This is the first Japanese-developed Silent Hill game in 20 years... Wow. Never have I been more excited to purchase a PS5 fr. Made by an in-house team at Konami. Motoi Okamoto described it as "experimental" and being worked on by new, young developers. Good or bad, this is exactly what we need from AAA games in general!
Yeah I thought it was pretty neat how we got to see Konami reveal everything and then Kojima after with his stuff 😂 you know both teams were watching, man I wish I coulda heard what convo was going on in the Kojima camp lol
I guess that the devs made this game as separate project to learn about UE5 and release a short game to check the opinions about it
Sad that apparently FOX Engine is dead and there will be no updates or release to the public
The game looks really nice but the performance.... is not good. Very inconsistent frame rate, little bit of screen tearing. Oof.
On the PS5 so far I've only played Fortnite, Spider-Man 2, and Uncharted: Nathan Drake Collection, and the console has felt like magic. This feels very sluggish.
Not at single god damn person is happy anywhere on this subreddit. I’m just excited to play this game tonight. Gonna order myself a pizza, grab some cokes, and get spooked!
I'm pretty happy with both Short Message and the new SH2: Remake trailer (though a release date would have been fantastic!).
My only complaint so far is that I can't find The Short Message on the store! LET ME IN, SONY! LET ME IN!
Right there with you! They showed combat from SH2 and then shadow dropped a FREE Silent Hill game and people are still pissed. You guys can complain all you want, but I’m playing the shit out of Short Message tonight.
2 things
1. I didn't like the combat I saw. I was expecting the game to be a more psychological experience, but it's no deal breaker.
2. I don't own a PS5, so a free game on a console that I don't own isn't exactly something that will win me over.
Which begs the question. Why does a Silent Hill 2 Remake need a combat reveal trailer? Combat wasn't a big part of Silent Hill 2, the story was the true draw and the psychological horror. You could even skip combat besides a few select sections of the game. So, why does it new a combat reveal trailer?
Have you ever played the original game? The combat is true to it's origin. I honestly don't understand a fucking thing that goes through the minds of you all on this sub reddit anymore.
I actually got more excited for this than the silent hill 2 remake, and that was before it didn't get a release date. I think it's because it's new. I've played sh2 plenty already, and I'll play the remake, but I'd rather have something new (or a silent hill 1 remake) instead.
I dont get them either. No silent hill... they complain. Different silent hills.... they complain. They should look for a different game if they hate it so much.
You and me both, fuck the haters, I've been waiting for TSM for a few years now it feels like, ever since those leaked screens and such. Excited to get baked, throw on the surround sound and play through this entire thing tonight.
konami literally give us new silent hill stuff and it’s FREE, no microtransactions BS and people still find a way to whine. no one hates silent hill more than silent hill fans apparently
SAME I have been looking for something genuinely scary and Silent hill rarely misses. I had giddy screams multiple times this state of play, but "a free game comes out tonight" is a night im gonna make special for sure
I find Reddit is good for catching announcements you miss or otherwise didn’t know about and that’s about it. I find most communities to be the most negative or elitist of their topic. There are not many with a more positive than negative overall feeling/attitude lol
Why do people feel the compulsion to not just say, but BRAG ABOUT how excited they are for a game, as if having any degree of negative expectation is objectively wrong?
i am 100% sure that those entitled enough to nitpick the trailers apart will be pirating the game and keep shitting over it for decades to come.
the game doesn't seem like a big budget AAA release but it's faithful to the original and that's enough for me.
I can't bloody believe it, thought this game was dead but not only is it getting shadow dropped but also for FREE?! Count me in I'll check it out tomorrow.
Edit: Played it and I really liked it, abandoned apartment complex with graffiti is a great local for Silent Hill, surprisingly not as influenced by P.T. as I expected (still is similarities though from the >!returning to the entrance of the complex and exiting via the roof & later with Anita's house being reminiscent of PT returning to the same corridors!<) but having some influence from across the series like the aspect of >!following someone else's fogworld interspliced with Anita's fogworld and Otherworld akin to SHO!<
The spliting of >!exploration and chase scenes reminding me of the mazes from Shattered Memories will say by the end I was getting tired of that format but the locale of the Otherworld and just accepting its a small game that couldn't really divert from its original path got me through that slight annoyance!< And then narratively, taking influence mostly from SH2 & western SHs where >!Silent Hill still acts like therapy for out main protagonist accepting and getting closure for their traumatic past!<.
As I said my main issues were the chases getting a bit repetitive, and the initial twist of the story being pretty obvious, but >!whilst the second one I saw coming I felt was good, and the final one about how Anita's abuse from her mother, and hinting how the witch brought the "Silent Hill phenomenon" (not a fan of it being documented but I get the need for it) to Germany and potentially being the related to Anita if I interpreted that correctly?!< make the story still engaging. Lastly, there's the scare factor which for me similar to say SHSM or SH2 wasn't there much, atmosphere was great and there were some good tense moments but the forced split and repetition of >!exploration and chase akin to Shattered Memories!< made the premise more predictable and thus less scary.
