Silent Hill 3
Developer(s): Team Silent
Publisher(s): Konami
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic: 85/100
Game description: Silent Hill 3 continues the series' trademark brand of psychological horror and terrifying gameplay. As a teenage girl named Heather, you'll explore and unravel the mysterious connection between the godforsaken town and her inner fears. Along the way, you'll encounter many strange characters you're not sure are trustworthy. Silent Hill 3 also features enhanced graphical detail, a more complex storyline, new items and weapons, and even more grotesque monsters than the previous games. Step into this world of nightmares and fight to survive.
Set seventeen years after the events of Silent Hill in which Harry Mason defeats the god of the town cult and is given a baby girl to care for, Silent Hill 3 focuses on Heather, a teenage girl who finds herself being drawn into Silent Hill's alternate reality. She discovers that the cult plans to use her to birth their god, and becomes caught in a conflict within the cult.
Test configurations on Windows:
Environment | Configurations | Comments | Tester | ||||
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Region | OS | CPU/GPU | Revision | Graphics | Sound/Pad | ||
NTSC-U | Windows 7 64-bit |
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0.9.9.5326 (svn) | GSdx 5530 0.1.16 |
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BIOS: 1.60 | JasonBreen |
NTSC-U | Windows |
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1.0.0 | GSDX |
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Seems to play fine, FPS sits around 59.94 fps. Pentium D reQ high performance, Core i5 reQ Balanced, and AMD reQ High performance power for efficient usage. Laptop usage warning! Shadow weird but definitely add creepiness to the game (shadow is not correctly aligned with the protagonist mostly on the character sometimes on floor but not at her feet as if someone else is stading there!) | |
NTSC-U | Windows |
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1.1.0 r5492 | GSdx 5464 SSE41 |
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Runs above full speed. | |
NTSC-J | Windows |
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1.1.0 r5541 | GSdx 5464 SSE41 |
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Playable with occasional display bugs..., Videos, some 2D elements & some effects (shadows, grain filter, too much blur...) are missing in hardware. | |
NTSC-U | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (SP1) |
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BIOS: USA 2.30, Has some issues with shadows in this game, they look out of place. Possibly can be fixed with pixel offsets, but values are unknown. | Ryudo |
PAL | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (SP1) |
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v1.4.0 | Default | Default | Use OpenGL Hardware Renderer, turn Hardware Depth On and set Blending Unit Accuracy to at least "Medium" to get the most accurate graphical experience. Runs smoothly, even at higher internal resolutions. | FlatOut |
NTSC-U | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (SP1) |
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1.4.0 | GSdx MSVC 19.00 SSE4
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SPU2-X 2.0.0
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OpenGL HW produces PS2-accurate effects at no noticeable framerate cost. Runs at anywhere from 99 to 109% emu speed. All "Other" and "MicroVU" hacks enabled without changing EE or VU settings stabilised framerate, which was dipping whenever the in-game flashlight was on (dynamic shadows &c.) | starkeysuper64 |
Trivia
- Original names: サイレントヒル3 (SLPM-65257) & (SLPM-65622) & (SLPM-66018), 사일런트 힐 3 (SLKA-25065)
Known Issues
Misaligned shadows
- Status: Active
- Type: Minor
- Description: Shadows appear in front of an object instead of behind it in hardware mode.
- Workaround: Use OpenGL hardware mode and enable Hardware Depth, or use software mode.
Missing grain effect
- Status: Active
- Type: Minor
- Description: Grain filter is absent in hardware mode.
- Workaround: In the Config - Video (GS) - "Plugin Settings" menu set the renderer to "OpenGL (Hardware)" and the Blending Unit Accuracy to "Medium" or higher.
FMV's obscured in hardware modes
- Status: Active
- Type: Minor
- Description: In the hardware modes full motion video's are obscured by what looks like a dark grid over the screen.
- Workaround: Switch manually to software mode with F9 during FMV's, or go to the Config - Emulation Settings - Game fixes tab, enable manual game fixes and turn on "Switch to GSdx software rendering when an FMV plays".
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