Bokeh Game Studios has released a brand-new trailer for Slitterhead, an upcoming game by the creator of Silent Hill, Keiichiro Toyama. Slitterhead is one of this year's most anticipated horror releases. Slitterhead also features music by Akira Yamaoka, a composer who worked on the Silent Hill franchise, and it boasts grotesque monster designs that wouldn't look out of place in Konami's horror games.
Slitterhead got a big trailer at Summer Game Fest 2024 that gave horror fans an insight into its primary gameplay mechanic of possessing victims as a supernatural spirit named Hyoki. A new cinematic trailer has now been released by Bokeh Game Studios that focuses on Slitterhead's story, giving some insight into its themes and characters.
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The trailer starts with a somber song playing as it shows off the streets of Kowlong, along with some brief clips of the characters that players will possess as Slitterhead's protagonist. This includes a young woman in a red hoodie and a biker that had been prominently shown in Slitterhead's previous trailer and box art. Other characters, like a young man wearing glasses, a pair of siblings, and a martial artist were featured in this trailer, as possible possession targets. The trailer then cuts to more action-focused sequences, such as monsters attacking random civilians, another character being arrested by the police, and a vision of a burning city.
Slitterhead's Cinematic Story Trailer Paints a Silent Picture
Slitterhead shows off how its possession mechanic also affects the characters in the story, like Hyoki granting the characters enhanced agility and claws that come out of their fingers, letting them fight off the monsters that are attacking Kowlong. The trailer also highlights some interpersonal drama between the characters they possess, though this is conveyed without any voice acting or dialogue. The trailer ends on a mysterious note as one of the characters that Hyoki possesses wakes up, with the clock turning back to two days before, likely as a consequence of the possession loop.
Slitterhead is launching within a month of the Silent Hill 2 remake's own launch, which should also make for an interesting topic of discussion among fans due to the closeness of the release dates and their shared creative DNA. Slitterhead is a brand-new IP from one of Silent Hill's original creators, while the Silent Hill 2 remake is being made by Bloober Team and published by Konami.
Slitterhead
- Released
- November 8, 2024
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Language, Partial Nudity, Strong Sexual Content
- Developer(s)
- Bokeh Game Studio
- Publisher(s)
- Bokeh Game Studio
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
WHERE TO PLAY
Set in the densely cluttered streets of "Kowlong," filled with obscurity and chaos, this battle action-adventure game casts players as the "Hyoki," an entity devoid of memory and physical form. His only motive is to eradicate the monstrous beings known as "Slitterheads" crawling around the city, disguising themselves as humans.
Roaming the vibrant neon-lit cityscape, players must seek out allies among humans known as "Rarities," infiltrate and track dangerous organizations, and engage in battles harnessing the power of blood. As the suspenseful drama unfolds, delve into the mystery behind Hyoki's existence and the appearance of the Slitterheads.
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC
