Wish House

[Bryan]

Sorry to double post, but it's for the sake of SHV news...

...and NEW SCREEN SHOTS!

Discuss!

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[Chez Daja]

Wow.

That nurse looks like it just crawled out of the movie and into the game... Whilst I don't totally approve of that, you've got to credit the creators for making it look really ****ing real.

As for Alex... he looks good, and looks like a regular guy, but we all know he's a former troop... There's no problem with that, but I continue to be sceptical about his combat abilities... He'll have many of them and they'll be ones way more advanced of the others games' "press the weapon button and whack" technique.

I know for some of you, who are more interested in the action oriented parts of Silent Hill, this'll be good news, but it's one thing I won't budge my thoughts on until I have a chance to play this game and see for myself.



Also, in those screenshots... I find myself wondering if they're the new camera angles. I'm not overly stressed on this, in fact, I'm interested more than anything. It'd be cool to play Silent Hill a little more down to the characters' own level. Probably a lot more fear inducing as well.



Those monsters all look like worthy adversaries, and that's something that bothers me. I've always linked Silent Hill more to the storylines than to the actual batting the monsters over the head, but in Alex's case of being a war veteran, he's faced tougher adversaries in his life than the other characters. This does not bode well and leaves an omnious feeling in the air, which I'm sure the creators of this new installment were hoping for from the die-hard fans. (Of course in hopes of pleseantly surprising them.)

I obviously understand how they want to make everything seem more believable, and that's a great thing, but I will tire very easily from continous strategic battling (some of which I would hope only to use in some of my other, more action oriented games).

I really hope and sincerely wish that the creators have not turned this into an action based game... I hope they have made this, conscious of Silent Hill's past and with as few enemies as the earlier games. I don't want to have to fight enemies in every room, especially after I heard what the new function of monsters is set to be like;

Evading monsters that notice your presence can lead them into following you into other areas?!?! It's a ten percent on the fright scale for sure, but maybe a little too overwhelming (depending of course on the nature of the difficulties of the battles.)

Sometimes there are monsters that are worth evading to ensure safety of the character. Whilst this is all well and good, I can see a endless run of battling and low stockage on weaponry and health equipment. If they're making this more into Metal Gear Solid; bandaging up wounds, performing gruelling tasks of first aid on yourself after every single battle... then I can see myself becoming easily bored.

This may be a stink bomb to the unsuspecting noses of some of my fellow Wish House'rs, but I have much sceptism about this game so far, namely the battle system.

[Kyo-san]

I agree with the almighty Chez about the amazing realistic-ish graphics that the screenshots have, and I also have similar reserved feelings for the forecasted battle system and the overall "feel" of the game itself. However, I must also voice concern:

What the hell happened to the bloody FOG? I look at the city-street shots, and I cannot help but to notice a significant lack of that essential fog - that same fog what makes walking down a seemingly neverending street so, well, creepy. Seriously. Wot the ****?

Does this not seem as an important of an issue to my fellow hardcore Silent Hill following...? It just BUGS me... -_-;

[Chez Daja]

Originally Posted by Kyo-san

I agree with the almighty Chez about the amazing realistic-ish graphics that the screenshots have, and I also have similar reserved feelings for the forecasted battle system and the overall "feel" of the game itself. However, I must also voice concern:

What the hell happened to the bloody FOG? I look at the city-street shots, and I cannot help but to notice a significant lack of that essential fog - that same fog what makes walking down a seemingly neverending street so, well, creepy. Seriously. Wot the ****?

Does this not seem as an important of an issue to my fellow hardcore Silent Hill following...? It just BUGS me... -_-;

Despite the slight lack of fog, there is some still hanging in the air. In all truth, I like the fog, but I wouldn't mind less of it... In games like Silent Hill 1, 2 and 3, there's been an abundance of it... so much so, that it was slightly annoying. Of course, I wouldn't mind a little more in SHV... Don't mind me, I like the split hairs about Silent Hill sometimes.

So yeah, in my opinion, less than SH1, 2 and 3, and more in SHV.

[Kyo-san]

Yea... Some had a bit much, I can see your point... But... In those few screenshots, there is hardly ANY. It looks as if he were constantly smoking, but that's it. A light, barely visible veil... Ug. It's just... not Silent Hill! If it's gonna play off of a pre-existing theme, keep the basics at hand, at least! And the fog IS basic... dammit... >.<;

[Chez Daja]

Yeah. I found it a little annoying... You never know, though, there's news of them constantly testing and messing around with stuff like the fog and the gore so once it comes out, there may actually be ample fog.

I'd kind of like to see what the games would look like with absolutely no fog. I know that there's a cheat on one of the game which can banish the fog, but I think it's for Xbox only...

[darkViVi]

Oh yeah man!! I got an email from To The Game with links to screenys from SH 5. Looks pretty damn ****** sweet!! The cell proc in the PS3 is awesome when it comes to process graphics.

