Silent Hill: Downpour PS3 Game

Our Rating 7.8	>Release date: 13 Mar, 2012, Publisher: Konami, Genre: Action, ESRB/ Pegi: M 17+

Description

Silent Hill: Downpour is an upcoming survival horror video game and the eighth installment in the Silent Hill series, initially bearing the tentative title Silent Hill 8. Developed by Vatra Games and to be published by Konami Digital Entertainment, the game is due to release for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360on March 13, 2012.Downpour’s PS3 release will be the first in the series to be 3D.

Silent Hill: Downpour’s gameplay will include combat and puzzle-solving.The game will mostly use a third-person view, including fixed camera views.

The player character will have access to a few firearms and different breakable melee weapons, but will only be able to carry a single melee weapon at once. Downpour will feature puzzle difficulty selections and side-quests which will change depending on the player’s play style.Buildings featured in previous installments of the series, such as a hospital and a school, will be excludedand the element of water will be holding a prominent role, with torrential rain being featured.

Silent Hill: Downpour will follow Murphy Pendleton, a prisoner who is stranded in the town of Silent Hill after the prison transport vehicle he is being transported with careens off a road;Downpour’s plot will be unrelated to previous installments in the series, focusing on Murphy rather than the series’ mythos, and its events will take place in the southeastern region of Silent Hill, which has never been explored in previous games.

Source: Wikipedia, Game’s homepage

Silent Hill: Downpour gameplay screenshot