Bloober Team, the studio that developed Silent Hill 2 remake announced a change in approach to game development after the success of this project.
Bloober Team has long had a mixed reputation for its previous horror games. Some of them aroused interest but had flaws, while others became the object of ridicule due to strange features. However, the situation has changed after the release of the highly acclaimed Silent Hill 2 remake.
In conversation with Gamespot, the co-directors of the remake acknowledged the criticism of the studio’s previous works and spoke about their plans. Jacek Ziba said: «We want to find our niche, and we think we’ve found it, so now we need to develop in it».
«This process is quite complicated, but it also happens organically. For example, with Layers of Fear [2016], people in the studio said: “Okay, we’ve made lousy games before, but we can grow,”», he continued.
Wojciech Pejko added that the Bloober Team consists of a «team that loves horror». He emphasized: «We could [work in other genres], but we don’t want to».
Previous Bloober Team projects, such as Layers of Fear, The Medium, and the Blair Witch adaptation, had potential but suffered from flawed gameplay or illogical plots. Instead, the Silent Hill 2 remake became the studio’s most successful game, having received high critical acclaim for the atmosphere and combat system.
Bloober Team plans to keep this success in their next project — sci-fi horror Cronos: The New Dawn which will be released next year on PC, Xbox, and PS5.
Source: Gamesradar