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Fan Recreates Opening From ‘Silent Hill’ From a First-Person Perspective
Once again, leave it up to the fans to come up with more Silent Hill goodies for the rest of us to enjoy. While this isn’t the entire game (more of a concept demo), game designer and Silent Hill fan Zero Trace Operative has spent “5 grueling months” recreating the opening of the first game in first-person.
Despite only being five minutes long, it’s still cool to see something like this come out that doesn’t involve a Pachinko machine. According to Zero’s blog about the project, the assets used in the demo are traced from model extractions rather than being ripped directly from the actual game. This resulted in “a 99% faithful rebuild of the world from scratch” that still holds its charm today.
Zero has no plans to continue further work on this, and considers it complete. Still, you know someone out there is itching to get going on a Silent Hill remake of their own.
Perhaps this could be a catalyst?
Retroware surprised everyone last year with the announcement that they’re working on a throwback beat-’em-up based on the Toxic Crusaders cartoon. Grab your mop and get ready: the side-scrolling beat ’em up game is heading our way later this year.
Toxic Crusaders is now available to preorder on Steam, with the game set for Fall 2024 release. Exact date TBA.
Developer and publisher Retroware has teamed up with Troma Entertainment to bring the characters from the 1991 cartoon “Toxic Crusaders” back, for an all-new, all-action beat ’em up for one to four players.
In the game, “When the evil Dr. Killemoff attacks, only one team of hideously deformed creatures of superhuman size and strength stands between him and his plans for global pollution: the Toxic Crusaders, Earth’s last, greatest and ugliest hope for survival! Battle across seven disgusting levels rendered in vibrant pixel art as you defend Tromaville from hordes of Radiation Rangers, mutated thugs and zombie chickens. The odds might be stacked against you but with awesome powers, a winning personality, and up to four-players on your side, the Smogulan Empire’s days are numbered!
“Choose from seven playable characters, including Toxie, No-Zone, Junkyard, Major Disaster, and Headbanger – plus, for the first time, play as Toxie’s musically “gifted” girlfriend Yvonne, and the mother of all mothers, Mrs. Junko, Toxie’s mom!”
Considering this is set in Tromaville, it’s a safe bet that we’ll see more Troma characters beyond the Crusaders here. Toxic Crusaders will also feature fully voice-acted motion comic cutscenes, featuring voice acting by TeamFourStar, industry veterans, and of course, Troma actors.
Check out the gameplay demo below for a closer look at the Toxic Crusaders in action.
Toxic Crusaders is coming soon to Xbox Series X + S, Playstation 4 + 5, Steam, Nintendo Switch, and the Epic Games Store. But you can wishlist on Steam in the meantime.
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