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<\/a><\/p>\nFirst off, according to Shatsky, Downpour is definitely going the route of Silent Hill 2 – tying the world and enemies in to the protagonist, Murphy’s, own background – so that means you won’t be seeing sexy evil nurses, or Pyramid head skulking about.<\/p>\n
“That could be seen as a mistake of Homecoming,” said Shatsky, “the developers paid fan service by introducing monsters from previous games, but it didn\u2019t really make sense. The core fans called us out on that, and rightfully so.”<\/p>\n
The goal is to aim for realism – so weak weapons will break; you’ll be limited to how much you can carry; the weather will change (and influence the monsters that come out to play); and, thank the heavens, you’ll be encouraged to explore, rather than be met by door after locked door.<\/p>\n
In fact, Shatsky points out that by exploring, you might uncover side-quests which will benefit you or expand your knowledge about Silent Hill lore. Sandbox-esque Silent Hill? Well, if nothing else, it’s a first for the series.<\/p>\n
“The health system has also seen quite a few changes. There\u2019s no HUD; all that information is tied directly to the character, so he\u2019ll limp, bleed, his clothing will develop holes\u2026we tried to focus as much on realism as possible.”<\/p>\n
Silent Hill: Downpour is heading for its late March release on PS3<\/a> and Xbox 360<\/a> – and before that, you can catch up on the best of the series with Silent Hill HD Collection in February.<\/p>\n Any Silent Hill that veers away from Homecoming’s route, is moving in the right direction – colour me excited.<\/p>\n >><\/strong> Silent Hill releases for 2012<\/a> More psychological horror, less gunplay – with some fresh ideas, too<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":30163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[1805,21,1097,1269,15399,1505,79],"class_list":["post-30159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-xbox","tag-downpour","tag-headline","tag-interview","tag-konami","tag-ps3","tag-silent-hill","tag-xbox-360"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30165,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30159\/revisions\/30165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\nSource: PlayStation EU Blog<\/a><\/h5>\n
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