History YMMV / SilentHill3

* VindicatedByHistory: ''Silent Hill 3'' garnered mixed reception at release, due to it being overshadowed by its predecessor ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'', to the point where some felt it just couldn't compare. Following some of the more divisive titles, it's now generally looked upon as a good game in its own right, especially for its character models and soundtrack.

* ParanoiaFuel:

* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/AmandaWinnLee’s re-dubbed performance as Heather in the ''HD Collection'' was met with this reaction. Like ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' voiceover changes it’s not that she’s a bad actor, more so she sounded too ''old'' to be playing a spunky teenager.

** So, the plot of Silent Hill 3 involves [[spoiler: a female antagonist [[YouKilledMyFather murdering the teenage protagonist's father figure]] as revenge for [[SpannerInTheWorks having interfered with a "world-saving" ritual]] to save the life of his surrogate daughter many years ago in a previous game in the franchise, thus driving the teenage protagonist into a blind rage and following the female antagonist to a resort town for revenge.]] [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII What does that remind you of]]? Not helping matters is that, in the "HD Collection", Claudia is voiced by Creator/LauraBailey, Abby's voice actress.

* VindicatedByHistory: ''Silent Hill 3'' garnered mixed reception at release, due to it being overshadowed by its predecessor ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'', to the point where some felt it just couldn't compare. [[VideoGame/SilentHill4 Following]] [[VideoGame/SilentHillOrigins some]] [[VideoGame/SilentHillHomecoming more]] [[VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories divisive]] [[VideoGame/SilentHillDownpour games]], it's considered a good game in its own right, especially for its character models and soundtrack.
* TheWoobie: Heather for a good chunk of the game. Her character design was made to make it seem like she was constantly slightly teary-eyed, which fits for the first portion of the game where all she wants is to get home and get away from the hellish surroundings. [[FromBadToWorse It gets worse]] when she finds out [[spoiler:her father has been murdered]], with the double whammy reveal being [[spoiler:she's Cheryl from [[VideoGame/SilentHill1 the first Silent Hill]]]] meaning her father is none other than [[spoiler:''Harry'', who was the main focus of that game]].

* NarmCharm: "SHUT YOUR STINKING MOUTH, BITCH!" Stupid as that line may be, it's delivered so passionately it crosses over into awesome.

** The Nurses again, especially the ones holding ''guns''.

* DemonicSpiders: The Slurper enemies, which are fond of repeatedly knocking Heather to the ground and crawling on top of her for damage. Fighting them is often a futile endeavor due to their twitchy speed and numbers. Running past them is also not a good idea for the same reasons. Hope you have some beef jerky ready.

** The Pendulums, mostly because of that loud, hellish noise that accompanies them while in flight. It's pretty scary at fitst, but eventually justbecomes grating.

* DemonicSpiders: The Slurper enemies, which are fond of repeatedly knocking Heather to the ground and crawling on top of her for damage.

* ThatOnePuzzle: The Shakespeare Books in the mall, as well as the Cock Robin and Mutilation Poem from the Brookhaven Hospital are all [[MoonLogicPuzzle extremely obtuse]] in Hard Puzzle mode, either because the devs expected the player to have deep knowledge of rather niche subjects or because they didn't quite playtest them enough (in the case of the Cock Robin one, it was because of '''''both''''').
-->'''[[https://www.cracked.com/article_19974_the-6-most-absurdly-difficult-video-game-puzzles.html Cracked]]''': What's that? You don't have an intimate, encyclopedic knowledge of Literature/KingLear? "Haha, what are you doing playing video games" the developers of Silent Hill ask, "when you could be discovering the wonder of literature?"

-->'''[[https://www.cracked.com/article_19974_the-6-most-absurdly-difficult-video-game-puzzles.html Website/{{Cracked}}]]''': What's that? You don't have an intimate, encyclopedic knowledge of Literature/KingLear? "Haha, what are you doing playing video games" the developers of Silent Hill ask, "when you could be discovering the wonder of literature?"

-->'''Website/{Cracked}}''': What's that? You don't have an intimate, encyclopedic knowledge of Literature/KingLear? "Haha, what are you doing playing video games" the developers of Silent Hill ask, "when you could be discovering the wonder of literature?"