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Bloober Team Assures ‘Silent Hill 2’ Remake’s Story Will be Faithful to Original
After the unsurprising (but still very welcome) reveal of the Silent Hill 2 remake, things have been fairly quiet on the game’s development. Apart from Bloober Team stating that the game is nearing the finish line a few months back, there hasn’t been much meat for fans. Luckily, DreadXP sat down with Bloober Team’s Anna Jasińska to glean some info on Silent Hill 2, as well as Bloober Team’s other current project, Layers of Fears.
Regarding Silent Hill 2, the project came about after Konami invited Bloober Team to Tokyo Games Show back in 2019. It was at the show that Konami approached Bloober Team to design a concept of a remake for SH2 “in exchange for the opportunity of bringing the concept to life”. According to Jasińska, Konami was wowed by Bloober Team’s concept. “They recognized our commitment and passion for horror, and that alone was an enormous distinction for us.”
As for how the team is approaching the remake, Jasińska says that the developer is focused on bringing the original game’s “visceral atmosphere” into the remake. Anna also assures fans that the team is striving to avoid “missing the point” with the remake. “We faithfully stick to the traditional story canon while remaking the gameplay and updating the graphics from the ground up. These are the reasons why Konami entrusted us with the remake in the first place.”
Anna continued, saying that Bloober Team are “not straying away from the original concept of making this cult classic; we just have some ideas on how to make the peculiar scare factors more appealing to the contemporary audience.”
As for Layers of Fears (which is due out this year), Bloober Team states that this is not Layers of Fear 3. Rather, Layers of Fears is “a completely new video game concept” that “fuses the best elements of Layers of Fear and Layers of Fear 2 with new gameplay mechanics, topped with an all-new storyline never seen before.”
That being said, fans of the first two games will recognize the “connecting narrative” that exists with those games in Layers of Fears. “The new chapters in [Layers of Fears] will show how the aforementioned titles blend into one complete magnum opus. As for new fans, they will experience all the best things that define the Layers franchise without feeling lost in the plot.”
Layers of Fears is currently in development for PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series. Silent Hill 2 is currently in development for PC via Steam and the PlayStation 5, with the Xbox Series coming at a later date.
If you were wondering just where Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy was all this time, you won’t have to wait much longer. Publisher Focus Entertainment and developer Asobo Studio have announced via a new trailer that the game will launch for the Xbox Series, Day One with Xbox Game Pass, as well as PlayStation 5 and Steam on August 27.
Pre-orders are open now, and include the Heritage Pack DLC and an in-game digital artbook.
Set 15 years before A Plague Tale: Requiem, play as Sophia, a fierce young plunderer, on the run and determined to uncover the secrets of her past. Dive into an original story blending combat, myth and fate with a brand new take in the universe of A Plague Tale.
Sophia’s journey leads to the Minotaur’ Island, where she faces deadly trials, navigates treacherous trails, solves puzzles, all while fighting and staying one step ahead of the army chasing her. But the true challenge awaits, as the terrifying creature hidden behind the myth will soon resonate with her.
Followed by many enemies, each drawn to the Island to reclaim a mysterious treasure, you must navigate a treacherous maze. Rely on your agility, tricks and sharp reflexes to outsmart enemies, perfect your parries, and unleash powerful strikes to survive deadly encounters. Players will shift between the Middle Age of Sophia and ancient Minoan times, where echoes of the past shape the battles of the present.
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