They serve no in-game function, but instead are collectibles which can be closely examined according to the console's controls. When Harry wakes up in Cheryl's room, Michelle is beside him and she offers him a car ride to the lighthouse. Some reviewers felt that the nightmare sequences were frustrating, and that the lack of danger outside of these sequences weakened the overall horror atmosphere. [28] In the "UFO" joke ending, Cheryl tells Dr. Kaufmann that she believes Harry was kidnapped by aliens and that Silent Hill is a spaceship. [35] With the completion of Origins - for which they had attempted to closely replicate the atmosphere and gameplay elements of the first Silent Hill game (1999)[36]— Climax Studios wanted to create a different horror game. Upon reaching the bridge on their way through town, the Ice World takes over, freezing Dahlia and then the bridge itself, which collapses. This is similar to the "Maria" ending in, The PAL version once had different artwork which was later changed. After the nightmare, he reunites with Michelle outside the school. [50], According to producer Tomm Hulett, the number of pre-ordered copies of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories "looked very good". In the apartment nightmare sequence, the player may open a door and run into the floor and fall out-of-bounds, in which they will walk under the level. It returns in Shattered Memories with improved visual effects, and in the case of the Wii, it is a major form of physical interaction that helps to keep the player immersed in the game. Typically, the recordings Harry listens to reveal that not everything was as pleasant as it seemed. They are intended to show the player that they can go there; they should not be mistaken as the path to safety. Game: Silent Hill - Shattered Memories File Name: Silent Hill - Shattered Memories.7z File Size: 659.44 MB Genre: Action/Platform System: Sony Playstation Portable Downloads: 346,369 Rating: (4.91 /5, … Silent Hill Shattered Memories is the one of the most popular preventing video games. [38] Writer Sam Barlow explained the system: "Ultimately every little thing you do in the game or piece of content you can interact with can be assigned a little personality score. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is a game on the Wii, and is the twenty-second game played by Danny and Arin on Game Grumps. [36] Additionally, to make information-gathering in the game realistic and corresponding to modern life standards, the developers substituted text in scattered documents, a common element in survival horror games, for the player's interaction with the in-game environment and use of the cell phone. Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Silent Hill Shattered Memories - Opening - Wii PS2 PSP. [2][37] Early in the game's development, some team members visited a psychiatrist for research. During each nightmare sequence, the player can find one or two flares to defend themselves temporarily; the heat from the flares negatively affect the Raw Shocks, giving Harry invincibility for about 15-20 seconds. Cheryl then hugs Harry and cries. The lake's icy surface transforms back into water and Harry passes out while swimming to the lighthouse. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is the seventh installment in the Silent Hill survival horror series. [57] Nintendo Power called it audacious and compelling. Dahlia reveals two things to Harry: they are married and that Cheryl is at the lighthouse. Dead by Daylight: Chapter XVI - Silent Hill, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Soundtrack, 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad', Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals - Silent Hill, https://silenthill.fandom.com/wiki/Silent_Hill:_Shattered_Memories?oldid=206018, Cheryl accepts her father's death, telling him "You've been with me for so long", to which Harry replies, "I always will be." [72] Eurogamer's Kristan Reed wrote: "Packed with inventive ideas and one engaging sequence after another, it's a spirited, poignant and unsettling game that not only delivers a long-overdue return to form, but reinvigorates horror adventures in the process". Artist : Akira YamaokaVocals: Mary Elizabeth McGlynnat 3:56, it's "THERE's one that confuses me". More of the slightly positive to mixed reviews given to the game include GameSpy (70%), Game Informer (63%), 1UP (58%) and GamePro (50%). Immediately after the call terminates, the streets become consumed by the Ice World. Two Silent Hill games coming to PlayStation Vita in Europe, no word on US release. Coming to from the crash, Harry realizes that his daughter Cheryl is missing, and he sets out to find her in the snowstorm. Positive reviews (80% and over) were given to the game by Destructoid (95%), Eurogamer (90%), IGN (86%), GameTrailers (85%) GameSpot (80%) and Nintendo Power (80%). The game received generally positive reviews, and its graphics, voice acting, soundtrack, and use of the Wii Remote were praised by reviewers. The goal of these nightmare sequences is to find the exit in a maze-like environment as soon as possible before the Raw Shocks defeat Harry. Red Steel 2 was a step in the right direction. When Lisa is changing clothes, two Lisas may appear and the game may freeze. Among the changes made was the removal of combat and the constant presence of monsters. [8], The game begins with a psychotherapy session conducted by Dr. Kaufmann, which