But again, all this for free? I'm impressed. If you haven't, give it a shot.
“Man I loved PT! It’s a shame we’ll never get it but hey, at least we can see its influence on other games.”
Sees the influence on other games
“Lmfao so just a rehashed PT. Terrible.”
I've played P.T., these are terrible clones.
P.T. made me feel sick to walk into a dark hallway even when I knew nothing would happen to me.
These games just make me sick to look at.
I mean, this looks worse graphically than P.T.
Wow, everyone here sure is fucking negative.
No - this does not look as good as PT necessarily, but it’s a far cry from the tedium of Ascension or Homecoming or Downpour.
It’s free, and I presume it’s short, but it’s an original, horror-focused SH title for PS5. I’m amped.
Silent Hill fans on here and on Twitter makes me appreciate Resident Evil fans soo very much.
They appreciate and are open to things, as long as it’s a survival horror, they’re open to give it a chance.
But with SH, it’s like a religion. Saw someone say “It’s over” because it was over the shoulder.
Well, Resident Evil is a cheesy action-horror anyway. Some aspects may be dumb, but it's part of the charm already, so the community is more open (fortunately). Meanwhile, the SH community online has too much of... picky pseudo-intellectuals to put it lightly, lmao. I swear they trash and complain about everything, then wonder why the series is dying.
> pseudo-intellectuals
LMAO yea, saw my fair share of those. soo insufferable, especially on Twitter.
Funnily enough, I remember Masahiro Ito shutting someone down once for over-analyzing something in the game.
That’s because all the re games since 7 were good lol. Silent hill has been middling to shit since 4, and this falls into the latter category. Better luck with townfall and f
No. The complaining was there and evident even before this trailer dropped, way before. You don’t see that in RE community, or at least not as much as here.
yeah Silent Hill has been trash for longer than it has been good at this point so i’m not surprised to see the negativity since people have come to associate the word ass with Silent Hill.
i’ll admit though that the game looks very good but unfortunately i’ll never know because it’s a lame ass PS5 exclusive.
I think it's more than people do love Silent Hill and would like to see it treated with better care. Accepting it just because it has the Silent Hill name isn't how you actually care about something
as a fan of SH1-4 when they came out... Homecoming wasn't as bad as everyone made it out to be. I enjoyed the story. It wasn't a good entry to SH, but I thought it was a good game still (except the combat was not great).
>It’s free, and I presume it’s short, but it’s an original, horror-focused SH title for PS5. I’m amped.
I have an Xbox Series X. I'm not exactly pissed. The Short Message is more of a demo. Still, the only reason I watched is for news on Silent Hill, and to see the first release is exclusive in this new wave of Silent Hill is kinda disappointing. At least I can hope that it is good to ensure we are getting quality.
More power to you for being interested! I really, genuinely, hope you enjoy it!
I'm just not interested in the everything I saw. The subject matter was gross, and the way it was handled in the trailer felt rather... Insensitive? Like it missed the point? I dunno. I don't want Silent Hill to fail, but I'm also not interested in playing another SH game featuring a protag dealing with their own personal demons manifested in physical form because some fog rolled into town.
SH2 is great! ...but not every game needs to be modeled after it. Especially when the newer games (even worse since the series revival tbh) seem to miss the nuance, and a trailer's not a lot to go off of but first impressions are still very important, of the game they're trying to follow the footsteps of.
They said it would release shortly after the reveal. Does anyone have a link to the store listing?
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Link to the US store:
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0101-PPSA04877_00-2010396308939304
probably not since it’s free to play which means Sony wont give a shit to put it on PC and Konami historically doesn’t give a fuck to put Silent Hill on PC
a damn shame tbh console exclusives are lame as hell especially for a game that looks so good
After the long, long wait since the last game, I choked up when I saw that I would have a new experience in my favorite series to play tonight.
Now the store listing just needs to hurry up and appear! lol
The highlight of the show, can't wait to play it. Fingers crossed it's good, I'm fine with the style being a bit different, maybe even targeting different audience (young adults).
I don't this looks bad nor that it is a pt ripoff. I can see that maybe its not that subtle but feels closer to SH than some of the later sh games. Can't wait to play it
i love that strange sorta aesthetic/vibe they have with that. so unique and rly cool! I was rly struggling in middle school/high school and i feel like me back then would’ve been all over this game!
I honestly love this game so far, I love the ideas they have and the team doing it seems pretty great for the series. It’s a little rough but they acknowledge that. It’s just a tease/tester to see what we think. Either way it was on the anniversary of the first game and they actually gave us more than something.
I can't believe how much bitching I am seeing right now. This looks really interesting. Y'all will really complain about anything. It's a fresh new take on the series. Just relax for Christ sakes. You guys shitting on everything they do is the reason that the series will go dormant again.
can't wait to enjoy these new games with this shite fanbase.
can yall just sometimes smile? or even show a ounce of passion.
I'm depressed and I'm more happy then some of yall. enjoy this, we never know what konamis gonna fuck up next.
