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Konami Announces New Contra, Silent Hill, More

Posted by simoniker on from the not-contra-versial dept.

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.

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  1. Re:3D Contra? been there, still traumatized, howev by Nutcase · · Score: 3, Interesting

    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.

  2. Re:No more by Mattcelt · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Problem is, every one in a while someone does a truly great 3D adaptation of a 2D game (Prince of Persia:Sands of Time, what a great game) and everybody and their brother tries to get into the act thinking they can copy the success. So we end up with 3D ports of great 2D games which truly suck.

  3. Silent Hill : spooky crack by thirty2bit · · Score: 2, Interesting

    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...