Let’s take out the journalistic chestnuts of the Halloween period: it’s the time of horror game releases (hello Alan Wake 2) and films intended to scare barely pubescent teenagers (Five Nights at Freddy’s, Saw X And tutti quanti). It seems like Silent Hill: Ascension has decided to play on both sides at the same time, with a concept of an interactive series where the players will decide on the future of the show. The press release goes so far as to promise that “even the creators of the project do not know how it will end Silent Hill: Ascension. The fate of the characters is in the hands of the audience“.
Elevator to the Gallows
THE world premiere of the diffusion of SHA will therefore take place on October 31 at 9:00 p.m. (French time). To attend the show, you will need to install the free application available on Google Play and App Store, or connect to Ascension.com via PC. Those who are impatient can connect to Ascension.com from 7:30 p.m. Paris time to follow the “SILENT HILL: Ascension Premiere Pre-Show” hosted by Greg Miller and Kinda Funny.
SH: Ascension will feature the journeys of the Johansen and Hernandez families, grappling with the vicissitudes specific to the land of Silent Hill (cultist rituals, pursuits by monsters, nightmarish hauntings, etc.). Jacob Navok, CEO of Genvid explains: “spectators will discover Silent Hill: Ascension for the first time tonight and we have no idea what choices they will make, or how it will end. It’s the perfect time for Halloween where audiences will shape this one-of-a-kind horror series over the next few months. What happens tonight will determine what happens next for the new characters in silent Hill“. Does this mean that we will find the protagonists of Ascension in future productions silent Hill ? “Maybe yes, maybe no” as Ms. De Sévigné would have said. As it stands, the first images and trailers remind us more of the feeling of The Dark Pictures Anthology from Supermassive Games, with a social component…
Although Ascent is presented as an experience accessible for free, monetization is still required. For the modest sum of $14.99 (call price valid until November 14, then it will increase to $19.99), “players” will be able to acquire a season pass which will guarantee access to 6 months of content. At the same time, this will give access to the “Founder’s Pack”, allowing you to customize the way users appear in the cat : “a founder icon, a founder frame, an exclusive theme frame, an emoji and a sticker“. But above all, this pack will grant a certain number of “influence points” which will give more weight to the votes of the Founders… Those who hoped for a democratic method will come back.