Konami Officially Announces Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Wiiii! What's scary and new and has had combat yanked out of its formula like fishbones from yesterday's catch? Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, which Konami has officially announced for the Wii, PS2 and PSP.
While some Silent Hill fans and other grownups may bemoan the fact that the latest entry in the Silent Hill legacy includes no combat mechanism (you can only flee), Shattered Memories may please those gamers who've been critical of the combat in previous Silent Hill games, and might be a chance to turn up the thrill dial - after all, what's scarier than being unable to do anything but run from various shambling, mist-driven horrors?
At any rate, SH: Shattered Memories isn't just Silent Hill minus the combat: an improved puzzle system and user interface bump up the action, and the all-new psych profile system changes the game based on the player's decisions. An all-new soundtrack by series composer Akira Yamaoka can't hurt, either.
"Silent Hill: Shattered Memories returns to its roots in this re-imagining of the original Silent Hill with the most interactive and frightening installment of the decade-old series," said Anthony Crouts, Vice President of Marketing for Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. "With a deep storyline, eerie music and a psych profile that watches its players and evolves to expose their innermost fears throughout the game, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is sure to evoke fear in both franchise newcomers and longtime survival horror fans."
The Wii version will see the Wiimote transform into both a flashlight and a cell phone during the game, which sounds promising, while that psych profile picture sounds alluringly like the influence of Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem.
Konami Announces Silent Hill: Shattered Memories for Wii™, PlayStation®2 System and PSP® System
Popular Survival Horror Series Resurrects True Terror With
Debut on Wii
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - April 6, 2009 - Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. today unveiled the latest iteration in the popular Silent Hill franchise scheduled to launch this fall on Wii™, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system. Featuring an interactive user interface, improved puzzle system, and a psych profile that changes the experience based on the players' gameplay choices, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories conveys the most fluid and realistic gameplay of the series to date.
"Silent Hill: Shattered Memories returns to its roots in this re-imagining of the original Silent Hill with the most interactive and frightening installment of the decade-old series," said Anthony Crouts, Vice President of Marketing for Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. "With a deep storyline, eerie music and a psych profile that watches its players and evolves to expose their innermost fears throughout the game, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is sure to evoke fear in both franchise newcomers and longtime survival horror fans."
In this terrifying survival horror experience with an all-new soundtrack by acclaimed series composer Akira Yamaoka, players follow Harry Mason, the maladroit protagonist who is searching for his missing daughter, Cheryl. While Harry wanders the snowy streets of Silent Hill searching for clues of her disappearance, he must face twisted creatures from the depths of his frozen nightmares.
In the Wii™ version, players will be drawn into the mysterious town using the Wii Remote™ as a flashlight and cell phone as they search for clues. The cell phone can also be used by players as a user interface which acts as a story telling device, map, camera and much more, providing seamless flow with no interruption in gameplay. Additionally, through a very unique feature in the game, an advanced psych profile watches and adapts to players' actions to acclimatize Harry and the people he meets, the places he visits, and the enemies he encounters to create an intense and gripping experience like never before.
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is scheduled to launch this fall for the Wii™ video game system from Nintendo, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system. For assets, please visit http://www.konami.com/downloads/.
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Posted to Hot Stuff, Video Games on 6 April 2009
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Now I'm hyped for this. I love my Wii...
This has the potential to be awesome, but... doesn't it kind of fuck up the connection to Silent Hill 3?
There´s a really nice interview on Nintendo Power magazine with the producers about what they´re planning... there are a lot of good ideas and if done well, it´ll be awesome!
SagaDarvulia: as long as they keep the good ending (where Harry escapes with the baby) or give us a similar ending, the canon will be intact.
"as long as they keep the good ending (where Harry escapes with the baby) or give us a similar ending, the canon will be intact."
Except for the timeline... The original game was supposed to take place in the 80s, but this Harry carries a very iPhone-esque mobile device.
So this is Silent Hill 1...
...with no combat...
...and waggle.
*shame*
Sometimes I really wish I didn't have a Wii.