Silent Hill: Downpour (originally SH 8)

[Matt S]

I'm gonna submit something. It'll look my poo I'm sure. But no harm in trying.

Post here what you submit..could be cool

 

[Biojex]

Post here what you submit..could be cool

Oh I will...probably...

 

[plasmid303]

Yes I'd like to see what crazy stuff you come up with.

 

[Biojex]

There are some pretty good submissions so far...

https://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=38707&id=112170395470694

 

[Matt S]

Holy moley - they do look pretty darn good so far. This struck me as gimmacky, but starting to think Konami had a pretty good idea

 

[Matt S]

New information

https://www.egmnow.com/

 

[plasmid303]

It's interesting to read that the producer of the game, Davin Shatsky, would label the SH games as 'psychological thriller' than survival horror. I dunno, I think it's both.

Thanks for the link, Matt. I really like EGMi's digital mag. Really great concept.

 

[Matt S]

Yeah, its pretty well done. I assume the music at the beginning is from the game

Curious about the tie in with water....

 

[plasmid303]

New screen shots. Player's perspective in these?

 

[Matt S]

Overall, this is looking fantastic. Cant wait to see some footage.....Thanks

 

[Biojex]

Nice wetness effect on the character.

 

[plasmid303]

Thought I'd post these because...why not, they look nice (1st pic looks almost too nice, very un-silent hill). And because we still have no new gameplay footage to speak of. I bet there will be a blowout at E3.

 

[Biojex]

Definitely some slight, Alan Wake feeling going on (only in locale)...but that is not necessarily a bad thing.

Graphics look very nice.

 

[Matt S]

Thanks; apparently, this is before he enters Silent Hill itself; definitely vibing Alan Wake but it looks nice

 

[v1101011]

After Silent Hill 2, and to a certain extent 3, the series has lost its edge. The Room was ok but I really expected more. Now that American companies have developed the games, they've lost that special something that Team Silent had: an foreign view of horror. The newer games want to be scary but the older ones were psychologically disturbing, which made them much better. Not to mention Akira Yamaoka's music. That just added layers of depth to the games that cannot be recreated. The soundtrack to Silent Hill 2 is damn near perfect and I refer back to it often. Just my opinion, of course. Feel free to disagree.

 

[Matt S]

This new one is being developed by a romanian based company, so should have a different edge than the last couple games. Most with agree. Shattered memories, origins, and to some extent, Homecoming felt like watered down versions of Silent hill 1 and 2

 

[plasmid303]

I agree with v1101011, but I do appreciate that they're trying not to stray too far what made Silent Hill...Silent Hill. In these days when survival-horror is mutating into action-horror, I like that Silent Hill still doesnt have an over the shoulder camera, AI co-op partners and giant weapons. And that's why I'm optimistic about Downpour.

We need more of this. True survival horror is fading away, I'm afraid. More SH, Fatal Frame, and Siren please.

 

[Biojex]

I like that they're emphasizing vulnerability.

 

[BadMoon]

I like Silent Hill but damn could they have ripped off Alan Wake any more? Not sure how I feel about that?

 

[Matt S]

The dev at Hell Descent has made it clear those pics are of one area only, and not an indication for the game as a whole