History Trivia / SilentHillOrigins

* ExecutiveMeddling: ''Origins'' changed development teams entirely not long before it was released. The original version was a ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' clone that drew on a great deal more material from the movie. The first previews indicated the game was going to use the OverTheShoulder camera to deal with the smaller PSP screen. Apparently the only part of the game that was salvaged from the original version was The Butcher.

* KonamiCode: Inputting it unlocks [[VideoGame/SilentHill3 Vincent's]] outfit.

* ExecutiveMeddling[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen[=/=]TroubledProduction: ''Origins'' changed development teams entirely not long before it was released. The original version was a ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' clone that drew on a great deal more material from the movie. The first previews indicated the game was going to use the OverTheShoulder camera to deal with the smaller PSP screen. Apparently the only part of the game that was salvaged from the original version was The Butcher.
* FanNickname: The FinalBoss has been called Flauros (which is the name of the artifact he inhabits), Alessa's Dream (as an attempt to interpret his nature), [[spoiler:Samael]] (since he's almost definitely a proto-incarnation of [[spoiler:the The Order's god]]), The Demon, etc.
* ImproperlyPlacedFirearms[=/=]SelectiveHistoricalArmoury: The game is set in 1979 but AK-type rifles were incredibly rare in the States until 1982.

* LetsPlay: [[http://lparchive.org/Silent-Hill-Origins/ Voidburger]] does a very informative and hilarious video LP.

* ExecutiveMeddling[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen[=/=]TroubledProduction: ''Origins'' changed development teams entirely not long before it was released. The original version was a ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' clone that drew on a great deal more material from the movie. The first previews indicated the game was going to use the OverTheShoulder camera to deal with the smaller PSP screen.

* KonamiCode: Inputting it unlocks [[SilentHill3 Vincent's]] outfit.

* ImproperlyPlacedFirearms[=/=]SelectiveHistoricalArmoury: The game is set to be in 1979 but AK-type rifles only entered the States after 1982.

* ImproperlyPlacedFirearms/SelectiveHistoricalArmoury: The game is set to be in 1979 but AK-type rifles only entered the States after 1982.

* ExecutiveMeddling[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''Origins'' changed development teams entirely not long before it was released. The original version was a ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' clone that drew on a great deal more material from the movie. The first previews indicated the game was going to use the OverTheShoulder camera to deal with the smaller PSP screen.

* ExecutiveMeddling / WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''Origins'' changed development teams entirely not long before it was released. The original version was a ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' clone that drew on a great deal more material from the movie. The first previews indicated the game was going to use the OverTheShoulder camera to deal with the smaller PSP screen.

* ExecutiveMeddling / WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''Origins'' changed development teams entirely not long before it was released. The original version was a ''[[ResidentEvil4 Resident Evil 4]]'' clone that drew on a great deal more material from the movie. The first previews indicated the game was going to use the OverTheShoulder camera to deal with the smaller PSP screen.

* NonAppearingTitle: The first song played in the game is titled "O.R.T." This stands for Oral Rehydration Therapy - which is used for ''burn victims. ''