Konami announces the death of Silent Hill...

[Noja87]

With Silent Hill 5. Oh my god what the hell happened!? Look at the new videos!

Silent Hill: Homecoming Videos, Silent Hill: Homecoming Xbox 360 Videos | GamesRadar

Looks SOOOO BAD. Graphics are outdated as hell. Looks like a bad Ps2 game. New Combat looks like ****, worse than the other one and the whole creepy atmosphere is gone. Now it looks like a regular horror game. Cant believe it. I'm currently having a great time with SH: Origins. I swear the graphics are better and is f-ing creepy and overall a great game. But now this? They just killed it, they killed it! Silent Hill is DEAD

Bah! now all of my attention is on Alone in the Dark. Now THAT is an impressive looking game

[Squall-Leonhart]

people play games to play games, not to play graphics.

[Carmofin]

that does look disapointing, i dont care about graphics, but this looks llike the same old stuff all over.
Honestly though, with an engine like that I think ti should be ported to the Wii...

[refraction]

when is silent hill 5 comming out? im sure they still have time to add some post processing and make it look a bit more interesting.

[jonc2006]

it isnt that bad. i mean its not crysis or anything but i doubt that is really going to make a difference in the overall quality of it since silent hill has never been about graphics in the first place, its been about atmosphere. and these are just a few clips of the game, you shouldnt assume the whole game is going to be like what is shown in the clips. for all we know what is shown here might not even make it into the final version. while ill admit the gameplay may need a little work done similar to what happened with RE4, so far it looks fine to me.

[TheCloudOfSmoke]

I'd say give them some time and see what they will do with the game. It's not final yet. It can be the complete opposite of what you think it will be when it's released.

Also, the quality of the video looked like it was originally a very low res video upscaled with no filtering. That could be why the graphics don't look as good as it really is.

Originally Posted by jonc2006

it isnt that bad. i mean its not crysis or anything but i doubt that is really going to make a difference in the overall quality of it since silent hill has never been about graphics in the first place, its been about atmosphere. and these are just a few clips of the game, you shouldnt assume the whole game is going to be like what is shown in the clips. for all we know what is shown here might not even make it into the final version. while ill admit the gameplay may need a little work done similar to what happened with RE4, so far it looks fine to me.

Heh, it's always seemed like that graphics were a major part of the games. Silent Hill 3 had some truly impressive graphic scenes in it for a PS2 game and what sold the atmosphere was the impressive graphics and special effects in certain areas.

[jonc2006]

well yeah to some extent but you can still make a very intense game with substandard visuals if you are creative and talented enough to pull it off. system shock 2 for example had terrible graphics compared to everything else that was out during its time but it remains to be one of the scariest games ive ever played.

[Noja87]

For me graphics are really important on a Survival Horror game. Games like Silent Hill, Fatal Frame, Obscure and Siren. In this type of games, is all about the atmosphere and graphics help a lot on that. But for some reason, is not the same in FPS's for me. I didnt found Doom3 or Fear scary at all. It only works in third person games. But thats just me =|

[Devil Master]

Originally Posted by Squall-Leonhart

people play games to play games, not to play graphics.

A game is formed by graphics and gameplay, which are equally important. If only one of them is lacking, the game is bad.

[jonc2006]

what are you talking about? do you know how many games are out there that fall into that catagory and are still considered the best of the best? you can never slack on gameplay but visual quality doesnt define a good game from a bad one.

[runawayprisoner]

Originally Posted by TheCloudOfSmoke

I'd say give them some time and see what they will do with the game. It's not final yet. It can be the complete opposite of what you think it will be when it's released.

Or it can just stay the same.

Also, the quality of the video looked like it was originally a very low res video upscaled with no filtering. That could be why the graphics don't look as good as it really is.

Umm... true. But I find the lighting not quite... convincing or impressive. Even Silent Hill Origins on the PSP had better lightings.

Heh, it's always seemed like that graphics were a major part of the games. Silent Hill 3 had some truly impressive graphic scenes in it for a PS2 game and what sold the atmosphere was the impressive graphics and special effects in certain areas.

Well, a clear wall with marks of knives and axes and scratches beats those "world limiters" with messy and blurry red marks on them every time to me. That and the subtle fog breathing some white smokes into the character's face every now and then owns so much more than a dark hallway lit up by a flash light!

[d0x!]

silent hill was always about its atmoshpere and to help that it had graphics which were great for its time. I mean part of the silent hill frachise as its graphics along with its messed up plot.

I dont usually judge games on graphics and agree graphics isnt everything. But with silent hill you need the graphics to create the atmosphere, oh and the sounds too :P

i'll still end up getting it if its not total w@nk since ive been following it from the beginning

[cottonvibes]

Originally Posted by d0x!

silent hill was always about its atmoshpere and to help that it had graphics which were great for its time. I mean part of the silent hill frachise as its graphics along with its messed up plot.

I dont usually judge games on graphics and agree graphics isnt everything. But with silent hill you need the graphics to create the atmosphere, oh and the sounds too :P

i'll still end up getting it if its not total w@nk since ive been following it from the beginning

nicely put.
i was going to say something similar

yes graphics arn't everything, but some games need better graphics than others in order to immerse the user in the experience.
particularly 3d games.

[Noja87]

@ d0x!

Exactly what wanted to say

[Hiei-YYH]

Silent Hill died when the original Japanese developers stopped working on it... (the so called Team Silent)

Silent Hill Zero/Origins and Silent Hill 5, both created by American devs, which in my opinion killed the series. who the **** want new combat style anyway?

[cottonvibes]

Originally Posted by Hiei-YYH

Silent Hill Zero/Origins and Silent Hill 5, both created by American devs, which in my opinion killed the series.

that explains it

[hanibal81]

Dud, what US devs did to the game scene some nippon_cults here...heh

[jonc2006]

Originally Posted by Hiei-YYH

Silent Hill died when the original Japanese developers stopped working on it... (the so called Team Silent)

Silent Hill Zero/Origins and Silent Hill 5, both created by American devs, which in my opinion killed the series. who the **** want new combat style anyway?

why did they ditch it in the first place? its one of their best series.

[hanibal81]

Man gamers intersts, customers of companiese & publishers, even developpers...Pffffff, life s*** bro!!...name it THE ABANDON OG THE GOOD...

[Hiei-YYH]

Originally Posted by jonc2006

why did they ditch it in the first place? its one of their best series.

no reason aparently, i guess Team Silent must be working in another game, who knows...

Originally Posted by hanibal81

Man gamers intersts, customers of companiese & publishers, even developpers...Pffffff, life s*** bro!!...name it THE ABANDON OG THE GOOD...

a game that started in Japan, should end in Japan. Changing devs, just make the real SH fans mad.