You know that I have a sweet sword, but you know it’s going to break. So this isn’t like the “Gilded Dragon Sword” in Diablo that you want to hold onto. You can equip things and sort of create the ideal build for your character. So when you level up, you can add stat points and build your character however you want. With Silent Hill we thought – did we want to do that? Or do we wanna keep that fear of if you’re in this situation, you’re always screwed? If you can’t pass a thing, level up some more. Tomm Hewlett: It was an odd tightrope to walk, because RPGs are entirely about leveling. What’s your philosophy with that in this game?
It’s not a totally different genre that doesn’t make any sense, it’s just sort of a new angle on Silent Hill.Īn important part of action-RPGs is levelling-up and gaining new abilities. So then we can kind of mess with it if I’m with my friends and we get separated, that’s a classic horror trope right there. Phantasy Star Online does it and Diablo of course. So we started to experiment with different gameplay styles, what was kind of compelling, and through a long random assortment of events and demos, we came across a dungeon crawler, action/RPG thing which is really compelling with multiple players. Survival horror is a very particular genre, but with the Vita’s online capabilities, it just made sense to do multiplayer here. We really wanted to experiment with multiplayer. Tomm Hewlett: We heard about the Vita, and we really wanted to make a Silent Hill that was specially suited for that.
How do you adapt an incredibly scary survival horror series into this action/RPG format? Why did you choose this genre? Like chocolate and peanut butter, this is a mash-up I can get into.Īfter sampling the game at PAX Prime, I meet up with the game’s producer, Tomm Hewlett, in San Francisco to find out how Konami plans to please fans of both genres. Silent Hill: Book of Memories is a survival horror action-RPG coming to PS Vita next month. Never really had much of an interest in the series, even… until now. I’ve got a gaming confession to make: I’ve never played a Silent Hill game.
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