Silent Hill: Book of Memories

Overview

Silent Hill: Book of Memories is a 2012 dungeon crawler game developed by WayForward Technologies and published by Konami. Released for the PlayStation Vita, it is a spin-off of the Silent Hill video game series. It features a player-created protagonist who receives the titular book on their birthday, which contains their entire life story, and makes changes to it with unforeseen and often unfavorable consequences. Book of Memories features gameplay elements from role-playing games: as the player character traverses the dungeons and defeats monsters there, they gain experience points and thus improve their respective abilities. The character progresses from each themed level by collecting pieces of a puzzle and then solving the puzzle. Five endings are available based on the character's alignment; the sixth is a joke ending in the tradition of previous Silent Hill games.

Book of Memories entered development in summer 2010. Konami intended for the game's content to be oriented towards short multiplayer sessions on a handheld console, which was a departure from the single-player gameplay of previous Silent Hill titles. The narrative concept of Book of Memories was inspired by the fictional Book of Lost Memories in Silent Hill game lore, with the Book of Memories conceptualized as the literal story of a person's life. Daniel Licht returned to score its soundtrack; Rob King and voice actor Troy Baker contributed a track, which featured vocals by Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and Baker's background vocals. Upon release, Book of Memories received mixed reviews. Critics remarked on its departure from the perceived trappings of the Silent Hill franchise, and were divided on its place within the series: some wrote that it succeeded as an enjoyable dungeon crawler, while others criticized it as neither a faithful Silent Hill title nor a good dungeon crawler.

Official trailer

Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

Silent Hill: Book of Memories (2012) - PS Vita Longplay | Full Game Walkthrough | No Commentary, Longplay Nexus. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure

