Konami Reveals More Details on Silent Hill 8

The survival horror experience begins after a prison transport vehicle careens off the road, leaving lone inmate Murphy Pendleton stranded in Silent Hill. Gamers will encounter mind-bending puzzles, as well as horrific creatures and otherworld terrors using everyday objects from wooden chairs to glass bottles to fend off their enemies.

[TrevorPhillips]

Nice to see Konami working really hard on Silent Hill 8 :D

[sinncross]

I just hope its as atmospheric as the original few.

I'd also like them to consider Move support for the PS3 version (not replace the dualshock obviously). Could be interesting for this type of game.

[UltraNova]

It would be interesting to implement Move in this type of game but I would hate to see gameplay and game environment sacrifices in order to suit Move!

They should make the game focusing on the controllers and when they finish port the controls to Move, ensuring both sides will be happy in the end.

[Batzi]

Can't wait to get my hands on the next Silent Hill! This series is amazing!

[Kain81]

Sillent Hill 1/2 and 3 are the best, i dont know why but the rest sillent Hill games arent that good

[Sarevok]

Am I the only one that had fun with SH4?

[Batzi]

Or Homecoming? :P I loved this game!

[Megaton]

I didn't think I'd like Homecoming, but I did. Ended up getting all the achievements for it, too. Still got Shattered Memories for PS2 sitting on my shelf unplayed as well.

[zireno]

naah dude :)!! I've had fun with every single silent hill, from the first one to shattered memories. each of them are different in their own way but that's what I like from this series, the variety :)

[UltraNova]

I love SH 4: The room, the concept of that game was unique and creepy as hell! I mean being trapped in an apartment, hearing noises all the time and your only way out would be a hole/portal in your bathroom leading to the most sick and disturbing realms you can imagine for me was an amazing experience!

I must admit though if they make Silent hill 8 anything like SH2 its day 1 for me!

[Galaxia]

I loved SH4 so much. In fact I prefer it over SH1 even (but not 2 or 3 lol).

SH4 made you feel like such a perv/voyuer at times though. Watching people through your window, the peep hole and then even watching Eileen through the hole in her wall. :P

[fooltheman]

this could work well with move...
But I don't see them implementing it

[Kain81]

yes it would be PERFECT for Move

[sam2236]

"...players will also be presented with variable side quests along the way..."

That's it. SH is dead.

[hatchimatchi]

The majority of the silent hills have had this. It usually deals with items that are picked up fairly early in the game but not used until late in the game. The one that comes to mind is in the original when you use the hanger and whatnot with the motorcycle. The details escape me but that part of the game was completely optional.

I don't see this being fetch quests and whatnot like that.

[NarooN]

Dunno what the hell you're talking about. Almost every SH game has had optional side quests that can change the outcome of the ending or just reward you with secret items/knowledge/etc. It's been there since the first SH with the optional Kaufman sidequest. The games never shoved the sidequests down your throat and most were just downright hidden.

[jay2]

Can't wait for this game.

[pwnd_of_lol]

I miss Team Silent :( No doubt this will just as crap as every Silent Hill game post SH4. *sigh*

[NarooN]

You must mean "post-SH3". SH4 was trash, and you could tell Team Silent just didn't really feel like doing it anymore. Most of TS are either retired from the game industry or working at different developers altogether. A few still work at Konami.

[Lucreto]

Konami Silent Hill is all well and good but Suikoden please.

[SpideyNut]

If it's not a 110% overhaul, with a brand new, state-of-the-art HD engine, and more realistic controls and animations, I have ZERO interest. The last couple SH games were ugly abominations.

[NarooN]

Uhh, Homecoming had all of that. Of course, you're probably one of those kids that worship SH2 as the holy-grail of the series and calls anything TS didn't develop "trash" without even having played them.

[CrawFail]

Homecoming was hardly state of the art in terms of graphics really was it? And the combat was absolutely disgusting as were the transitions in and out of the otherworld. They took far too much influence from the film in my opinion and while the film wasn't bad it certainly wasn't amazing either.

