Silent Hill: Play Novel

One way to gauge the success of a game is by looking at how much talk it generates after launch, and in the case of Silent Hill Townfall, game director Jon McKellan has an ambitious goal for the Scottish psychological-horror. According to McKellan, the team at Screen Burn is looking to give players just the right amount of story. By maintaining an air of mystery and ambiguity, it will create a launchpad for people to discuss the themes and plot beats of Silent Hill Townfall for years to come. "It's a hard--definitely a hard balance--and you won't know until you've released, you know? It's like

Silent Hill: Townfall makes some big changes from the usual Silent Hill experience that fans have come to expect, not only with its Scottish setting, but also with its first-person perspective. While this gameplay style is unusual for Silent Hill (we still remember you, PT), it turns out there was really no debate about whether it was right for Townfall. Speaking at a media roundtable event that GameSpot attended, director Jon McKellan said that from the very start, Silent Hill: Townfall was planned as a first-person game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm1Z1IFTtX4 "It was first-person from d

Silent Hill: Townfall preorders for both the Standard and Deluxe Editions on PC have received a 25% discount at Fanatical ahead of the game's release on September 24.

Screen Burn writer-director Jon McKellan and Konami series producer Motoi Okamoto said that first-person perspective was always the plan.

Silent Hill fans have long treated the titular town as essential to the franchise. But the latest game may prove that's not true.