Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Silent Hill- Downpour



Konami has unleashed a monsoon of screenshots as it details Silent Hill: Downpour, the next installment in the long-running survival horror series.

Having taken a brief sabbatical from the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 – in which time the impressive Silent Hill: Shattered Memories released on the Wii – Downpour marks a return to the HD consoles.

Czech developer Vatra is behind the game, first scant details of which came earlier this month.

Now the trickle has turned into a downpour (sorry) as Konami reveals official screenshots and details some of the philosophy behind the game.



"Having a compelling story is the key element to a good Silent Hill game," said associate producer Tomm Hulett, "It's what set SH1 apart from the other early survival horror games, why SH2 is so fondly remembered, and so on. Of course, an important aspect of this is how the story ties into the horrific things the player encounters."

Producer Devin Shatsky went on to explain how Silent Hill: Downpour's environment differs from that of previous games. "We have this huge city at our disposal, yet in the past, it was comprised primarily of locked doors," he said. "We wanted to give players a bit more incentive to search around and check those doors without facing a constant barrage of discouraging locks."

To that end Silent Hill: Downpour will feature side missions: "This gives the player a greater sense that they are 'exploring the town' and then rewarded with these mini-stories," saud Shatsk. "We've been very careful to keep these immersive enough to make the player feel like they're still a part of the main story, yet separate enough that they aren't forced into completing all of them in a linear fashion to reach the ending."

Silent Hill: Downpour releases this Autumn.

18 comments:

SDG said...

Sounds interesting, I do love my survival horror games.

Jordan said...

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Anonymous said...

looks like Silent Hill is getting the reboot it needs.

Unknown said...

That looks really freaky, i'm looking forward to playing it!

Isaac said...

Sounds great I loved the original and 2 but the rest not so much

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SoreLosersGaming said...

Loving the idea of side-quests in a survival horror; gonna be interesting to see how that pans out. Gonna be hard to combine the side-quests with the idea that your character just wants to get the hell outta there.

Rabidmoose said...

I'm really excited for that, played and enjoyed all the others immensely!

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Public Confessions said...

any silent hill game is scary

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Blops Killer said...

Sounds awesome!

Unknown said...

I miss the old versions of this game...

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Rawr said...

interesting

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I miss the old stuff a lot.. Man, remakes. I'm campaigning for it. We're gaming bros. :-)

Waaaoi said...

Looks cool, altho I got scared by playing minecraft, so this game might not be for me x)

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