I am headed off to Japan for a week. I may make some updates while I am there, but since I am not sure what sort of internet connection I’ll have I can’t make any promises.
Silent Hill 3 is being well received. I’ve been pretty busy preparing for my trip, so I haven’t gotten much of a chance to play the game yet. What I have played has been very good… the game has yet to disappoint me. It also happens to be the best looking PS2 game I’ve seen.
I’ve added Galerians to the database.
Sam from SurvivalHorror.info just told me about Agartha, a survival horror game for the Dreamcast that was canned just before it was to be released. The developer, No Cliche, was Sega’s first wholly owned European studio (they were French). However, the No Cliche company web site no longer resolves, and I am assuming that they’ve dissolved. However, Agartha looks pretty cool, so if anyone has any information on it (or perhaps…. a ROM?) please let me know.
I’ve added an entry for Koudelka to the database.
I’ve come across a few more games that may or may not be classifiable as survival horror:
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So if anybody has info on these games (like if they are survival horror and if they should be included in the database), let me know in the forums!
I’ve been pointed to some screenshots from a new Sony game.
Looks a lot like Siren to me… could this be something new?
Magic Box has posted some more screens of Garasu no Bara (Glass Rose).
I’ve added Free Radical’s Second Sight to the list, even though there is almost no information available about it yet. Apparently it will be a “Resident Evil-inspired” horror action game. Hopefully more information will be released soon.
I wonder if Capcom’s Glass Rose (Garasu No Bara, offical site in Japanese) will be survival horror. It’s not yet clear from the information available, though the game sounds pretty cool either way.
Another game that may or may not be survival horror is Silicon Knight’s Too Human. IGN is reporting that the game may not even ship on the current round of hardware, so perhaps it is best to hold off on speculation until more details are available.
Finally, there have been some rumblings about Rockstar’s Manhunt lately. Several sites have called the title survival horror, but after reading the descriptions I remain unconvinced. It seems like an violent action/sneaking game to me. The closed circuit video stuff looks somewhat scary, but it doesn’t seem like this will really be a “horror” title.
Silent Hill 3 is out today here in North America. I’ve got a copy already and I’ll post impressions as soon as I can. I am quite excited–Silent Hill is by far my favorite series in the Survival Horror genre.
I completed the original Clock Tower for the SNES this weekend. I had misgivings at first; I mean, who would have thought that a survival horror game could be done as a side scroller? The game was excellent, however, and I am very glad I played through it.
Though completing Clock Tower doesn’t take very long, the designers at Human Entertainment did an excellent job in the replay department. The game features 9 unique endings (two of which I managed to see), some of which can only be unlocked by failing to accomplish certain tasks. The game also does tricky things like sealing off certain rooms and moving other rooms around to keep even veteran players on their toes. I was quite impressed.
Unfortunately, the original Clock Tower was never released outside of Japan. If you can find the ROM, an excellent English patch exists that will let you play through the game without knowing any Japanese.
After playing Clock Tower I realized that it is very similar to the GBA version of Disney’s Haunted Mansion. Haunted Mansion isn’t out yet, but from what I saw at E3 the GBA game looks a whole lot like Clock Tower. As you can probably tell from this Preview at GameSpot however, Haunted Mansion GBA doesn’t look like it will be nearly as good. In fact, the version I played at E3 was positively atrocious. However, I suppose I should withhold judgment until the game is released.
Ok, so, with the (long overdue) introduction of a front page I declare this site to be live!
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