

Your character gains XP from kills and can level up, also collecting “light” or “dark” karma from kills that builds up a meter allowing you to use special abilities. The big question hovering around Book of Memories is, “Did this game even need to get made?” And the answer, aside from the obvious cash grab explanation, is “No.” It’s a good looking game that manages to keep things fresh with randomly generated dungeons, and even the ability to play with up to three other players online or locally with the ad hoc function. Opening the book reveals the entire life of the player laid bare, and somehow the player makes the jump to “If I start rewriting these passages, I can change my past timeline!” And so one very bad idea takes root, and throws the player into a dream world that consists of killing monsters, leveling up and solving some very basic puzzles. The premise is that your customizable character has received a bizarre birthday present the mailman from recent Silent Hill games shows up with a book.

Instead, Silent Hill: Book of Memories is an isometric dungeon crawler that has more in common with games like Gauntlet and Diablo than its namesake. Person psychological survival horror game involving a lengthy visit to the eponymous town, you are completely wrong. If you thought Book of Memories was going to be a 3 rd The first thing that any Vita owner should know is that this is NOT a “traditional” Silent Hill gaming experience. And fans of the series who were expecting the kind of Silent Hill game we’ve played in the past will be bitterly disappointed. Now, with Silent Hill: Book of Memories the mighty Vita finally gets its turn to visit Konami’s infamous town. “Created exclusively for the PlayStation®Vita, this next installment brings all-new gameplay features not normally native to the Silent Hill universe, including Role Playing Game elements and online multiplayer functionality.”Īs Konami’s newly self-appointed head of PR and marketing, I naturally had the announcement last Tuesday, but of course it’s not really real until we get the official notification.After past experiments with the Silent Hill franchise such as the PSP’s Silent Hill: Origins and the Wii’s Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, there were certain expectations in place for the Vita debut of America’s Most Messed Up Town. announced a playable demo for Silent Hill: Book of Memories that is now available via download on PlayStation®Network,” revealed Konami in a press release today.

“Today, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. If you were confused at all about what you downloaded two days ago, this should clear things up. Konami has today officially announced that a Silent Hill: Book of Memories demo is available to download from the PlayStation Store for your PS Vita handheld entertainment device.
