The Silent Hill 2 remake is right around the corner, and former series developer and Immortality director Sam Barlow talks to PCGamesN about his cautious optimism for Konami’s Bloober-led update and why it can’t wait. to see horror games grow with a new administration. announced with Silent Hill 2 last year.
PCGamesN had the opportunity to speak with Half Mermaid’s Barlow, Natalie Watson, and Connor Carson during GDC 2023 in San Francisco, and while we received a cryptic response about the next Half Mermaid game after Immortality, Barlow was much clearer on what he meant. think. of the new direction in which Konami is taking the Silent Hill series.
“Personally, I’m not happy to play the remaster,” Barlow told PCGamesN. “It’s also like the biggest bowl of poison in video games, remastering Silent Hill 2. I mean, good luck to them, because I don’t know how they can do that without upsetting people.”
Team Bloober, developers of Layers of Fear, The Medium, Blair Witch, and Observer, are leading the Silent Hill 2 remake for Konami, and while Barlow is less interested in the remake than he is in the new projects, it’s absolutely clear he’s not. is either snubbed by the remake or its developers realized that a Silent Hill 2 remake is quite a challenge for one of the most beloved games of all time.
Earlier this year, Konami announced the launch of the Silent Hill series after announcing all of its new horror titles in the series. Barlow is in a unique position to comment on these games, as he worked on both Silent Hill: Origins and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, and is indeed very excited about the new direction for the series.
“The version of Silent Hill that I would love, it seems like they are promoting it, is that we use it as a platform for a series of interesting psychological horror games, right? And really, can we see the breadth of the gameplay? You know, The Twilight Zone and anthologies like that give you an idea of what you’re getting into, but it’s also exciting to see how they can be explored in different ways.”
Barlow specifically mentions No Code’s upcoming Silent Hill Townfall, saying he’s a huge fan of the studio and can’t wait to see what they tease us with. In fact, we posted a breakdown of the Silent Hill Townfall trailer with hints for the enemy types and builds used in the spin-off series.
In addition to the news, we also have a full interview with GDC 2023’s Half Mermaid, covering the art of game making, the gaming industry in general, and more to come. In the meantime, we’ve got the Silent Hill 2 system requirements you can check out on your machine, as well as take a look at the best singleplayer games if you’re in the mood for Silent Hill.
Source : PC Gamesn
