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The upcoming Silent Hill 5 is the first to be developed in the US. Can a new team handle the pressure? We take a look at one of the first previews.
Japan made dingier hallways...
The Silent Hill series is a long-standing vanguard in the horror genre, but now with Team Silent disbanded and done with series, can The Collective pick up where it left off? CVG previews and worries about Silent Hill V's direction with the new western developer:
"With the departure of original designers Team Silent (now, sadly, disbanded) the Silent Hill series has two options - capture the spirit of the originals or lose the magic completely. And that's the cross American developers The Collective have to bear, with only composer and part-time producer Akira Yamaoka remaining from the original team. And we're concerned. The monster designs have none of the subtle, terrifying ambiguity of old, and look a bit 'Clive Barker' being a clumsy collection of fleshy blobs and legs."
Silent Hill V will tell the tale of Alex Shepherd, a war veteran, who is searching for his brother who has mysteriously disappeared. It will lead him through his hometown and into Silent Hill as he discovers its secrets. According to initial word, it seems as if it will be more like Silent Hill 2.
The Collective's résumé includes Marc Ecko's Getting Up, Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith, The Da Vinci Code, and the upcoming game Harker. With an uneven output of titles developed by The Collective, it doesn't bode well how Silent Hill V will turn out, but maybe this will be the title to jump start its engines.
Hey, thanks: CVG
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Posted at: 10/31/07 at 2:30 PM PST
this article is biased. they have no proof that the game is gonna suck, i watched a video and interview with the new developers and from what i saw, the game looked excellent and true to the series and more like the best game in the series so far, Silent hill 2. this article is nonsense.
Posted at: 11/02/07 at 12:20 PM PST
biased?? give me a brake, it's an honest question considering the scenario.
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