Silent Hill series is located quite high on my list of favourite games. The story is great, albeit dark and twisted, and the presentation values create immersible experience that stays with player long after the game is finished.
My personal favourite was Silent Hill 2 with incredible story of James, sad man looking for his dead wife in the misty town (I may yet write a separate post about it), but part no. 1 and 3 together also made very strong impression on me. Number four was just tied in to cash in on the brand and it showed off.
I mention that because today I learnt that Silent Hill Origins for PSP is slowly nearing completion. As the name suggests, the game will be a prequel happening before the events of Silent Hill 1. I already lost the hope that it would be completed and classified it as vapourware to avoid getting my hopes high. Yet new movies surfacing confirm that the game is still in works and promise delivering quality Silent Hill experience. Have a look at the second movie - that's the very essence of the series. The music, the weirdness, lone strangers in cold, empty corridors...
Also, just recently I've read on Kotaku that the new title in the series (SH5) will be more in the spirit of the second part, which I definitely preferred. So that's two great Silent Hill news in one week!