Developer

WayForward

Publisher

Konami

Series

Silent Hill

Engine

WF Engine

Platforms

PlayStation Vita

Age rating

ESRB M

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

Yes

Co op

Yes

Age ratings

ACB

MA 15+

PEGI

16

ESRB

M

Release dates

Trophies

Trophies62

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

1

Silver

12

Bronze

48

Total

62

Points

1470

• Hyperthymesiac Earn every trophy in the game Platinum 1.94% of players
• Creator Create a character Bronze 9.55% of players
• Consumer Make a purchase in Howard's shop Bronze 8.36% of players
• Light Napper Complete Zone 1 Bronze 8.73% of players
• Deep Sleeper Reach Zone 50 Bronze 2.24% of players
• Comatose Reach Zone 100 Bronze 2.11% of players
• Novice Level up to LVL 2 Bronze 9.02% of players
• Apprentice Level up to LVL 25 Bronze 2.39% of players
• Master Level up to LVL 50 Bronze 2.08% of players
• Choice Meat Defeat 25 Butchers with the Great Cleaver Bronze 2.38% of players
• Disorderly Conduct Defeat 25 Nurses with the Steel Pipe Bronze 5.75% of players
• Hammer Time Defeat 25 Bogeymen with the Bogeyman's Hammer Bronze 2.31% of players
• Pyramid Scheme Defeat 25 Pyramid Heads with the Great Knife Bronze 2.31% of players
• Light Heal Me Use Heal Me Karma Ability to restore 25% or more health Bronze 25% of players
• Light Heal You Use Heal You Karma Ability to restore 50% or more health to a friend (multiplayer) Bronze 50% of players
• Light Heal Us Use Heal Us Karma Ability to restore 50% or more health each to 3 players (multiplayer) Bronze 50% of players
• Blood Barrage Use Blood Barrage Karma Ability to kill 5 or more enemies Bronze 2.83% of players
• Blood Beam Use Blood Beam Karma Ability on 5 or more enemies at once Bronze 2.47% of players
• Blood Burn Use Blood Burn Karma Ability to damage 4 different enemy types at once Bronze 2.47% of players
• Power Breaker Use Weapon Breaker Power Move with a weapon that's about to shatter Bronze 3.14% of players
• Power Charger Use Charge Tackle Power Move to knock one enemy into another Bronze 3.15% of players
• Power Flasher Use Flash Burst Power Move to kill 5 or more stunned enemies in a row Bronze 2.75% of players
• Power Inverter Use Karma Flip Power Move to flip 8 or more enemies at once Bronze 2.69% of players
• Power Repeller Use Push Force Power Move to knock 8 or more enemies back at once Bronze 2.35% of players
• Power Savior Use Health Siphon Power Move to bring a dying friend back to life (multiplayer) Bronze 3.25% of players
• Power Switcher Use 360 Attack Power Move to strike 4 or more enemies at once Bronze 3.79% of players
• Beast Master Defeat any Guardian without taking damage Bronze 3.54% of players
• Beat Maniac Earn a 30 or greater timed hit combo Bronze 2.24% of players
• Blacksmith Level up 10 different weapons Bronze 2.31% of players
• Bleeder Lose more than 400% health in one Zone without dying Bronze 400% of players
• Bouncer Complete a Zone using only your fists (no weapons) Bronze 4.22% of players
• Brainiac Complete any 5 puzzles without using the hint lever Bronze 5.09% of players
• Executioner Perform a timed execution on 10 enemies in one Zone Bronze 2.41% of players
• Klutz Trigger every kind of trap in the game Bronze 4.45% of players
• Medic Drop a health pack after a friend requests one (multiplayer) Bronze 3.52% of players
• Moneybags Spend over 250,000 MR in Howard's shop Bronze 2.44% of players
• Ninja Complete a Zone without turning on your flashlight Bronze 6.64% of players
• Sugar High Complete a Zone without stopping for more than 30 seconds total Bronze 3.61% of players
• Tommfoolery Perform every in-game VO clip for one character Bronze 3.35% of players
• Wingman Defeat any Guardian with all four players still alive (multiplayer) Bronze 3.3% of players
• Saint Achieve the LIGHT ending in every Forsaken Room Bronze 2.24% of players
• Sinner Achieve the BLOOD ending in every Forsaken Room Bronze 2.17% of players
• Agnostic Achieve the NEUTRAL ending in every Forsaken Room Bronze 2.2% of players
• Fireman Defeat the Fire Guardian Bronze 7.06% of players
• Lumberjack Defeat the Wood Guardian Bronze 5.57% of players
• Sandman Defeat the Light Guardian Bronze 4.6% of players
• Plumber Defeat the Water Guardian Bronze 4.09% of players
• Miner Defeat the Earth Guardian Bronze 3.31% of players
• Phlebotomist Defeat the Blood Guardian Bronze 3.03% of players
• Author Defeat the Steel Guardian and complete the game Gold 2.98% of players
• Emissary Complete Valtiel's missions in Zones 1 through 21 Silver 2.6% of players
• Storyteller Achieve all 6 of the game's endings Silver 2.18% of players
• Architect Complete your Rooms Checklist 100% Silver 100% of players
• Antiquarian Complete your Artifacts Checklist 100% Silver 100% of players
• Arms Dealer Complete your Weapons Checklist 100% Silver 100% of players
• Couch Potato Complete your Broadcasts Checklist 100% Silver 100% of players
• Librarian Complete your Notes Checklist 100% Silver 100% of players
• Veterinarian Complete your Bestiary Checklist 100% Silver 100% of players
• Optimist Turn all 40 Change Notes to Light at the same time Silver 1.56% of players
• Pessimist Turn all 40 Change Notes to Blood at the same time Silver 1.6% of players
• Deity Level up to LVL 70 Silver 1.47% of players
• Annotator Complete the DLC (red) portions of all checklists Silver 1.65% of players

Space and patches

Space neededAbout 1.5 GB

Playable today

Credits

Publisher

Konami

Developer

WayForward

Released

2012-10-16

Age rating

ESRB M

Region

US

Time to beat

about 18.4 hours