicated by weird moral consequences.

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THE UNNECESSARY PREQUEL – SILENT HILL: ORIGINS And after the pratfall of a finale, we circle back to the wildly unnecessary prequel story of Silent Hill: Origins. The biggest issue with Origins isn’t that it’s bad, per se, but it’s so wholly unnecessary.

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There was a PS2 release with better fidelity, but physical copies of Origins are harder to come by than far better entries in the series. The digital PSP version is still available on the PlayStation Network, but it takes a few steps to load it onto your PS Vita.

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THE RAIL SHOOTER?? – SILENT HILL: THE ARCADE Did you know there’s a Silent Hill arcade game? Because yeah, that’s a thing that someone at Konami not only greenlit but fully developed with a story! You play as Eric and Tina, two members of a local university’s occult club who get tangled up in a mystery involving a lost steamboat.

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Given most gamers wouldn’t go to an arcade for Silent Hill, The Arcade is the strangest sequel by far. It’s since proven rare enough that series fans created their own emulator just to make it playable on PC.

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Every Silent Hill Sequel Ranked From Worst to Best

Silent Hill is a peculiar series. It’s as divisive as it is beloved by many. For those still new to the series, making sense of the menagerie is as daunting as the twisted monsters that stalk the halls of the titular town.

This is why here, today, we’re giving a no-holds-barred recount on all the Silent Hill sequels. No rose-tinted glasses.

THE WORST – SILENT HILL: DOWNPOUR The saddest thing about Vatra’s Silent Hill: Downpour is that it could’ve worked. On paper, a story about a disgraced convict father with an ambiguous past navigating an open world Silent Hill has loads of potential.

Unfortunately, every single creative decision falls apart upon playing. Messy combat and lackluster level design made for a terrible open world. The story lacked a concrete anchor to build a message, complicated by weird moral consequences.

THE UNNECESSARY PREQUEL – SILENT HILL: ORIGINS And after the pratfall of a finale, we circle back to the wildly unnecessary prequel story of Silent Hill: Origins. The biggest issue with Origins isn’t that it’s bad, per se, but it’s so wholly unnecessary.

There was a PS2 release with better fidelity, but physical copies of Origins are harder to come by than far better entries in the series. The digital PSP version is still available on the PlayStation Network, but it takes a few steps to load it onto your PS Vita.

Given most gamers wouldn’t go to an arcade for Silent Hill, The Arcade is the strangest sequel by far. It’s since proven rare enough that series fans created their own emulator just to make it playable on PC.

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