silent hill 0rigins review!

silent hill origins is a prequel to the original silent hill on ps1 (the best in the series in my opinion). however this is is the first game in the series that is not developed by team silent (responsible for 1-4) and is instead developed by climax studios a developer that mainly works on ports. the game was originally for the psp and was recently ported to the ps2. the game is on the whole faithful to the series and works well as a prequel; kaufman and dahlia are in the game and provide a good insight into what they were like years earlier. the story is brilliant as the main character, Travis, a trucker has his own dark past which is explored alongside the back story of alessa. there are a number of interesting things that are new to the series such as the ability to pick up and use a variety of melee weapons like portable tv's and scalpels in addition to the guns that you can get. there are also real-time events that are new to the series where Travis is grabbed and you have to press buttons in order to get them off. the port isn't the best in the series (that goes to 1 or 2) but it is decent and should provide something to bridge the gap between now and the release of silent hill 5 especially at around 20 quid on amazon.