Comments on: Silent Hill: Downpour Details Emerge http://www.slashgear.com/silent-hill-downpour-details-emerge-12126096/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Buckfugly http://www.slashgear.com/silent-hill-downpour-details-emerge-12126096/#comment-88517 Buckfugly Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:00:45 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=126096#comment-88517 Jamieson, I think your wrong. The fixed angles in SH1-4 conveyed the scenes exactly as the designers intended them to be interpreted for maximum dread and emotional conveyance. It made the game more cinematic and the story more immersive. Also, I thought the textures were a lot more impressive and ominous in those fixed-angle games.

SH needs to stop trying to emulate Resident Evil’s new design. It’s not the least bit scary, and only succeeds b/c it’s like a free-range rail-shooter. But Silent Hill isn’t about putting bullets in enemies approaching from every angle, or looking up at blandly-textured ceilings for worthless treasure. I cannot stress this enough; the fixed-angles of the numbered games existed b/c the designers took the care to create an experience that presented a disturbing, plot-centric environment EXACTLY as it was intended to be interpreted.

Also, screw you :D

]]> By: Jamieson http://www.slashgear.com/silent-hill-downpour-details-emerge-12126096/#comment-88358 Jamieson Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:52:07 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=126096#comment-88358 Fixed camera is NEVER a good thing. Any loss of suspense is a failing of the writers and the level designers. Sure, it’s easy to surprise someone when they can’t turn their head 45 degrees, but then it just feels stupid.

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