Silent Hill: Origins (2007)

Climax LA

PlayStation 2 · PlayStation Portable

3.23 from 371 ratings

904 members have it in their collection · 20 playing now · 239 backlogged · 276 wish listed

How long? Main story 6h · with extras 5h (from 4 logged playthroughs)

Silent Hill: Origins is the fifth installment in the Silent Hill survival horror series, and a prequel to the original game. As in the previous entries, the player move back and forth between nightmare and real versions of the town, gathering items used to solve puzzles and open up new areas. Monsters of various types provide obstacles and, in series … Read more
Silent Hill: Origins is the fifth installment in the Silent Hill survival horror series, and a prequel to the original game. As in the previous entries, the player move back and forth between nightmare and real versions of the town, gathering items used to solve puzzles and open up new areas. Monsters of various types provide obstacles and, in series tradition, are mostly disturbingly twisted versions of humanity. The main character can fight with his bare fists or use melee weapons. Unlike previous games in the series, melee weapons break after a time. There are also one-shot items that can be thrown and several guns. There is no HUD, but the edge of the screen turns red when the protagonist is near death. Read less
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Release dates

  • Nov 06, 2007 (North_America) PlayStation Portable
  • Nov 16, 2007 (Europe) PlayStation Portable
  • Nov 30, 2007 (Australia) PlayStation Portable
  • Dec 06, 2007 (Japan) PlayStation Portable
  • Mar 04, 2008 (North_America) PlayStation 2
  • May 16, 2008 (Europe) PlayStation 2
  • May 23, 2008 (Australia) PlayStation 2
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Rating distribution

5 stars
35
4 stars
103
3 stars
156
2 stars
65
1 star
12
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Community All Reviews Statuses

BurningKirby

Status BurningKirby Feb 15, 2024

So the back portion of this game is wayyy too spammy with enemy placements. I can't walk through the streets without a parade following behind me and every room is an exercise in frustration with how easy it is to get swarmed. Also even if you do manage to clear a room, when you leave and come back there's a …

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So the back portion of this game is wayyy too spammy with enemy placements. I can't walk through the streets without a parade following behind me and every room is an exercise in frustration with how easy it is to get swarmed. Also even if you do manage to clear a room, when you leave and come back there's a good chance one, two, or sometimes even more enemies will have popped back up, which just feels like I wasted my resources.

How can I do the survival horror thing and try to plan to conserve ammo/health items when there's a (fairly high) random chance I'll have to pay a consumable item tax via bullets or taking damage every time I enter a room I thought was safe?

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BurningKirby

Status BurningKirby Feb 8, 2024

I gotta know how Travis is carrying around 3 meat hooks, 4 bottles of alcohol (for throwing, of course), 2 filing cabinets, a table lamp, a kitchen knife, a crate, 2 wrenches, a typewriter, a hammer, a portable TV, a toolbox, a katana, and a fucking IV drip in his pockets.

Something ain't adding up.

BurningKirby

Status BurningKirby Feb 3, 2024

So I've been inspired to return to my playthrough of Origins I started not too long ago and I don't know if it's 'cause I'm here playing in the dark with headphones but the Cedar Grove Sanitarium area is the first time in quite a while that a game has managed to get under my skin so well. The atmosphere …

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So I've been inspired to return to my playthrough of Origins I started not too long ago and I don't know if it's 'cause I'm here playing in the dark with headphones but the Cedar Grove Sanitarium area is the first time in quite a while that a game has managed to get under my skin so well. The atmosphere is hitting just right and it's freaking me out in the best way. Really didn't expect this game to get me like that.

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BurningKirby

Status BurningKirby Aug 17, 2023

Just found a copy of this at my local game store! Really excited to check it out in the near future, as it's one of the only Silent Hill games I've heard good things about outside of the original four.