15 Most Headscratchingly Awful Video Game Redesigns

15. Silent Hill: Book Of Memories

One of Konami's most iconic franchises, Silent Hill, has been scaring the bejesus out of people ever since the PlayStation 1, preferring psychological horror, deeply personal stories, and the player's weakness against enemies over jump scares.

So when Konami released the Vita game Book of Memories, and it turned out to be hack and slash multiplayer RPG designed by indie darlings WayForward? A couple heads turned, and people were understandably confused.

Credit where credit's due: Book of Memories has semblances of it's lineage. The story and setting, detailing the protagonist taking a book that holds their past and can rewrite their future, can take some truly twisted turns.

Nothing about it is scary, though. It's impossible to be scared in a game when you have three friends with you and you're hacking through enemies, collecting loot, and getting new powerups and abilities.

Once you remove the horror from the setting, all that's left is a bland traipse through a typical multiplayer dungeon crawler.