New Silent Hill 8 Details

Hell Descent: While Games Access 2010 may not have provided any new info on Silent Hill 8; it looks like this interview by Czech video game site Doupe provides some. The site got to sit down with Lead Designer of Silent Hill 8, Mark Berka. Mark tells of how the game will be moving away from the more action oriented feel of Silent Hill Homecoming to something akin to Silent Hill 2. The games primary influence, in terms of atmosphere, will be Silent Hill 2. Seeing as Silent Hill 2 was the highlight of the Silent Hill series, this is good to hear...

[FACTUAL evidence]

Can't wait for this game! It's going to be epic I hope. I really need a scare, and RE5 didn't help.

[XANDEO]

Silent hill 1/2 was the best, hopefully a return to form, also didnt realise this was silent hill 8?

[karl]

silent hill 3 was also really good right?

i liked heather the best

[pangitkqb]

Wow.

[AntoineDodson]

Oh hell no. Silent Hill 2 was by far the best one, 3 didn't do much to me. After that the series just went downhill :\. To be honest, Silent Hill 2 was so perfect I honestly don't see any dev creating anything similair ;_;

[Brewski007]

Theres been 8??? jesus!

[Jaces]

Unfortunately for me I never had the chance to play Silent Hill 1/2, but if 8 is to be anything like the second then I'll be happy enough to pick it up when released.

[NecrumSlavery]

Looks promising. I always like silent hill's mystic horror style.

Question: why doesn't game use still camera shots anymore. I loved classic RE and SH, FF, Parasite Eve, etc where the environment looked like a painting and you moved around that. I wish they'd bring that back. Panning around the room wasn't as exciting as walking through and artistic yet frozen backdrop.

[JsonHenry]

Excellent, Simpson.

[jony_dols]

SH Homecoming wasn't as bad as everyone made it out be.
I thought the gameplay was pretty good, as were the graphics,
the story let it down though, and I've a die hard SH fan since day 1.
SH2 defo the best

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

'' Lead Designer of Silent Hill 8, Mark Berka. Mark tells of how the game will be moving away from the more action oriented feel of Silent Hill Homecoming to something akin to Silent Hill 2''

OMG.

King of Survival Horror is back!

I hope good Music too, because Akira is not working on SH Series anymore.

[Malice-Flare]

i just hope they get NIN to do the music, cause it'll feel different without Akira...

[Arsenic13]

Dan Licht (Dexter) is doing the music.

http://helldescent.com/2010...

[Mac is OK]

I hope they don't call it Silent HIll 8, it would just be confusing considering the last numbered entry was 4.

[Transporter47]

that's all i can wish for

[SKUD]

Not getting hopes up. Too many let downs with the series so far =(

[Vojkan]

I don't remember any more which one was which part. I know that PS1 game was awesome, i assume that was Silent Hill 1, SH2, i have it for PS2- limited edition, don't remember anything, but i finished it LOL. O and i have 3rd game, also played and finished, dont remember anything either

[AKA]

how can i forget that end when you find out what really happens to your wife .

Amazing ending ...

[Arsenic13]

The actress reading the letter sold that. Tear jerker!

[lastdual]

I'm waiting for Silent Hill Versus VIII

[CaulkSlap]

Well if its the same American team that did Homecoming I wouldn't hold out much hope. You need Japanese minds to come up with truly disturbing stuff.

[hot4play]

IMO, it's not gonna be a good Silent Hill game based on recent games in the series. Since Konami gave development duties to Climax Studios, the franchise has lost its original feel and authenticity. The last good Silent Hill IMO was SH4: The Room. I've played Origins, Homecoming, and Shattered Memories and none of them can hold a candle to the original 4 games.

Still hoping for the best though, but I really think the original developers (Team Silent) should be the ones creating Silent Hill games. :)

[sam2236]

"Mark also states that while he and the team enjoyed the Silent Hill movie; no inspiration from the film will be used."

That guy is talking out of his ass because that screenshot clearly has the "Welcome to Silent Hill" sign from the movie.

Also, what's with 'Silent Hill 8'? This one should be the sixth game seems that Origins is a prequal, Homecoming is SH5 and Shattered Memories is a remake/reboot. Where the hell did they get the '8' from?

[hot4play]

I think because it's the 8th Silent Hill game (I was confused too)...

Origins = 5
Homecoming = 6
Shattered Memories = 7

Most probably "8" is tentative and they will give the game a proper title similar to "The Room" or "Homecoming"...