Magazine Scans and New Info

[blackswordsman]

Looking good so far, though of course it's too early to tell with any kind of precision.

About having no school or hospitals... I can't believe I'm saying this, but I... like that. The past games all felt like a reheash, going to the same places. I remember the first few original games had a sense of wonder, when I entered someplace. The school and hospital were memorable in the first, the second and third to a lesser extent. I got in wondering what will I find there, how different it will be. But since then... It all felt the same. I discovered I got tired of always going to the same places. Always a hospital. Maybe a school. Etc. No matter if they had different monsters and puzzles, it still felt... forced.

Having all new locations to meet and explore is a huge plus for me.


About the monsters, I'm expecting they will be mostly human related. After all, he's in jail... And I don't think it's because of any conflit agains animals.


That one looks like a zombie but I'm sure the others will be different. These reminds me of the ghosts from SH4, and I'm OK with that, as long as they're not immortal and keep going after you and drain you HEALTH BY SIMPLY STANDING NEAR YOU AAAAAAAAAARGGGhh!!!!...Er, I'm sorry...



ps: in that article people telling the game to go f* itself because SH is a small backwater town and can't have no buildings like that or a subway system.

I think these supposed real fans are underestimating the resort town a bit. I mean, we never saw everything, and there were always apartment buildings and stores. I'ts not like it's a lost village or anything. I don't get it.

[Cenobite, that cute pariah]

Jan 28, 2011 13:42:24 GMT blackswordsman said:

ps: in that article people telling the game to go f* itself because SH is a small backwater town and can't have no buildings like that or a subway system.

I think these supposed real fans are underestimating the resort town a bit. I mean, we never saw everything, and there were always apartment buildings and stores. I'ts not like it's a lost village or anything. I don't get it.

I tend to agree. I'm a native of Massachusetts and Silent Hill's architecture (particularly in the original game) reminds me quite a bit of New England, and in particular a tourist town called Rockport. The main tourist area has a lot in common with the game, but yeah, as you get away from the main drag and towards the areas where the regular people live, it becomes more like any old town.

It does not have a subway (and I'll admit my initial reaction was that a subway did seem like a slightly odd choice) but it does have a fairly elaborate mass transit system in the form of buses. Six of one, half dozen of the other, so I'll roll with it.

And Hell, Niagara Falls is a resort town as well, and its hardly tiny or remote. Silent Hill is big enough to support an amusement park, so it has to have something going on.

[mr. worncoat]

Everything I see here has an amazing potential to be a great step forward.

Jan 8, 2011 20:40:20 GMT alx said:

Does that mean the lake monster is back?!?

We'll get that scraggily beast yet!

Jan 24, 2011 16:20:48 GMT Vaco Deus said:

New Artwork, Screenies, and Release date

EDIT
Soundtrack Tease

It's interesting. Its definitely has a Dexter vibe though. To me at least

They've kept nicely to the imagery one would be use to with Silent Hill. The music, well, that's another thing. By itself, it's nice, except I can't help but notice how we've been getting further away from the mechanical clunkery and scrapings. As nice as it is to have fluid music, I'd hate to have to lose the grinding beats.

Jan 28, 2011 13:42:24 GMT blackswordsman said:

About having no school or hospitals... I can't believe I'm saying this, but I... like that.

Agreed. I hope you can still at least see them from a distance. With how much Silent Hill has grown, it would be a bit much if they erased those icons completely.

Jan 29, 2011 0:29:34 GMT Cenobite, that cute pariah said:

Jan 28, 2011 13:42:24 GMT blackswordsman said:

ps: in that article people telling the game to go f* itself because SH is a small backwater town and can't have no buildings like that or a subway system.

I think these supposed real fans are underestimating the resort town a bit. I mean, we never saw everything, and there were always apartment buildings and stores. I'ts not like it's a lost village or anything. I don't get it.

I tend to agree. I'm a native of Massachusetts and Silent Hill's architecture (particularly in the original game) reminds me quite a bit of New England, and in particular a tourist town called Rockport. The main tourist area has a lot in common with the game, but yeah, as you get away from the main drag and towards the areas where the regular people live, it becomes more like any old town.

It does not have a subway (and I'll admit my initial reaction was that a subway did seem like a slightly odd choice) but it does have a fairly elaborate mass transit system in the form of buses. Six of one, half dozen of the other, so I'll roll with it.

And Hell, Niagara Falls is a resort town as well, and its hardly tiny or remote. Silent Hill is big enough to support an amusement park, so it has to have something going on.

Eh, I get the feeling they're overdoing it with the subway, myself. Despite all the wealth of the Cult and the revenue of the town itself, I just can't see the practicality in it. Not saying that Silent Hill hasn't been needing its proportions revised. Or that maybe it's not as secluded, perhaps that it's entering into the suburbs of a larger area. We've got Vale right across the pond, how close are some of the other known locations? Even so, even with the amusement park, it doesn't make much sense to me.

[The Crimson One]

Hmmm, I am rather hopeful for this. I also enjoyed the soundtrack clip. Not sure about that drum though...

[Redemption]

Insted of posting a nwe thread for the preview, i'll post in here
We don't need Pyramid Head to make a good silent hill.
They make mention of treating weapons in this game like the gun in 'the road'. So it sounds like ammo won't be as plentiful as it was in previous game.