<s>
The	O
first	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
series	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
from	O
February	O
to	O
July	O
,	O
originally	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
uses	O
a	O
third-person	O
view	O
,	O
with	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
rendering	I-General_Concept
of	O
3D	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
earlier	O
survival	O
horror	O
games	O
that	O
focused	O
on	O
protagonists	O
with	O
combat	O
training	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
of	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
is	O
an	O
"	O
everyman	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
follows	O
Harry	O
Mason	O
as	O
he	O
searches	O
for	O
his	O
missing	O
adopted	O
daughter	O
in	O
the	O
eponymous	O
fictional	O
American	O
town	O
of	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
;	O
stumbling	O
upon	O
a	O
cult	O
conducting	O
a	O
ritual	O
to	O
revive	O
a	O
deity	O
it	O
worships	O
,	O
he	O
discovers	O
her	O
true	O
origin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
on	O
its	O
release	O
and	O
was	O
commercially	O
successful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
adaptations	O
of	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
have	O
been	O
released	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
2001	O
visual	O
novel	O
,	O
the	O
2006	O
feature	O
film	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
2009	O
reimagining	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
titled	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shattered	I-Application
Memories	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
2	I-Application
in	O
2001	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
direct	O
sequel	O
,	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Silent	B-Application
Hills	I-Application
gameplay	O
consists	O
of	O
combat	O
,	O
exploration	O
,	O
and	O
puzzle-solving	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
has	O
no	O
heads-up	O
display	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
consult	O
a	O
separate	O
menu	O
to	O
check	O
Harry	O
's	O
"	O
health	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
DualShock	B-Device
controller	O
is	O
used	O
,	O
a	O
heart	O
beat	O
rhythm	O
can	O
be	O
felt	O
signifying	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
at	O
low	O
health	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Navigating	O
through	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
requires	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
find	O
keys	O
and	O
solve	O
puzzles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
opens	O
with	O
Harry	O
Mason	O
's	O
drive	O
to	O
the	O
titular	O
town	O
with	O
his	O
adopted	O
daughter	O
Cheryl	O
for	O
a	O
vacation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lisa	O
explains	O
that	O
she	O
experienced	O
a	O
sense	O
of	O
déjà	B-Application
vu	I-Application
while	O
in	O
the	O
basement	O
,	O
and	O
when	O
he	O
finds	O
her	O
again	O
,	O
she	O
despairs	O
that	O
she	O
is	O
"	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
them	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
started	O
in	O
September	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
this	O
reason	O
,	O
a	O
Hollywood-like	O
atmosphere	O
was	O
used	O
for	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
composer	O
Akira	O
Yamaoka	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
did	O
not	O
know	O
how	O
to	O
proceed	O
with	O
the	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
project	O
,	O
either	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
profit-oriented	O
approach	O
of	O
the	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
had	O
much	O
artistic	O
freedom	O
because	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
still	O
produced	O
as	O
in	O
the	O
era	B-Application
of	I-Application
lower-budget	I-Application
2D	I-Application
titles	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
staff	O
decided	O
to	O
ignore	O
the	O
limits	O
of	O
Konami	O
's	O
initial	O
plan	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
make	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
a	O
game	O
that	O
would	O
appeal	O
to	O
the	O
emotions	O
of	O
players	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Toyama	O
questioned	O
Konami	O
's	O
decision	O
to	O
appoint	O
him	O
as	O
director	O
,	O
as	O
he	O
had	O
never	O
been	O
one	O
prior	O
to	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
town	O
of	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
is	O
an	O
interpretation	O
of	O
a	O
small	O
American	O
community	O
as	O
imagined	O
by	O
the	O
Japanese	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
joke	O
ending	O
came	O
out	O
of	O
a	O
suggestion	O
box	O
created	O
to	O
find	O
alternative	O
reasons	O
for	O
the	O
occurrences	O
in	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
relying	O
on	O
illustrations	O
,	O
Sato	O
conceived	O
the	O
characters	O
of	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
while	O
creating	O
their	O
computer-generated	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
prevent	O
this	O
from	O
happening	O
,	O
Sato	O
volunteered	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
full-motion	O
videos	O
of	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
by	O
himself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