acts as a frame story for Harry's quest. After creating Silent Hill: Origins, director Sam Barlow and his team at Climax Studios wanted to create a new Silent Hill game on PSP. [39] The developers included a system of psychological profiling that adjusted gameplay elements based on the player's interaction with the game. Gameplay takes place in two parts: a framing, first-person psychotherapy session, and an over-the-shoulder perspective of Harry's journey through Silent Hill, which is periodically interrupted by the occurrence of a shift to a more dangerous environment. Harry escapes and meets Lisa Garland, a nurse injured in a crash, and escorts her to her home. Instead they generated an unarmed player character;[35] and examined the survival horror gameplay staple of difficult combat and sluggish opponents, inspired by zombie films and modelled after the video games Alone in the Dark (1992) and Resident Evil (1996). [1] The personalities and roles of characters from the first game have also been changed,[1] and Shattered Memories introduces new characters as well. Cybil appears and finds Lisa's corpse, ordering to freeze. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories was a 2009 retelling of the original Silent Hill game. Harry will wander the snowy streets of Silent Hill searching for answers of her disappearance, but when the world freezes over, he will need to escape the lumbering demons that haunt his steps. [55], French Minister of Culture and Communication, "Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Interview for Wii", "Interview about Silent Hill: Shattered Memories", "Rumor: Silent Hill Wii-make Coming From Climax", "Silent Hill Gets Re-Rated, Wii-make Announcement Coming Soon? [3], The game occasionally shifts to an icy alternate dimension called "Nightmare", where hostile monsters exist. [8] In March 2010, the game placed fifth on the list of the top forty bestselling PS2 videogames in the United Kingdom and eleventh on the corresponding list for Wii games. [60] For the PlayStation Portable port, Metacritic displays an averaged score of 73/100, indicating "mixed or average reviews". ", "Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Interview", "Wii Feature: Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Interview", "Our Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Interview Delves Into The Game's Psyche", "Destructoid interview: Silent Hill producer Tomm Hulett", "Silent Hill composer departs Konami - Report", "E3 Editors' Choice Awards - Best Wii Game", "Volcanic ash causes game delays Down Under", "Silent Hill: Origins & Silent Hill: Shattered Memories on PSN Today! If a Raw Shock becomes too close to Harry, it will jump on him and grapple him. He pours himself a drink and his receptionist tells him that his new patient has arrived early; Kaufmann acknowledges that this is fine, and tells her they can start. [21] Harry finds a young-again Dahlia aboard a boat at a lakeside harbour, who sets the course for the lighthouse and seduces him. Cybil states that she doesn't understand what is going on, as she looked up his file, which showed that Harry Mason died 18 years ago in a car crash. Since this became a complaint, it is one of Tomm's regrets as Shattered Memories is his Silent Hill-related magnum opus of all the titles he worked on.[4]. [19] Harry escapes to Cheryl's home, where he finds an older Dahlia who claims to be his wife and tells him that Cheryl is at the lighthouse. Kaufmann explains how Cheryl has been desperately holding onto the memory of her father, meaning that the Harry that the player has been controlling is a manifestation of Cheryl's delusion. An additional scene the player can obtain shows her reconciling with Dahlia outside the clinic. Four variations of this clip are available depending upon the player's actions as Harry. As well as this, there is a sequence at the beginning of the game where the character is given a psychiatric evaluation by psychiatrist Kaufmann. About.com's Charles Herold wrote that the fast-paced action of the nightmare sequences and the therapy scenes undercut the "trapped in a nightmare" feeling of previous Silent Hill games. Cybil directs Harry to the high school's gym so that she can reunite with him, which is also used as a shelter during snowstorms. Psychiatrist Michael Kaufmann is preparing for a new patient. Concept art of Jessica Chambers by Howard Swindell. Dahlia seduces Harry and it is implied they have sex. Inside, Lisa asks Harry to get some pills from the bathroom to help with her headache. Five endings are available. Meanwhile, Harry Mason has lost control of his car on the icy roads and crashes into a snowy embankment in a junkyard in the town of Silent Hill. Waypoints can be added, and the player can also draw on the map. Mike then shuts the door on Harry and Cybil eventually arrives. All this publication's reviews The Wii version of the game is known to have a few glitches that slipped through the final version of the game, which could not be fixed due to the lack of a proper patch system for Wii games. On his way home, Harry receives another phone call and can hear Cheryl's and another's voice; to Harry, this indicates that Cheryl is with someone else and may be in danger. However, Silent Hill's US producer suggested a Nintendo Wii release of a first-person shooter set in the universe of the series. