History YMMV / SilentHillShatteredMemories

* AuthorsSavingThrow: ''VideoGame/SilentHillHomecoming'' was criticized for putting more emphasis on combat, removing many of the tense moments. This game does away with combat and focuses on you trying to get away from the monsters. [[BrokenBase Whether it was an affective or not is up for debate]].

* [[ContestedSequel Contested Reimagining]]: Reactions towards this game are all over the place depending on who’s consulted. Is it a truly unique take of the original games story that still manages to capture the feel of the earlier games, a bland, all style no substance retread of the first game with questionable portrayals of the previously established characters, or a decent enough horror game that’s just a middle of the road Silent Hill game?

* MostAnnoyingSound:
** "I love my daddy! I love my daddy! I love my daddy! I love my daddy!"
** The cries of the Raw Shocks can quickly go to this, especially if you are having trouble on a part.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Lisa Garland gets hit with this again, for similar reasons to ''VideoGame/SilentHillOrigins'' (which is no coincidence, given the two games share a writer). Many people were happy to see their favorite nurse return and liked her brief stint in the plot and her banter with Harry. Others felt she was a boring FlatCharacter who was clearly shoehorned into the game for the homage despite not contributing to the plot at all.

** For that matter, the monsters only appearing in chase segments. As one reviewer put it, while they're incredibly tense and terrifying, outside of them, you're unlikely to feel frightened since there are no monsters there, which can make the game feel dull during those segments. Others argue the monsters only appearing in chase segments makes the otherworld all the more terrifying.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome:
** As always with Akira Yamaoka, the soundtrack tends to set the tone in every portion of the game.
** MaryElizabethMcGlynn recorded the vocals for all four endings and each one is amazing.

* MostAnnoyingSound: "I love my daddy! I love my daddy! I love my daddy! I love my daddy!"
** The cries of the Raw Shocks can quickly go to this, especially if your are having trouble on a part.

* TheWoobie: [[spoiler:Cheryl Mason]]. Whether she had an abusive parent or not, the poor girl ''really'' has not had the nicest of lives.

** [[spoiler: Dahlia]] becomes one retroactively at the end of the game. [[spoiler: Having to deal with the death of her husband and being blamed by her daughter for years has taken a toll on her physically. The audio memories found throughout the game show that Dahlia had it just as bad as her daughter in the aftermath of Harry's death.]]

* SignatureScene: While it doesn't seem to fall under Main/ItWasHisSled, the ending is definitely the most talked-about aspect of the storyline by the game's fans, thanks to its Main/ShockingSwerve and Main/TearJerker nature.

** There are many different theories as to the nature of Harry and Cheryl's relationship, usually bordering somewhere between [[spoiler: "guilty over Harry's death"]] and straight up ParentalIncest. Some of the endings make these varying interpretations more or less likely.

** The complete lack of combat in the game. Many found it a refreshing change at the time[[note]][[OlderThanTheyThink This game actually preceded]] the RunOrDie style of horror games made popular by the likes of ''VideoGame/{{Slender}}''[[/note]] to the "fire into horde of monsters and hope you survive" approach ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' took in later years, while others felt it flat-out didn't make sense at some points. Some argue that even if Harry couldn't kill the monsters, a weapon could have easily slowed them down and made the chase segments less frustrating, while others argue something like that would have made the chase segments feel less frantic and terrifying than they are in the game.

** There are many different theories as to the nature of Harry and Cheryl's relationship, usually bordering somewhere between [[spoiler: "guilty over Harry's death"]] and straight up ParentalIncest.

* HellIsThatNoise:
** I love my daddy! '''I love my daddy!''' ''Ilovemydaddy!'' I love ''mydaddy!''
** The overhead speaker playing music above ball pit in the restaurant.

** The cries of the Raw Shocks can quickly go from HellIsThatNoise to this, especially if your are having trouble on a part.

** For that matter, the monsters only appearing in chase segments. As one reviewer put it, while they're incredibly tense and terrifying, outside of them, you're unlikely to feel frighten since there are no monsters there, which can make the game feel dull during those segments. Others argue the monsters only appearing in chase segments makes the otherworld all the more terrifying.

* ItsShortSoItSucks: A frequent criticism leveled against the game. Its fans maintain that it's just as long as any other Silent Hill game, only with most of the aimless wandering, tedious combat and obscure puzzles trimmed.

** The complete lack of combat in the game. Many found it a refreshing change at the time[[note]][[OlderThanTheyThink This game actually preceded]] the RunOrDie style of horror games]] made popular by the likes of ''VideoGame/{{Slender}}''[[/note]] to the "fire into horde of monsters and hope you survive" approach ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' took in later years, while others felt it flat-out didn't make sense at some points. Some argue that even if Harry couldn't kill the monsters, a weapon could have easily slowed them down and made the chase segments less frustrating, while others argue something like that would have made the chase segments feel less frantic and terrifying than they are in the game.