two	O
and	O
a	O
half	O
years	O
,	O
he	O
lived	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
's	O
office	O
,	O
as	O
he	O
had	O
to	O
render	O
the	O
scenes	O
with	O
the	O
approximately	O
150	O
Unix-based	O
computers	O
of	O
his	O
coworkers	O
after	O
they	O
left	O
work	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
a	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
said	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
intended	O
to	O
make	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
a	O
masterpiece	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
traditional	O
sales-oriented	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
they	O
opted	O
for	O
an	O
engaging	O
story	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
persist	O
over	O
time	O
—	O
similar	O
to	O
successful	O
literature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Konami	O
later	O
showcased	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
at	O
the	O
European	O
Computer	O
Trade	O
Show	O
in	O
London	O
,	O
and	O
included	O
a	O
demo	O
with	O
its	O
stealth	O
game	O
Metal	B-Application
Gear	I-Application
Solid	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
names	O
and	O
designs	O
of	O
some	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
creatures	O
and	O
puzzles	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
books	O
enjoyed	O
by	O
the	O
character	O
of	O
Alessa	O
,	O
including	O
The	O
Lost	O
World	O
by	O
Arthur	O
Conan	O
Doyle	O
and	O
Lewis	O
Carroll	O
's	O
Alice	O
's	O
Adventures	O
in	O
Wonderland	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Harry	O
's	O
name	O
was	O
originally	O
"	O
Humbert	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
Cheryl	O
's	O
was	O
"	O
Dolores	O
"	O
,	O
in	O
reference	O
to	O
the	O
protagonist	O
and	O
title	O
character	O
of	O
Vladimir	O
Nabokov	O
's	O
novel	O
Lolita	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
soundtrack	O
for	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
was	O
composed	O
by	O
sound	O
director	O
Akira	O
Yamaoka	O
,	O
who	O
requested	O
to	O
join	O
the	O
development	O
staff	O
after	O
the	O
original	O
musician	O
had	O
left	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
differentiate	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
from	O
other	O
games	O
as	O
much	O
as	O
possible	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
give	O
it	O
a	O
cold	O
and	O
rusty	O
feel	O
,	O
Yamaoka	O
opted	O
for	O
industrial	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
he	O
presented	O
his	O
musical	O
pieces	O
to	O
the	O
other	O
staff	O
members	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
,	O
they	O
misinterpreted	O
their	O
sound	O
as	O
a	O
game	B-Error_Name
bug	I-Error_Name
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
5	O
,	O
1999	O
,	O
the	O
album	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
Original	O
Soundtracks	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
in	O
1999	O
,	O
from	O
February	O
to	O
July	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
Japan	O
,	O
and	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Japanese	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
Complete	O
Set	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
became	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
from	O
the	O
European	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
store	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
on	O
March	O
19	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
10	O
,	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
North	O
American	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
re-released	O
on	O
the	O
European	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
on	O
October	O
26	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
radically	O
altered	O
version	O
of	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Titled	O
Play	O
Novel	O
:	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
and	O
released	O
only	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
gamebook-style	O
visual	O
novel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
contains	O
a	O
retelling	O
of	O
Silent	B-Application
Hills	I-Application
story	O
through	O
text-based	O
gameplay	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
player	O
occasionally	O
confronted	O
with	O
questions	O
concerning	O
what	O
direction	O
to	O
take	O
the	O
character	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
puzzles	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
a	O
major	O
part	O
of	O
Silent	B-Application
Hills	I-Application
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
completing	O
the	O
game	O
once	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
the	O
option	O
of	O
playing	O
as	O
Cybil	O
in	O
a	O
second	O
scenario	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
third	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
as	O
a	O
paid-DLC	O
on	O
the	O
device	O
,	O
once	O
the	O
second	O
scenario	O
has	O
been	O
completed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
film	O
adaptation	O
,	O
also	O
titled	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
21	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
film	O
,	O
directed	O
by	O
Christophe	O
Gans	O
,	O
was	O
based	O
loosely	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
incorporating	O
elements	O
