Details regarding Konami’s Silent Hill games, including one released today at the State of Play event, were disclosed. The Short Message, the latest Silent Hill game from the series, is available for free on the PlayStation 5 as of right now. A new trailer for the Silent Hill 2 remake was also unveiled, albeit no release date was given for the project.
This first-person horror game is similar to the long-gone P.T. Producer Motoi Okamoto of Konami stated on the PlayStation Blog that the game is experimental and was partly made by inexperienced developers. HexaDrive and Konami collaborated on its creation as well. Okamoto claims that the main themes of the game are cyberbullying and the stress of always being surrounded by hateful comments on the internet.
The corporation explains how the game is:
Fear Will Take You
Following messages from her friend Maya, Anita finds herself at a crumbling apartment block, infamous for rumors of suicides. Drawn inside, Anita soon finds her sense of reality shattered as she encounters bizarre, otherworldly spaces, haunted by a twisted monster. Maya’s message was clear — “can’t leave til you find it” — but what is it that Anita is really looking for?
“Characters who are genuinely suffering and lost, where even one more minor setback can wind up pushing them even deeper into a spiral of anguish,” according to Okamoto, explains why the creators decided to concentrate on younger characters with contemporary issues. Conversely, though, even the tiniest act of compassion has the power to save them from certain death. And for that reason, our game also serves as a message to everyone who has to deal with pressure and conflict all the time.
Konami unveils new gameplay clip
Konami also unveiled a new gameplay clip for their upcoming Silent Hill 2 remake in addition to The Short Message. A glimpse of the bandaged nurses, one of the most recognizable opponents from the first game, may be seen in this clip. Developer Bloober Team has stated that third-person combat will replace the fixed camera angles of the original game, and this teaser offers a clearer look at it.
Details about the Game
For a whole year, the PS5 will be the only platform with the Silent Hill 2 remake game. The game is being developed by Bloober Team, which consists of The Medium, Blair Witch, Observer, and Layers of Fear. For Silent Hill 2, Mateusz Lenart serves as both the chief designer and creative director. Producer Maciej Głomb is in charge. Masahiro Ito, the monster designer from the Silent Hill series, is the concept artist for Silent Hill 2. Returning to compose for the remake is Akira Yamaoka. The producer of the series is Motoi Okamoto.
The Game past
The other two Silent Hill games, Silent Hill: Townfall and Silent Hill F, which are being developed at various companies, were not mentioned in this update. They were initially made public in 2022, but haven’t been seen much in later events. First released in North America and Japan in September 2001, Silent Hill 2 was a PlayStation 2 game. After that, it was released in December 2002 for PC and December 2021 for Xbox.
The horror game series Silent Hill by Konami made its debut in 1999. Silent Hill: Downpour, the most recent entry in the main Silent Hill series, was released in March 2012 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. In October 2012, the PlayStation Vita spinoff game Silent Hill: Book of Memories was released.