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, developed by Climax Studios, in many ways feels like the Resident Evil 4 equivalent of the series. The camera is fixed behind Harry in an "over the shoulder" view. [3][5] The player's responses to these tests alters aspects of gameplay in the second setting, including the available areas, the physical appearance and behavior of characters encountered, and the physical appearance of the monsters. In his third session, Kaufmann discusses the protagonist's life in high school. [80] GameTrailers praised the variety of objects, many of which can be manipulated by the player, and the detailed textures which lent the game's environments authenticity. [29] Regardless of the ending, the final scene shows Cheryl packing away mementos that the player can collect throughout the game. Once I'm actually playing Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, it's immediately apparent that this is a very different game. These, and almost all of the player's decisions made during the exploration sections, will help determine certain elements and encounters within the game. An audio glitch may occur during the psych analysis scenes where the audio will temporarily distort. This is when the Shattered Memories project actually began. Harry sullenly replies, "I'm not even a ghost." After exploring a hunting lodge, Cybil phones Harry to ask why he ran off and Harry states that she abandoned him. They must turn off their Wii if this happens. The game was announced in the May 2009 issue of Nintendo Power and was set to be released October 13th, 2009 in North America and October 30th in Europe. [1], The division of gameplay into puzzle-based exploration, weaponless chase sequences, and therapy scenes drew mixed comments from reviewers. [7][11] Police officer Cybil Bennett arrives and decides to take him to the police station, but they become caught in a blizzard, and Harry eventually leaves her car to continue his search. The flashlight was well-received, and GameTrailers commented that it gave "pixel perfect" accuracy. During the car ride, an argument takes place between Michelle and her boyfriend, John, which results in them both leaving the car. [35] Climax felt that the first game would be a good starting point, instead of continuing any existing storylines or adding onto the mythology of the town. [8] Development costs for the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 and their gamers' "mindset" factored into the decision for the gaming platform. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories was originally slated for release on Wii, PSP and PlayStation 2. When Harry arrives back at her apartment, Lisa will either be dead or dying (depending on if the player gave her the correct pill color). During another nightmare sequence, Harry learns that Cheryl was bullied by her schoolmates. Harry escapes but loses consciousness. Dahlia seems surprised at his confusion, though she is not interested enough to explain anything to him. This is all added into a very classical psychometric profile of your personality that can then be mapped onto research". [8] To please fans of the series and bring in new ones, they decided to reimagine the setting and characters, such as Dahlia, who was changed from "a haggard old woman" who led the town's cult into a physically attractive young woman. The most negative review of the game was given by G4TV (40%). Cheryl is delusional and tells her make-believe "father", "Dad. This project did not receive Konami's approval, and was abandoned. [7] Unlike previous installments in the series, there is no combat element to the gameplay: Harry is weaponless for the entire duration of the game and can only run, hide, slow down the monsters by knocking down objects to block their path, throw off the creatures if they latch onto him, and temporarily ward them off by picking up and using flares found lying on the ground. A glitch may occur where the player cannot move their flashlight, open the phone menu and open doors. The nightmare reappears, freezing her, and Harry soon finds himself in an icy labyrinth. [1][58][76][77] Game Informer drew comparisons with film director M. Night Shyamalan's style. [37] Climax Studios saw the then-newly introduced Wii platform as a way to reach a wider range of gamers,[37] especially as outside Japan, no Silent Hill title had been exclusively released on a Nintendo platform. Some time later, Harry awakens at Alchemilla Hospital, having been saved by Cybil. A group of editors of the IGN website gave the game three "Best of E3" awards in the Wii category for best overall game, best adventure game, and best video game graphics technology. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is linear, a sort of path almost guided in Harry's nightmare and, even if the game manages to capture for its disturbing atmosphere anyway, the adventure won't last more than seven hours. [26] In "Sleaze and Sirens", Harry flirts on his bed with Lisa and Michelle. At first the title was meant to be a Wii and PSP exclusive, but Konami decided to release it on PS2 as well, as they thought that there would not be enough people interested in the survival horror genre among Wii players. [66] However, NintendoWorldReport stated that sales of the game were low. In April 2014, it appeared on the PlayStation Network in Europe. [35] It was his final contribution to the Silent Hill series before he resigned from Konami after 16 years with the company. Different actions yield different