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Silent Hill HD Collection Unboxing March 20, 2012

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As promised, here’s the unboxing of Silent Hill HD Collection for the PS3.  You can also find it for the Xbox 360.

In the video I mention a fantastic parody video of Silent Hill 2’s menu screen cinematic done by Linkara.  If you want to check it out for yourself, you can watch it here on his website.  Note:  I think I mistakenly credited his parody in the video to his Silent Hill: Dead/Alive #3 and #4 review, when in fact it was his Silent Hill: Dying Inside #3 and #4 review.

If you’re curious about how I feel about these HD re-releases of last generation games, check out this Mind of Maniac.

Silent Hill HD Collection Includes Original Voice Overs for Silent Hill 2 March 20, 2012

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Just a very quick post script here folks because I know there was a huge issue about this for the past few months.  Shortly after Konami announced that they were re-releasing Silent Hill 2 and 3 with the Silent Hill HD Collection they announced that the updated game would feature brand new voice overs.

Based on a lot of the comments I read on several internet retailers, the internet very quickly went into an uproar over this news.  Silent Hill 2 had been out for so long that its original audio was just as classic as the rest of the game, and many fans did not want the audio changed for the HD Collection.  The Silent Hill HD Collection, which originally was intended for release towards the end of 2011 got delayed, and delayed.  I heard some musings online that the reason for the delays was because Konami changed their mind and decided to include the original voice over along with the new voice recordings.

I’m happy to inform everyone that the original voice over for Silent Hill 2 is included in the released retail version of Silent Hill HD Collection.  Since I live in North America, my version is NTSC region 1, so I can’t speak for any other versions of the game that may have released in other territories.  If you live in Europe or Japan and would like to post a comment about this feel free to.

UPDATE:  Silent Hill HD Collection features new voice overs for Silent Hill 3, but unlike Silent Hill 2, does not offer the option to play with the original voice over.

Expect an unboxing very soon!

The Making of Silent Hill 2 and 3 March 20, 2012

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It’s March, Konami’s self-appointed Silent Hill month!  Three major Silent Hill games are slated for release in the month of March.  Those games are Silent Hill: Book of Memories, the Silent Hill Vita game, Silent Hill: Downpour, the new Silent Hill game, and today saw the release of Silent Hill HD Collection! For $39.99US it includes Silent Hill 2 and 3, (highly regarded as two of the best games of the series), updated for modern HD game consoles.

In honor of the HD Collection release, I’m going to do something kind of special for you guys.  I did some digging through the internet archives and found this video someone had taken the time to resurrect.  Two official making of documentaries for Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3.  They’re extremely well made, and as far as I know, they were only released in Europe.

Enjoy and expect an unboxing later.

Silent Hill HD Collection is out now for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.