Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (PSP)

Great graphics, fantastic story, psychological profile encourages multiple playthroughs

Not very scary, running sequences can be irritating

I'm of the opinion that survival horror games are a tough sell on any handheld console simply due to the smaller screen size and the need to wear headphones and possibly sit so that the light through the train window doesn't wash out the game's darker...

Cool puzzles ; Lovely light and shadows ; Hidden mementos of the first game

Cowardly fleeing ; Nearly scare-free ; Only one type of monster

Grounding Silent Hill in reality is a neat idea. God knows the rusted hospital/school shtick was growing, well, rusty. But Shattered Memories goes a step too far, anchoring the game outside of horror. Climax has taken the cerebral gameplay a little too...

Deeply emotional story with great pacing ; Incredibly haunting atmosphere ; Your experience depends on how it profiles you

Far too short ; Puzzles and nightmares are always the same

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is scheduled to arrive on January 12, which isn’t far off. The week before, you’ll have to choose between Bayonetta and Darksiders on the PS3, but won’t you need a survival/horror experience to shake things up a bit?...

It's not scary, it's full of lazy clichés, it's blatantly been designed for the Wii, there's nothing to do, there's very little logic of any kind involved in any of it and the closest it got to giving us nightmares was when we almost fell asleep. Boring.

Deeply emotional story with great pacing ; Incredibly haunting atmosphere ; Your experience depends on how it profiles you

Far too short ; Puzzles and nightmares are always the same

I like the Silent Hill games series and was therefore looking forward to Shattered Memories on the PSP. It follows the usual Silent Hill model and is driven by its story which I found very engaging and kept me hooked meaning I'd completed it in about...

Not only is this the best game i have ever played on the PSP, i would consider this game to be one of the best of all times. The story keeps you wanting to play more and more, whilst the chilling sound effects and brilliant graphics will make you not...