It seems your early decision to go with Easy is what most affected your investment in the combat (or lack thereof). That's not a judgement, just an observation. I might've done the same thing, if I didn't know how committed I was going to be, and just wanted to experience the entire content.
For what it's worth, the version of Silent Hill 2 in the Silent Hill HD Collection offered the choice of redone voice acting.
The plot was a hot mess, but I really enjoyed Silent Hill 1. It hasn't aged well visually (it looked like ass even when it came out) and unfortunately it hasn't been remade, but I remember distinctly the emotional / visceral experience of it and not a single game compared – up until Amneisa the Dark Descent, which exceeds it in some ways but the aesthetic is definitely different.
Also, it ought to be said that Silent Hill 1 plagiarized so heavily from the US movie Jacob's Ladder that it probably ought to have its place on a gaming pedestal revoked.
As far as the rest of the games, the soundtrack of 3 is the pinnacle of the series but otherwise it exists in the shadow of 2. With 4, it is apparent their ideas well was running dry. After that, the series ends up being a franchise that is whored around various Western contract studios, with occasional retreats into its Japanese shell (like the visual novel spin off or the damned arcade game).
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For what it's worth, the version of Silent Hill 2 in the Silent Hill HD Collection offered the choice of redone voice acting.
The plot was a hot mess, but I really enjoyed Silent Hill 1. It hasn't aged well visually (it looked like ass even when it came out) and unfortunately it hasn't been remade, but I remember distinctly the emotional / visceral experience of it and not a single game compared – up until Amneisa the Dark Descent, which exceeds it in some ways but the aesthetic is definitely different.
Also, it ought to be said that Silent Hill 1 plagiarized so heavily from the US movie Jacob's Ladder that it probably ought to have its place on a gaming pedestal revoked.
As far as the rest of the games, the soundtrack of 3 is the pinnacle of the series but otherwise it exists in the shadow of 2. With 4, it is apparent their ideas well was running dry. After that, the series ends up being a franchise that is whored around various Western contract studios, with occasional retreats into its Japanese shell (like the visual novel spin off or the damned arcade game).