from	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
3	B-Application
,	O
and	O
4	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
"	O
reimagining	O
"	O
of	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
,	O
titled	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shattered	I-Application
Memories	I-Application
,	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Climax	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Konami	O
Digital	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
8	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
and	O
on	O
January	O
19	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
,	O
to	O
mostly	O
positive	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
psychological	O
profiling	O
which	O
alters	O
various	O
in-game	O
elements	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
response	O
to	O
questions	O
in	O
therapy	O
,	O
lacks	O
the	O
combat	O
of	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
,	O
and	O
replaces	O
the	O
"	O
Otherworld	O
"	O
with	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
chase	O
sequences	O
through	O
an	O
alternate	O
frozen	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
town	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
review	O
aggregate	O
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
sold	O
over	O
two	O
million	O
copies	O
,	O
which	O
gained	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
a	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
American	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Greatest	I-Device
Hits	I-Device
budget	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
1999	O
,	O
the	O
Verband	O
der	O
Unterhaltungssoftware	O
Deutschland	O
(	O
VUD	O
)	O
gave	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
a	O
"	O
Gold	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
indicating	O
sales	O
of	O
at	O
least	O
100,000	O
units	O
across	O
Germany	O
,	O
Austria	O
and	O
Switzerland	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
has	O
been	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
series	O
of	O
survival	O
horror	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bobba	O
Fatt	O
of	O
GamePro	O
labeled	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
a	O
"	O
shameless	O
but	O
slick	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
clone	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
Edge	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
near-perfect	O
sim	O
nightmare	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Others	O
felt	O
that	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
was	O
Konami	O
's	O
answer	O
to	O
the	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
series	O
in	O
that	O
,	O
while	O
they	O
noted	O
a	O
similarity	O
,	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
utilized	O
a	O
different	O
form	O
of	O
horror	O
to	O
induce	O
fear	O
,	O
attempting	O
to	O
form	O
a	O
disturbing	O
atmosphere	O
for	O
the	O
player	O
,	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
the	O
visceral	O
scares	O
and	O
action-oriented	O
approach	O
of	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
AllGame	O
editor	O
Michael	O
L	O
.	O
House	O
praised	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
truly	O
magnificent	O
work	O
of	O
art	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
a	O
genuinely	O
terrifying	O
experience	O
combined	O
with	O
a	O
unique	O
,	O
gripping	O
story	O
and	O
immersive	O
atmosphere	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Less	O
well-received	O
was	O
the	O
voice	O
acting	O
which	O
,	O
although	O
some	O
reviewers	O
remarked	O
it	O
was	O
better	O
than	O
that	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
series	O
,	O
was	O
found	O
poor	O
overall	O
by	O
reviewers	O
,	O
and	O
accompanied	O
by	O
pauses	O
between	O
lines	O
that	O
served	O
to	O
spoil	O
the	O
atmosphere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
noted	O
that	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
used	O
real-time	O
3D	O
environments	O
,	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
the	O
pre-rendered	O
environments	O
found	O
in	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
stated	O
that	O
,	O
whereas	O
other	O
games	O
attempted	O
to	O
hide	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
's	O
visual	O
inadequecies	O
,	O
Konami	O
used	O
its	O
draw-distance	O
deficiency	O
to	O
chilling	O
effect	O
by	O
draping	O
atmospheric	O
fog	O
about	O
the	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
popularity	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
was	O
further	O
recognized	O
long	O
after	O
its	O
release	O
;	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
PS	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
by	O
IGN	O
in	O
2000	O
listed	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
14th-best	O
PS	O
game	O
,	O
while	O
a	O
2005	O
article	O
by	O
GameSpy	O
detailing	O
the	O
best	O
PS	O
games	O
listed	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
as	O
the	O
15th-best	O
game	O
produced	O
for	O
the	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
GameTrailers	O
video	O
feature	O
in	O
2006	O
ranked	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
as	O
number	O
one	O
in	O
its	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
ten	O
scariest	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
