Sam Barlow calls Silent Hill 2 a “poison chalice,” wishes Bloober luck

With the Silent Hill 2 remake a approach off, former sequence developer and Immortality director Sam Barlow tells PCGamesN about how he’s cautiously optimistic for the Bloober Crew-headed Konami revamp, and why he can’t wait to see how the horror games develop with the brand new path introduced alongside Silent Hill 2 final 12 months.

PCGamesN had the possibility to speak with Barlow, Natalie Watson, and Connor Carson of Half Mermaid whereas at GDC 2023 in San Francisco, and whereas we acquired a cryptic answer about Half Mermaid’s next game after Immortality, Barlow was rather more clear-cut on what he thinks in regards to the new path Konami is taking the Silent Hill sequence in.

“Personally, I’m much less enthusiastic about enjoying a remaster,” Barlow tells PCGamesN. “It’s additionally like the largest poison chalice in videogames, doing a remaster of Silent Hill 2. I imply, good luck to them as a result of I don’t know the way you are able to do that with out upsetting individuals.”

Layers of Concern, The Medium, Blair Witch, and Observer developer Bloober Crew is heading up the Silent Hill 2 remake for Konami, and whereas Barlow is much less within the remake than he’s within the new tasks, it’s completely clear that he holds no disdain in direction of the remake or its builders, as a substitute understanding that the Silent Hill 2 remake is a tall order for one of the crucial beloved video games of all time.

Konami put out a call for Silent Hill game pitches earlier this year, after saying all of its new horror video games within the sequence. Barlow is in a novel place to touch upon these video games as he labored on each Silent Hill: Origins and Silent Hill: Shattered Reminiscences, and he’s really fairly excited in regards to the sequence’ new path.

“The model of Silent Hill that I’d love – which it feels like they’re pushing – is that ‘we use this as a platform to have a variety of fascinating psychological horror video games,’ proper? And truly, can we see a breadth of gameplay? You recognize, Twilight Zone, and people sorts of anthologies offer you a way of what you’re getting your self in for however you’re additionally excited to see the other ways through which they are often explored.”

Barlow makes specific point out of No Code’s upcoming Silent Hill Townfall, saying he’s a giant fan of the studio and that he can’t wait to see what they’ve been teasing. We really printed a Silent Hill Townfall trailer breakdown, with strategies in direction of the enemy varieties and settings getting used within the sequence spin-off.

On prime of reports tales, we’ve additionally acquired a full interview with Half Mermaid from GDC 2023 all in regards to the artwork of creating video games, the sport trade as an entire, and rather more on the best way quickly. Within the meantime, we’ve acquired the Silent Hill 2 system requirements so that you can examine towards your rig alongside a take a look at the very best single-player games when you’re feeling that Silent Hill itch.