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Konami Announces New Contra, Silent Hill, More
Thanks to 1UP for its coverage of Konami's Gamers' Day, during which U.S. press are being shown new Konami titles, including the newly announced Neo Contra for PlayStation 2, a 3D update of the classic Contra action/shooter series - 1UP/EGM includes a brief interview with the creators. GameSpot is also covering the Gamers' Day, and notes that Konami has officially announced Silent Hill 4: The Room for PS2 and Xbox on their website, and "the game will see players assuming the role of Henry Townsend, who has become trapped in his cursed apartment." 1UP also has new details on Nanobreaker, an sci-fi PS2 action title "that doesn't fall that far from the Castlevania: Lament of Innocence tree" in terms of gameplay, and is, indeed, developed by the Castlevania team, who are also interviewed about the game. Update: 01/10 00:01 GMT by S : The full coverage overviews for 1UP and for GameSpot are being extensively updated as the day progresses, and GameSpy also has a coverage overview page.
I want more Castlevania for my GBA. That is the greatest portable series ever.
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Please, no more 3D updates of classic 2D titles.
anyone else play the first try at doing 3d contra on the ps1? sweet fucking jesus what a piece of shit.
on a serious note, while i think whoever nintendo worked with to produce metroid did a fantastic job, i don't really think consoles are good for twitchy FPS shooters.
now if they do something like duke nukem manhattan project, with droolerific side scrolling action in a nice 3d environment, then i will be all over that.
I played the recent ps2 2.5D Contra - they went back to the 2d formula, but used a 3d engine to draw it... and it RULES. It's really really difficult, but a ton of fun. Hopefully the new one will be more of the same.
I guess I will find out when I go home and get away from works draconian web filter - it's like they think I goof off on the web when I should be working or something... jeez.
But I'm glad to hear that another silent hill will be produced. I like how konami is reusing their game engine to produce quality games instead of trying to constantly top their last game's graphics; while not bothering with story. I mean, Silent Hill 3 was far superior to Silent Hill 2 in so many ways. Hopefully SH4 will be better story wise, and I want to explore Silent Hill more in 4!!!!
FInal thought: Grand Theft Auto: Silent Hill City
Why doesn't the PS2 Castlevania team get it together and gives us what at least some of us really want -- a PS2 sequel to Symphony of the Night? They've had their flirtation with a 3d/action-oriented Castlevania, now how about a fully updated, 2D sequel to SOTN, with all the RPG elements intact? The GBA Castlevania's have obiviously been successful with this model, so where's our full blown SOTN sequel? It would be easy for that team -- they made the original game, they know what to do. I want more SOTN!
the game will see players assuming the role of Henry Townsend, who has become trapped in his cursed apartment.
Back in college, unable to find my glasses, the morning after we had 200 partiers crammed into my tiny place with the toilets broken and overflowing
I'm really glad someone else realized that. I heard nothing but complaints from people when they played the latest Contra title, but if you really look at that game it has some of the tightest design seen in a LONG time. Honestly was the best 3D revitilization of a series up until Sands of Time was released. The only thing setting it apart from that success was it lacked the glitz of production, but that just means it's 100% gameplay and there's nothing wrong with that either.
Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right-B-A-B-A-Sel
still works.
"If you think you have things under control, you're not going fast enough." --Mario Andretti
Just curious, but do you mean "Contra: Shattered Soldier?"
If all you have are silver bullets, everything looks like a werewolf.
Hey, now when I feel like the walls of my tiny apartment are closing in on me, I can recreate the experience 'virtually' instead of going outside into the hot, hot, sun! Hooray!
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Ever played Halo? Best damn FPS I've ever played.
...I want a new Gradius game. Let the children of today learn the ways of Old-Fu, I say.
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The Silent Hill series are like spooky form of crack: it's horrible like a bad trip, but cool at the same time, and you keep going back to your dealer for more.
Konami has officially announced Silent Hill 4: The Room for PS2 and Xbox on their website..
Hey! Silent Hill *3* still isn't even out for Xbox yet! Konami, aren't you jumping the gun on announcing SH4?
I really dug Silent Hill 2 on the Xbox. Then I bought Silent Hill 3 for PC and found the controls are klunky, and with the fixed camera, I wished I had it for Xbox instead. It's really made for game controllers, not KB and mouse.
And hey, Konami, do us a favor and re-release Silent Hill 1 on a modern platform! (it's currently only available on PS1) Stick it on the SH4 CD as a bonus or something...
There are so many things wrong with that game, what did you enjoy most about it? The multiplayer or single player? The combat? The story?
To the best of my knowledge, only Gamespot and DDRFreak have covered this, but Konami also unveiled the next DDR game for the U.S. region, DDR Extreme. Here's the official site, and GameSpot's coverage. I first saw the news on DDRFreak.
For those of you about to lament the unfortunate use of "Extreme", it should be noted that this is more of a "greatest hits" collection of the best, most challenging, or most popular DDR tracks throughout the series' seven-game lifespan, as well as imports from other Bemani series such as Guitar Freaks and Pop'n Music. The game should also introduce new gameplay mechanics such as "mission mode", but details are as of yet unknown.
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All of the above. The story is great, the combat is intense and is quite a rush. Multiplayer is a blast when you get a bunch of people together and start fragging away.