Almost finished this game last night. So far It has been... Interesting.
The game tries to handle A LOT of stuff: social media harassment, suicide, bullying, the psychological effects of COVID on people and other things I won't spoil for those who want to play It out eventually. I admire the fact these topics are being dealt on the medium of videogames, although I feel that for the length of the game it tries to tackle too much all at once (the game can be beaten in less than 2 hours, which isn't awful for a free game).
As usual with Silent Hill, the main character has a lot of gray areas I won't spoil, so I can understand some people not finding her that likeable (although I feel that is kinda the point with these games, knowing SH2's popular twist), I personally kinda relate to what her and her friends go through, although I would have handled it in a longer experience.
The design of the monster is quite cool, although the game isn't really scary. I had trouble sleeping last night after playing It, but It ain't Evil Dead Rise in terms of imagery and tension.
Overall: it's fine for a free game. It does give me hope on future full-budget Silent Hill games handling very important topics nowadays, although I feel they went too ambitious with this free title. I reccomend trying It out or at least downloading It (we don't know when Konami will get wacky and delist It), but don't expect Silent Hill 2 levels of writing.
I'd give It a 6.5/10. Not bad for a free game, but should have focused on one or two topics.
The game tries to handle A LOT of stuff: social media harassment, suicide, bullying, the psychological effects of COVID on people and other things I won't spoil for those who want to play It out eventually. I admire the fact these topics are being dealt on the medium of videogames, although I feel that for the length of the game it tries to tackle too much all at once (the game can be beaten in less than 2 hours, which isn't awful for a free game).
As usual with Silent Hill, the main character has a lot of gray areas I won't spoil, so I can understand some people not finding her that likeable (although I feel that is kinda the point with these games, knowing SH2's popular twist), I personally kinda relate to what her and her friends go through, although I would have handled it in a longer experience.
The design of the monster is quite cool, although the game isn't really scary. I had trouble sleeping last night after playing It, but It ain't Evil Dead Rise in terms of imagery and tension.
Overall: it's fine for a free game. It does give me hope on future full-budget Silent Hill games handling very important topics nowadays, although I feel they went too ambitious with this free title. I reccomend trying It out or at least downloading It (we don't know when Konami will get wacky and delist It), but don't expect Silent Hill 2 levels of writing.
I'd give It a 6.5/10. Not bad for a free game, but should have focused on one or two topics.