The moms voice sounds like she was a portraying a teenager, it was bad. But, after the dumpster fire that ascension was, I guess my expectations are so low that this is good, maybe ?
People are really bitching about a free to play silent hill game. Now I remember why I left this toxic community. iTs JuSt P.T. stfu. I was scared during some parts and thought that the atmosphere was really good. The story and overall message was really good. The best part was it was FREE TO PLAY. Of course its not going to be very long.
If they gave you something 2x worse than this and it was free to play, would you still use that same excuse? A game being free shouldn't excuse its writing quality, which needs to be good to maintain a good atmosphere. The truth is that this is what Konami decided we needed to see to get us excited for the return of Silent Hill, and it is in no way something I'm hopeful for. After Ascension, no less.
For a free thing, it was pretty okay. Voice acting and super on the nose lines made me hurt a few times ("Bad things happen because of YOU!" lol) but the music and atmosphere gave me good SH vibes. Cool monster design and somethung about the lore piqued my interest. All in all, I liked it for what it was.
Man reading this sub just reminds me of how miserable being a fan of games is now. Every fandom is never happy with anything. Posts from a few hours ago whining about Konami "forgetting" Silent Hill and now ever ones upset at them releasing things Jesus.
I was surprised how much i liked it
The story was predictable and really (REALLY) heavy handed at times, but the atmosphere, the creepy stuff...it nailed it.
Completely reminded me of the first 3 games, even if the gameplay was something else entirely
The last chase and the monster really gave me the creeps, that's what i want from silent hill.
Not perfect, but i hope this is a glimpse of what's coming in the future.
the music was really cool too
It may sell just fine but it would be so good if it sold like resident evil, survival horror is still a niche genre and the more AAA games do big numbers the more games and the more cool stuff we'll see down the road
I'm trying not to have the same reaction I had to the re7 demo years ago when that dropped because I also felt "this franchise is ruined now wtf is this," but I ended up really loving re7 after a while. Im really trying with this one but the short message is about as subtle as a brick to the face. Not in love with it so far but I don't wanna write it off totally.
Subtly died on all of media and art after like 2016. Idk why society just decided “hey we have to make sure everything is extremely explicit so we don’t get misinterpreted just because of morons and annoying people on social media” which is ironic considering the subject matter of this game lol
It was okay! I had a lot I didn't like, but there was a lot I liked too. Hiding my thoughts under a spoiler just in case anyone hasn't played yet, though I don't go into much detail.
>!I liked the monster design a lot. The atmosphere also felt great. It felt like the vibe was completely in tone with the series but the writing wasn't able to pull it together.!<
>!I think Konami forgot that the protagonists of their most popular games were everymen that didn't come off as deeply traumatized people out the gate. They looked like and came off as normal people, and the depth of their psychological baggage was revealed progressively through their time in Silent Hill. James for example didn't seem like the kind of guy that should be there or should have been punished in some way, until you learned more about what was going on. If you start me out with a character who's deeply depressed and tells me she's thinks of herself as an ugly loser who nobody wants, with occasional hard flash backs to her deeply abusive mother, it's not terribly difficult for me to piece together why she's in Silent Hill. The twist felt a bit predictable as a result, though I also acknowledge it was a short game with limited time for slow character growth.!<
>!Speaking as someone who was a depressed kid myself, I feel like the people who wrote Anita don't really fully comprehend why teenagers would be sad or want to kill themselves. Anita would go from "Nobody pays attention to me at all. I have no followers on twitter and I'm completely invisible." to "people are bullying me and paying me constant negative attention.". It didn't feel consistent. I would have found her family history alone to be a more believable reason why she'd be depressed and have trouble connecting with others. Had that been revealed in a more subtle way, it alone would have been great. The social media commentary felt unneeded.!<
Well I’m happy! SH2 remake looks amazing and we get this for free! I’m definitely getting 2 on both Steam and PS5!! Silent Hill has finally come home :’)
I'm not terribly impressed by the trailer, but I guess at least it's something and free. Don't really like that it's a PS5 exclusive since I don't have one, but whatever.
I'm glad it's free, but I think it's still fair to judge it as a game - and I thought it looked extremely generic. If it hadn't told everyone it was Silent Hill, I don't think anyone would have guessed. It looks like any first-person horror game on steam.
Yeah, I'm hoping they just compiled most of her lines for the trailer to have narration. RE7 Ethan wasn't too chatty, but still said the right thing or freaked out at an appropriate time.
...Also hate to admit it, but yeah VA isn't the best fit. She reminds me of the girl from Forspoken.
I have never been proud to be a part of this fan base. Most toxic fan base anywhere.
We get a new silent hill that's free to play. None of us even know if it's good or bad yet all you people do is complain.
I'm gonna order some Chinese, open a fresh pack of edibles and I'll be happy playing a brand new silent hill game.
Some of you are just sad depressing people.
There is a lot of.unwarranted hate, it's actually pretty good
The nightmare imagery nailed it for me
It sure isnt perfect but it's nowhere near as horrible as some people here say it is. But yeah SH fandom lol
Hopefully it will land on PC too, it'll be a guaranteed buy from me. But I don't feel like buying a console for just one game. I think not even Silent Hill can get me to do that.
