- Silent Hill Retrospective 2022
- Silent Hill Retrospective Part 1 – Silent Hill 1
- Silent Hill Retrospective Part 2: Silent Hill 2
- Silent Hill Retrospective Part 3: Silent Hill 3
- Silent Hill Retrospective Part 4: Silent Hill 4
- Silent Hill Retrospective Part 5: Silent Hill The Movie
- Silent Hill Retrospective Part 6: Silent Hill Novels 1 – 3 (2006)
- Silent Hill Retrospective Part 7: Silent Hill Origins
- Silent Hill Retrospective Part 8: Silent Hill The Arcade
- Silent Hill Retrospective Part 9: Silent Hill The Escape
- Silent Hill Retrospective Part 10: Silent Hill Orphan
- Silent Hill Retrospective Part 11: Silent Hill Homecoming
- Silent Hill Retrospective Part 12: Silent Hill Shattered Memories
- Silent Hill Retrospective Part 13: Silent Hill Downpour
- Silent Hill Retrospective Part 14: Silent Hill HD Collection
- Silent Hill Retrospective Part 15: Silent Hill Book of Memories
- Silent Hill Retrospective Part 16: Silent Hill Revelation movie
- Silent Hill Retrospective Part 17: Silent Hills/PT Demo
- Silent Hill Retrospective Part 18: Silent Hill Betrayal novel
- Silent Hill Retrospective Part 19: Dead by Daylight Silent Hill Edition
- Silent Hill Retrospective Part 20: Upcoming Silent Hill games and movies
Welcome to the 12th installment of our Silent Hill Retrospective, featuring Silent Hill Shattered Memories.
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (2009)
Konami turned to Climax Studios for the development of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, originally created for the Wii and then ported to PSP and PlayStation 2 later. Since they worked on Silent Hill: Origins in 2007, they wanted to take another stab at one of the original stories in the series. This time, it was a reimagining of Silent Hill 1.
There are two parts to this game. The first is someone speaking in a psychiatrist’s office, answering questions. The second part is playing Harry Mason again in Silent Hill looking for his daughter, Cheryl. Yet, there’s more of a focus on investigating and solving puzzles. As a matter of fact, you’ll run away from creatures instead of fighting them in some of the scenes.
For the most part, you’ll use your phone and flashlight. There is also an ice nightmare dimension that’s a stark contrast to the fires of the Otherworld. Also, the story seems to diverge from the original, and you’ll also come across new characters.
This is intentional, though. Later in Silent Hill Shattered Memories, you discover you were playing the distorted memories of an older Heather. Back in the psychiatrist’s office, all your choices and answers from before present a diagnosis of your personality and traits. It’s scary how many players found that final report to be true to their nature in real life.