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Silent Hill Origins for the PSP!

MonkeydryeMonkeydrye Registered User regular
edited April 2007 in Games and Technology
Did a search and didn't see this talked about yet.

http://psp.gamespy.com/playstation-portable/silent-hill-origins/782770p1.html

Seems like this version is less like RE4 than people were worried about, and sticks to the SH formulae. Anyone else looking forward to this? I am loving what I see so far!

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    it's a shame they arent meking it for the PC too. I have 2/3/4 on PC, no PSP and am not buying a PSP any time soon.

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  • ReignerReigner Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    This and FFTactics are the two reasons I will be getting a PSP eventually.

    Until then though I plan on buying both of the games when they come out and waiting for cheap PSPs :)

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  • CherrnCherrn Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I thought the game looked like shit until I saw the latest videos. It looks pretty damn good, but I still don't think Silent Hill would work on a handheld. It takes away half the game right there.

    At least make a PS2 or a PC version or something, I don't care.

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  • DarlanDarlan Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Looks awesome, I find that the size of a screen hardly changes a game's atmosphere after just a few minutes for you to get "drawn in," so to speak. RE DS really worked for me, and I hope the trend continues. I can't wait for this one.

    EDIT: God I want an RE4-ish game for the PSP, it would work so well...no need for a second analog stick there.

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  • BladeofTheImmortalBladeofTheImmortal __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2007
    LewieP wrote: »
    it's a shame they arent meking it for the PC too. I have 2/3/4 on PC, no PSP and am not buying a PSP any time soon.

    Good for you, but no body cares about your purcasing plans. I won't be getting this game, I just dislike the survival Horror genre. Only 2 good ones were RE2 and RE4.

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  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    BladeofTheImmortal wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    it's a shame they arent meking it for the PC too. I have 2/3/4 on PC, no PSP and am not buying a PSP any time soon.

    Good for you, but no body cares about your purcasing plans. I won't be getting this game, I just dislike the survival Horror genre. Only 2 good ones were RE2 and RE4.

    :|

    So, what is this exactly? A remake of SH1? Or another edition in the series, like a prequel or something?

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    BladeofTheImmortal wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    it's a shame they arent meking it for the PC too. I have 2/3/4 on PC, no PSP and am not buying a PSP any time soon.

    Good for you, but no body cares about your purcasing plans. I won't be getting this game, I just dislike the survival Horror genre. Only 2 good ones were RE2 and RE4.

    If nobody cares about purchasing plans, why the hell did you just state your purchasing plans?

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  • BladeofTheImmortalBladeofTheImmortal __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2007
    ^Because I own the system, maybe I should've said, if you don't give a shit about the PSP, why the fuck are you in a PSP game's thread. But I didn't.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    BladeofTheImmortal wrote: »
    ^Because I own the system, maybe I should've said, if you don't give a shit about the PSP, why the fuck are you in a PSP game's thread. But I didn't.

    If only people with a PSP were allowed to talk about this game, then the thread would quickly be dead.

    If you don't give a shit about the game, why the fuck are you in the game's thread?

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  • darunia106darunia106 J-bob in games Death MountainRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I knew I was never going to get a PSP, I've been buying Nintendo products for most of my life. But:

    Final Fantasy Tactics Remake
    Castlevania X remake
    Silent Hill origins
    Cave Story

    Why do you tantalize me so Sony?

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  • MonkeydryeMonkeydrye Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    japan wrote: »
    BladeofTheImmortal wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    it's a shame they arent meking it for the PC too. I have 2/3/4 on PC, no PSP and am not buying a PSP any time soon.

    Good for you, but no body cares about your purcasing plans. I won't be getting this game, I just dislike the survival Horror genre. Only 2 good ones were RE2 and RE4.

    :|

    So, what is this exactly? A remake of SH1? Or another edition in the series, like a prequel or something?

    It is a totally new game. But supposedly it kinda answers some questions about SH. Not sure when it occurs in the timeline, but I get the impression it is before SH2, if not SH1.

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  • WitchsightWitchsight Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    It takes place before the first one, hence the Origins in the title :P .
    Of all the series' i can think of SH is one i dont really care to know its begginings in depth.. I like the way the town feeds off your fears and guilt, and i just sort of accepted it.

    But im really impressed at the latest screens. They took a great leap from the last 80s purple spine monster thing.

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  • MonkeydryeMonkeydrye Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    It depends on how much detail they give. Seeing as the series has always been sorta vague of pretty mcuh anything, if the story is done right, they can give you an Origin, and still have you filling in the blanks yourself.

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  • SixSix Caches Tweets in the mainframe cyberhex Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    This looks cool, but a whole lot of why I enjoyed SH2 (the only one I've played) was based on playing it on a big TV in the dark with the sound turned way up. I think a lot of that would get lost in translation to a handheld.

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  • WitchsightWitchsight Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I really dont think it will be less scary... I mean you can put yourself in the middle of your room with your head down at the screen and no walls to cover you... and piss yourself as much as needed

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  • DangerousDangerous Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Wow that trailer was awesome. I wish there had been some gameplay footage, but judging by the cutscenes it's classic silent hill. None of that SH4 bullcrap. I'm kinda worried about it being a prequel though. SH1 already revealed a lot about the story, and I don't think there's much that could happen in this game without having a huge impact on the rest of the series. Hopefully I'm wrong and the story will be as great as the other 3, but we'll see. I'd just hate for this game to end up being very forgettable just so they don't have to retcon the other games for the story make sense.

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  • drhazarddrhazard Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    BladeofTheImmortal wrote: »
    ^Because I own the system, maybe I should've said, if you don't give a shit about the PSP, why the fuck are you in a PSP game's thread. But I didn't.

