Silent Hill had a robust presence at Sony’s final State of Play, from the stealth launch of Silent Hill: The Brief Message to a brand new trailer for Bloober Group’s remake of Silent Hill 2. Whereas the previous crossed two million downloads regardless of combined evaluations, the latter additionally garnered its share of combined responses. You possibly can try our ideas right here.
Curiously, Bloober Group CEO Piotr Babieno additionally feels that the trailer “doesn’t replicate the spirit of the sport.” Chatting with investor.television in a now-private video interview (transcription by Eurogamer, translation through DeepL), he joked about writing the destructive feedback for the trailer. Nonetheless, he added, “I’m fairly critical that we’re not liable for the advertising web page. It’s the duty of our companion [Konami]. This trailer actually doesn’t replicate the spirit of the sport.
“That is neither the spirit of what as soon as was nor the spirit of what we’re creating now. We attempt to totally replicate this romantic imaginative and prescient of the sport that debuted 22 years in the past. We expect that when gamers see actual gameplay, an actual sport, they may consider it in a very completely different means.”
Although there have been doubts in regards to the undertaking from followers, some have additionally reached out with constructive messages. As for the visuals, Babieno mentioned, “I believe you might be assured that we’re profiting from all the chances of Unreal [Engine] 5.”
Silent Hill 2 is in improvement for PS5 and PC, although its launch date is unknown (PlayStation indicated a 2024 launch). Silent Hill sequence producer Motoi Okamoto mentioned it’s within the “last phases of improvement,” so maybe a launch date shall be introduced this 12 months. Keep tuned for extra updates within the meantime.
