16 Years Later, Silent Hill 4: The Room is Available for PC via GOG

2020 is turning out to be quite the year for gamers. If games like Cyberpunk 2077 and the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake weren’t enough, Silent Hill 4: The Room will do the trick. 16 years since its original launch in 2004, the survival-horror game is available yet again on GOG for PC.

Silent Hill 4 follows the story of protagonist Henry Townshend, who lives in the town of Ashfield. This is notably different from the previous games where the story was based in the town of Silent Hill. The story begins as Henry finds himself stuck inside his apartment for 5 straight days. His constant nightmares make things a lot worse as he has no means of communication.

Suddenly, a hole in the wall appears inside his bathroom that leads to another dimension. In there, he encounters a woman named Cynthia who is actually dead in the real world. Henry finds this out about her when he wakes up in his apartment the next day, and that’s when he realizes that something is wrong.

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Silent Hill 4: The Room features the story of Henry trying to escape a serial killer

As the game progress and more information comes to light, Henry finds out about the notorious serial killer Walter Sullivan. He also finds out that the apartment’s former occupant Joseph Schreiber was investigating Walter had uncovered some disturbing details. It is later confirmed that Walter was attempting to complete a ritual that required 21 murders. Henry then finds out that he is the 21st person soon to be dead and he needs to do something about it. Thus begins a series of eerie quests in order to save his and the 20th victim’s life.

The game has 4 possible endings, each dependent on the choices the player makes. While this game is critically acclaimed, not all reviews were in its favor.

Eurogamer rated the game 6/10 and wrote “It’s a shame to reflect on The Room as a disappointment, but the second run through merely serves to highlight that it’s the weakest of the series by a long way, and an ill-judged attempt to drag a narrative driven adventure game into the realms of sub hackandslash by removing much of the actual thinking and forcing the player to engage in less than challenging puzzles while foisting repetitive and unengaging combat upon them.”

Nevertheless, it is still a great nostalgic trip for fans who enjoyed playing this game before. The game is available on GOG.com for a price of $9.99.