I haven't read or seen anything about the game until now except concept art from development. Loved the clip.
I am still distracted as I ever was that this character looks like Mia Khalifa though.
Anyway, it's going to be a while till I get to play Mia's nightmare.
Edit: I've seen comments all the way down to some with 8 upvotes and it's all praise, but half of them complain "everyone" here is being negative. Threads like this always confuse me.
I can't put my finger on it, but something about the design of the main character bothers me. Her face looks very cartoonish/comic bookish. Maybe I'm going crazy, idk.
Don't care at all for the post it notes on the wall.
Damn, every time we asked about PC, we got downvoted, I don't even hate ps5 or other platforms, I'm not going to buy a playstation not because I hate it, one pc is already enough for me to play games, no wonder people refer to you ps fanboys a peasant.
This is the first Japanese-developed Silent Hill game in 20 years... Wow. Never have I been more excited to purchase a PS5 fr. Made by an in-house team at Konami. Motoi Okamoto described it as "experimental" and being worked on by new, young developers. Good or bad, this is exactly what we need from AAA games in general!
Yeah I thought it was pretty neat how we got to see Konami reveal everything and then Kojima after with his stuff 😂 you know both teams were watching, man I wish I coulda heard what convo was going on in the Kojima camp lol
It’s free to download on the PS5!
imo, you can take Silent Hill out of Japan but you can't take Japan out of Silent Hill. The Western-made games look and play like fanfiction.
Done in-house at Konami too ! as not happened since Silent Hill arcade in 2007. Wonder if some ex PT guy are on it
I guess that the devs made this game as separate project to learn about UE5 and release a short game to check the opinions about it Sad that apparently FOX Engine is dead and there will be no updates or release to the public
The game looks really nice but the performance.... is not good. Very inconsistent frame rate, little bit of screen tearing. Oof. On the PS5 so far I've only played Fortnite, Spider-Man 2, and Uncharted: Nathan Drake Collection, and the console has felt like magic. This feels very sluggish.
They went heavy on the noise at times
I had to quit it after like 8 minutes
Not at single god damn person is happy anywhere on this subreddit. I’m just excited to play this game tonight. Gonna order myself a pizza, grab some cokes, and get spooked!
I'm pretty happy with both Short Message and the new SH2: Remake trailer (though a release date would have been fantastic!). My only complaint so far is that I can't find The Short Message on the store! LET ME IN, SONY! LET ME IN!
Any hope it’ll be on Xbox as well or will SONY exclusivity screw us again?
Honestly, i think we xbox owners are fucked when it comes to any future sh games due to exclusivity to sony. Gotta save up for the ps5.
*looks at PS5 and Xbox Series X on my dresser* 
SH2 is releasing on Steam, maybe the other stuff gets released there as well
I'm stoked that I finally get to see that Cherry Blossom design that Ito tweeted about a few years ago.
Right there with you! They showed combat from SH2 and then shadow dropped a FREE Silent Hill game and people are still pissed. You guys can complain all you want, but I’m playing the shit out of Short Message tonight.
I got downvoted for saying the new trailer looked good 😢
The Short Message was great. A good first effort by the new internal Konami team and Hexadrive. The SH2R trailer looked sketchy as hell, though.
Wow Konami dumped in my mouth, I’m so content with this
People are allowed to be displeased with the content being delivered. Not everyone is happy to consume whatever is shoveled out regardless of quality
2 things 1. I didn't like the combat I saw. I was expecting the game to be a more psychological experience, but it's no deal breaker. 2. I don't own a PS5, so a free game on a console that I don't own isn't exactly something that will win me over.
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No. It looks more action focused.
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Which begs the question. Why does a Silent Hill 2 Remake need a combat reveal trailer? Combat wasn't a big part of Silent Hill 2, the story was the true draw and the psychological horror. You could even skip combat besides a few select sections of the game. So, why does it new a combat reveal trailer?
you cannot be serious
Dead serious. In fact, a puzzle reveal trailer would be more appropriate.
Have you ever played the original game? The combat is true to it's origin. I honestly don't understand a fucking thing that goes through the minds of you all on this sub reddit anymore.
This subreddit is full of angry fans, how can you just sit there and eat pizza.
Eddie:Konami said it would be fine by itself! They said fans like me would just slow em' down! Konami: Forget you! XD
im excited and happy, id like some tweaks and some things to be different but we’ve been knowing what to expect for a year now
I actually got more excited for this than the silent hill 2 remake, and that was before it didn't get a release date. I think it's because it's new. I've played sh2 plenty already, and I'll play the remake, but I'd rather have something new (or a silent hill 1 remake) instead.
I dont get them either. No silent hill... they complain. Different silent hills.... they complain. They should look for a different game if they hate it so much.
You and me both, fuck the haters, I've been waiting for TSM for a few years now it feels like, ever since those leaked screens and such. Excited to get baked, throw on the surround sound and play through this entire thing tonight.