** The complete lack of combat in the game. Many found it a refreshing change at the time[[note]][[OlderThanTheyThink This game actually proceeded the "hide and seek" style of horror games]] made popular by the likes of ''VideoGame/{{Slender}}''[[/note]] to the "fire into horde of monsters and hope you survive" approach ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' took in later years, while others felt it flat-out didn't make sense at some points. Some argue that even if Harry couldn't kill the monsters, a weapon could have easily slowed them down and made the chase segments less frustrating, while others argue something like that would have made the chase segments feel less frantic and terrifying than they are in the game.

* NarmCharm: "Cheryl? CHERYL! …Sweetie?"

--> '''Kaufman:''' You know, people who are getting enough don't need analysis. You clearly are not getting enough.

* NarmCharm: Cheryl? CHERYL! ...Sweetie?

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks

* [[{{ptitlebqydd0u1moif}} It's Short, So It Sucks]]: A frequent criticism leveled against the game. Its fans maintain that it's just as long as any other Silent Hill game, only with most of the aimless wandering, tedious combat and obscure puzzles trimmed.

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* LoveItOrHateIt: Depending on who you ask, it's either a brilliant reinvention of the series or an insult to the original game.

* InNameOnly: Some people will argue this.

* {{Narm}}[=/=]NarmCharm: Cheryl? CHERYL! ...Sweetie?
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some fans' responses to the game despite the fact that [[UnpleasableFanbase the opposite complaints were made against the previous two games]].

* CrowningMomentOfFunny:
** Using Harry's phone to call the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ADf7z1-ZNc Konami customer service number]].
** Calling 411. After Harry tells the operator that he's calling from Silent Hill, the operator just scaredly says "Silent... Hill?" and then hangs up.
** "It's a ''boat''. It's like a car, but runs on water."
** Upon examining a wastebasket covered in used condoms - "What, no bareback in the great outdoors?"
** This moment from the UFO ending:
--> '''Dr. Kaufmann:''' James?
--> '''James:''' Wrong day again?
--> '''Dr. Kaufmann:''' See you tomorrow. James.
--> '''Dr. Kaufmann:''' One of my couple counseling patients. Haven't seen his wife in a while.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming:
** Several of the voicemails you can receive as well as the [[spoiler:"Love Lost"]] ending:
--> '''Harry:''' [[spoiler:Sweetie, don't film this. You know this has nothing to do with you, right? Even though Mom and Dad don't love each other anymore, we both love ''you''... and [[TearJerker we always will]].]]
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--> [[spoiler:'''Cheryl:''' You were with for so long...]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Harry:''' I always will be.]]

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel:
** A ''lot'' of the phone calls Harry can receive throughout the game, though the Deer-skull hunting one springs to mind most readily - in all of its forms.
** There's one message about the boys who, if you answered the first quiz this way, said they 'drank Daddy's beer' and now the brother is drowning in the water mill. The last "Oh God! His head went under!" is definitely one to haunt you.
** Special mention must go to when you're killed by Raw Shocks [[spoiler:and one of them reaches down and gently strokes your head.]] There is something so WRONG about that. It's even more disturbing if you interpret the Raw Shocks as manifestations of [[spoiler:Cheryl's ''[[IfYouKnowWhatIMean longing]]'' for her father. "I love my daddy," indeed]].
** The choking game ghost.
** The "Wicked and Weak" ending. To summarize, [[spoiler:Cheryl is walking through her house, only to come upon Dahlia yelling at Harry in a VERY realistic way, hitting him and storming off]]. What's really scary is that [[spoiler:it's not over-the-top yelling or ridiculous. It's legitimate beefs that a wife could say to her husband]] taken UpToEleven.
** [[spoiler:The underwater car sequence]]. Utterly trapped, with nothing you do having any effect, a very real helplessness made worse when the Raw Shocks start appearing and the frozen windows tell you to GIVE UP.

* TearJerker:
** The whole concept of the game can be one if you can relate to [[spoiler:a parent dying in a car crash when you were young]].
** The endings in general is known to be quite affecting for fathers and daughters.
** The "Love Lost" ending is absolutely devastating to anyone with [[spoiler:divorced parents]].
** Embodied in song form by ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAsIYidvH7o Acceptance]]'' Mild spoilers.

* TheWoobie: [[spoiler:Cheryl Mason]]. Whether she had an abusive parent or not, the poor girl ''really'' has not had the nicest of lives.