results, in a manner more advanced than the simple "good or bad" responses that have been prevalent in most games that use this mechanic. [7] In contrast to the previous installments of the series, which featured various types of monsters, Shattered Memories features only one type of humanoid monster, whose physical appearance changes in response to the player's actions inside and outside the Nightmare realm, including their responses to Kaufmann's psychological tests. They can nod or shake their head in response to questions. Before Cybil can tell him about his file at the station,[17] the town transitions to the Nightmare. Around early October near the game's original release, it was revealed that Climax Studios pushed back the release date from November 3rd to December 8th, 2009. As Harry struggles to escape, Dahlia is motionless, still frozen. [24] Harry enters the office and Cheryl either reconciles herself to his death[24] or continues to cling to her fantasy father.[24]. The only feature that remained in all three projects was the Psych Profile system. In April 2014, it appeared on the PlayStation Network in Europe. Make Offer - 9.5/10 MINTY Silent Hill Shattered Memories Sony PlayStation 2 PS2 WOW RARE Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (Sony PlayStation 2, 2010) Complete PS2 $189.95 At the end of the game, an old video clip from Cheryl's camcorder is played. [71], Chris Schilling of The Daily Telegraph described it as "one of the most innovative and enjoyable survival horrors for many a year". When following Lisa to her apartment, it is possible to become stuck forever, forcing a save reload. The next project was not a spin-off anymore but an actual new installment to the franchise called Silent Hill: Cold Heart. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is frankly, one of the better PSP games I've played. [2] The opening questionnaire has little significance in the player's profile. The game was released in Japan on March 25th, 2010. The Nintendo Wii version was released December 8th, 2009 in North America, and the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable versions were released on January 19th, 2010. Silent Hill Shattered Memories All Encounters Endings. Zero Punctuation called it a "fun little story" that is more interesting than Origins and Homecoming.[3]. [7] Matt Casamassina of IGN wrote that "the separation between safe exploration and puzzling and run-for-your-life monster scenarios is too transparent and as a result you will inevitably come to fear the ice and few things else". [35] Widely varying compositions, ranging from undertones to rock music, were produced for the game. Those memories are all I have — you're all I have." [8], Climax Studios began with the game's plot, which the development team considered the main appeal of the series. Many players report freezing while entering Midwich's gymnasium. It overhauled many of … She tells Harry the events he described could not have happened, and that he must have swam in the river and could have died. Real time decisions made by the player, such as which restroom they enter first, affect the game in many ways. Harry and Michelle enter the principal's office to find Cheryl's records and in doing so, they discover that they are indeed the same person and that Cheryl moved to Simmons Street. Climax commented that they were disappointed that Konami promoted the game as a hardcore title while it was created with a view to pleasing more casual gamers. [35] Additionally, the developers wanted to use the Wii Remote to incorporate the gameplay elements of the flashlight and radio static. After James Sunderland interrupts, the therapy session continues, revealing Cheryl to be a dog and Dr. Kaufmann to be an alien. If this happens, the player needs to turn off their Wii manually. This seems to be an extremely rare glitch. This week, Zero Punctuation reviews Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. The song ". Fortunately, this glitch doesn't impact the gameplay in any way and the player can still take photos with their camera (photos just cannot be saved). Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, a 2009 re-imagining of Silent Hill, keeps the underlying story the same: following an accident that leaves his car totaled, Harry Mason searches for his missing daughter, Cheryl, in the seemingly-abandoned town of Silent Hill.. The player responds to Kaufmann's questions and completes a psychological test, fills in a questionnaire or colors pictures. [53] Casamassina gave it a score of 7.0, and commented upon the "obvious visual downgrades", "sluggish controls", and "the inability to directly control and point his flashlight". Get the best deals for silent hill shattered memories psp at eBay.com. It's certainly not the best on the system, but it's certainly pretty and the sound design is through the roof with proper headphones. Calling the Konami Customer Service line prompts the representative to acknowledge that the player is calling from Silent Hill, and she says there's no way they can help. While perhaps not scary, it is genuinely disturbing, shocking, and always interesting". [5] Moving to certain spots with high interference, represented by a lot of radio noise, or by taking pictures of spots where shadowy figures can be seen, unlock various text and voicemail messages that expand the story and occasionally provide clues.
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