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Silent Hill HD Collection

Silent Hill 2 Gets Original Voice Actors For HD Collection
Written Wednesday, November 23, 2011 By Richard Walker
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Good news for die-hard Silent Hill 2 fans, as Konami has confirmed that you'll be able to switch on the original voices for the game in the Silent Hill HD Collection, meaning you can either play it with the remastered 'modern' voice performances, or enjoy the original recordings from 2001.

Unfortunately, the same has not been settled on for Silent Hill 3, as the actress who voiced the game's heroine Heather Morris, has been unavailable to sign a waiver to grant permission to use the original recordings. "Producer Devin Shatsky and I have been striving to make this a reality for some time, and it’s exciting to have created the definitive SH2 experience. We would like to thank all of the original voice cast as well as Jeremy Blaustein, who were all instrumental in making this happen.  Unfortunately, due to factors both technical and logistical, Silent Hill 3 will be presented with new voices only," reads a post on the Silent Hill Facebook page from Konami's Tom Hulett.

"Konami and Hijinx are working hard to make Silent Hill HD Collection a valued piece of Silent Hill history," adds Hulett. "and hope fans new and old look forward to its release in January."

[Thanks, Chris]




 
 

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Comment #1 by Thicketford
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 04:41:29 AM
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I'm really glad they managed to sort this out before release. Maybe Silent Hill 3's original recording could be added later as DLC is they manage to get permission from the actress.


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Comment #2 by INFAMOUSMrChewy
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 04:44:17 AM
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I still don't understand why SH 4 isn't in this "collection". Anybody hear of a reason for that?


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Comment #3 by XxStuartxX 1990
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 04:44:53 AM
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Damn it, another HD Collection that isnt GTA.


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Comment #4 by Serpream
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 04:45:34 AM
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SH3 wise i always thought Hether acted abit 'slow' to be honest. Maybe a new voice actress would improve it. SH2 however was perfect and the new voices are horrific in the wrong way :(


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Comment #5 by silentbob0
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 04:46:38 AM
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Why would the SH3 actress deny permission for this? Sounds like she wants a big pay check for doing nothing.


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Comment #6 by Gor1lla
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 05:10:06 AM
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@2 if i remember correctly they didnt add it, because it wasnt that popular. Would be cool, though, it had one of the best soundtrack (room of angels


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Comment #7 by your next best friend
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 05:10:09 AM
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@5 - The actress is unavailable - which means they don't know where she is to ask..


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Comment #8 by Flippery
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 05:14:07 AM
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@#5 - it could just be that she is uncontactable - she might not have left forwarding details with her agent and then went on to get married, change her name etc.


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Comment #9 by roza
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 05:18:53 AM
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Well the main selling point for this is SH3 for me. I've been looking around for it but can't find it in any stores (I'm not fond of looking online to be honest) I managed to get SH2 and 4 for £7.99 the 2 both in mint condition. But having 2&3 would be nice, would have made more sense to have 1&3 on one collection and 2&4 on another seeing as they are more linked to each other from what I have been told. I'm happy as long as the story isn't touched. New vocal work or not the games are still amazing.


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Comment #10 by MoldyClay87
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 05:50:45 AM
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Should have had SH1 and 4.

I already own all the SH games, so I really don't need to get this, but having SH1 on a modern system would've been nice. Oh well.

Having said that, disappointed that they couldn't get Heather back. I hope her replacement is the girl who played her in Shattered Memories, then. SH3 is easily my favorite in the series, so this is depressing.

What's going on with music btw? Is it retaining the old music? Or are we getting new music? Or both?


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Comment #11 by ChocoDK
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 06:03:25 AM
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Thank you Guy for helping to make this happen and all the other cast of Silent Hill 2. I love the original voices in Silent Hill 2 but I may play through Silent Hill 2 once just to hear the new voices. However, there isn't anything like the original voices.

Just so people know Guy forwarded Heather Morrison's most recent talent agency to Tom Hullett to see if they can get a hold of her so we can hopefully get the original voices for Silent Hill 3.


I don't really care for Silent Hill 3 so this isn't really a big deal to me but I did like Heather's voice in Silent Hill 3.

I prefer Silent Hill 4 though over Silent Hill 3 so it is sad to see that SH4 isn't in this collection.


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Comment #12 by brokenaesthetic
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 07:09:19 AM
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Amazing news! The new voiceovers for silent hill 2, although were well done and well delivered, just weren't the same, or have that connection I got with the original voices. So glad to hear this! shame about 3 though.


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Comment #13 by Earth Djinn
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 07:24:08 AM
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I'm excited to get this, I've never actually played either of those games.


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Comment #14 by DecadentBeaver
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 07:38:24 AM
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Love how they call it "Silent Hill Collection" when SH1 and 4 are not included. More a half arsed collection if you ask me. Only thing going for it is achievements will have been added. Shame really, as I would have bought it had all 4 games been included.


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Comment #15 by HabsCen10ial
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 07:44:54 AM
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Is there a release date for this yet?


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Comment #16 by Xenodolf
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 07:58:58 AM
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FUCK. The new voices for SH2 were recorded so poorly that I can't see the new Heather voice being any better.

Also, while I would have like to have SH4 in here, SH1 missing makes sense from a technical standpoint because it would be too hard to update graphically. Which is a shame because it is still the scariest game of all time.


