After so many rumors spread over the years, yesterday Konami officially announced the return of silent Hill. The popular horror franchise will return with everything, because in addition to remake Silent Hill 2 which will be the first on PS5, other side projects are also on the way. However, everything seems to indicate that said remake is the most advanced in its development. Thanks to the extensive trailer provided by the Japanese company, comparisons could be made with the original proposal.
As expected, a comparison video has been made bit analyst, whose YouTube channel is well known in the world of video game technical analysis. As with previous content, he made it his mission to review each of the trailer’s scenes to later compare them to the original title. When Silent Hill 2let’s remember that saw the light on PS2 in 2001. Yes, it’s been over two decades…
The graphical leap is obviously more than remarkable. To begin with, object models have a much larger polygonal load. The quality of textures, particles – for example, fog – and lighting do not lag behind. All of these visual novelties will be possible because Bloober Team, the development studio, has adopted Unreal Engine 5. Thus, the new generation graphics engine from Epic Games will bring the remake to life Silent Hill 2.
“With the power of Unreal Engine 5, we’re bringing this haunted and ominous city to life in ways that weren’t possible before. The game will impress PlayStation 5 players with its visual, auditory and sensory quality,” he commented. PlayStation Blog Motoi Okamoto, Producer for Konami. The above also said that Silent Hill 2 Remake will take advantage of two star technologies: Lumen and Nanite..
“With them [Lumen y Nanite]we’re taking the graphics to the next level, making them highly detailed and realistic while changing the game’s tense and distinctive atmosphere.”
From Bloober Team, they mention that while they respect much of the classic game, they are also aware that “players’ expectations change over time and some things need to be upgraded to have the same or similar effect.” For this reason, They will make some improvements in the gameplay section from Silent Hill 2.
The most obvious one has to do with the camera, as it will now be placed on the shoulder of the main character (James Sunderland). “We want to immerse players in the game world as much as possible,” they explain.
Of course, as the months go by, we will know more about the remake. Silent Hill 2. It doesn’t have a release date yet, but we know it will be a temporary exclusive for PlayStation 5 and PC.
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