Silent Hill: Origins, known as Silent Hill: Zero(Japanese:サイレントヒル ゼロ,Hepburn:Sairentohiru Zero) in Japan, is a survival horror video game for the PlayStation Portable developed by Climax Studios. It was published by Konami Digital Entertainment worldwide in late 2007, beginning in early November with the United Kingdom. A port for the PlayStation 2 was released worldwide in early 2008, beginning in March with North America, and it is available on the PlayStation Network in Europe. The fifth installment in the Silent Hill series, Origins is a prequel to the first game (1999). Set in the series' eponymous, fictional American town, Origins follows trucker Travis Grady as he searches for information about a girl whom he rescued from a fire. Along the way, he unlocks his repressed childhood memories. Gameplay uses a third-person perspective, and emphasizes combat, exploration, and puzzle-solving, similar to the previous installments.
Origins was developed by the United Kingdom branch of Climax Studios, after it was transferred from the United States branch, who faced issues with the game engine and the vision of the game; the script, monsters, and level design were redone, and aspects of Origins' atmosphere and gameplay intentionally replicated those of the first Silent Hill game. Origins was generally positively reviewed, although some reviewers wrote that it followed the formula of the series too closely and failed to add anything new. Its PlayStation 2 port received a lower aggregate score, with criticism directed towards its visuals.
Silent Hill(サイレントヒル,Sairento Hiru) is a survival horror video game for the PlayStation published by Konami and developed by Team Silent, a Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo group. The first installment in the Silent Hill series, the game was released in North America in January 1999, and in Japan and Europe later that year. Silent Hill uses a third-person view, with real-time3D environments. To mitigate limitations of the hardware, developers liberally used fog and darkness to muddle the graphics. Unlike earlier survival horror games that focused on protagonists with combat training, the player character of Silent Hill is an "everyman".
The game follows Harry Mason as he searches for his missing adopted daughter in the eponymous fictional American town of Silent Hill; stumbling upon a cult conducting a ritual to revive a deity it worships, he discovers her true origin. Five game endings are possible, depending on actions taken by the player, including one joke ending.
Set seventeen years after the events of Silent Hill in which Harry Mason defeats the god of the town cult and is given a baby girl to care for, Silent Hill 3 focuses on Heather Mason, a teenage girl raised by Harry in Portland. She discovers that the cult plans to use her to birth their god, and becomes caught in a conflict within the cult.
Silent Hill 3 was mostly well received by critics, especially in its presentation, including the environments, graphics and audio, as well as the overall horror elements and themes that are continued from past installments. Its plot was loosely adapted into the 2012 film Silent Hill: Revelation 3D.
High-definition remasters for PlayStation consoles
Sony has released a series of previously released PlayStationvideo games, remastered in high-definition (HD) for their newer consoles, a form of porting. A number of related programs exist, the most prominent two being "Classics HD" (also known as "HD Collection") and "PSP Remasters". The former consists of multiple PlayStation 2 games compiled on one Blu-ray Disc. The latter are individual PlayStation Portable games republished on Blu-ray. These games are not direct ports, but remastered versions in high-definition, to take advantage of the newer consoles' capabilities. The remastering of the games include updated graphics, new textures, and Trophy support, and some of the remastered games released on PlayStation 3 have included 3D and PlayStation Move support. Some HD remasters have also been released individually or in bundles as downloads on the PlayStation Store; others are released exclusively as downloads.
This remastering began in 2009 with the release of God of War Collection; it originally started as only PlayStation 2 (PS2) games being remastered for PlayStation 3 (PS3). PlayStation Portable (PSP) games began being remastered for the latter in 2011; Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD ver. was the first of these. After the release of the PlayStation Vita in 2012, several of the remastered PS2 and PSP games began being released for this platform. Some original PlayStation (PS1) games also began being remastered. With the launch of the PlayStation 4 (PS4) in 2013, Vita and PS3 games, in addition to the older platforms' games, began being remastered for it. Developers have also remastered games that were not originally released on a PlayStation console and remastered them for PlayStation platforms, in addition to releasing them for other non-PlayStation platforms.
Silent Hill HD Collection is a compilation of remastered ports of Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Original games were developed by Team Silent, and ported to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 by Hijinx Studios.
Features
Since Konami lost source code for both games, Hijinx Studios had to work with unfinished versions of Silent Hill 2 and 3. The core play mechanics and story for all games remained mostly the same with some artistic changes in the remastered versions. For the remastering, both games have had a graphics overhaul to allow them to support modern 720p resolution on consoles, as well as run at locked 30 frames per second. Both games also feature an alternate voice dub, as well as PlayStation Network Trophies and Xbox 360 Achievements. Players have the option to switch between the original voice acting and the alternate voice acting for Silent Hill 2, while the re-dub is mandatory for Silent Hill 3 because it lacks the original voice acting.
You are alone holding a candle This night is long, lasts forever And if you are screaming for someone Nobody's there, you're the last one Here inside Welcome to the nightmare of Silent Hill Life is more than fantasy Better look around when the night is near Something evil's here Lost in the night, the powers of darkness Eat you alive don't be mindless You never know what is behind you Run for your life, no more time to Waste and cry Time is still down in Silent Hill Silence kills, something evil's here Welcome to the nightmare of Silent Hill Life is more than fantasy Never be alone when the night is near
SilentHills VR ...I’ve just played through the excellent Silent Hill 2 remake and was curious how it compares to the original ... The oft criticised HD collection is available digitally on the Xbox store, as part of the Silent Hill HD collection.
You might be wondering why the mod that removes fog is named “SilentHill HD Collection.” That’s a nod to the terrible Silent Hill 2 and 3 remasters Konami released back in 2012 for Xbox 360 and PS3.
Two NexusMods mods called SunnyHills and SilentHill 2 HD Collection have made the spooky town fogless, revealing what looks like a standard UK high street hiding underneath - truly the stuff of nightmares.
Of the many changes and improvements included in the SilentHill 2 remake, one of the most whimsical creative choices is a nod to a previous attempt to modernize the game in 2012’s Silent Hill HD Collection.
In 2012, an HD Collection for PS3 was released (with SilentHill 3 included) that's widely regarded as one of the worst remasters of all time, since the developer behind the bundle was working with incomplete source code.
SilentHill was long dead, killed by 2012's horrifying "Summer of Silent Hill" and further desecrated by Konami's very public divorce ... Especially not after the Silent Hill HD Collection debacle, anyway.
The ShortMessage is the first product in 12 years to release with the SilentHill name on it, and picking up where the Silent Hill HD Collection and PS Vita title Book of Memories left off, it doesn't exactly put the series' best foot forward.
There's another post suggesting that "Ascension will go down in history as the most hated SilentHill experience," making direct reference to the abysmal remastering work in the HD Collection and the broadly panned 2008 series entry Homecoming.
Another one of Sinha's recommendations, the SilentHill HD Collection brings two of the most haunting and iconic titles in horror gaming — Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 — to the Xbox 360, combining ...
