Silent Hill: The Short Message Review - The Final Verdict
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- Опубликовано: 23 окт 2024
- The renaissance of Silent Hill is still underway, and while some of the heavy hitters, like Bloober Team's Silent Hill 2 and NeoBards' Silent Hill f, are yet to come, Konami has surprised players with Silent Hill: The Short Message.
Available now as a free-to-play title on PS5, it tells a relatively short story about Anita, a teenager who arrives at a rundown apartment complex at the behest of her classmate Maya. The latter instructs her to find "it" or she can't leave. While Anita deciphers what "it" could be, she faces painful memories and a relentless monster.
It's a narrative with some intriguing presentation, including live-action sequences. While it may falter at points or offer limited gameplay, Silent Hill: The Short Message captures the series' signature atmosphere in its own way.
Not making PT has to go down in history as one of the greatest tragic mistakes in gaming history.
Pt was ass though
@@ghostface9171True. But the potential of what could have been given they were able to flesh out the game lingers. That’s what people want when they say this
I mean tbf theirs not much they could have done without kojinma, thats even considering kojima even had plans to make it considering he was preety much talking to sony at that stage
Kojima was practically smelling his own farts by then but who knows maybe Guillermo del toro might rein him
Sure. Because you know how the game would’ve turned out and played it. We well simply never know if it was a “mistake” or not.
I miss the days of games building atmosphere and mystery through environmental subtext. Now games just break the gameplay flow every 2 minutes for a cutscene to play so the character can say out loud "oh boy I sure am very sad today😢"
That is exactly what it's like, literally explain out loud the plot in real time. God forbid they could leave anything to interpretation
Yeah it’s not like the original Silent Hills. That doesn’t make the game bad though. I miss that too but the hate needs to stop.
@@AnFeignI agree man, this game does a lot of things right in my opinion. The environment, the music, dark themes, the fog. It's everything that Silent Hill was, even if the narrative isn't as subtle and mysterious as previous games.
Konami just dropped this out of no where
fr i had no idea about this until one of my mates told me about how much of a train wreck it was
@@HEADASSLOOKINGAHHH Have you ever *seen* a train wreck? They always have a better plot.
Its not a horror game until you walk down a school hallway that has blue lockers.
Immediately thought of Outlast 2 when that part came up 😂
@@elevate7985THANK YOU! I'm so fucking glad someone brought this up!
Considering that this is Konami's first attempt at a horror game since Silent Hill 4 and they said this was a warm up for them, is say it was a good start. Atmosphere was good voice acting too the main criticism i had was the writing. I didnt like how they spelled out everything, Silent Hill needs subtle metaphors and room for interpretation
There have been… several attempts at horror since SH4.
@@Trespasser2003Not by Konami internally, all the other games were outsourced to western studios
As another commenter pointed out, the millennial writers are cringe. COIVD 19, modern depression induced by mean girls and social media, 2 paragraph notes about suicide rates etc etc. It leaves no room for questions, it answers everything it asks.
@@hre2044 nah this game was definitely written by a bunch of grown ass men who have no idea how high schoolers act outside of teen dramas
@@dannydesperado9211 it's like one of those anti bullying videos that the local police would come into school to give a presentation with. No cussing allowed so the video is a victim being called a dork and s freak and and stupid lol
I feel like should ve just been titled Short message without the Silent Hill part
I'm with ya I do think it ...be a bit easier to stomach or enjoy for some people it's amazing just dropping a tagged on brand it can make a few point differences in a grade. And I feel like dropping the brand naming it could be it's own thing and be compared to other sh games .but that's just me.
Yeah silent hill is irrelevant with this game.
Well i get what you are saying but they did mention silent hill in the game one article was about silent hill phenomenon so I guess it’s still a silent hill
@@niazgamer "but they did mention silent hill in the game one article was about silent hill phenomenon so I guess it’s still a silent hill"
And what the hell is this phenomenon? Is silent hill some goddam pandemia now? Just stupid stuff
You’re too dumb if they have done that you wouldn’t play and try it out 😅
The whole game's plot is basically "Notice me, senpai!"
notice me senpai! notice meeeeee!
Notice Me Senpai!!! Meeeeeee Meeeeeeee ;)
For a free game…
I feel like they owe me money.
