When I stopped coughing (after inhaling all the dust that had accumulated on my fat PS2 console) to play “Shattered Memories,” I was horrified by the visuals of the game. But I smacked down the $30 on the Playstation 2 version of the game within seconds after it dropped, surprised that the Wii-exclusive had been ported to the PS2-and even more surprised, frankly, that anyone was even bothering to make anything for the PS2 in the year 2010. When I told him I was playing the (at one time) Wii exclusive “Silent Hill: Shattered Memories” on my PC, he snickered and said point blank: “I don’t know how that works, but enjoy the wonky controls and the lack of precision.” He’s a smartass, but he was dead right.Īs a longstanding, unapologetic fan of every single SH game (all the way back to watching the trailer for the original in awe before it was ever released), I did not plan on playing the Wii version of “SH: Shattered Memories.” Not owning a Wii (and not interested in owning a Wii), I simply assumed this was one SH game I would not get to experience. My 16-year-old nephew is the typical COD addict-you know, he goes hog-wild in online matches for 4 months straight, prestiges repeatedly, then drops it like an atom bomb and plays Madden while waiting for the next installment. But playing it in emulation made me want to write about it I should probably have a separate section, or a separate blog entirely, just considering games in emulation…yeah, like that’s going to happen.) (EDIT: And I realize this game really is not an overlooked, “”bottom barrel” title and hence doesn’t belong here. Instead I used Dolphin, the Wii/Gamecube emulator on my PC. (Would that classify as a confession or a boast?) Either way, if it’s any consolation, I didn’t actually play it on a Wii. Well, here it is 2012, and I played my first Wii game. Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Greenįiled under: Silent Hill–Shattered Memories.
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