New info surfaces:
Konami revealed some new tidbits for Silent Hill 5:
* The protagonist is a 22 year old veterans named Alex Shepard, who stays in a military hospital, recovering from an injury.
* Alex has a premonition that his younger brother Joshua is in danger, so he returned to his hometown Shepards Glen.
* In his hometown he found out his mother is catatonic condition, his father and brother were missing, and the whole city is covered in bizarre fog.
* In the journey Alex will find a partner Ellen, who resembles Mario and Heather from Silent Hill 2 & 3
* The game will have a completely new action system, the combat system will be more interactive, since Alex is a former soldier
* Alex can use various weapons like saw and pipe, there are more close range combats, and Alex can also grasp and counterattack opponents.
* The story will be have more touches on psychological topics, similar to Silent Hill 2, at some point Alex will come to Silent Hill
* The game will make use of the Havok physics engine, and will make use of more filter techniques, like glass and fog filters
* Alex will show real time wounds and injuries on his body
* All characters are animated using motion captures
* The game will have sound track from Akira Yamaoka
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EDIT: Don't really understand who the hell Mario is...
Maybe that fat guy.. uh.. Eddie?
But how will Ellen resemble Heather at the same time..