Tight sod! It's great for a "Demo". Not a game!
@@SpecializedRider1986 just like PT
Dude, it's two hours of my life I will never get back
Why? It was good
Did we play the same game? Did you guys pass the fuck out and wake up 2 hours later? This game was good for it was. Sorry it doesn’t exactly emulate that Silent Hill 2 feeling every fan boy beats off to. I love that nostalgic silent hill feel too but they have to try new things and this is interesting at least. Dare I say well thought out and good. It’s just not what people think of when they say Silent Hill.
this game was as subtle as a shotgun to the face
If “I’m 14 and this is deep” was a horror game…
You obviously have never been suicidal
@@daviddiaconu4130 I suffer from major depression and general anxiety. I’ve attempted suicide once, been to the psyche ward twice, and just last week I’ve had ideations. Please try again.
@@daviddiaconu4130 tried it once, been taken to the psych ward twice, and had ideation less than a week ago, but thanks for trying
😅 Nice one, Captain Edge Lord
@@daviddiaconu4130I wish. I've attempted it once and been to the ward twice. Just had a talk with my therapist earlier this week about ideation tbh. Nice assumption tho
Im convinced we will never get a silent hill 1-4 again.
You mean besides the 2 remake?
But yeah, I just want another silent hill game that feels like the first three in atmosphere, setting, monster design and of course terrific sound design and environmental storytelling.
I don’t even care if they play it safe. I just want something resembling the spirit of the old games
While it’s not exactly what I anticipated I can say for a randomly released fairly short game this was extremely interesting and I love the way it builds its atmosphere. 7.5/10
Definitely not wat I expected when I heard about its announcement a few months ago buts it’s extremely enjoyable.
lil bro's delusional
@@Perkeletricksterservantofrherfr game was weak as hell compared to everything els
give us silent hills,full japanese dev. prod.team and daryl dixon as promised in PT no woke pandering junk@@josephmuniz2839
@@Perkeletricksterservantofrher There's this magical thing called an opinion.
I don't mind it, silent hill is a reflection of the person's internal demons the world changes the monsters to mirror the repressed emotions of its captives and i wish the games dived into them more. Some did silent hill two, shattered memories had my favorite incarnation of how the world can change i even think downpour had an interesting other world. Its when the game developers get lazy and refuse monsters and environments created for another character that i hate.
Shattered memories was good. Shame it was done way too early that game would have benefited today with its ambitiousness.
Smart comment finaly
If ChatGPT wrote a middle school play
I never knew this but after watching a playthrough, I never ever wanted to see an in-game note mentioning Silent Hill and Covid-19 in the same note. Someone really needs to tell writers that they don't need to write stories "for a modern audience" or with current day societal implications. They just need to write a captivating story like Silent Hill 2.
So the girl thinks ppl should be self-reliant, not rely on others. While the game is her looking for someone
lol yip
😂 stay dense
That's sorta the point. She even mentions it in the end.
So is the message to rely on others or to be self-reliant? I hate it when writing conflicts with itself.
The message is: You should try to be strong enough to not absolutely need others but if you can't then this is not for you and you should actively reach to other people. We are talking about people wanting to kill themselves.
Tbh, kinda weird for me how the setting of the game is in Germany but they put Japan atmosphere into it, like the Cherry Blossom, etc. If I didn't know any better, would've thought the characters are at abandoned building in Shibuya or somethinggg.
This game is about as deep as a kiddie pool. Comparing it to PT is like comparing Metal Gear to Spy Kids.
bad comparison. spy kids is elite
This game lacked any subtlety and wasn’t scary whatsoever
After I died the first time I stopped caring. And agreed, there's no subtly, it's all in your face in 1-3 short paragraphs for each note you find.
It was trash. I hate to say it
Eh the chase sequences were pretty well done and stress inducing
That monster wasn't scary.
I mean fine, the rest of the stuff weren't really scary but in my opinion, the monster sort of was.
@@christopherlyndsay8611first horror game?
