Konami Marketing, for a minute there I thought you an I would of had to have a discussion on the proper way to create good buzz for an upcoming game. A “new” Downpour trailer was uploaded to youtube by GameStop Canada today which would usually be which would usually be a good thing since we love new trailers but this one was very disappointing.

Turns out that this wasn’t “meant for public eyes and was made over a year ago,” according to Konami. This is a big relief because there was clearly footage from older game builds being used in this sucker. The Void monster was still in it’s “smoke monster” place holder and a clearly a less detailed Murphy is seen at the 39 sec mark especially when compared to more recent game play footage from Comic Con 2011 (1 min mark):

Trailers usually don’t have developer notes in them either…”LIGHTING NEEDS TO BE REBUILT” “Default Speed” it really doesn’t scream polished nor worthy of a trailer.

Well other than that I did like the music and Mr. Monocle was…interesting? I assume that’s a boss (hopefully not the final one…). Hopefully the TGS 2011 will bring us a new legit Downpour Trailer to pick apart though!

Thoughts guys?

Source (GamestopCanada and Tomm Hulett)

[Edit!]

The awesome Piece0fSheet666 tracked down the pictures initial source, a concept artist Joy Lee who I assumed worked on the 2006 PSP title Silent Hill Experience!
http://lrgnnchrg.blogspot.com/2008/02/silent-hill-experience.html

According to google alerts and a recent topic started by Jecht, a Silent Hill Heaven forum member, two bloggers claim to know which monsters and characters are making a reappearance in Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. After taking a quick peek I was highly suspicious of their information since many character art and cgi from the original game are primarily shown…however there was something that did pique my interest:

Could this really be Alessa from SH:SM? The pose on the swing is reminiscent to the Cheryl on a swing picture…but so far it’s only appeared on these two blog sites so it could just be fan art.

What do you guys think?