In the Middle of Playing It. Question?

[OrlandoEastwood]

Is Alessa in this game?

[cascade88]

No, she's not.

[OrlandoEastwood]

Thanks, this game is really different compared to all the other Silent Hill games.

[simeonalo]

To me its a whole new game with re-used character names

[jdnation]

I believe reusing the character names and familiar setting and making it seem like a 'remake' is part of the illusion and a sleight of hand to throw you off. It works rather well!

[Yuki]

Thanks, this game is really different compared to all the other Silent Hill games.

Yup. It's supposed to be; it's supposed to be both a reboot for new players, and a mindfuck for old ones.

[DirtyNorris]

If you were looking for a remake of SH1, this isn't it. You'll still enjoy all the references and callbacks to the original though.

[silenced angel]

It was strange not to have her in this game at all. I think it'd been nice having Michelle name changed to Alessa, Alessa Valdez, sounds good.

[kideatsu]

Yeah Alessa is gone...and thank god! I was tired of her after Origins. Alessa's story has been wrapped up, hopefully we won't be seein' her again.

That's one aspect I majorly appreciated in Shattered Memories--the fact that it really was a re-imagining to a point where it left out one of the most important characters from the original.

I kept wondering in my first play through if she'd ever pop up, but she never did. Better to find out these things for yourself than asking on a forum, imo. It maintains the suspense and curiosity.

[AuraTwilight]

It was strange not to have her in this game at all. I think it'd been nice having Michelle name changed to Alessa, Alessa Valdez, sounds good.

That'd be totally silly. For one, Michelle isn't that important of a character, secondly, it would muddle up the actual correlation between her and Cheryl, and third, she's not a parallel in roles to Alessa like every other character is to their namesake. Alessa's counterpart is at best the black shadows that run off.

Yeah Alessa is gone...and thank god! I was tired of her after Origins. Alessa's story has been wrapped up, hopefully we won't be seein' her again.

Though I sort've agree with you, I'm kind've sad over this sort of reaction. Alessa was a greatly beloved character of mine.

Can we agree that the world needs moar Heather, atleast?

[Panzer_Kämpfer]

I second the motion for moar Heather.

[Catch22]

Never cared for Heather. Clearly it's Wheeler that needs his own game.

[warfare315]

More Heather would certainly be okay with me. But a game with Wheeler... just badass