Tonight has introduced our greatest look but at Silent Hill: Townfall, the subsequent installment in Konami’s basic survival horror sequence that is set and developed in Scotland.
In an preliminary trailer proven throughout Sony’s State of Play broadcast, after which Konami’s personal devoted Silent Hill Transmission present, followers bought to see the suitably foggy setting of St. Amelia and the recreation’s protagonist Simon Ordell, all in Townfall’s first-person perspective.
Made by Scottish growth group Display screen Burn (of Tales Untold and Statement fame) and revealed by Annapurna Interactive, the recreation appears set to supply a novel tackle the Silent Hill components, whereas nonetheless retaining some core components.
So, sure, you possibly can defend your self from horrible-headed enemies with planks of wooden, pipes and a pistol. However you may also use stealth to sneak and conceal — outfitted with a transportable “CRTV” system.
The analog-looking CRTV handheld is a device to ship narrative (and you may want to tune it throughout gameplay) but in addition a intelligent approach to present the outlines of enemies when you’re ducked behind cowl. The outlines of stated enemies present up in its static, which is a intelligent contact.
Townfall’s story is designed to be one thing of a thriller, with Ordell repeatedly waking up in St. Amelia. One second in the Silent Hill Transmission highlighted the reality he was carrying a hospital tag on his wrist. Might all of it be a dream, or hallucination from inside a coma?
Tonight’s have a look at the recreation concluded with none additional phrase on once we’ll get to play Townfall ourselves. (A number of references to 8-19 in the trailer had me pondering it was set for an August 19 date, however alas this was not confirmed.) It’s, nevertheless, now accessible to wishlist on PlayStation, and on PC by way of Steam and the Epic Sport Retailer.
For far more, meet up with all the pieces introduced throughout Sony’s State of Play broadcast proper right here.
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