One image shows a skeletal insect-like monster erupting from a corpse, while others appear to have been inspired by scorpions, squid and perhaps the cordeceps fungus, which inspired the last of our infected enemies. We also see one image of a figure of swords, which may indicate the previously announced action-adventure approach of the nameless game.
On the major influences on the monstrous designs and the game in general, Toyama revealed that the comics of death and daily life had a significant impact on the creature and atmosphere of the title.
“I regularly read comics as a form of entertainment,” Toyama explained. “Recently you see a trend towards the content of ‘death game’. These works tend to give entertainment to somewhat cruel worlds, and so of course I followed the approach. The view I have of horror is everyday life “rather than just showing scary things, it should question our position and challenge us to live peacefully.”
Japanese comic books for die-hards have recently received more Western attention due to the release of Netflix’s Alice in Borderland – an adaptation of the manga of the same name, in which characters are apparently transported to an alternative Tokyo and forced to take part in deadly challenges .
An informative interview with our very own Keiichiro Toyama, which describes how he got into the game industry and what we have in mind for our new project.
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When Toyota discussed what other elements Bokeh Game Studio wanted to include in its first game, he insisted that he wanted fans to feel excited, despite the terribly driven aesthetics and narration the team uses.
“I come back to my roots, for example, in the direction of horror,” Toyama added. “Instead of something deeply rooted in horror, however, I want to keep an entertainment note. While refraining from elements of horror, I want players to feel excited when they play the game.”
This latest tease comes two months after Toyama revealed that Bokeh’s first horror-action-adventure game will probably only be launched in 2023. In the then conversation with IGN Japan, Toyama said that the game would appeal to fans of my previous work, and that it should come to PC and “as many console platforms as possible.” Bokeh was announced in December, bringing together a number of developers from Sony Japan as a new indie studio.In other Silent Hill news, a recent interview with serial composer Akira Yamaoka was pulled after he apparently teased that Konami was working on a new entry in the franchise. Konami denied that he had asked for the clip to be removed, and the uploader told IGN that a ‘third party’ had asked for the interview to be removed.
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