While Silent Hill 2 fans have consistently shared their excitement at seeing the title track in its remake, former franchise screenwriter Sam Barlow doesn’t quite agree. .
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Silent Hill 2, a “poisoned gift” for the Bloober Team?
That’s what one of the franchise’s former screenwriters said!
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sam barlow
He has worked on Silent Hill Origins and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories in the past.
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a clear opinion
In the columns of – Game News, he notably declared: “I mean, good luck to them because I don’t see how they can do this without disturbing people.”
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a sacred work
He then refers to the most purist fans, who generally do not like to touch the monuments that have made the history of video games.
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A promising future
Barlow, however, did not hide his enthusiasm for the other projects of the license.
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Silent Hill 2 in development
The game will launch exclusively on PS5 and PC on an unspecified date.
Now that the Dead Space and Resident Evil 4 remakes are officially out, all eyes might gradually turn to the next cult horror game to return: Silent Hill 2. We learned it several months ago, the Bloober Team is currently working on a remake of Konami’s hit, on which very little information has yet been revealed. And while this news certainly made many fans happy, one of the franchise’s former screenwriters has a very different take About the issue…
Silent Hill 2, a “poisoned gift” according to Sam Barlow
During an interview for – Game News, Sam Barlow, who notably worked on the writing of Silent Hill Origins and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories in the past, he’s actually said he’s not envious of the Bloober team’s current position at all. And for good reason, to be ordered a remake of Silent Hill 2 represents for him “the greatest poisoned gift” what could we do to them. “I mean, good luck to them because I don’t see how they can do this without disturbing people.” then he added to explain his point of view.
So of course it does reference to possible criticism that could befall the studio regarding the changes made to the remake, which may not please the first hour fans. As we know, the most purists generally do not appreciate that we touch important elements of their favorite game, as shown by certain reactions aroused by the remakes of Resident Evil 3 and Resident Evil 4 at Capcom. Having said that, Bloober Team knows this very well, and has even already indicated that it wants to stay as faithful as possible to the original story..
A bright future for licenses
In parallel, Barlow, however, took the opportunity to share his enthusiasm for the other projects surrounding the license.who seem to want to push Silent Hill in the direction it expects, namely that of a “range of interesting psychological horror games”. Meanwhile, players are still eagerly waiting to learn more about the new version of Silent Hill 2 which, contrary to what some reports may have suggested, is not yet finished. Planned exclusively on PS5 and PC, it still does not have a launch window at the moment.