Silent Hill: Downpour (originally SH 8)

[Matt S]

New 15 min developer interview vid....looking good! In another interview, it was indicated that you can turn the objects indicators OFF....so heck yeah!

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OnX6Pcpxh8&feature=player_embedded[/ame]

 

[jonny88]

Looks not bad. l thought you had to avoid the rain, eing able to be in it is much better. Silent Hill 2 will remain the best though i'm sure.

 

[Ash Housewares]

Nice screen tearing.

 

[Matt S]

Nice screen tearing.

I highly doubt that issue will be in the actual game. Homecoming had little of it from what I recall, and this one is getting a lot more polish

 

[plasmid303]

5-minute gameplay clip from the final review build.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3JkI3fCuw8[/ame]

Can't believe the game's release is only a month away or so now.

 

[Biojex]

Atmosphere looks good. Love those classic "item" sound effects.

A new Silent Hill and a new Resident Evil in the same month...

 

[LoneWolf]

Can't wait for this!!! Had the privilege of playing through Silent Hill 1 (PS1) & 2 (X-Box), and I hope Downpour will be as enthralling as those 2 games

 

[Matt S]

Love the ambient music and noise in the background........Replaying Alan Wake & killing time waiting for this one. Thanks for the vid, Plasmid!

At 1:09, looks like the character is channeling Chuck Norris!

On one of the fan forums for this game, its been stated by devs that all the glowing effects and button displays can be turned off

If I had one concern its the apparent vsync issue or screen tear present - nothing kills the immersion more for me - probably an issue in the PS3 version, as this clearly is that version and the inferior build typically for most games

 

[bg188]

Looking forward to this and the SH HD Collection!

 

[Biojex]

A sample of the soundtrack

"Downpour Intro"
https://soundcloud.com/milanrecords/daniel-licht-downpour-intro

Not bad. I like it. Looking forward to the rest of the soundtrack.

 

[Matt S]

Thanks! I like it - should fit in well with the game

 

[Biojex]

Samples of the entire Downpour soundtrack. I like what I hear so far. Minus the Korn song

[ame]https://www.amazon.com/Silent-Hill-Downpour-digital-booklet/dp/B007E7A962/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1330487754&sr=8-2[/ame]

*note that's the link for the digital purchase, if you want the CD make sure to select that option*

 

[Matt S]

Thanks, Biojex!

 

[plasmid303]

Cool, much thanks!

 

[uscmhicks]

So will I be able to play this with no idea of basically anything in the Silent Hill franchise ?. I played the first and maybe a few others but can't really remember anything. One thing I've always had trouble with playing certain games is not understanding the story and who half of the characters are. Metal Gear Solid 4 had me scratching my head a fair few times but luckily the gameplay made up for it.

 

[Matt S]

So will I be able to play this with no idea of basically anything in the Silent Hill franchise ?

Oh yeah; each game is self contained, and this one is especially so - kinda like how SH2 had nothing to do with SH1

 

[BadMoon]

Ouch! 4.5 on IGN. That's out of 10 not 5.

 

[Ash Housewares]

From the first vids and the hands on preview impressions I had a feeling this game would be awful. Series is beyond saving IMO.

 

[Biojex]

Gameinformer gave it a 7/10.

This game seems like it will be scoring on the lower end of the spectrum. I'm still looking forward to it though. I'll just lower my expectations further.

 

[Fernandofan08]

Game informer- 70 out of 100 -

Destructoid- 80 out of 100 - https://www.destructoid.com/review-silent-hill-downpour-222794.phtml

IGN- 4.5 out of 10

Gamespot- 7.5 out of 10 - https://uk.gamespot.com/silent-hill-downpour/reviews/silent-hill-downpour-review-6365456/

Golden4games- 9 out of 10; https://golden4games.com/en/report/review/25400-silent-hill-downpour-6.html

Rely on horror- 9 out of 10; https://www.relyonhorror.com/reviews/review-silent-hill-downpour/

So to be quite honest, the bloke on IGN has clearly never played an SH game before. its always had stiff combat, because the focus has never been on combat bar Homecoming which I loved too. SH2, you could go through all the game without fighting an enemy apart from Boss fights.

Framerate issues and couple of low textures are common criticisms, but I really dont care if it looks like Uncharted because it has a great story, which is what I want from an SH game. IGN dude is purely a ____ really.