#Slitterhead trailer update
#Slitterhead trailer license

The trailer shows an unspecified city, with Toyama clarifying it is a fictional place inspired by 1980s and 90s Hong Kong, though the sights will be explored through a lens of nostalgia. Other details revealed about the game include the setting, as well as the inspiration for the monsters shown in Slitterhead. This extends to the gore aspect, where he hopes that it will portray the horror in a way that players will be immersed within it, providing entertainment with both a mysterious story and new action gameplay. He said that Slitterhead will be a more action-oriented third-person game, where it will have new mechanics that have not been seen in other games before, hoping it will create a unique experience.

#Slitterhead trailer license

Again, however, even if Toyama wanted to remake the original Silent Hill, it wouldn’t be up to him since Konami owns the license for the franchise.In an interview with IGN Japan, Toyama revealed some of the details of its gameplay and setting, though he remained silent about some specifics considering the game's early development stage.

#Slitterhead trailer update

He added that he didn’t believe refining the game’s visuals would be satisfying for fans, although he also mentioned that, in general, he wasn’t against the concept of remaking video games, saying that it helps to update and modernize mechanics as well. In his opinion, remaking the original Silent Hill would be more challenging because it’s not an action-adventure game. In an interview with Video Games Chronicle earlier in December, Toyama said he thought remaking Silent Hill would be more difficult than remaking early Resident Evil games, which Capcom successfully executed with Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3. Toyama’s return to horror means he has spoken about Silent Hill recently, though. Came Back It Would Be The Snyder Cut Of Video Games At the very least, it’ll be something new to explore as Konami decides what to do with Silent Hill, if anything. Considering the reception to the Siren series, especially the last entry in the franchise, and his own enthusiasm regarding Slitterhead, it seems like he’s back to creating disturbing, grotesque worlds designed to unnerve the player, which is sure to be interesting. While it may not have been the horror game revival that Silent Hill fans initially wanted, it is exciting to see Toyama strike out on his own and return to his roots.

Other than that, the only information he’s dropped is that the setting is vaguely inspired by Hong Kong in the 1980s and 90s, but the city in the game is fictional. He’s also stated that players will control their character from a third-person perspective, which contrasts with Resident Evil’s recent change to first-person in Resident Evil: Biohazard and Resident Evil Village. So far, Toyama has said that Slitterhead will be a horror action-adventure game, hopefully releasing in 2023. As of now, Toyama’s involvement is Slitterhead’s only connection to Silent Hill, but it’s certainly a dramatic return to the spotlight for Toyama and the new Bokeh Game Studios team.

The trailer even opened with text mentioning its creator’s relationship to his former franchise, presumably in an effort to excite fans of the dormant Silent Hill with the thought of new secrets and mysteries to explore. Then, Slitterhead was officially announced at The Game Awards 2021, showing that Toyama had indeed returned to the survival horror genre.