Konami's E3 Event Shows off Silent Hill 5 21
Konami's press conference was short and sweet, but the focus was on the unveiling of Silent Hill V . There's almost no information about it out yet, though there is a singularly unhelpful trailer available online. From the press release: "Building upon the series trademark foundations of atmosphere, adventure and storytelling, Silent Hill 5 introduces players to a frightening new experience. When confronted by the perverse incarnations of evil that roam Silent Hill and Shepherds Glen, players will be able to utilize an enhanced combat system and execute a number of offensive and defensive maneuvers as they experience every terrifying encounter with the games numerous nightmarish creatures. Players will also have to solve a variety of puzzles as they progress through the highly atmospheric game world, using cues from the environment to unlock Silent Hills darkest secrets. Continuing the series tradition of standout music and sound design, Silent Hill 5 features an original soundtrack by famed composer Akira Yamaoka."
The "trailer"... (Score:5, Insightful)
Anybody remember the initial previews of Silent Hill 2? (And the final game did live up to that promise.) How still and quiet they were, how the acting was always slow, wistful... "In my restless dreams, I see that town... Silent Hill. You promised me you'd take me there again someday, but you never did... I'm there now, in our special place, waiting for you..."
Gives me chills just thinking about it. There's no such magic about the teaser that was released yesterday.
Still, I'm sure I'll buy it. Hell, I bought SH4 and it was terrible too.
Ah, SH2 (Score:1)
Hope #5 can line up to it.
SimChurch (Score:4, Insightful)
Well, the opposite of Resident Evil would be SimChurch. Silent Hill would better be described as Resident Evil's sublime second cousin.
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Horrendous voice-over (Score:4, Insightful)
I hate trailer text (Score:2)
Arg, it's like trying to read the back of a movie at a rental place. Please stop letting your ADHD marketing drones masturbate out the preview-text.
It hardly "shows off" SH 5... (Score:2, Interesting)
American Developer (Score:2)
Why don't we just skip this one and move on to part Six?
The Collective (Score:2)
For reference: [collectivestudios.com]
Not looking too great.
pleasebegoodpleasebegood (Score:1)
That being said I'm hardly confident about this next effort. They say they're going to capture the atmosphere of Silent Hill, but apparently they're going to do it with multi hit frame advantage combo system and gravity gun puzzles. This is a lot better t