Silent Hill: Ascension has released its first episode, but it hasn’t kicked off the series’ attempt at a revival positively. Since the cancelation of Silent Hills, the series has been in an uncertain state, but the announcement of several new games and a remake of Silent Hill 2 sparked hope for a revitalization. Unfortunately, Silent Hill: Ascension had multiple flaws preventing it from living up to its potential.
[Warning: This article contains spoilers for Silent Hill: Ascension.]
Silent Hill: Ascension’s design is a blend of a television series and a Choose Your Own Adventure style of game, similar to Netflix’s Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. Genvid, which describes itself as a massively interactive entertainment company, took up the task of creating Ascension, putting the pressure of being the ones to start the return of Silent Hill. The gameplay elements are reminiscent of those used in The Quarry and its predecessor, Until Dawn, where choices determine how the story plays out. However, instead of a single person making choices, Ascension allows the full community watching it at that time to vote to decide which path the story takes.
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Silent Hill: Ascension follows six core characters, but they aren’t all located in the same city. Instead, they’re set in two locations that are half a world away, but they end up connected through a series of deaths and mysteries. With the creepy town, cultist elements, and the presence of monsters, Ascension hits a lot of the features that are expected from Silent Hill games. There are also references to other games in the series, such as the dying wife of a character that calls back to James Sunderland’s situation in Silent Hill 2. However, similarities and references aren’t enough to make Ascension the beginning of a revival that the series needed.
2023-11-14 04:00:05
Article from screenrant.com
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