Silent Hill 3 PC preview

Intrepid Homoludens · 10-10-2003, 04:29 AM

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As you might expect from a game that's being ported from older console hardware to the PC, Silent Hill 3 seems to take good advantage of PC hardware. The game supports onscreen resolutions of up to 1920x1440, as well as texture resolutions of up to 2048x2048. It also features graphics options, like dynamic shadows, that can be toggled on or off to improve performance. The graphics in the PC version look noticeably sharper than those in the PlayStation 2 version, especially for the game's detailed character models. Japanese console adventure games, which tend to focus on key characters with dramatic camera close-ups, have continued to focus on creating highly detailed characters with animated facial expressions. This focus is evident in Silent Hill 3's character models, who have fully articulated mouths that are synced with their full audio speech. The PC version also retains the original game's detailed animated shadows, which lengthen and deform realistically as Heather steps into and out of the light.

Full preview, Gamespot 10/9/03

The game should be in stores just before Halloween.

Henke · 10-10-2003, 04:34 AM

The PC version is suppose to be released on the 31th here. Can't wait.

VoodooFX · 10-10-2003, 05:09 AM

Makes me wonder on how many CD will it be... last one was on 3, this one is supposably shorter, so even though graphics are updated, it will perhaps still be on 3, maybe they'll release a DVD version too, after all Konami did release a DVD version of Metal Gear Solid 2.
I hope they stick to release date!

Intrepid, was it you, who had problems with SH2, where your game speed would fall drasticly? I know someone had the problem, and i provided the solution, but the question i wanted to ask was... did you compete it and what did you think of it?

Intrepid Homoludens · 10-10-2003, 05:16 AM

Not sure, Voodoo, but I did have a problem with the game slowing down to single digit frames per second. Someone (thanks!) had suggested to turn off the flashlight flare, and that solved it and the game ran smoothly as butter. Was it you who told me that?

Moosferatu · 10-10-2003, 05:31 AM

Is that screenshot in game?

Intrepid Homoludens · 10-10-2003, 05:51 AM

Yes, it is. OMG, IT IS, YESSSSSS!

VoodooFX · 10-10-2003, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

Was it you who told me that?

Yep, that was me... damn, that was long time ago, before server crash! So did you finish it? What did you think of it?

Igor · 10-10-2003, 10:06 AM

Faces in SH3 are simply amazing

Intrepid Homoludens · 10-10-2003, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by VoodooFX

Yep, that was me... damn, that was long time ago, before server crash! So did you finish it? What did you think of it?

I haven't touched it in quite a while. I left off just before the first Pyramid Head boss fight. I'll have to backtrack a bit because I had practically no health when I meet PH, and I die from a single touch by him, so I'll need to load up a savegame where I can at least accumulate more ammo and preserve health. I'll be playing it more tonight and this weekend, hopefully finishing it up by Halloween. Beautiful, cerebral, haunting game, I don't mind taking my time with it.

Intrepid Homoludens · 10-14-2003, 04:17 AM

A 2 minute gameplay movie of the PC DVD-ROM version Silent Hill 3 (thanks, Tiscali!) can now be downloaded from Gamer's Hell. The movie shows scenes from a darkened and abandoned amusment park filled with disturbing stuffed animals and horrifyingly deadly beasties, and offers a glimpse of the game's much touted atmospheric dynamic lighting and sound effects. This PC DVD-ROM version is slated to be released in 2 weeks, just in time for Halloween.

OOH OOH OOH!! And a playable demo is also being worked on!

Henke · 10-14-2003, 07:37 AM

Aaarrrgh. I really, really, really want to play this game. That gameplay movie was a TEASER in the true meaning of the word.

