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Silent Hill 4: The Room

June 17, 2004AdventureESRB M

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Overview

About Silent Hill 4: The Room

Silent Hill 4: The Room is the fourth installment in the Silent Hill survival horror series. The game is similar to the past entries in terms of atmosphere, never letting the player know what's behind the next corner or down the street. Aside from the traditional third-person-view, there is now a first-person mode which is used to control the main character when he is in his apartment. Objects that can be interacted with are highlighted by eyeball icons. The previous games in the series have mostly been about exploring the town and solving puzzles, but this installment has much more combat involved. There are more enemies in a given area, spread in cramped spaces. The main character mostly uses a standard Silent Hill arsenal of weapons, such as the steel pipe, pistol and a golf club.
Story setup
Henry Townshend is living in South Ashfield, a city that's half a day's drive away from Silent Hill. He is content with his life, living in the South Ashfield Heights apartments. However, one day he finds himself mysteriously locked in his own apartment, Room 302. Along with experiencing strange and nightmarish dreams, he cannot escape through either the windows or his front door, which has been chained shut from the inside. No one, not even people standing directly outside of it, can hear him when he pounds on the door and cries for help. Henry explores his apartment, trying to figure out what is happening, when he spots a giant hole in the wall of his bathroom. Henry goes through the hole, only to find a portal which leads him to alternate dimensions.
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At a glance

Released
June 17, 2004
Platforms
PC
Genres
Adventure, Action
Play modes
Single Player
Age rating
ESRB M
Media

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Playing together

Multiplayer & game modes

Silent Hill 4: The Room offers various play modes for different gaming experiences.

Play Modes

Single Player

Content

Age ratings

How rating boards around the world have classified Silent Hill 4: The Room. Open a board for its content descriptors.

ACBMA 15+

Medium level animated violence, Horror themes

CEROC
CLASS_IND18
ESRBM
  • Blood and Gore
  • Intense Violence
  • Sexual Themes
PEGI18
  • Violence

Graphic violence includes a scene in which a man is set on fire, crying out in pain as his skin chars, and another scene in which a man is bound to a chair and electrocuted, smoking and convulsing as he bleeds from his eyes and nose. Less graphic violence includes the player's character fighting against attacking creatures and supernatural enemies. There is sight of blood.

USK18
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