Silent Hill: Downpour
Written by w2n on February 25, 2011 – 10:47 pm
Developer(s) : Vatra Games
Publisher(s) : Konami Digital Entertainment
Series : Silent Hill
Platform(s) : PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Release date(s) : NA Fall 2011
: EU Fall 2011
Genre(s) : Survival horror
Media/distribution :Blu-ray Disc, DVD
Silent Hill: Downpour is an upcoming survival horror video game. The eighth installment in the Silent Hill series, the game’s tentative title was Silent Hill 8. It will be released in fall 2011. The game was developed by Vatra Games and will be published by Konami Digital Entertainment for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Shinji Hirano, says: “In honoring the rich history and strong following of Silent Hill, we’re working hard to build a next-generation horror game that the fans truly deserve… This Silent Hill introduces an all-new storyline and unique evolutions in gameplay, building on innovations and successes from over a decade of true survival horror and terror.”
Gameplay
Silent Hill: Downpour’s camera will remain primarily in a third-person perspective. The game will feature the “mind-bending” puzzles and “thought-provoking storyline” that launched the series into mainstream fame, and will provide a “deep psychological horror experience” with multiple side-quests depending on the player’s in-game decisions and behavior. The player can only carry one weapon at a time and these weapons may break. The game will also feature puzzle difficulty selections. Buildings that were used in previous Silent Hill games, such as a hospital and a school, will not return. The element of water holds a prominent role, with torrential rain being featured.
Plot
Former Silent Hill main man Akira Yamaoka won’t be on board for the upcoming Silent Hill: Downpour, seeing as how he peaced out from Konami back in 2009. In this instalement main protagonist character is Murphy Pendleton, an escaped prisoner. E3′s teaser trailer indicates that a little girl, a postal worker, a civilian, and a female police officer will be supporting characters.
The game’s events take place in the southeastern region of Silent Hill, which has never been explored in previous games in the series, and the plot will not have any connection to previous installments.
We’ll have to wait to see how it comes together, though, when Silent Hill: Downpour hits PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this fall.
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