    Hush. This isn't a PSP game thread, this is a SH thread. The fact that most of the other entries in the series have been multiplatform means it's worth mentioning.

    By the same token, this may be one of the games that'd push me into getting a PSP (along with Loco Roco and God of War PSP). There's nothing to bring me out of cautious enthusiasm, though, so far.

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  • CherrnCherrn Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Monkeydrye wrote: »
    japan wrote: »
    BladeofTheImmortal wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    it's a shame they arent meking it for the PC too. I have 2/3/4 on PC, no PSP and am not buying a PSP any time soon.

    Good for you, but no body cares about your purcasing plans. I won't be getting this game, I just dislike the survival Horror genre. Only 2 good ones were RE2 and RE4.

    :|

    So, what is this exactly? A remake of SH1? Or another edition in the series, like a prequel or something?

    It is a totally new game. But supposedly it kinda answers some questions about SH. Not sure when it occurs in the timeline, but I get the impression it is before SH2, if not SH1.

    I'm guessing it's before SH1
    'Cause you can see that the guy saves Alessa from the burning building

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  • astroboyastroboy Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    SixkillerNYC wrote: »
    This looks cool, but a whole lot of why I enjoyed SH2 (the only one I've played) was based on playing it on a big TV in the dark with the sound turned way up. I think a lot of that would get lost in translation to a handheld.

    Dunno about that. I'd imagine similar chills could be had while playing the PSP version in bed with the lights out and headphones on.

    But then again, I got creeped out back in the day by Res Evil 1 and 2 with the lights on.

    Heh, I remember a friend and I playing thru D with the lights out and getting spooked.

    Guess I'm just a wuss. :P

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  • TerrorbyteTerrorbyte __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2007
    This has me salivating, especially with the RE4-ish controls/perspective.

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  • CarnivoreCarnivore Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    BladeofTheImmortal wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    it's a shame they arent meking it for the PC too. I have 2/3/4 on PC, no PSP and am not buying a PSP any time soon.

    Good for you, but no body cares about your purcasing plans.


    [Here are my purchasing plans].

    bwahahahahahaha:lol:

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Terrorbyte wrote: »
    This has me salivating, especially with the RE4-ish controls/perspective.

    The pictures make it look like the camera is fixed.

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  • The_SpaniardThe_Spaniard It's never lupines Irvine, CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Dangerous wrote: »
    Wow that trailer was awesome. I wish there had been some gameplay footage, but judging by the cutscenes it's classic silent hill. None of that SH4 bullcrap. I'm kinda worried about it being a prequel though. SH1 already revealed a lot about the story, and I don't think there's much that could happen in this game without having a huge impact on the rest of the series. Hopefully I'm wrong and the story will be as great as the other 3, but we'll see. I'd just hate for this game to end up being very forgettable just so they don't have to retcon the other games for the story make sense.
    Gametrailers has 2 new trailers up with gameplay footage.

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  • XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    This may yet sell me the PSP.

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  • apotheosapotheos Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2007
    Id just like an honest to god straight up remake of 1. It sounds like the more time has passed the more this has deviated from that. I've sworn to myself that I will complete 1 before continuing with 2 and 3 and its just so damn ugly.

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  • BallmanBallman Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Yeah, 1 is pretty fugly. So much so that I will break a personal rule and use the word "fugly."

    It still really holds up as a game, though.

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  • Unco-ordinatedUnco-ordinated NZRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    The_Spaniard wrote: »
    Dangerous wrote: »
    Wow that trailer was awesome. I wish there had been some gameplay footage, but judging by the cutscenes it's classic silent hill. None of that SH4 bullcrap. I'm kinda worried about it being a prequel though. SH1 already revealed a lot about the story, and I don't think there's much that could happen in this game without having a huge impact on the rest of the series. Hopefully I'm wrong and the story will be as great as the other 3, but we'll see. I'd just hate for this game to end up being very forgettable just so they don't have to retcon the other games for the story make sense.
    Gametrailers has 2 new trailers up with gameplay footage.

    Gametrailers has the same videos that Game Informer put up, except they're a little bit better quality-wise. Game Videos however has some gameplay footage up:
    Hammer Video
    Burning House Video
    Hospital Video

    Anyway, I really wasn't liking the look of it when the US office of Climax was developing it but now that it's been moved to the UK office, it looks really good. The monsters don't look like placeholders anymore and the camera seems to have gone back to the normal SH camera.

    darunia106: Cave Story? Do you mean Brave Story, or are you talking about a completely different game?

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  • MasoniteMasonite Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Unco-ordinated wrote: »
    darunia106: Cave Story? Do you mean Brave Story, or are you talking about a completely different game?

    cavestoryPSP.png

    There's also a homebrew port for the DS in the works.

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  • Magus`Magus` The fun has been DOUBLED! Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Graphically it looks ok. Better than SH1, but nowhere near SH2, 3, or 4. I still have doubts that it'll have as much effect on a handheld, personally.

    SH is one of the few series that really benefits from boosted graphics (IMO). The texture work in SH3 was phenomnal, as were the character models. Sadly, I don't see myself getting a PSP so I won't get to see how good or bad this is, but if brings in more fans, that's good, then.

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  • darunia106darunia106 J-bob in games Death MountainRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Masonite wrote: »
    Unco-ordinated wrote: »
    darunia106: Cave Story? Do you mean Brave Story, or are you talking about a completely different game?

    cavestoryPSP.png

    There's also a homebrew port for the DS in the works.

    Dang that cover art looks good, but I guess I'll just have to satisfy myself with the DS homebrew port.

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