Comments on: Silent Hill Remake Haunts Wii, PS2, PSP

By: Mengzor

Mengzor — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:34:15 +0000

Stuff is still being made for PS2?

By: suto_vu

suto_vu — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:19:09 +0000

Well, my memory's certainly shattered.

I don't remember Tim Rogers being the lead in Silent Hill! I'll probably just skip the game and listen to the soundtrack.

By: jarrodand

jarrodand — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:13:26 +0000

There's no waggle involved in the Wii version, it's just IR flashlight aiming. Personally, I'd take that over stick controls (or worse likely in PSP's case, buttons).

By: Mikael Antoniades

Mikael Antoniades — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:26:01 +0000

This sounds interesting, I wasn't that impressed with the first silent hill game. The non combat mechanics does sound good…

By: Chow

Chow — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:36:28 +0000

I'm so happy it's not Wii only, simply because of waggle control (unless they actually *gasp* give you the option to control the game normally). It's great that the PS2/PSP versions will have classic Silent Hill controls. Hopefully they mean the tank controls, which I find more precise than “2D” controls, which would have me running wildly around as camera angles change.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:31:10 +0000

I can't wait to see this on the Wii!

By: maxchain

maxchain — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:15:39 +0000

Oh! I was under the impression that it was Wii-exclusive. Sweet! Now I, too, can take part in the mild annoyance at the announcement of their completely unarming Harry.

By: Kuronoa

Kuronoa — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:04:34 +0000

I might go for the Wii version still.

Also Yamaoka ftw. I hope there's an OST release for this.

By: Spencer

Spencer — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:12 +0000

Thanks for the heads up. No, all three versions will have the new soundtrack. Konami hasn't said anything about standard controls outside of the PSP/PS2 versions at this time.

By: Kuronoa

Kuronoa — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:59:34 +0000

I'd check the difference in the PSP and PS2 versions and see.

For me, I cannot do that as I bought 2 + 4 on Xbox. lol

By: denpanosekai

denpanosekai — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:50:34 +0000

Heads up Spencer,

"Climax, the developer of Silent Hill: Origins, is coding all three versions of The PSP and PS2 versions will have a standard Silent Hill control system and a new soundtrack by Akira Yamaoka."

Weird sentence (s?). Something is definitely missing after "all three versions of"...

Do you really mean to say that the PSP and PS2 versions will have a new soundtrack, but somehow not the Wii version? If so, that would suck. Can you confirm that the Wii version doesn't support standard controls? The lack of such an option would also suck, although I'm looking forward to holding the wiimote as a flashlight. WayForward's LIT was particularly cool in that regard.

By: matty

matty — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:49:15 +0000

The original game was excellent. The reason it stood out to me was because it didn't “fit the times”. Even when I first played it I thought “wow, this looks pretty blocky”, but it added to the atmosphere and, at least for me, charm.
This update sounds interesting. It could take SH into a new direction for the third time. Although, I'm not sure about the new Harry. He kind of looks like a jerk.

By: NickyD

NickyD — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:41:51 +0000

Oh, cool. If it's radically different than my PS-One copy, I'll definitely play it again. It'll go well with my PSP copy of Silent Hill: Origins. Although it'd be a bit more completionist of me to stick it with 2, 3, and 4 on the PS2. Hmm, decisions, decisions.

By: Mengzor

Mengzor — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:34:15 +0000

Stuff is still being made for PS2?

By: suto_vu

suto_vu — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:19:09 +0000

Well, my memory's certainly shattered.

I don't remember Tim Rogers being the lead in Silent Hill! I'll probably just skip the game and listen to the soundtrack.