Intrepid Homoludens · 10-14-2003, 01:55 PM

Just watched the movie again, and sent the link to my niece in California. I love how the movie starts with this caption:

"Some parts of this game may be considered violent or cruel."

remixor · 10-14-2003, 02:34 PM

I love how the in-game graphics look about a million times cleaner than the in-game subtitle

Pretty amazing visuals, fo sheezy. Well, I suppose it's just another title I won't be playing

Bastich · 10-14-2003, 06:42 PM

I appreciate the polygon count and all, but she looks like she has a terrible skin disease. I wouldn't touch any objects, that someone who looked like that touched, in real life... [shivers]

10-10-2003, 04:34 AM	#2
Henke Headbanger Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The North Posts: 2,233	The PC version is suppose to be released on the 31th here. Can't wait. __________________ NP: Botanicula, Catherine, Dear Esther, Okami

10-10-2003, 05:09 AM	#3
VoodooFX Grumpy & bitter man Last Online: 05-19-2012 09:05 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Slovenia Posts: 1,171	Makes me wonder on how many CD will it be... last one was on 3, this one is supposably shorter, so even though graphics are updated, it will perhaps still be on 3, maybe they'll release a DVD version too, after all Konami did release a DVD version of Metal Gear Solid 2. I hope they stick to release date! Intrepid, was it you, who had problems with SH2, where your game speed would fall drasticly? I know someone had the problem, and i provided the solution, but the question i wanted to ask was... did you compete it and what did you think of it? __________________ We may have days, we may have hours, but sooner or later we all push up flowers.

10-10-2003, 05:16 AM	#4
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Last Online: 05-17-2012 02:26 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	Not sure, Voodoo, but I did have a problem with the game slowing down to single digit frames per second. Someone (thanks!) had suggested to turn off the flashlight flare, and that solved it and the game ran smoothly as butter. Was it you who told me that? __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

10-10-2003, 05:51 AM	#6
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Last Online: 05-17-2012 02:26 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	Yes, it is. OMG, IT IS, YESSSSSS! __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

10-14-2003, 04:17 AM	#10
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Last Online: 05-17-2012 02:26 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	A 2 minute gameplay movie of the PC DVD-ROM version Silent Hill 3 (thanks, Tiscali!) can now be downloaded from Gamer's Hell. The movie shows scenes from a darkened and abandoned amusment park filled with disturbing stuffed animals and horrifyingly deadly beasties, and offers a glimpse of the game's much touted atmospheric dynamic lighting and sound effects. This PC DVD-ROM version is slated to be released in 2 weeks, just in time for Halloween. OOH OOH OOH!! And a playable demo is also being worked on! __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

10-10-2003, 05:31 AM	#5
Moosferatu Senior Member Last Online: 06-18-2008 03:51 PM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan Posts: 578	Is that screenshot in game?

10-10-2003, 10:06 AM	#8
Igor Jumping peanut on a stick Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 364	Faces in SH3 are simply amazing

10-14-2003, 07:37 AM	#11
Henke Headbanger Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The North Posts: 2,233	Aaarrrgh. I really, really, really want to play this game. That gameplay movie was a TEASER in the true meaning of the word. __________________ NP: Botanicula, Catherine, Dear Esther, Okami

10-14-2003, 01:55 PM	#12
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Last Online: 05-17-2012 02:26 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	Just watched the movie again, and sent the link to my niece in California. I love how the movie starts with this caption: "Some parts of this game may be considered violent or cruel." __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

10-14-2003, 02:34 PM	#13
remixor A search for a crazy man! Last Online: 10-23-2007 06:30 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 3,987	I love how the in-game graphics look about a million times cleaner than the in-game subtitle Pretty amazing visuals, fo sheezy. Well, I suppose it's just another title I won't be playing __________________ Chris "News Editor" Remo Some sort of Writer or Editor or Something, Idle Thumbs "Some comparisons are a little less obvious. I always think of Grim Fandango as Casablanca on acid." - Will Wright

10-14-2003, 06:42 PM	#14
Bastich Iconoclast Last Online: 04-20-2014 08:51 PM Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: USA Posts: 1,169	I appreciate the polygon count and all, but she looks like she has a terrible skin disease. I wouldn't touch any objects, that someone who looked like that touched, in real life... [shivers]