Silent Hill demo – PT – has brought some hope to fans that this series is not really `dead.`

1. Silent Hill 2 was inspired by a Russian novel

There are many horror games that look to literary works for inspiration, Dante’s Inferno is a typical example.

Silent Hill 2 reveals that it was James Sunderland who killed his wife.

2. Most of the characters are based on real-life actors

In order for Slient Hill to still have its original features and American style, Takayoshi Sato and the game team had to look to American film creators for reference.

For example, the character Vincent has an appearance inspired by actor Ethan Hawke, or the villain Claudia Wolf is inspired by actor Julianne Moore.

3. Team Silent – the `desperate stars`

Silent Hill may be Konami’s biggest critical and commercial success.

From the beginning, with the success of Silent Hill, Team Silent had great expectations from Konami.

With nothing left to lose, Team Silent creates a 3D psychological horror game.

4. Silent Hill could have been a horror comedy game

One of Konami’s later efforts with the Silent Hill game series was to create Silent Hill: Origins, a prequel to previously produced games, made by Climax Studio.

Set several years before the first Silent Hill, the player takes on the role of a truck driver named Travis, stranded in a ghost town.

Luckily, the head designer thought this idea was too stupid, and had the potential to make the audience bored with the game.

5. How to bypass censorship and cleverly hide graphics

Silent Hill is famous for its violent, bloody horror, but it once had trouble with strict ratings in Australia and Germany, leading to its being banned from sale.

In North America, because of censorship, the character `The Gray Child` had to be redesigned accordingly.

When Silent Hill was born, it was a time when computer graphics were extremely simple.