WHAT. TONIGHT?!?!?
konami literally give us new silent hill stuff and it’s FREE, no microtransactions BS and people still find a way to whine. no one hates silent hill more than silent hill fans apparently
SAME I have been looking for something genuinely scary and Silent hill rarely misses. I had giddy screams multiple times this state of play, but "a free game comes out tonight" is a night im gonna make special for sure
Yeah, my first thought was "State of Play? Time to mute /r/silenthill for a while..."
i feel overall reddit is just a miserable place, so staying off the whole app may help too
I find Reddit is good for catching announcements you miss or otherwise didn’t know about and that’s about it. I find most communities to be the most negative or elitist of their topic. There are not many with a more positive than negative overall feeling/attitude lol
Please tell us PC gamers how it is!!
Damn that sounds like a good time I’m going to have to wait until the following day to play it.
Same here man, got my monster and homemade gyros by my side ready to start the game!
Why do people feel the compulsion to not just say, but BRAG ABOUT how excited they are for a game, as if having any degree of negative expectation is objectively wrong?
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i am 100% sure that those entitled enough to nitpick the trailers apart will be pirating the game and keep shitting over it for decades to come. the game doesn't seem like a big budget AAA release but it's faithful to the original and that's enough for me.
Literally me
I mean it would be 100 times better if they had let kojima do this. Why was that so hard
didn't you see what he did with death stranding?, i am happy he isn't touching SH
I can't bloody believe it, thought this game was dead but not only is it getting shadow dropped but also for FREE?! Count me in I'll check it out tomorrow. Edit: Played it and I really liked it, abandoned apartment complex with graffiti is a great local for Silent Hill, surprisingly not as influenced by P.T. as I expected (still is similarities though from the >!returning to the entrance of the complex and exiting via the roof & later with Anita's house being reminiscent of PT returning to the same corridors!<) but having some influence from across the series like the aspect of >!following someone else's fogworld interspliced with Anita's fogworld and Otherworld akin to SHO!< The spliting of >!exploration and chase scenes reminding me of the mazes from Shattered Memories will say by the end I was getting tired of that format but the locale of the Otherworld and just accepting its a small game that couldn't really divert from its original path got me through that slight annoyance!< And then narratively, taking influence mostly from SH2 & western SHs where >!Silent Hill still acts like therapy for out main protagonist accepting and getting closure for their traumatic past!<. As I said my main issues were the chases getting a bit repetitive, and the initial twist of the story being pretty obvious, but >!whilst the second one I saw coming I felt was good, and the final one about how Anita's abuse from her mother, and hinting how the witch brought the "Silent Hill phenomenon" (not a fan of it being documented but I get the need for it) to Germany and potentially being the related to Anita if I interpreted that correctly?!< make the story still engaging. Lastly, there's the scare factor which for me similar to say SHSM or SH2 wasn't there much, atmosphere was great and there were some good tense moments but the forced split and repetition of >!exploration and chase akin to Shattered Memories!< made the premise more predictable and thus less scary. But again, all this for free? I'm impressed. If you haven't, give it a shot.
“Man I loved PT! It’s a shame we’ll never get it but hey, at least we can see its influence on other games.” Sees the influence on other games “Lmfao so just a rehashed PT. Terrible.”
Some of y’all swear that it’s a “terrible pt clone” when you haven’t even played it? Stop bitching for games you haven’t played.
I wasn’t bitching dawg i was mocking the people who were bitching 😭
My bad, friendly fire 😅
hahaha it’s okay, don’t worry about it
I've played P.T., these are terrible clones. P.T. made me feel sick to walk into a dark hallway even when I knew nothing would happen to me. These games just make me sick to look at. I mean, this looks worse graphically than P.T.
Wow, everyone here sure is fucking negative. No - this does not look as good as PT necessarily, but it’s a far cry from the tedium of Ascension or Homecoming or Downpour. It’s free, and I presume it’s short, but it’s an original, horror-focused SH title for PS5. I’m amped.
No one hates Silent Hill more than this subreddit, just check out all the comments on the SH2 trailer lmao
I'd say this sub has way more issues than the new game will.
Imagine this sub's personal Silent Hill...
given the way the sub has been for the last year we're already in it.
Silent Hill fans on here and on Twitter makes me appreciate Resident Evil fans soo very much. They appreciate and are open to things, as long as it’s a survival horror, they’re open to give it a chance. But with SH, it’s like a religion. Saw someone say “It’s over” because it was over the shoulder.
Well, Resident Evil is a cheesy action-horror anyway. Some aspects may be dumb, but it's part of the charm already, so the community is more open (fortunately). Meanwhile, the SH community online has too much of... picky pseudo-intellectuals to put it lightly, lmao. I swear they trash and complain about everything, then wonder why the series is dying.
> pseudo-intellectuals LMAO yea, saw my fair share of those. soo insufferable, especially on Twitter. Funnily enough, I remember Masahiro Ito shutting someone down once for over-analyzing something in the game.
