@IEABrute I agree. Nationalism and games aren't a good mix.

That's unfortunate.

When Nintendo Power was taken over by Future Publishing, the magazine actually became a serious source of info, as opposed to its earlier incarnation which served more as an advertisement.

I have nothing but good things to say about the staff. It's sad that the magazine didn't get a longer run. It was the old Nintendo Power in name only, in reality it was a very good read and with great direction all around (both artistic and otherwise).

I wish the staff very best, cheers.

Hmm..the American patriots don't seem to be the enemy in ACIII so it doesn't make much sense for the Spanish Empire to be the enemy in this one since they were allied to the Americans during the revolution..

However if that's the direction they're taking this game in then I assume the main Templar enemy would have to be Alejandro Oreilly because he was the Spanish governor of Louisiana that crushed the rebellion this game takes place in.

But on a deeper level who is this main character defending? The French? I doubt she'd rather be under French rule since they had Louisiana in worse shape. If she's fighting for freedom then why would she work with the rebellion that aimed to restore French Imperial rule to the colony...not freedom...either way I'm interested in finding out when it's released! :)

@carlo235

What good would that do?

There's no morality in changing one empire for another..

@chibi-acer

I was thinking the same thing.

I'm not certain if I'll eventually buy a Vita or not, but either way I wish it the best.

It's not fair to those who bought it if it ends up flopping. Also, it makes for a larger, more varied game industry as a whole.

Plus, the 3DS wasn't doin' so hot when it first launched, and look at it now.

@DrRockso87 There was never really a Team Silent. The only thing the first four Silent Hill titles have in common is that they were all developed internally by Konami now they're developed externally by the lowest bidder.

Also, Masahiro Ito was involved with the art direction in the first 4 titles as well as Akira Yamaoka with the sound design.

According to Yamaoka Silent Hill was their attempt "at making classic American horror through a Japanese filter".

Without this "Japanese filter" all you have is a bunch of Western horror games with the name Silent Hill slapped on the front of the box.

@MaloVolpe Silent Hill 4 was a bit of a misstep but I think it's kind of an exaggeration to say that it was worse than any of the outsourced Silent Hill games.

I would say it's the worst of the best, the best being 1,2,3, and 4 in last place. Externally developed ones don't even count.

@BeateDrabing I disagree. I believe the franchise itself is not as marketable as it used to be because Konami has completely destroyed the Silent Hill brand by outsourcing every single title in the series from the past five years to the lowest bidder instead of developing them internally.

As you can see the Metal Gear brand gets preferential treatment at Konami. Metal Gear games are always made internally and when they're not they're outsourced to top quality devs with peerless reputations like Platinum on the other hand you have Silent Hill being outsourced to an Eastern European scrappy start-up studio. Konami did this to themselves.

Oh my....how the mighty have fallen...

@GunBladeHero

Yes, that is in fact Sarah Bryant from Virtua Fighter.

Her and Akira's presence in the game has all but confirmed my purchase.

(I think Pai may also end up in the game.. Just you wait)