Short gamplay of Silent Hill: Downpour

This year's E3 promise to be really interesting, since almost all are waiting trailers and new information of Gears of War 3, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, CoD: MW3, Tomb Raider, Silent Hill: Downpour, and many other titles.

[Wizziokid]

the rain at the start looked very nice!

[NukaCola]

I am actually pretty intrigued by what this game looks to be. Scary is coming back and me likes.

[aCasualGamer]

This video looked awesome, even though the technical quality seemed to lack compared to the pictures of the game that were released few weeks back. I think this is a pretty old video of the game and a pre-alpha version.

All in all, i think Silent Hill is back, they have done the series just.

[conjurdevil]

the starting looks a lot like alan wake but lets hope this is one is as good as Silent Hill 4 : The Room

[DelbertGrady]

I'd hope it's more like Silent Hill 2 but from what I saw it's nowhere near.

@conjurdevil - Indeed. The music, which has always been a big factor in Silent Hill sounded like crap in the trailer.

[conjurdevil]

the main problem is they try to do so many different things with the series that they end up messing the core feeling of "silent hill"

[STONEY4]

The atmosphere isn't the same without Yamoaka's music.

[conjurdevil]

@delberygrady

you need some bubbles my friend +1 for you :)

[pipipi]

sh4 wasnt good in my opinion

[NarooN]

It's obvious that KCET (original Japanese devs) wanted to do something different, which is why Silent Hill 4 was so different than 1-3. Hell, Hiroyuki Owaku, the guy who did the story for SH1-3, quit after SH3, citing that to him, the story was over.

That was just his interpretation of course, but still the few devs that were left wanted to do something new. The reason why every SH after SH3 is so different is because Konami JP wanted the series to vary and be unique rather than staying the same forever.

[conjurdevil]

Unique is good , but making a whole lot of difference in the game distracts the fans of the series because when you buy a game you have been playing from a long time you want that same formula in a new way not a new formula in a old way.
If they want to invent a whole new formula why not start a new IP?
The industry is short on horror games.

[NewZealander]

the main character looks a bit wooden, i was expecting more i guess.

[Cloudberry]

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I thought the main character's design is so-so... : /

I hope he would change for the better in final version.

[Cloudberry]

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Albeit it's not done by Akira Yamaoka for the soundtrack & sound effects, I just hope is as good as the previous Silent Hill games.

[gaden_malak]

I love the use of a chair as a weapon, perhaps all environments could be used?

[SpikeSpiegel]

This is a day one for me. I love anything related to horror... Especially Silent Hill!

[IGAMEHARD]

looks terrible

[Tigerfist]

Not enough material to work on with this one. I must say though, it certainly feels like they want to show us some action-centric gameplay, and that equals "bad" to me. The enemy design didn't feel quite right either, felt more like something from left 4 dead than from a silent hill game. All in all it's still too early to take any conclusions, but I admit must admit, I am starting to get a bit worried about this one.

[malyn]

look at the character's shadow at 0:06 something went wrong

[BABY-JEDI]

Atmosphere @ start looked good then it slid down hill, but I will be hopeful for this

[godsinhisheaven]

Generic environment, character and monster design. Oh and no Akira YAMAOKA for musics and sound design, LAME.

[floetry101]

I'll still end up playing this, but lets be honest, Silent Hill lived and died when 3 ended. Since then they've felt like wacky spin-offs. None of them are bad, they just can't grasp the genuine genius of the first 3.

[TheMutator]

i dont know about this game , i have all silent hill , and there is something that bother me , the unreal engine , 10 hours of gameplay , the music , the story , i dont know Vatra is a group of noobs...maybe not day one for me until i see some reviews or rent it

[floetry101]

They all took 10 hours or less. Hell, you can breeze through Silent Hill 3 in about 2-3 hours. The value comes with the different endings, which I hope will be the case.

[Blaine]

I remember beating RE3 in 3 hours also back in the day, so the length comes with the genre! I doubt a horror game could sustain itself for more than 10 hours anyways. Personally, I found even Dead Space was starting to get tedious before it ended, and I loved that game.

I think the best (and I would be really happy if devs did this) would be to have a 3 hour main story path, but a lot of branching paths also. So you can finish the game in 3 hours if you stick to the story, or you can take 12+ hours to complete every side-quest.

[Chewy2nd]

Vatra arent n00bs, 90% of the team used to be 2K Czech

[TheMutator]

you say it 2k czech...noobs

[Blaine]

That looks way too early in development to be shown right now! I'm interested in this game, but I wouldn't blame them if they waited a little longer before doing a media blowout.

[Alos88]

I miss the cancerous rubbery blob enemies from silent hill 2-3, those things creeped me out every time.

[Ninjamonkey82]

kinda looks like alan wake tbh

[r21]

One word: Amnesia...

[Chewy2nd]

The video is of a demo they've been showing to previewers since the Game Informer coverage in January - We've since seen screenshots like this
http://images.wikia.com/sil...

So I wouldn't worry

[the_kutaragi_baka]

no looks like the original Silent hill...

[NarooN]

I'm glad they aren't trying to copy 100% off the original games. What would be the point? Then you'd all be bitching about how it's the same as before.

[artynerd]

Many Silent Hill fans hate on SH4 The Room, but I actually really enjoyed that one. Homecoming is where everything really went downhill. 0rigins was good, but it just felt a little too fetchy and rinse-and-repeat with the objectives. Story was cool tho.

Gotta say, I still think Shattered Memories was one of the best. Totally fresh take on the series and it was all about atmosphere and pretty much no combat. Those of you who don't own a Wii (and can look past Wii graphics), borrow one from somebody and rent Shattered Memories, it's surprisingly good.

[JMyers]

I love silent hill. The second still remains my favorite. These games did for atmosphere and sound what MGS did for stealth. One of the best horror franchises out there. I will be picking this up!