Summary
- Silent Hill: Ascension, a community-driven live stream series, will premiere on October 31, allowing fans to determine the characters' fate.
- Ascension will have a unique approach to the survival-horror game genre, with multiple main characters from different parts of the world facing Silent Hill monstrosities.
- Unlike other choice-based games, all decisions made by viewers will be final once the series ends, adding an extra level of suspense and consequence to the story.
Silent Hill: Ascension will premiere on October 31. The new Silent Hill game will be a community-driven live stream series where fans will have the power to decide the characters' fate.
Announced last year along with two other Silent Hill projects, Silent Hill: Ascension will be an innovative take on the popular survival-horror game. The series will focus on multiple main characters from different parts of the world that have been tormented by various Silent Hill monstrosities. The viewers' job will be to help the characters survive throughout Ascension's episodes. It's important to note that all decisions will be final once the series ends, unlike other choice-based games where players could get multiple outcomes.
Fans of the franchise can already pre-register for Silent Hill: Ascension via the Google Play Store, and download the game for free once it's out. On October 2, the game's listing was updated to include the official release date of the first episode: October 31 at 6pm PT. Based on the description, Ascension will have daily live story scenes that will be different based on players' decisions on certain days. Players will also be able to catch up on the series on demand. However, the listing didn't mention the total number of episodes that Ascension will have.
Many Silent Hill fans online expressed their excitement for Silent Hill: Ascension's release date, especially since they've been waiting a while for Konami to launch any new Silent Hill projects. However, some didn't seem thrilled about Ascension, especially the fact that it's going to be available on mobile, which they didn't seem to expect. At the same time, there were a number of people that didn't seem to understand the live series format of Ascension, and were expecting the usual survivor-horror gameplay the series is known for.
The live stream format is a growing gaming genre as some developers have started utilizing it to make players feel more involved in games' stories. Genvid Entertainment, the company Konami partnered with for Silent Hill: Ascension, also revealed recently that it's working on Borderlands EchoVision Live. Just like Ascension, players will be given the power to decide what will happen to characters in this Borderlands game. Both titles might not operate like a regular video game, but players could look at them as leveled-up versions of the choice-based mechanics.
Apart from Silent Hill: Ascension, Konami is also developing Silent Hill f and Silent Hill Townfall, which are still shrouded in mystery. For now, fans could treat Ascension as a teaser to begin the exciting new era of Silent Hill.
Silent Hill: Ascension will release on October 31.
Source: Google Play Store