

Akira Yamaoka, the original composer, returns to write the score. It will be console exclusive on the PlayStation 5 for the first 12 months but will also be released for PC. Main article: Silent Hill 2 (upcoming video game)Ī remake of Silent Hill 2 was announced in October 2022 for the PlayStation 5 and PC. The game received generally positive reviews, with its graphics, storyline, voice acting, soundtrack, and use of the Wii Remote as the Wii version's controller praised by reviewers Shattered Memories ' chase sequences were criticized by some reviewers, because they deemed them potentially frustrating and short. The game's developers avoided integrating combat into the second setting's gameplay, centering instead on a weaponless player character attempting to rescue himself from powerful opponents, as they considered this to be more fear-inducing. Shattered Memories ' gameplay focuses on completion of psychological tests which alter in-game elements while in the first setting, and exploration, puzzle solving, and monster evasion when in the second setting. Gameplay takes place in two parts: a framing, first-person psychotherapy session with an unseen patient, and an over-the-shoulder perspective of Harry's journey through Silent Hill, periodically interrupted by the occurrence of an environmental shift where he is pursued by monsters. Shattered Memories retains the premise of the original game- Harry Mason's quest to find his missing daughter in the American town of Silent Hill-but is set in what appears to be a different fictional universe, following a different plot, with characters from the first game appearing altered alongside new ones. Developed by Climax Studios for the Wii in December 2009, ports for the PlayStation 2 and the PlayStation Portable were released in January 2010. The seventh installment in the series is a reimagining of the first installment. Main article: Silent Hill: Shattered Memories The series is heavily influenced by the literary genre of psychological horror, with its player characters being mostly " everymen". Silent Hill is set in the series' eponymous fictional American town. As of 2013, the game series has sold over 8.4 million copies worldwide.


The Silent Hill franchise has expanded to include various print pieces, two feature films, and spin-off video games.

(a Silent Hills playable teaser), were developed by other, mostly Western developers. The later six games, Origins, Homecoming, Shattered Memories, Downpour, Book of Memories and P.T. The first four video games in the series, Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 3 and Silent Hill 4: The Room, were developed by an internal group called Team Silent, a development staff within former Konami subsidiary Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo. Silent Hill ( Japanese: サイレントヒル, Hepburn: Sairento Hiru) is a horror anthology media franchise centered on a series of survival horror games created by Keiichiro Toyama and published by Konami.
