New silent hill player

Hi guys I am a new player to the series.

I have been enjoying the first game and after hearing the crazy hype and praise for the second game I gave it a try and felt let down.

I find the graphics great and the soundtrack the incredible but the actual gameplay feels somewhat boring.

It seems to me that you spend most of your attempting to open and close doors. I spent probably half an hour yesterday just trying to find how to move to the next section in the apartments. I don't find the lack of guidance an issue but progressing and piecing things together feels extremely convoluted and padded in order to lengthen the game time. I get the feeling more and more that the game is almost over pathologized by the fanbase. I saw someone else raise their feelings about the tedium that they felt and a commentor wrote that this supposed to reflect the inner metaphorical workings of the main character and that it simply "went over their head".

I really want to enjoy the game but I am struggling to. Any tips please?