"way of the samurai 2 + silent hill 3"

i admit; there were a few reasons why i bought way of the samurai 2. one was because of the word samurai; and another was because i hadn't gotten off the samurai addiction since onimusha 3 [which i still have to finish]. anyway, this game follows the protagonist to a neo-feudal japanese town [this is the late edo period we're talking about here, about the same time as we saw tom cruise bushido his way through japan] and, take this...there are no save points, except for when you die and when you load up. there's a good reason for that; you're supposed to survive at least 5 days in the town.

anyway, to cut it short, there're multiple endings, '200 unique fighting stances and attacks' [according to the inlay] and it's quite fun. just that certain tasks that you have to perform get repetitive and very tiresome...and hitting the wrong enemy [i.e. friendly fire/slashing] has utterly dire consequences.

silent hill 3, however, is one sick game...what else would you expect? you play heather, and currently, i'm trying to get out of a shopping mall that respawns itself into something worse each time you finish through it. don't worry...we're not even in silent hill yet. just to let you know, i bought this game because i wanted a good scare. it's just utterly bizarre, it is.