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Comment #17 by Cyano Khaar
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 08:24:53 AM
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Luckily I never played SH3 so I won't notice anything. Still bugs me that SH4 isn't included though. That's my favorite one in the series.


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Comment #18 by muzykalscorpio
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 08:39:22 AM
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I'm feeling super dumb right now, that this may just be sleep.

Did a Heather Morris really voice Heather Mason, or did you just mean Heather Mason?


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Comment #19 by ChocoDK
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 08:51:02 AM
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@18: Yes, Heather Morris really did voice Heather Mason in Silent Hill 3. I don't know why I put "Morrison" as her last name when I typed that comment originally.


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Comment #20 by Schism
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 09:01:54 AM
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did anyone hear the new voice acting? fucking terrible :/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJIgse_uxHg

maybe would fit if the graphics where like todays, but the voice acting is just bad..


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Comment #21 by Slayinfool
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 10:00:13 AM
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Can't wait to play these classics again!!


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Comment #22 by Lee71
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 11:05:40 AM
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@2: The Room? I tried hard to like that game. It never really got going. At least that's how I remember it.


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Comment #23 by EL MACHO46
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 11:50:02 AM
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This HD collection is gonna be awesome. But if they added the first Silent Hill in this collection, it would be PERFECT.


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Comment #24 by i got squeezed
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 11:54:01 AM
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I dont think SH3 will be the same without the original voice for Heather. At least they have it for SH2, looks like I'm going to have to find the lady who voiced Morris and beg her to waive permission. Bring on Jan 24th


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Comment #25 by TrishTheDish
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 11:55:45 AM
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Silent Hill 4 wasn't a Silent Hill game. It was a completely different game that at the last second they realized was going to do terrible if they released it, so they shoehorned a couple of Silent Hill references into it and retitled it.

Sort of like they did with Super Mario Brothers 2, only that was related to difficulty and not game-horribility.


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Comment #26 by Lbrun12415
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 11:57:54 AM
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I really want to see some original xbox games released in HD.


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Comment #27 by [Waggly Bean]
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 12:11:04 PM
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Will definitely buy it, but really wish it had the first game in the set... would be nice to play them all through in order again, not that the stories really follow on or anything.


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Comment #28 by ZedChuva
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 01:07:19 PM
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This'll be a pick up for me. Sucks no 1 tho. Still my fave of the series.

Now, where's my Fatal Frame HD reboot! :D


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Comment #29 by zed1676
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 01:41:51 PM
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January 24 cant come soon enough...


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Comment #30 by Sabeythang
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 01:44:38 PM
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There's no 1 because remaking the game entirely would be outside the scope of this collection. And no, they can't just stick in Shattered Memories as a compromise; people would cry even more.


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Comment #31 by Ali_P_84
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 02:40:44 PM
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Who else would like to see Silent Hill 1 released on XBLA?


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Comment #32 by Bullhorse
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 03:03:44 PM
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why did they have to re-record the vocal tracks?


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Comment #33 by Ozbaab
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 03:18:35 PM
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YYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS


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Comment #34 by flechetteXXX
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 @ 10:01:09 PM
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@2 Cause it was FUCKING TERRIBLE


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Comment #35 by BsE Bloodbath
Thursday, November 24, 2011 @ 07:29:38 PM
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I can't remember the number order....but if number 4 was 'the room' then yes it was unbelievably bad >.<

But hell yes to this...SH on xbox....yes pelase


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Comment #36 by Dr Damien G
Monday, December 05, 2011 @ 12:59:48 PM
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Sweet. I can't wait to get in the darkest room and die multiple times to one of my favorite classic series of all times. Is it wrong I'm more excited about this then downpour?


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Comment #37 by gamerdan006
Friday, December 09, 2011 @ 07:38:02 PM
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They should have had SH1 and SH4:The Room in this collection


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Comment #38 by kira21
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 @ 03:40:00 PM
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Cool can't wait to get this


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Comment #39 by otaking live
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 @ 05:26:01 PM
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Seriously. All silent hills please.


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Comment #40 by Jleek92
Friday, December 16, 2011 @ 08:32:06 AM
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I think personally 2 is the best in story but in creppyness and monsters i think it's 3.


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Comment #41 by Shining Star 77
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 @ 04:45:40 PM
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Silent Hill 2 Was By Far The Ultimate Of The Entire Series! I've Been Playing It Since I Was About 7 Or 8 Or Whatever When It 1st Came Out And I Mastered It On Every Last Difficulty, Cause There Were So Many Different Endings! I'm Only Ordering The Collection 4 2 Itself! It's Only 19.95 At Zavvi.Co.UK! Released After January!


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Comment #42 by Shining Star 77
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 @ 03:27:43 PM
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I Want The Full Set Of Achievements 4 Silent Hill 2!


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Comment #43 by SPAC3B0UND 412
Thursday, January 05, 2012 @ 09:37:42 PM
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Otiginal Audio makes Everygame better


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Comment #44 by craigk8190
Saturday, January 07, 2012 @ 08:44:08 PM
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now this what i looking please keep these zombie games coming wish they made stubbs the zombie as that was good game i love these games


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Comment #45 by CxHxUxD
Saturday, January 14, 2012 @ 10:29:51 PM
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Adelaide Clemens looks just like Heather. At least that's what I saw from a picture. They should put her voice in the game, since she's already playing Heather in the new movie.


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