Continuing the series' theme of searching for answers, you take Heather on a voyage of self-discovery to unravel a mystery that has been kept under wraps for almost a quarter of a century. Avoiding any spoilers, it's fair to say that as far as gaming storylines go, Silent Hill's is more than a little distressed, if not at times distressing.

Given that's it's the game's centrepiece, let's talk about the plot first. As fans of the series will heartily testify, the standard of the plot, the voice acting, and just about any other facet are superior to any other survival horror adventures you could care to mention. This is no tedious B-movie sub-Resident Evil sludge, though. Some parts of this game may be considered violent or cruel What Silent Hill really needs is a bloody cleaning firm So secret that in fact even she had no idea why she keeps slipping in and out of some hideous parallel dimension, or why distorted hellspawn and mental patients are terrorising her at every turn. A merry stroll around her local shopping mall marks the start of a gruesome, terrifying and predictably confusing adventure that unravels her secret past. Supposedly a happy, carefree 17 year-old, Heather is in fact blighted by her worst nightmares almost from the game's kick off. For some strange reason, every psycho loser seems to end up going there at some point or other, and Silent Hill 3's lead character Heather (who looks spookily like the sister of James Sutherland, Silent Hill 2's lead) is no exception. Fog, mutant dogs, slime, axe-wielding nurses and deranged paedophiles are just a few of the delights that will greet the unsuspecting traveller. If you thought it was grim up North, you should try paying Silent Hill a visit.

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