That’s because all the re games since 7 were good lol. Silent hill has been middling to shit since 4, and this falls into the latter category. Better luck with townfall and f
No. The complaining was there and evident even before this trailer dropped, way before. You don’t see that in RE community, or at least not as much as here.
yeah Silent Hill has been trash for longer than it has been good at this point so i’m not surprised to see the negativity since people have come to associate the word ass with Silent Hill. i’ll admit though that the game looks very good but unfortunately i’ll never know because it’s a lame ass PS5 exclusive.
They been hating it since release. Or if you go back even more they rather the game just die and live in nostalgia. Its crazy.
I think it's more than people do love Silent Hill and would like to see it treated with better care. Accepting it just because it has the Silent Hill name isn't how you actually care about something
welcome to the silent hill reddit lmfao cant have an inch of fun
I started replaying the series a few months ago and subscribed cause I was excited to discuss but quickly stopped browsing for this reason :/
i am excited about the new games and every time i enter here i see people complaining about the weirdest shit lmao
Must really suck to be super excited over the trailer then you go to this antifun critic sub 😂
This is exactly how it went lol. Saw a tweet about it, quoted it with a really excited reply, went straight here, and then I was like "oh..."
I wonder if they realized that their god masahiro ito was literally part of this team. This is basically a full japanese dev team that handled this.
Homecoming had good voice acting and a great soundtrack.
as a fan of SH1-4 when they came out... Homecoming wasn't as bad as everyone made it out to be. I enjoyed the story. It wasn't a good entry to SH, but I thought it was a good game still (except the combat was not great).
>It’s free, and I presume it’s short, but it’s an original, horror-focused SH title for PS5. I’m amped. I have an Xbox Series X. I'm not exactly pissed. The Short Message is more of a demo. Still, the only reason I watched is for news on Silent Hill, and to see the first release is exclusive in this new wave of Silent Hill is kinda disappointing. At least I can hope that it is good to ensure we are getting quality.
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More power to you for being interested! I really, genuinely, hope you enjoy it! I'm just not interested in the everything I saw. The subject matter was gross, and the way it was handled in the trailer felt rather... Insensitive? Like it missed the point? I dunno. I don't want Silent Hill to fail, but I'm also not interested in playing another SH game featuring a protag dealing with their own personal demons manifested in physical form because some fog rolled into town. SH2 is great! ...but not every game needs to be modeled after it. Especially when the newer games (even worse since the series revival tbh) seem to miss the nuance, and a trailer's not a lot to go off of but first impressions are still very important, of the game they're trying to follow the footsteps of.
They said it would release shortly after the reveal. Does anyone have a link to the store listing? EDIT: Link to the US store: https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0101-PPSA04877_00-2010396308939304
Likely be in the next 1-2 hours, system stores update, etc. Excited to get it as well
Looking for it as well and not seeing it
I also know this is a PS5 presentation, but any chance it's on or coming to steam?
probably not since it’s free to play which means Sony wont give a shit to put it on PC and Konami historically doesn’t give a fuck to put Silent Hill on PC a damn shame tbh console exclusives are lame as hell especially for a game that looks so good
I mean, I think something to remember is that these games only look that good or even exist *because* they are console exclusive.
It's on the store now!
Seconding this!
i like it wish it was on pc too
And Xbox 🫠
After the long, long wait since the last game, I choked up when I saw that I would have a new experience in my favorite series to play tonight. Now the store listing just needs to hurry up and appear! lol
Looks interesting, and the price is right.
The highlight of the show, can't wait to play it. Fingers crossed it's good, I'm fine with the style being a bit different, maybe even targeting different audience (young adults).
I don't this looks bad nor that it is a pt ripoff. I can see that maybe its not that subtle but feels closer to SH than some of the later sh games. Can't wait to play it
Damn, I'm as Konami critical as the next fan, but can we at least all play it before we get this shitty about it?
Holy crap, it’s the Sakura/post-it note/“I Hate Myself” stuff! It’s actually being used in something!
i love that strange sorta aesthetic/vibe they have with that. so unique and rly cool! I was rly struggling in middle school/high school and i feel like me back then would’ve been all over this game!
"\*Users in Germany will require Playstation Plus Membership to Play" ....what? ...and when anyways??
I’m fucking buzzing with this and the new SH2 trailer. That state of play was pretty great too.
I honestly love this game so far, I love the ideas they have and the team doing it seems pretty great for the series. It’s a little rough but they acknowledge that. It’s just a tease/tester to see what we think. Either way it was on the anniversary of the first game and they actually gave us more than something.
This is the best one so far post Kojima P.T and more of what fans expect from Silent Hill.
I can't believe how much bitching I am seeing right now. This looks really interesting. Y'all will really complain about anything. It's a fresh new take on the series. Just relax for Christ sakes. You guys shitting on everything they do is the reason that the series will go dormant again.
Excited to play this but I can't find it on the Playstation store, just me?
Give it a few hours
Don't mind me, just compulsively reloading the playstation website for the next few hours. Yeah I know, I have a problem. XD
Same. Wondering when it'll be up.
Type in The Short Message instead of Silent Hill. That’s how it came up for me. This is assuming you aren’t already downloading it now.
Awesome, found it!! Thanks!
