The realities of the everyday tend to be far more impossibly horrifying than anything that goes bump in the night.
Unless you’re a resident of SIlent Hill, in which case,
they’re actually the exact same thing
That segway is only just slightly jumping the gun a bit in preparing for the absurdity that now seems like the month long celebration of Halloween, but the spoopines of the season tends to lend itself to a fetching atmosphere, and is far and away the least annoying of the holiday fanfare, so I will allow it. In the spirit of that notion, I revel in the idea that a “new” Silent Hill game is right around the corner, and I have barely discussed anything related to the matter.
Not like there is a curious absence of crazy bullshit
to discuss when considering Silent Hill, mind you
In some respects, the name drop to news involving the new remake for Silent Hill 2 reminds us just how much is riding on the new project by Team Blooper, the developers who have teamed up with Konami to try to revitalize the gaming public’s faith in the once iconic survival horror series. The news comes to us via IGN, who shares a report that the team over at Blooper had to push “very hard” to get Silent Hill 2 to see the light of day as a PC port, which is kind of a big deal when you think about reaching a massive audience:
“Definitely Silent Hill 2 is a game that has been associated with the PlayStation brand from the very beginning,” the CEO said (as translated by DeepL). “At the very beginning, we had to push Konami very hard to lean on the PC topic. For them the main market is PlayStation, while looking at the interest on Steam, it seems that it should also be a successful launch.”
There has been an understandable amount of bluster involving the remake to Silent Hill 2, as the game represents such a high point in our gaming history, the success of the upcoming remake is vital for the possible revival of both Silent Hill, and perhaps a resurgence of a new wave of survival horror in general. Fans were initially skeptical early on when they saw gameplay footage from a couple of years ago when the game was first announced, but the doubts were understandable. With a combination of an early build, the unfortunately tarnished legacy of the games remaster that fell below standards that was released in the HD collection, and the dormancy of the series for so long, I think SH fans are just being very careful not to get their hopes up for what could be another broken heart just waiting to happen.
The games release is fast approaching, with an October 8th launch date set for anyone lucky enough to have a decent PC rig to play it on, or a PS5. This upcoming release is one in what has now become a growing number of titles forcing the realization I am in desperate need of a PS5 at this point. Soon enough.
~Pashford
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