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User Recreates ‘Silent Hill 2’ Opening Scene in ‘Dreams’
Now that Media Molecule’s Dreams is out in Early Access for PS4 users to tinker with, one wonders why we haven’t gotten more recreations of horror games. As was the case with QuinnBarnett’s recreation of Dead Space. Luckily, a Reddit user known as Huknar has gone ahead and given us a tribute to a game that’s near and dear to our hearts: Silent Hill 2.
The scene in question is the opening shot of the game where protagonist James Sunderland has arrived in Silent Hill shortly after receiving Mary’s letter. Obviously, there are some missing elements from the original game, but it’s still a great recreation. And yes, you can joke that it looks a lot better than the “remastered” version that Konami tossed to fans a few years back.
Of course, all this does is painfully remind us that we probably won’t be getting a new Silent Hill game for a while, and that we’ll have to rely on mods to give us some consolation. Sad, I know.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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