Konami presents Silent Hill: The Arcade Shooter
- February 16, 2007 00:00 AM PST
New screenshots for Konami's horror-themed arcade game pop up out of nowhere, and then chew your face off.
By Eugene Huang
Gameplay reports from Impress Watch confirm that the game is a shooter, much like Sega's House of the Dead series. But unlike most other shooting games, Silent Hill: The Arcade employs a life bar system that starts out at 100 life points, but decreases with each hit a player takes.
The standard weapon is a normal handgun with a ten-bullet clip, and reloading is accomplished by firing the weapon away from the screen. During certain events, players will be prompted to push a red button found on the side of each gun in order to advance in the story. Other uses for the red button were not made clear in the report.
Using the "e-Amusement Pass" (available only in Asia), gamers are given the luxury of continuing play from where they last left off, making it much easier to access the game's multiple endings.
Konami of America has not yet made a statement regarding a possible American release.