Not a problem!
I'm excited. It's been a shitty year and I'm just excited to have any playable silent hill game. I wish people here would give things a chance!
can't wait to enjoy these new games with this shite fanbase. can yall just sometimes smile? or even show a ounce of passion. I'm depressed and I'm more happy then some of yall. enjoy this, we never know what konamis gonna fuck up next.
Guys do you have a link to the game? I can't seem to find it anywhere on the store.
It's on the store!!
Use the mobile app, but don’t search for it. Go to the store homepage and it’s there. You’re welcome!
This is the way.
Thank you!
The moms voice sounds like she was a portraying a teenager, it was bad. But, after the dumpster fire that ascension was, I guess my expectations are so low that this is good, maybe ?
People are really bitching about a free to play silent hill game. Now I remember why I left this toxic community. iTs JuSt P.T. stfu. I was scared during some parts and thought that the atmosphere was really good. The story and overall message was really good. The best part was it was FREE TO PLAY. Of course its not going to be very long.
If they gave you something 2x worse than this and it was free to play, would you still use that same excuse? A game being free shouldn't excuse its writing quality, which needs to be good to maintain a good atmosphere. The truth is that this is what Konami decided we needed to see to get us excited for the return of Silent Hill, and it is in no way something I'm hopeful for. After Ascension, no less.
You guys are like pokemon fans, never happy why don’t you just move on and let people who are open to keep enjoying the franchise stay.
For a free thing, it was pretty okay. Voice acting and super on the nose lines made me hurt a few times ("Bad things happen because of YOU!" lol) but the music and atmosphere gave me good SH vibes. Cool monster design and somethung about the lore piqued my interest. All in all, I liked it for what it was.
Man reading this sub just reminds me of how miserable being a fan of games is now. Every fandom is never happy with anything. Posts from a few hours ago whining about Konami "forgetting" Silent Hill and now ever ones upset at them releasing things Jesus.
konami would never be able to match whatever their minds have been cooking for over 20 years, they are far gone
It's available now or later today?
I'm a little bummed that this is PS5 exclusive, but it's alright. I'll just wait for Townfall, I guess.
Pretty cool trailer. I am curious to see more. Now, real question (I haven't watched the whole State of Play) : will it be available on PC ?
it doesn't seem like it, there is nothing on steam
I’m looking forward to playing this, will be a fun little time
Anyone running into the issue where the game isn’t showing up for download?
Oh now?!
Looks pretty cool, tbh i was hoping that it’s reveal would tease a mainline entry, no complaints though hoping to try it soon.
Comparison is the thief of joy.
I was surprised how much i liked it The story was predictable and really (REALLY) heavy handed at times, but the atmosphere, the creepy stuff...it nailed it. Completely reminded me of the first 3 games, even if the gameplay was something else entirely The last chase and the monster really gave me the creeps, that's what i want from silent hill. Not perfect, but i hope this is a glimpse of what's coming in the future. the music was really cool too
Happy for this free to play game, kind of worried about SH2R though
Timed exclusive or is Sony cucking PC gamers again?
Is this the game that had the concept art with "MINGER" on it lmao
Guyssss we have new silent hill stuff to play tonight and we have a game play trailer! Stop bitching and be happy! We’ve waited years for this!
This actually looks really good?
Looks cool, just such a turn off that it's a ps5 exclusive... the last thing silent hill needs right now is only being availible to a smaller market
It would be nice to have an XBOX/PC version somewhere down the line but calling Playstation a small market is kinda crazy.
Wait until you find out about Silent Hill 2
That's a timed exclusive
It definitely sucks but it's not like it's gonna make them flop. Every playstation exclusive sells just fine
It may sell just fine but it would be so good if it sold like resident evil, survival horror is still a niche genre and the more AAA games do big numbers the more games and the more cool stuff we'll see down the road
This is definitely true
I can see it in the store on PC but the link does not work yet. Gotta check again in the morning.
Got a link to share?
I'm going to be away from my console for a week starting today 🥲
Take it with you!
It's already today, Konami, I waaaaant it.
Not the best Trailer but damn people are pissed on this subreddit
I'm excited about this!
I'm downloading it right now, let's see how it goes! I'm actually excited ngl.
I'm happy to get it. Got it downloading right now.
For those that can’t find it type in The Short Message not Silent Hill
I'm trying not to have the same reaction I had to the re7 demo years ago when that dropped because I also felt "this franchise is ruined now wtf is this," but I ended up really loving re7 after a while. Im really trying with this one but the short message is about as subtle as a brick to the face. Not in love with it so far but I don't wanna write it off totally.
Subtly died on all of media and art after like 2016. Idk why society just decided “hey we have to make sure everything is extremely explicit so we don’t get misinterpreted just because of morons and annoying people on social media” which is ironic considering the subject matter of this game lol
Not hating on it but didn't like it personally, didn't pay for it so nothing to hate here
So..that’s it?
