Latin is a recurring language in the series, and Harry can observe a question in the dialect once he has passed the second Ice World sequence near. There is also more immersion in the game's HUD system, as instead of switching to a separate item screen, Harry holds his phone in his hand instead. They serve no in-game function, but instead are collectibles which can be closely examined according to the console's controls. Another session with the psychiatrist begins, in which Kaufmann discusses home and family life and asks the player to color in a picture titled 'Happy Family'. 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. Cybil talks to Harry in front of the Stewarts' house. For Silent Hill: Shattered Memories on the Wii, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Need help with art room puzzle". If the whole game is running away from monsters, … is a general Silent Hill fan site with the latest news on the new games, movies, interviews and even a podcast from the point of view of a long time fan!. After a search of the mall, he arrives at the Simmons Street address where he meets an older version of the Dahlia he met before. After another nightmare sequence, Harry finds himself inside Toluca Mall. The next project was not a spin-off anymore but an actual new installment to the franchise called Silent Hill: Cold Heart. [6] PALGN's Michael Kontoudis said that the chase sequences severely detracted from the rest of the game. Cheryl refuses to let him touch her shoulder and tells her someone has to be blamed for his death. [1], Late in the game's production, producer Tomm Hulett began a development blog which discussed various facets of information regarding the making of Shattered Memories, as well as other Silent Hill-related matters. [21] Harry finds a young-again Dahlia aboard a boat at a lakeside harbour, who sets the course for the lighthouse and seduces him. [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. Although the teenage girl resembles Harry's daughter, this Cheryl is too old to be his little girl. 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. [12] Eventually, Harry finds his way to the local high school, where he learns from a woman named Michelle Valdez that a Cheryl Mason attended school there previously, but then moved. Harry follows Michelle to The Balkan, a night club where she works. [41] Voice actress Mary Elizabeth McGlynn provided vocals for four musical pieces included in the game and co-directed Shattered Memories' voice acting, and musician Joe Romersa wrote lyrics for three of the pieces. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is a survival horror video game developed by Climax Studios and published by Konami Digital Entertainment for the Wii in December 2009. This is all added into a very classical psychometric profile of your personality that can then be mapped onto research". This is the USA version of the game and can be played using any of the PSP emulators available on our website. [46] Major Australian retailers struggled to confirm available copies of the game for several months after the delayed release, potentially damaging initial sales of the game. GameStop offered a pre-order soundtrack containing 21 tracks. Climax had the idea to transform it into a re-imagining of the first game, an idea that they knew Konami would like as they had already suggested it before development for Origins began. A glitch may occur where the player cannot move their flashlight, open the phone menu and open doors. Some reviewers criticized Shattered Memories' chase sequences and duration, which they respectively deemed potentially frustrating and short. 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. Silent Hill Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. 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." https://silenthill.fandom.com/wiki/Michael_Kaufmann_(Shattered_Memories) This is similar to the. Harry decides to keep her company as they walk to her apartment. 4.5 out of 5 stars. However, Climax was afraid that this project would not convince the producers either. However, the game was praised for its replayability factor with the Psych Profile system. While using the phone, the player is still susceptible to enemy attacks, as well as being able to move. Description. [25] In "Drunk Dad", a drunken Harry yells at Cheryl, demands a beer and blames his drinking on his family. [35] It was his final contribution to the Silent Hill series before he resigned from Konami after 16 years with the company. Akira Yamaoka composed the soundtrack of the game, which was the first in the series to prominently feature dynamic music. Dahlia seduces Harry and it is implied they have sex. [35], Silent Hill series composer Akira Yamaoka scored the soundtrack of Shattered Memories. Psychiatrist Michael Kaufmann is preparing for a new patient. The demo provided no incentive to find out what Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is all about. [10] His consciousness moves between the in-game real world and Nightmare—a frozen version of the town in which monsters chase him—and finds that another family lives in his house. Harry passes through Lakeside Amusement Park and finds a boat at the moor. The project was actually rebuilt from the ground twice. The flashlight was well-received, and GameTrailers commented that it gave "pixel perfect" accuracy. Once Lisa falls asleep, Harry leaves but before he is able to enter Toluca Mall, Lisa phones him, pleading for his help. An additional scene the player can obtain shows her reconciling with Dahlia outside the clinic. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. [3] In the Wii version, the Wii Remote is used for puzzle solving and to control the flashlight and cell phone. Due to occasional slow down when Harry is crashing through doors in the nightmare chases, sometimes the door won't open and Harry will go through it. [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. After James Sunderland interrupts, the therapy session continues, revealing Cheryl to be a dog and Dr. Kaufmann to be an alien. Once I'm actually playing Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, it's immediately apparent that this is a very different game. [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? After a car crash in Silent Hill, Harry Mason wakes up to find his daughter Cheryl has disappeared. [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. [52] Casamassina gave the PS2 port a score of 8.0/10, and wrote that while the graphics and control system in the Wii version were better, the port held up well. [69] Gamasutra's Brandon Sheffield, ranked the game in fifth place on his top ten list of overlooked games of 2009, and wrote that despite the absence of horror elements, the game was a nice experience. When Harry is grabbed by a Raw Shock, the player must steadily and quickly thrust the Wii Remote and Nunchuk at the same time in the direction in which the Raw Shock grabs them (e.g. Real time decisions made by the player, such as which restroom they enter first, affect the game in many ways. [2] The opening questionnaire has little significance in the player's profile. Bits and pieces of these memories, mainly involving events in Cheryl Mason's life, are spread all throughout the town of Silent Hill in the form of text and voice messages, which are intercepted by Harry's phone throughout his journey. Some time later, Harry awakens at Alchemilla Hospital, having been saved by Cybil. Those memories are all I have — you're all I have." Coming to from the crash, Harry realizes that his daughter Cheryl is missing, and he sets out to find her in the snowstorm. Hello, and welcome to part 7 of my Silent Hill Review Series. [37] The chase sequences were designed to evoke a brief sense of tension and fright for the player, although the developers did not want to prolong the tension with the constant presence of monsters, and were concerned that this would become overwhelming and spoil the player's immersion in the game and interest in the story. Harry has a modern style phone which has an important role in the game. Cheryl then hugs Harry and cries. Infuriated by Cheryl's reluctance to accept her father's death, Kaufmann smashes his drink at the wall and tells Cheryl she needs to move on for her own sake. [70] Matt Wales of IGN also included the game in a list of overlooked Wii games, and wrote that the combination of various elements which he regarded as positive delivered "a meticulously-constructed, expertly-paced experience quite unlike anything the series has seen before". [8], The game begins with a psychotherapy session conducted by Dr. Kaufmann, which acts as a frame story for Harry's quest. Silent Hill Historical Society. Originally intended for March 4th, the Australian PAL Wii version release was delayed until June, due to European supply problems caused by the economic effects of the 2010 volcanic eruption in Iceland. ", When taking a picture of certain strange phenomena, the image may distort and reveal a hint or secret to Harry. It gets to know who you really are then uses this information to change itself, it uses its knowledge against you, creating your own personal nightmare. [49] Compatibility of Shattered Memories as well as Origins with PS Vita was planned but cancelled; the games are currently only available for the PSP. Have fun playing the amazing Silent Hill - Shattered Memories game for PlayStation Portable. Harry is dragged ashore near the lighthouse by Cybil, who confronts him with the news that Harry Mason died eighteen years ago in a car accident. 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. Inside, Lisa asks Harry to get some pills from the bathroom to help with her headache. Meanwhile, in the psychiatrist's office, Kaufmann talks about marriage in the sixth session. In April 2014, it appeared on the PlayStation Network in Europe. [36] The constant presence of monsters was also thought to be irrelevant to Shattered Memories; director Mark Simmons said, "this Harry Mason is not a guy who is constantly under attack from monsters. This is similar to the "Maria" ending in, The PAL version once had different artwork which was later changed. The Game is Amazing, Interesting, and Have one … [1][5] GamesRadar's Henry Gilbert expressed frustration over the similar enemies and repetitive use of a stock scream. The torch is vital for scouring the darkened, abandoned buildings of Silent Hill, while the phone acts as a secondary user interface, allowing the player to access maps via its GPS capabilities and take pictures of interesting elements. In the Wii version, recordings and phone calls can also come through the Wii Remote speaker, and players can put the speaker beside their ear, as if using a phone. When following Lisa to her apartment, it is possible to become stuck forever, forcing a save reload. Another nightmare sequence occurs and freezes Cybil during their conversation. Among the changes made was the removal of combat and the constant presence of monsters. In PAL countries, excluding Australia which was delayed a few months, all versions were released on March 4th, 2010. Shattered Memories is a stand-alone reimagining of the original Silent Hill video game. [47] It also became available on the PlayStation Network for Europe and the United Kingdom on 28 April 2014. An audio glitch may occur during the psych analysis scenes where the audio will temporarily distort. Answers given to the psychological tests in the therapy session affect various gameplay elements in Harry's journey. [1] The personalities and roles of characters from the first game have also been changed, [1] and Shattered Memories introduces new characters as well. [2], Silent Hill: Shattered Memories divides its gameplay between two different settings. 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