I HAVE played every Silent Hill game, bar the iphone one & haven't completed the arcade one due to the machine being absolutely miles away from where I live. SH2 IS the holy grail of the series thus far and everything in the series not developed by Team Silent has been lacking in the core element that made the first few games so amazing; atmosphere.
Every environment in games past SH4 has been done to death, the school, the hospital and even the streets. The only ways the Silent Hill series can possibly be saved is either Team Silent get it back (the Japanese have WAAAAAAAAAAAAY more ability in them to make creepy stuff, let's admit) OR this and any other future game gets cancelled and the franchise gets left alone and can retain some dignity while it has the chance.

I'm guaranteed disagrees but as a long standing fan of the series I'm entitled to my opinion (I had the NTSC beta on my 13th birthday in September 1998, long before the game was released) and have played to completion each of the main games in series since (minus iphone and arcade).
They don't make 'em like they used to, sadly.

(edited for grammar, which is probably still rubbish)

[SpideyNut]

NarooN (or is it MorooN?)

1.) I'm 39 y.o.
2.) like the guy above, I've played pretty much all of them, except iPhone and PSP versions (which apparently sucked anyway).
Climax and Double Helix SUCK, and so have their games.
3.) NO, Homecoming had NONE of that....wake the hell up. For all of it's badmouthing, Alan Wake blows Homecoming away....EASILY. Give SH8 an engine overhaul like that, with realistic animations and controls, and I'll be intrigued.

[NarooN]

Moroon? I dunno what that is, since it's not even a word nor is it slang for anything, but it sounds like it was some pathetic attempt at trolling me.

Who the hell compares SH to Alan Wake? SH is more like psychological horror, Alan Wake was a friggin' thriller. That's like comparing Jacob's Ladder to Inception.

And you're complaining about Homecoming's combat? SH had the shittiest combat known to man for ages up until Homecoming finally made it somewhat decent. He can actually block and dodge on command rather than the slow-ass rumblings of previous protagonists.

So Homecoming didn't have an "HD" engine? I dunno how an engine can be HD to begin with, but okay. I guess the game ran in 320p, didn't it? The animations in cutscenes and in gameplay were on par with any other current-gen game, as were the visuals. You're just some TS-fanboy too butthurt to accept that TS will never come back and make another uninspired game.

SH was decent up until SH3, where it was just more of the same. SH3 was okay, but the story was lame and the only good thing about the game was the atmosphere. The voice acting was nice too, and so were the graphics. The game still looks great on PC and PS2 to this day. SH4 lacked in EVERY department, and they tried too many new things that were poorly-received by the media and fans alike. Friggin' GHOSTS that follow you through walls all over the place and can only be temporarily defeated? They can drain your health by just being near you and only a certain amount can be permanently put down, but you need a limited supply of special items just to do so? Are you FUCKING serious?

Then they had the whole "babysit your apartment" thing, which was lame. Having to constantly go back to the apartment and then back to other worlds just to manage your items was lame as hell. The game's atmosphere wasn't creepy OR scary at all - everyone saw these environments in any typical J-Horror film. Controls were atrocious as they had always been, and Henry was an emotionless douchebag. He was indifferent to just about everything, and had some really stupid dialog too. *walks up to a horribly mutilated Cynthia* "Are you okay? =|" Did she fucking look okay? I mean, come on.

That game was a bust and everything post-SH3 was at the MOST only decent. SH2 is only lauded so much because of its story (which wasn't original at all but the way it was told was what saved it) and its atmosphere. They were at their height right there and to think they could ever top themselves is just foolish. They lost much inspiration and originality with SH3 and 4. If you don't like the new stuff, don't buy it, but evidently enough people buy them each time which explains why Konami keeps pumping them out.

[TheCryptKeeper]

relax, give the game a chance.