"Silent Hill: Origins" - Frustrating?

Heya folks...

... long-time survival horror fan here (I remember "Alone in the Dark" before Uwe Boll made it suck rocks), I was wondering what folks who've played a bunch of horror games think of it. I've finished every game in the RE series except #5 and some of the "Outbreak" scenarios and the rail-shooters, I played the original and "Silent Hill 2", I LOVED "Eternal Darkness"...

My question is, is this game frustrating in the same way, say, "Siren" was... in that the controls are overly clunky or the combat is like "Monster Hunter" (lack of lock-on and long wind-ups for attack leaving you vulnerable)... or like "Siren" where things were so well-hidden that a guide was almost a needed thing every minute of the game...

This game (and the new one coming out, for that matter) looks great from what I've watched on the YouTubes and here at gamespot as far as story and graphics but like most things on the PSP the reviews are mediocre. We all know that reviews can miss things that we genre fans still find playable and fun.

What do you SH fans say about it? And if this has been discussed to death I apologize in advance.

well for one it's played on the PSP and the PSP has some pretty clunky buttons :/ I'd say the most frustrating thing about that game is the annoying film grain effect. You can't turn it off until you beat the game, so the first play through, it's rather hard to see. Oh and the combat system could have been better.

Just like SH: Homecoming I thought it was a utter disappointment. I didn't like the story the characters were decent though. The gameplay is kind of broken and clumsy.Also the game was way to easy and short. I finish the game in 2 hrs.Yea I know the other SH titles aren't that long but 2hrs first try come on now. I think Konami should of ended the SH series when Team Silent broke up.

Just like SH: Homecoming I thought it was a utter disappointment. I didn't like the story the characters were decent though. The gameplay iskind of broken clumsy.Also the game was way to easy and short. I finish the game in 2 hrs.Yea I know the other SH titles aren't that long but 2hrs first try come on now. I think Konami should of ended the SH series when Team Silent broke up.

jasonharris48

I like it

Just like SH: Homecoming I thought it was a utter disappointment. I didn't like the story the characters were decent though. The gameplay is kind of broken and clumsy.Also the game was way to easy and short. I finish the game in 2 hrs.Yea I know the other SH titles aren't that long but 2hrs first try come on now. I think Konami should of ended the SH series when Team Silent broke up.

jasonharris48

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Just like SH: Homecoming I thought it was a utter disappointment. I didn't like the story the characters were decent though. The gameplay is kind of broken and clumsy.Also the game was way to easy and short. I finish the game in 2 hrs.Yea I know the other SH titles aren't that long but 2hrs first try come on now. I think Konami should of ended the SH series when Team Silent broke up.

Zohluff

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Clunky? I always thought that was on purpose, to simulate the fact that you are a trucker and not a stars member or private dick or whatever.

Same as they don't put a life bar (so to speak) because it's a challenge. Like melee weapons breaking and such .It just gives it that "I don't know what's going on" feeling.

I loved origins couldn't stop playing, got most of the endgame acheivments thru several playthrus.

Looking forward to the next game...

i used a walk through to play it, so its like cheating. i just don't have the patience to look through every door, i just want someone to tell me point a and point b, so i can go from a to b. without walkthrough it can be scary at times. with walkthrough its just too easy lol.

i like the game, i rated it 8.5

If you like Silent Hill you will like this game. The only Silent game I don't like was #4 "The Room". This is worth the 10 bucks or so you can get it for definately. Hopefull when the new one comes out for PSP they will release the original on PSN.

i loved it

It's not like SH origins is the only game on psp with clunky controls. Personally I prefer them to the controls of SH 1, 2 and 3 because it's just too frustrating.

The worst thing I hated about Siren though was the British accents on the Japanese people, in Japan.

"Siren" is like the FF of Survival Horror... it's for people serious about their game, I got too nerved out trying to keep track of all the shedoobies or whatever they called the wandering zom-boids (shinsaki or shin-kicki or whatever... it's been a few years). I've finished "Resident Evil: Deadly Silence" a few times now, and I need another mobile horror game. Wish I could find the bloody game used for less than $18 US, though...

Silent Hill--frustrating? You make it sound like a bad thing, LOL. But seriously, SH:O is a great game and no, it could not have been better. I mean, have you seen an in-progress dev of the game but having a totally different way of presenting it--like in the RE 4 and 5 with the over-the-shoulder view. It made the game seem improved butby the way I see it, the Silent Hill I've come to know will never be the same if it done that way. Bottom line is, the things that made SILENT HILL seem clunky and--as you presumed as FRUSTRATING--are the things that make it good. The combat system seem cramped but it adds to the charm of desperation. The character could hardly move when fighting foes but that's just it--the player tends to pull-off devastating strategies to get through tight spots given the limited movements the characters have.