Konami’s current relaunch of its long-dormant Silent Hill collection continues to choose up velocity, with Silent Hill 2 Remake topping 6 million gamers, and Silent Hill f topping 2 million gross sales.
Whereas I too clocked that attention-grabbing distinction Konami makes between “gamers” and “gross sales,” it nonetheless strengthens the horror franchise, firming up its future as we transfer in direction of the upcoming Silent Hill: Townfall and Bloober Crew’s Silent Hill 1 Remake.
To have fun the information, Konami is providing a 40% low cost on the Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill f Twin Pack, which, predictably sufficient, bundles each video games collectively in a single buy for $71.99.
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Silent Hill f takes us to not the titular city however as an alternative to Nineteen Sixties Japan, the place we comply with Hinako Shimizu, a youngster struggling underneath the strain of expectations from her pals, household, and society. Our Silent Hill f overview returned a 7/10. We mentioned: “Silent Hill f presents a recent new setting to discover and a fascinatingly darkish story to unravel, however its melee-focussed fight takes a giant swing that doesn’t fairly land.”
IGN’s Silent Hill 2 Remake overview fared a little bit higher and returned an 8/10. We mentioned: “Silent Hill 2 is a good way to go to — or revisit — one of the dread-inducing locations within the historical past of survival horror.”
Sequence producer Motoi Okamoto beforehand opened up on why Konami revealed three new Silent Hill video games directly after a full decade of silence, saying the writer was eager to emphasize to previous followers and new that it was “critical” about resurrecting the flailing horror collection.
Two actors from Silent Hill f not too long ago revealed that they’ve been appointed ambassadors of the true life location in Japan that impressed the survival horror sport’s eerie setting.
Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, in addition to a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years expertise working with among the world’s greatest gaming websites and publications. She’s additionally a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually Excessive Chaos. Discover her at BlueSky.