Sat, Jun 27, 2009 | 16:49 BST
Silent Hill franchise does not need to be platform specific, says producer
Konami’s Tomm Hulett, producer of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, says the series is an equal opportunity franchise that does not need to be platform exclusive, or have a “home”.
“Silent Hill’s an important franchise to Konami, it’s our premier survival horror franchise, so I’m not sure it needs a “home”, he told Joystiq. “I think a lot of fans have gotten used to it being on the PS2 and we are creating a PS2 version of Shattered Memories for them, but it’s been on Microsoft consoles and everyone likes to be scared, so why should we only allow a certain group of people to be scared?
“I think the Wii allows us to do different things with Silent Hill and the second something stops being scary is when it becomes predictable. I think we need to experiment with Silent Hill, we need to put it on all these different platforms, we need to try new things with the story. Otherwise, it’s just that game where you go through a level once and then it gets creepy, and you go through the level again and half the doors are locked.
“That’s not scary anymore.”
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Posted in: Horror, Konami, Wii
Tags: silent hill: shattered memories
5 comments
#1
Razor
27/06/09, 5:25 pm
Multi-platform is to be expected these days…although it probably feels worse for Sony because most franchises either started or became popular on their systems.
#2
Hunam
27/06/09, 6:35 pm
Like I could give a fuck what Konami do with Silent Hill anymore. One of the best series ever becomes a joke and an insult to it’s own fans.
#3
Phoenixblight
27/06/09, 6:51 pm
@Hunam so says you. THe last one may have not been best SH, Konami took a chance and gave it to the Western side to see if they can do better (which they couldn’t obviously) But I liked the previous versions of SH my favorite was ofcourse 2 but also 3. While THe Room was not the best, it was very unique and delivered a very good story.
Hopefully they won’t give it to the western end on the next part.
#4
Hunam
27/06/09, 6:56 pm
Homecoming is an abortion. It takes a steaming dump on the SH mythos and doesn’t even have the decency to be a half decent game underneath.
#5
Phoenixblight
27/06/09, 7:28 pm
Agreed they americanized it. Gave reasons why Silent Hill is the way it is versus the rest of the series where Silent Hill was shrouded in mysteries. I never had to kill so many humans in a silent Hill game. Seemed like the american team was aiming for Resident Evil.