Silent Hill will be lost with the closure of the old PlayStation Stores

It was recently revealed that Sony intends to close the PlayStation Store di PlayStation 3, PSP e PS Vita, and with them, the first will be lost Silent Hill. In fact, these represented the only virtual place where it was possible to legally download the psychological horror of Konami.

With the disappearance of the first chapter of Silent Hill due to the closure of the old PlayStation Stores, you will no longer be able to play the game legally, unless you obviously own a physical copy of the title and the first PlayStation. This fact opens up a practical reflection on preservation of old games. Sometimes this type of securities are difficult to find physically and at not very high prices.

Recall that the game was released in 1999 and it is a psychological horror, a real milestone of the genre. The plot sees Harry Manson, 32-year-old writer, traveling with his adopted daughter Cheryl towards the town of Silent Hill. On the road he runs into a woman and to avoid her they are victims of an accident. He wakes up in the city and his daughter is missing.

Silent Hill is creepy, it looks deserted and full of fog, the latter a real distinctive element of the series, and in the course of the adventure we discover what lurks in this dark town. The gameplay of the game sees the player having to solve a whole series of environmental puzzles, as well as facing frightening creatures. One of the details is the absence of hud, which constantly forces you to have to open the inventory to realize the remaining health.

The series then saw a good number of more or less successful sequels. In 2014, a new chapter in the series was announced that it would be directed by Hideo Kojima and would have seen the participation of William of the Bull, but as is known, the director broke up with Konami. The closure of the stores and the related loss of the first Silent Hill is bad news, which will surely pay off many players and historical fans of the series.