This is a great game, DON'T BELIEVE THE REVIEWS!!
The graphics and audio are top notch and make the overall feel and atmosphere of the game really freakish. Lastly all of the complaining about Alex being trained in combat and having more powerful weapons at his disposal, is just more B.S. The monsters in this game are quite a bit tougher than in past Silent Hill's, so it's fitting that the main character would have some combat skills and more weapons!! Can you imagine playing as the chick from Silent Hill 3 with her little pocket knife in Homecoming!? Lets just say you would be seeing that continue game screen a lot.
Bottom line, this is a great game, with great visuals and audio, a much better camera, a good, but not perfect combat system and the direction controls are MUCH better.