Silent Hill 8 Officially Named 'Silent Hill: Downpour'
by Xav de Matos, Jan 10, 2011 10:00am PSTWhile it would be easy to make bad jokes referencing the ill-fated, late 80's pop duo Milli Vanilli, news from Game Informer is no laughing matter. According to the magazine outlet, Silent Hill 8 has been officially named Silent Hill: Downpour.
Currently in development at Vatra Games in the Czech Republic, Silent Hill: Downpour was originally announced during E3 2010 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. While more details on the title will be hidden deep within the pages of Game Informer's February issue, the announcement trailer gives some indication of the goings on in the haunted, hillside town.
An escaped convict seeks refuge from his captors in the manacing town of Silent Hill. Clearly, he didn't read the town's "Welcome" sign closely, which explicitly states matter-of-factly: "Dude, turn the hell around and run."
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The thing that made SH 2 the accepted crown jewel of the series wasn't the combat or pretty graphics (although I still think SH2 holds up really damn well) it was the complete and utter reflection of Harry Mason via the town itself which gave it the feeling of being its own entity. Every enemy you faced was a part of Harry's psyche coming back to judge him and how you acted gave you results that reflected more than the polarizing Good/Evil endings.
After the disappointments of 0rigins and Homecoming, I am hopeful that a different team takes into consideration what made SH work and find a way to bring it into the modern consoles. Don't cash in on sexy undead nurses, don't give us Pyramid Head, and make the game something that connects it to the main protagonist so that we feel he belongs there and he is on a journey of some sort.
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on milli vanilli.
apparently they are making a movie out of the whole thing too
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