Leave And Enter Empty Rooms - Mely

Advantages: Immersive plotline, an imaginitive paradoxical world of fear and confusion
Disadvantages: A little dated and slow at times

...Originally appearing on the Playstation, the 'Silent Hill' series is a successful series of horror games, probably most comparable to the 'Resident Evil' games in some ways, however Silent Hill has a tendency to be much more twisted and freakish than the gory and action packed nature of most Resident Evil games. It has seen six major games and also a translation to cinema. Silent Hill is developed by Japanese company 'Konami' and as a result the games are well-produced and well-marketed and have resulted in a successful franchise of games. Unlike all the games that proceeded 'Silent Hill 4: The Room,' this game is set in the fictional American town of 'South Ashfield.' All the previous games were set in a sleepy village known as Silent Hill - a village which is exposed to be deadly and disturbing, with a hideous past. With each game... Read review

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Advantages: Closure For Me..........
Disadvantages: The End of an Era....

...Here I stand.. Key in hand.... Turn my face to the Wall.. Now Mum's gone this can't go on.. Feeling two feet tall... Hey, you've got to sell your House today....... MONDAY 17 October 2005..... I slowly walk up the front steps to enter the House for the final time, I get to the front door, the key is inserted into the lock, I've done this a thousand times before, but this will be the last time ever. The door opens as normal, I take two paces inside the House, I'm in the Hallway, I recognise that smell instantly, my Mother's presence is still here, I can feel it, there is a door to my left I open it..... EMPTY ROOM.... This is the front Lounge, its totally bare, apart from the red floral patterned carpet on the floor, the marble fireplace is barren, no pictures on the wall at all now, just white marks where they used to... Read review

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Advantages: Fights!!
Disadvantages: Bad acting, bad plot

..."You can call it the art of fighting without fighting." -- Lee (Bruce Lee) When you watch Enter the Dragon these days, it becomes pretty obvious, almost immediately, where films like Mortal Kombat and Conan the Destroyer got their inspiration from. This, the first kung film to be produced by a major Hollywood studio, and the last completed Bruce Lee film before his death "by misadventure", is credited with popularizing the martial art in America and establishing Lee as a cultural icon. And the reason that the film is considered such a quintessential film of the 1970s is not because of the plot or acting (both are appalling, to say the least) but because of the action. The fight choreography in Enter the Dragon is so good that we needn't bother dwelling on what's bad here. So ignore the paper-thin, James Bond-type plot... Read review

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