Kind of getting bored after 3.5 hours in

The only thing that keeps me going is that I want to learn the lore as I am new to Silent Hill. But the game is boring, you just do the same thing over and over again in a VERY LINEAR way. Collect this part, put it to this puzzle, now you unlock a new area. In the new area collect another part and put it in another puzzle and so on. Combat is decent, but makes the game not scary, like I am having fun fighting the monsters so I want all the smoke. I am actually looking forward to finding monsters.

I know they are supposed to be different however I can't help but compare SH2 remake to RE2 remake. In RE2 I remember tracking multiple puzzles at the same time as opposed to the linear SH2 method. The maps were larger, designed better (or I just dont like the apartments, its not like I have seen all maps so I might be wrong about this), I was actually getting happy when I unlocked a shortcut. In SH2 the maps so far are too narrow and too small, the town was fine but then it got bad. I can't even recognize places without the map. The inventory and resource management in RE2 was fun too.

I paid 35 USD and I want to experience the lore, so I am forcing myself to go on. Will the game get any "better"? The maps especially.