Inside iconic horror game Silent Hill's Scottish makeover
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One of gaming's biggest horror franchises has come to the UK. Can it live up to the original?
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Watch: Take a look at clips from Silent Hill: Townfall As I creep through the heavy fog of Silent Hill: Townfall, I'm met by an oddly familiar sight amid the terror - a sign for a Sunday roast. For the first time, one of gaming's biggest horror franchises - created in Japan but traditionally set in the US - has come to the UK, set on a fictional Scottish island. Jon McKellan, director at Glaswegian developers Screen Burn, told me taking on the mega brand was an "absolutely terrifying" prospect for the relatively small team. As a fan of the games, I was keen to find out what one of the most iconic survival horror series looks like in Scotland - and whether it can live up to its legacy. Sadly there's no option to go inside The Mariner, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all this to blow over I played Silent Hill: Townfall, which was released on Thursday, on my PlayStation 5, and it ran well, though there have been some reports , external from others of performance issues. Set in 1996,…