HD Collection PS3 Exclusive (Hah! 360 too) /New VAs

[randomwab]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUGFk-owlSM

There is a new song on the trailer, what that actually means for the collection... well, who knows. Hard to tell how HD it really is off a shakey ComicCon camera, but visually it looks good.

Actually, it's not new. It's an old Silent Hill 3 era unused track that was recently released with the Silent Hill Sounds Box.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm6W9q4mlNM

Gotta love Romersa. Ef the haters.

[Rombie]

Ooh, cheers. I hadn't heard any of those tracks.

[Enrico Marini]

Well replacing the sounds and voice actors is a big no no for me. Remastering the original scores to be clearer I would accept.

As for James's voice actor, if they jipped him so long ago and now they paid him, wouldn't that be an admittance that Konami was at fault and make them legally vunerable?

Sadly its unlikely I'll touch the remastered stuff. I have a hard enough time readjusting to Director's Cut movies (especially the Dawn Of the Dead 2004 one with the extra scenes). It tends to grate for me and make it unenjoyable.

[Gradon]

Apparently the ComicCon trailer is a fake

[Rombie]

Hmmm....

[rewak]

Of course it was faked, there were people cheering at the end of the trailer.

[aris13]

Of course it was faked, there were people cheering at the end of the trailer.

True, few people are excited about SH games these days.

[Humor Tumor]

True, few people are excited about SH games these days.

Yup, I've always been one of those. Never really could get into the series. Was hoping this would be a good chance to.

Luckily the replaced VA and score won't bother me as much as a Silent Hill fan.

[DeadArtist]

I've only played Silent hill 4 until it stopped working on my pc for unknown reasons, which was a big let down for me, because it really scared me. I also played Homecoming which also scared me. I would like to get Silent Hill 2 for the ps3 and if that is good, well then count me in on part 3.

[jimmyjoejangles]

silent hill three is awesome, good soundtrack, and you can unlock a light saber, really liked all the silent hills except for the room because it was stupid

[Canas Renvall]

^ Solid argument there. "It was stupid".

It was different, doesn't mean it was bad. Sure, I never finished it. The backtracking killed it for me, but up to that point it was scary as shit.

As for the soundtrack thing, as you may have read, that's being completely redone. Yaaaay Konami. Don't pick this up on the PS3, you're better off finding old PS2 copies, or PC copies. I have the PC versions of 2 and 3 and not only are they gorgeous, but they also... well, have the original VAs. And Akira's music. Which makes a huge impact on the scare factor of the game.

[Mr_Zombie]

The Room has really, really bad gameplay design. I love the game for its atmosphere, soundtrack, story, but I admit that playing through it was a bit... tedious. Constant backtracking to the room, heavily limited inventory with no stacking, breakable weapons that you couldn't drop, invincible ghosts, invincible Walter, escorting Eileen, weird enemy design (possessed wheelchairs, monkeys, burping patients?)... it was all simply bad.

Luckily the replaced VA and score won't bother me as much as a Silent Hill fan.

OST is one of the best things in Silent Hill series. Even if everything fails (*cough* Homecoming *cough*), you could bet that soundtrack is still great. I hope that those rumors about changed soundtrack are false.

[News Bot]

Silent Hill 1~3 is where it should have ended.

The fear of trilogies tends to create fear for the franchise. (upon revision this reference makes no fucking sense)

[Beanovsky Durst]

Fuck this. No Yamaoka no buy. As simple as that.

[Summoner]

Wait, so they've changed the voice actors? That's depressing. Heather is my favourite SH character, and a large part of that comes from her voice. She just sounded right somehow. Not like a voice actor, but as if she was actually speaking from experiences, if that makes sense.

Also, the loss of Yamaoka is a heavy blow. Canas Renvall hit the nail on the head, much of the games' suspense and fear came from the music. I'm not sure if these new ones will stand up.

[Beanovsky Durst]

YouTube video:

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Sneak peak of the new voiceovers... Also the HD collection is going to be available also on Xbox 360. Still not amused by the lack of Yamaoka.

[riderkid]

ok so yay on the 360...but wtf was with the male voice actors sounding like japanese trying to be american?

the only solution i see is to allow an option to have both sets of audio usable for this game, lord knows yatzhee will be firing balls of death and pain.

[Branden_Lucero]

wow they really butchered the HD collection

[riderkid]

sadly i w3ill buy this cause i am a silent hill fan...

[Canas Renvall]

Fuck... now I gotta buy it, that's Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Mary, is it not?

As much as I hate this idea of changing VAs (and so far, James and Eddie sound worse), Mary Elizabeth getting involved that much into SH2 is very tempting... She sounds much darker and deeper than Mary/Maria in the original. But that could very well be the bias I have toward her.