/vr/ - Retro Games

>>9488479
I think SH3's strengths get overshadowed i general. It's a weird game in the series, it acts as a continuation of SH1's plot while telling a more personal narrative about Heather like SH2, making it feel "redundant" in ways. SH3 both tries to tell a deeper narrative happening around the protagonist and those around her but also have her experience her own personal journey, it's a very ambitious narrative that, overall, I would say works out well but doesn't feel quite as cohesive as the prior two entries. Generally I think people see SH3 as having "less meaning" in what the game, and this is true in a few regards but still pretty inaccurate to the overall. Honestly I think the symbolism and themes go over people's heads because they're so heavily based in the feminine experience. If you're a guy I feel like it's likely you just kind of don't think about things like the game's various menstrual imagery, though some things like the hole leading to the final boss are hard to miss.

I always have a hard time deciding between SH1 and SH3 as my personal favorite. SH3 has a lot going for it with the most refined gameplay and graphics of the series, but it's also the most obviously compromised of the first three games. The game has essentially no exploration outside of the dungeons and a handful of "grab thing, walk a room over, use thing" moments. It's a great game on its own merits, but how it compares to prior entries and their strengths gives a lot of differing thoughts. I would say that, as simply a "video game", that SH3 is the best, as to be expected being the newest, but it's clear pure gameplay is not why people love horror games.