Konami planned to release all three of their new titles in the same series in March 2012, and it was a disaster. Finally, the Silent Hill HD Collection, which contained the beloved Silent Hill 2 and 3, was on its way to Xbox 360 and PS3. Through various middling entries that had seen troubled development, the beloved Silent Hill franchise had all but faded from mainstream gaming consciousness after 2012, where Konami decided to release the last three games in the series within the same month.Ī new main entry in the series, Downpour, touted a return to the style of exploration found in early entries. The new PlayStation Vita was also getting Book of Memories, a console-exclusive dungeon crawler. One franchise, however, had already fallen from grace. While there had been a steady decline in the company’s output leading into 2015, they had still put out quality titles such as Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection. Three years ago, a majority of the gaming world was waking up to Konami’s negligence. Konami exists now solely to slavishly hunt for mass-market appeal wherever it can by prostituting its beloved licenses any way possible. Coupled with licensed pachinko games, reports of horrible working conditions, and attempts to suppress Kojima in the wake of MGSV, it became clear that Konami wasn’t interested in making games for any other reason than maximum profit. For many Silent Hill fans, the cancellation of Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro’s Silent Hills was the straw that broke the camel’s back. James Sunderland - Mary Shepherd-Sunderland - Angela Orosco - Laura - Eddie Dombrowski - MariaĮrnest Baldwin - Amy Baldwin - Mary's Doctor - Rachel - Thomas Orosco - Mrs.In recent years, Konami’s disdain for their own franchises has been painfully evident. The novelization uses the "In Water" ending, while the canon ending of the game is ambiguous.It is unknown if this really happened, or is a dying hallucination as James never comments on it in the novelization. The dogs tear at his flesh and rip him to pieces. Eddie notes they are all the same as the dog he killed back in his hometown. In the novelization, as Eddie dies, a pack of four large dogs gather, ripping at his torn stomach, pulling out his intestines.A different and expanded version of the Legend of the Lake article is found by James in the novelization.In the novelization, in room 307, James doesn't hear Pyramid Head's footsteps after he shoots at him, and for James, it looked like Pyramid Head disappeared "like smoke".No scene with the corpse sitting in front of the TV occurs in room 208 in the novel.In the game, James initially marks Rosewater Park as a place where he thought he would meet Mary, and the apartment building was considered as a passage to another part of the town. In the novel, James thought that Mary could wait for him in the Wood Side Apartment building.In the novel, Wood Side Apartments has a plate with its name.In the novel, James doesn't encounter any Creepers.In the novelization, during James's and Angela's first meeting, James literally just walks away.The novel has a short prologue with Eddie and Laura. The page opposite to the table of contents bears this dedication: "To Mary". Can James discover the truth in Silent Hill? What message is his wife trying to send from beyond the grave? A red demon restlessly looms in the shadows. "I'll be waiting for you in our ‘special place’." Could Mary really be waiting in Silent Hill? In this town that holds far too many memories? There are many suspicious people there including Maria, a mysterious woman who resembles his late wife. He received a letter from his beloved wife. The front cover uses the cover from the Japanese version of Silent Hill 2.
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