I'd like to get a gun that actually works though, I mean you don't have a lot of bullets.. and it's other ways of making it challenging than give you the feel of fireing a pelletgun... Beating everything up with an iron bar gets a bit.. tedious eventually... *sigh..

[Chez Daja]

Wow. I was in Silent Hill. Well, not literally, but I was in my dream yesterday!

It felt so real, like an actual Silent Hill game! I'll skip the intro, where we're interviewed by a psycho and given a chance at lying or telling the truth about ourselves [ref. me and two other people.]
It turns out he appreciated honesty and that I was the only honest one there, so I'd have more of an advantage over Pyramid Head, who was going to be chasing us around.

After that, though, I jumped in this guys' car and he took me to hospital, where I followed this girl around in a while. Then I stopped and said "this isn't right", but my companion was already gone.

I started running back through the main ward, but as I was doing so, it got darker and darker. There were nurses there, too, yet less vicious. I had to kick one in the stomach like three times until I gave up and ran past it. But then I looked back and somebody had a flashlight and was shining it around, but before I could meet whatever it was with the light, I pelted across the hospital at full speed until I found myself stuck in a pitch black little room with no way out of it.

But man, it was pretty cool. Wasn't the best Silent Hill dream I've had, but probably the most resemblent.

[Kyo-san]

Hehe... I also had a Silent Hill experience of my own, driving home from work the other day. There was this DENSE fog (everyone knows how I love the fog...) and it was like, wot, 10-ish? Really dark outside? So I, driving with my knees, proceeded to immediately grab my CD case and pop in the Silent Hill 3 soundtrack... Ah... Bliss.

I kept waiting for something to jump outta nowhere. It was so much like the games... I was so happy... *dreamy look* n_n

[Chez Daja]

Wow Kyo! It was really foggy last time I went to see my boyfriend. About two hours of absolute fog. Was pretty amazing, but slowed my trip considerably.

Anyway, I don't know if I mentioned it to anybody here, but my mum paid for a cheap PS1 the other day. I finished Silent Hill 1 today. It was a lot different to what I remember it being. For example, I hadn't rememebered that the floor of the town in Otherworld was metal. And I don't remember that bit with the Larva worm. Weird shit.
I love the game, and it's lack of scariness to me these days is a little hilarious, especially when I'd first seen it when I'd been eleven and it had scared the crap out of me.

Although, I have to admit, the music was still frightening as ever.

The bit with Lisa still makes me sad, I have to admit!

I hadn't remembered how jumbled up the whole thing with Lisa had been. No wonder, I last saw through the whole game when I'd been eleven. I'm almost 20 now. Go figure.

[Bryan]

Pretty big news (but fairly old news) concerning SHV...

Since I'm in a bit of a hurry, I'll just keep it very brief and come back to add more later.

Silent Hill V has officially been changed to "Silent Hill: Homecoming".

I'm not too sure if I like this new title to be honest, though I've seen a couple of gameplay trailers now and I must say that I'm pleased.

The next big announcement is about Alex. They've changed his look. Personally, I don't think it looks very good and I think they should go back to the original. Even if they don't, though, it wouldn't ruin the game.

To compare the two, check out the pictures.

Old Alex.

New Alex.

If you'd like to sign a petition to help get the old Alex back, the folks over at silenthill5.net have created a petition which is doing quite well.

It can be found here.

[Chez Daja]

Silent Hill Homecoming? Sounds like some kind of prom nightmare. -_-

I think they should've just titled it "Silent Hill 5". Not V, not Homecoming, not Silent Hill Five. Just Silent Hill 5. Now it's going to look stupid with the rest of the titles.

In any case, I sitll have faith in this game, even if I'll probably never get it thanks to lack of funds.

[Bryan]

The game still looks really good, though. I found a (what sounds like) German video of actual gameplay footage with the "new" character. I have to say that I'm impressed!

You can download the video here.

[Chez Daja]

Haven't played 0rigins yet, but I think I'm getting it for my birthday, w00t!

It's had pretty good reviews all around. Silent Hill 5 naturally looks awesome. Not sure about that female character, though. She seems a bit too tough and that'll annoy me. And I'm not keen on this idea of "Shepards Glen."

The hospital so far looks amazing... hoping there's not too many of those "make you jump" scares. 0rigins looks like it might, in Alchemilla... I'll know soon enough.

[Kyo-san]

Originally Posted by Chez Daja

The hospital so far looks amazing... hoping there's not too many of those "make you jump" scares.

What are you TALKING about?? I absolutely LOVE the "make you jump" scares. That's when you know it's a GOOD scare...

Granted, though. The "ake you lie in bed at night thinking about the psycological horror" scares are pretty damn good, too.

As Silent Hill in general is jam-packed with such horrors, I'm sure neither of us will be too dsappointed. And if we are (forbid) I guess it'll just give us something to bitch about. But, on my account, if it's at all possible, I'd prefer not to bitch about much Silent Hill-related...