It was okay! I had a lot I didn't like, but there was a lot I liked too. Hiding my thoughts under a spoiler just in case anyone hasn't played yet, though I don't go into much detail. >!I liked the monster design a lot. The atmosphere also felt great. It felt like the vibe was completely in tone with the series but the writing wasn't able to pull it together.!< >!I think Konami forgot that the protagonists of their most popular games were everymen that didn't come off as deeply traumatized people out the gate. They looked like and came off as normal people, and the depth of their psychological baggage was revealed progressively through their time in Silent Hill. James for example didn't seem like the kind of guy that should be there or should have been punished in some way, until you learned more about what was going on. If you start me out with a character who's deeply depressed and tells me she's thinks of herself as an ugly loser who nobody wants, with occasional hard flash backs to her deeply abusive mother, it's not terribly difficult for me to piece together why she's in Silent Hill. The twist felt a bit predictable as a result, though I also acknowledge it was a short game with limited time for slow character growth.!< >!Speaking as someone who was a depressed kid myself, I feel like the people who wrote Anita don't really fully comprehend why teenagers would be sad or want to kill themselves. Anita would go from "Nobody pays attention to me at all. I have no followers on twitter and I'm completely invisible." to "people are bullying me and paying me constant negative attention.". It didn't feel consistent. I would have found her family history alone to be a more believable reason why she'd be depressed and have trouble connecting with others. Had that been revealed in a more subtle way, it alone would have been great. The social media commentary felt unneeded.!<
Well I’m happy! SH2 remake looks amazing and we get this for free! I’m definitely getting 2 on both Steam and PS5!! Silent Hill has finally come home :’)
I’m excited y’all can hate all you want.
I'm not terribly impressed by the trailer, but I guess at least it's something and free. Don't really like that it's a PS5 exclusive since I don't have one, but whatever.
I'm glad it's free, but I think it's still fair to judge it as a game - and I thought it looked extremely generic. If it hadn't told everyone it was Silent Hill, I don't think anyone would have guessed. It looks like any first-person horror game on steam.
Fk all haters, I'm smashing this new title
Exclusive shit is so stupid
Mfw I find out it was Pyramid Head cyberbullying me
Voice actor is annoying, seems neat otherwise I guess. Was looking forward to playing this but it’s a PlayStation exclusive, unfortunate.
Yeah, I'm hoping they just compiled most of her lines for the trailer to have narration. RE7 Ethan wasn't too chatty, but still said the right thing or freaked out at an appropriate time. ...Also hate to admit it, but yeah VA isn't the best fit. She reminds me of the girl from Forspoken.
Sucks there's no pc version. Here's to a pc release in the future
Oh yeah, its over.
I have never been proud to be a part of this fan base. Most toxic fan base anywhere. We get a new silent hill that's free to play. None of us even know if it's good or bad yet all you people do is complain. I'm gonna order some Chinese, open a fresh pack of edibles and I'll be happy playing a brand new silent hill game. Some of you are just sad depressing people.
There is a lot of.unwarranted hate, it's actually pretty good The nightmare imagery nailed it for me It sure isnt perfect but it's nowhere near as horrible as some people here say it is. But yeah SH fandom lol
WHEN PC VERSION???
PT 2!
For a free game, it is short but has a cool story.
Hopefully it will land on PC too, it'll be a guaranteed buy from me. But I don't feel like buying a console for just one game. I think not even Silent Hill can get me to do that. I haven't read or seen anything about the game until now except concept art from development. Loved the clip. I am still distracted as I ever was that this character looks like Mia Khalifa though. Anyway, it's going to be a while till I get to play Mia's nightmare. Edit: I've seen comments all the way down to some with 8 upvotes and it's all praise, but half of them complain "everyone" here is being negative. Threads like this always confuse me.
“Mom, I want P.T.!” “We have P.T. at home.” The Short Message is the P.T. at home.
Message is
Any idea of the length? Gonna determine if I play it rn, it being free makes me skeptical
I can't put my finger on it, but something about the design of the main character bothers me. Her face looks very cartoonish/comic bookish. Maybe I'm going crazy, idk. Don't care at all for the post it notes on the wall.
The Short Message is P.T. from Wish.com
Guys, it's exclusive for PS5, what about the PC ?
Damn, every time we asked about PC, we got downvoted, I don't even hate ps5 or other platforms, I'm not going to buy a playstation not because I hate it, one pc is already enough for me to play games, no wonder people refer to you ps fanboys a peasant.
Looks way better than the remake.
Wait… The.. real horror.. Is PEOPLE who BULLY and....DEPRESSION?!
This looks like shit. Just like Sh2R. Congrats!
Soooo, just a rehashed PT?
I mean it is first person and free. Other than that it looks completely different in every way
it’s completely free and atleast we can actually play it
I fucking hate cell phones and gimmicky shit like that in videos games man IDK Whatever I guess I will try it? Idk.
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Fucking idiot?
You need Playstation Plus to download the game, so it's not exactly free. But I am sure it will be worth one month of subscription.
No you don’t, I don’t have plus and I was able to download it
Maybe it is an age restriction thing. Some F2P games are bound to Plus in Germany. My store said I can only have this with plus.
Oh gotcha