{"id":37218,"date":"2024-09-18T18:53:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T09:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=37218"},"modified":"2024-10-15T10:47:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T01:47:01","slug":"silent-hill-and-siren-director-keiichiro-toyama-explains-why-he-went-for-a-gritty-urban-cyberpunk-setting-in-upcoming-slitterhead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/silent-hill-and-siren-director-keiichiro-toyama-explains-why-he-went-for-a-gritty-urban-cyberpunk-setting-in-upcoming-slitterhead\/","title":{"rendered":"Silent Hill and Siren director Keiichiro Toyama explains why he went for a gritty, urban cyberpunk setting in upcoming Slitterhead\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Keiichiro Toyama, known as the creator of Silent Hill, Siren and Gravity Rush, recently gave more insight into why he ended up creating a gritty, urban cyberpunk setting for his upcoming game Slitterhead, and the inspirations behind this idea.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240918-37218-004.jpg\" alt=\"Slitterhead Kowlong setting\" class=\"wp-image-37221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240918-37218-004.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240918-37218-004-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240918-37218-004-768x431.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Scheduled for a multiplatform release on November 8, Slitterhead is a 3D action game by Bokeh Studios. You play as Hyoki, a disembodied entity who can possess humans and other creatures in order to fight brain-destroying parasites called Slitterheads. The game\u2019s Possession system will be a modern take on Siren\u2019s sightjacking gameplay.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-palette-color-10-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-88d980f51f5afcf5bd9d49b4227bff6e\" style=\"font-size:1px\">\u00a0.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Slitterhead - Official Story Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VfADFr0NQwg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the images and footage from the game suggest it is a horror title, the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/is-silent-hill-creators-upcoming-slitterhead-horror-action-developers-discuss-genre-what-awaits-players\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">developers seem uncomfortable with Slitterhead being defined in such a clear cut way.<\/a>\u00a0 It seems that the game will try to deliver a unique experience that players have yet to encounter before- and one key part of this will be Slitterhead\u2019s setting.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9RUBI-tKguU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">short documentary released on YouTube<\/a> on September 18, 2024, Toyama talks about the long-held fascination that inspired him to create Slitterhead\u2019s Kowlong- namely Kowloon Walled City, the real-life densely populated area that used to exist in Hong Kong. Although it was demolished in the 1990s, the documentary sees Toyama travel to Hong Kong to seek out traces of this gritty urban aesthetic- which he feels has had a key influence on Japanese cyberpunk works like Ghost in the Shell and Japanese 1990s horror game Kowloon\u2019s Gate.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-palette-color-10-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9f397f916d990a3fcf09a10a65468565\" style=\"font-size:1px\">.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240918-37218-002.jpg\" alt=\"Slitterhead Kowlong setting\" class=\"wp-image-37223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240918-37218-002.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240918-37218-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240918-37218-002-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat attracts me is the duality,\u201d Toyama explains, citing how such urban landscapes boast bright neon facades but hide a more chaotic and dangerous side in their alleys and narrow streets. \u201cI found that contrast to be really special and interesting.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"658\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240918-37218-005.jpg\" alt=\"Slitterhead Kowlong setting slaughterhouse\" class=\"wp-image-37220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240918-37218-005.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240918-37218-005-380x208.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240918-37218-005-768x421.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Toyama expresses regret that he was not able to travel outside Japan until the early 2000s- when Kowloon Walled City was already history. \u201cI felt sad that I couldn\u2019t witness the chaotic atmosphere of the 1990s, so I thought it could be interesting to replicate this in a game.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As well as his own travels, Toyama cites film as an inspiration, name checking Hong Kong directors like Wong Kar<s> <\/s>Wai, who is known for films like 1994\u2019s Chungking Express. The evocative film is set in the maze-like urban corridors of Hong Kong\u2019s Chunking Mansions, which Toyama also snaps some photos of in this documentary.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240918-37218-001.jpg\" alt=\"Slitterhead Kowlong\" class=\"wp-image-37224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240918-37218-001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240918-37218-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240918-37218-001-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking photos on his travels has another purpose- to immortalize the changing landscape. \u201cI truly feel an immense sadness towards things that fade away,\u201d Toyama comments, adding that this makes him feel lucky when he gets to experience them. This theme of loss can be seen in almost all of Toyama\u2019s games so far- from the fog-laden and forgotten buildings and streets of Silent Hill, to the abandoned Japanese village in Siren. All these settings dwell on a past that will never return.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-palette-color-10-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d7e518e6869c585cf9b63afb15a2bb90\" style=\"font-size:1px\">.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240918-37218-003.jpg\" alt=\"Slitterhead Kowlong lanterns\" class=\"wp-image-37222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240918-37218-003.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240918-37218-003-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240918-37218-003-768x431.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although he still seems to enjoy travelling today, Toyama also misses how travel was different before smartphones and easy access to Google Maps, mentioning how you could truly get lost in an unfamiliar place. \u201cYou could still feel that excitement and slight insecurity of visiting a place you have never been to before\u201d Toyama explains.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopefully, players will feel that same sense of exhilaration when they plunge into Slitterhead\u2019s chaotic and gritty streets for the first time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slitterhead is scheduled to be released on November 8 for the PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2631250\/Slitterhead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>\/Epic Games Store), <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/concept\/10009203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PS5\/PS4<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/store\/slitterhead\/9pn5wngq6dc5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xbox Series X|S<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a new documentary, Toyama discusses how Slitterhead&#8217;s fictional city Kowlong was inspired by the unique energy of 1990s Hong Kong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":37219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,259],"class_list":["post-37218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news","tag-silent-hill"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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