Preview: Silent Hill Origins
Preview: Silent Hill Origins:
Silent Hill , Konami’s popular survival horror game franchise . You should have heard of the series, the first game was released back on the Playstation in 1999 (Playable on the PSP now with the PSX emulator) its become quite popular, there is even a movie based on the series. Silent Hill has made its way to the PSP and I have just started to get into this game.
Silient Hill features some of the best PSP graphics to date
Silent Hill originals puts you in the shoes of Travis Grady, an unlucky trucker who has unfortunate stop over in the town of Silent Hill. Without getting into to much detail and spoiling the game for you, it starts much like the original Silent Hill 1 on the Playstation. You follow a girl through a misty town. Of course during so discover the horrors of the town itself, expect this time this is a prequel to the other games.
Items found can be equipped and used as weapons.
Gameplay is much like the other games control is straight forward, R Shoulder + X is too attach and the analog stick to control Travis. L Shoulder will centre the camera to where Travis is facing. Items found in the game can be equipped and used as weapons. I was blowin away by this game graphics. The trademark fog effect that is always part of Silient hill games is there, and the filter effect used on the PSP to do this is amazing. It looks great, what is also pushing the limits of this portable unit is the real time lighting and shadow effects. Travis has a torchlight which when used other objects cast very realistic shadows. The mirror effect is extremely well done too. This game has one of the best graphics yet on the PSP for sure. Just look at the screen shots I’ve taken !
The atmosphere is right up there with the other games, they recommend the use of headphones. For a good reason too. Ads to the fear, the music and sound effects keep you on the edge. Walking through a courpse gives that bloody squish sound and on screen bloody foot prints. The details in this game are at a very high level not seen in many PSP games. Your common gameplay elements are here, ingame Map, which I might add is very handy. Marked in red when key places are, saves, rooms entered, blocked doors and passageways. Handy if your stuck on just where to go next. Inventory Menu is accessed through the directional pad and makes for quick and easy weapon swapping.
I’m going to get back to playing this game. Which I think is one of the best yet I have played on the PSP in terms of quality and graphics level. Look for my full review in a short while to see if this game is really as good as my first impressions tell me.
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