'Silent Hill: Shattered Memories' Impressions

When Silent Hill: Shattered Memories was announced Konami went out of their way to stress that this would be a re-imagining of the original Silent Hill and not a remake. The underlying plot remains the same: you’re still Harry Mason and you’re still searching for your son in the abandoned town of Silent Hill. After that, the game looks completely new and, thankfully, looks to the use the Wii Remote in all the right ways. The gameplay is primarily centered around exploration and puzzle solving and you’ll need a flashlight to navigate the dark streets of Silent Hill . Hold the Wiimote in your hand. That is your flashlight. Point it where you want Harry to look and you’re good to go. Remember the creepy radio static from the original? That’s going to be emanating from the remote speaker. The developers are going for immersion this time around. In addition to the flashlight controls, they have removed all non-essential game menus. There is no inventory management ... (link)