Gameplay is centered on the protagonist Henry’s apartment, which is shown through a first-person perspective and contains the only save point. The other levels of the game are reached through mysterious holes formed in the apartment’s bathroom and eventually laundry room. For the first half of the game the room will also heal the player. The second half of the game has the room become possessed by various hauntings which drain Henry’s health.
In the main levels of the game the player uses the usual third person perspective of the Silent Hill series. Unlike other games the player only has a limited item inventory which can be managed by leaving unneeded items in a chest in Henry’s room. Silent Hill 4 emphasizes combat during gameplay, with a near-absence of complex puzzles in favor of simple item-seeking tasks. In the second half of the game Henry is accompanied by his neighbor Eileen Galvin; Eileen cannot die while she is with Henry, although as she takes damage she succumbs to possession. The player can also equip Eileen with a weapon to have her join Henry in combat. The damage Eileen takes in the game determines whether or not she dies during the final boss fight, directly affecting the ending achieved.
Source: Wikipedia, Game’s homepage
Minimum system requirements
OS: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
Processor: Pentium 3 @ 1 GHz
Memory: 256 Mb
Hard Drive: 5 Gb free
Video Memory: 32 Mb
Video Card: GeForce 3 Ti / Radeon 8500
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 8.1
Keyboard
Mouse
DVD Rom Drive
Recommended system requirements
OS: Windows 98/2000/ME/XP
Processor: Pentium 4 @ 2 GHz / Equivalent
Memory: 512 Mb
Hard Drive: 5 Gb free
Video Memory: 64 Mb
Video Card: GeForce 4 Ti / Radeon 8500
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 8.1
Keyboard
Mouse
DVD Rom Drive
