Silent Hill
2 is a landmark game in the landscape of horror video games. Originally
released in 2001, the game has you following a man by the name of James
Sunderland as he goes to the town of Silent Hill to search for clues because he
gets a mysterious letter from his wife, which is weird because… she’s dead. And
you have to deal with eerie monsters and other things plaguing James’s
consciousness along the way.
The game is
phenomenal, one of the creepiest games I’ve ever played, and I highly recommend
playing the Playstation 2 version of the game if you possibly can because that
version of the game is the best in my opinion.
Two days
ago, Konami announced a remake of the 2001 classic at the Silent Hill
Transmission Event. They also announced three other games, which I will be
talking about soon, and they announced a new Silent Hill movie which I’ve
already talked about.
This remake
of Silent Hill 2 is being headed by Bloober Team, who have developed modern
horror games such as the Layers of Fear games and The Medium. I’ve only played
the first Layers of Fear game so I have very limited experience with their work
but going off of my experience with that game, I’m cautious about them working on
this remake.
The Silent
Hill 2 Remake is being released for Playstation 5 as a timed console exclusive
and PC via Steam. There was a trailer released for the game that shows off the
STUNNING visuals and if you want to see that trailer, click right here.
Bloober Team
CEO Piotr Babiano said in a statement: “SILENT HILL 2 was the game that shaped our collective vision
at Bloober Team. It's the game that started us on our adventure in game
development. Now, we face an ultimate challenge. A challenge to translate our
youthful memories of the ultimate game into a language that modern players can
engage with, whilst at the same time crafting an experience true to the
original. More than 20 years ago, a team of brilliant minds at KONAMI developed
one of the most remarkable games in the history of electronic entertainment. In
partnering together, KONAMI and Bloober Team will ensure that SILENT HILL 2
shines once again to set new standards for the genre and deliver an
unforgettable experience for the next generation of fans. With our work, we are
determined to showcase that Bloober Team is climbing the heights of what’s
possible and aiming for the peak in game development. We can't wait for the
moment when Players will be able to see our work.”
That
statement, plus several original members of the dev team at Konami helping with
this project gives me more hope for this project, but we’ll just have to wait
and see what happens with it.
Are you
excited for this remake as well?? Have you played the original game?? If not,
are you going to now that this remake has been announced?? Be sure to let me
know in the comments!
Thank you so
much for reading, and I’ll see you in the next issue.