It felt like a bullying/social media is bad psa. Not saying that these topics cant be explored in a Silent Hill game, im sure its possible if its presented well. Key word "presented well". This has the most surface level exploration into these themes to the point where it was almost comical. They were showing ARTICLES that detailed the themes this game was trying to convey. Literally explaining word by word what the game is about. It gets worse when you realize that this is supposed to be a "Silent Hill" game, a franchise notorious for dealing with some heavy subjects in a subtle, nuanced way. So incredibly disappointing, i really hope this isnt a sign of things to come for the new games in this franchise that im excited for like "Silent Hill F" or the "Silent Hill 2" remake.
I'm surprised at how few Shattered Memories comparisons I've seen. It feels almost like the exact same gameplay- playing through the retelling of a memory/story separated by repeated chase scenes as you try to find the correct route.
Damn, true! I didn't like shattered memories only because the chase sequences sucked
Good memory. I'm not completely against those kind of new ideas, but it wasn't properly done. And mostly importantly, both of these games are centered on that gameplay idea. Both are incomplete, minimalistic, which is a direction that I don't approve myself. And ok, I can understand that this game, if it was made to have the "full" gameplay experience of a regular horror game it would have to be charged something. I'm just talking about the minimalism. I don't know why SH started getting more games like that compared to RE for example.
can we get pt back
I was extremely disappointed.
Me too
Its crazy how every game is just as cursed as silent hill itself smh.i dont understand how hard it is to make a silent hill game.instead of making 2,they should have just remade one for a fresh start.focus on the cult and the person,idk at this point
OH BUGGER OFF, the cult? that shit was finished why would you ever want that revisted
I would say it's harder than you think.When people have an anchor for comparison, everything falls short (just look at True Detective, even the same creator couldn't deliver after S1). I do think it is possible, and if a game is able to do justice to SH, I think it's only Silent Hill f that stands a chance, though we haven't seen much from it. But that game actually looks interesting.
They shouldn't remake the originals, since it would only have a chance of the remake turning out as a watered down version.
They should just try to be original and creative like they where back in the day when they made Silent Hill: The Room. Because despite the few flaws that game had, it actually looked, felt and played like a Silent Hill game, and had a story, atmosphere, and world-building that fits with the franchise, unlike The Short Message.
@@AnakinSkywalker-u5b You can say that in retrospect, but the truth is that SH4 was bashed and it killed the franchise and the original dev team, isn't that right? I agree about the need of originality... I just mean to say that things are very complicated to do in this franchise. And lets remember that the game was made by the original team, so it wasn't "distorted" by later devs and their "misconceptions of the themes". And yet the original devs werent enough to save the situation.
Even though I liked the classic trilogy, I can say that was a case of very repetitive games that was already risking to lose popularity among the general public. SH inherently has a repetitive essence, which puts it in an unfavorable position against RE, that is inherently a more versatile franchise.
But the SH devs didn't have the vision that, if it was going to become a franchise (an idea that was already taking form since SH2) then something had to be changed in lore to avoid the risk of making the future of the franchise saturated in repetitive sequels. If nothing was done by the original devs, it's almost impossible for the community to accept a retcon made by later devs, because they lack credibility in the eyes of the public. Maybe even Kojima's project wouldn't be able to make the old fans take some retcons and other contradictory facts as the new canon. People are just too fixated to the original trilogy and the original team's early gameplay vision.
So it's an extremely complicated case. I'm honestly not hopeful at the least bit, I'm just curious to see if the upcoming new game is going to be disappointing like everything after 4. If it's not then it's a massive achievement for the franchise, given that release history.
@@mauzki-The cult stuff is how it all started. And it's the most amazing aspect of Silent Hill. SH2 was great as well, but it's just not on par with 1 and 3 without "God" and "Paradise".
Cell phones, social media, should be out of horror games. They are not scary
Everything has to be contemporary, including the up to date COVID 19 references lol
Said the Boomer.
There are many good Japanese horror movies that focus on things like that.
@@hre2044 There's no problem in that. It's absolutely normal. After all old games of your childhood on modern settings weren't "old school", they were contemporary. And it was just a period of limited technology. And since times and life have changed lately a little more than long ago, it's only natural that some games made for a modern setting try to reflect that scenario accurately. If the devs decided to do that and paint a realistic contemporary image in their game, they automatically took on the creative challenge to fit all these elements, that effectively became important parts of life. So if you avoid that you are lose some level of realism. The challenge turns out to be how to make the right use of all those elements, especially in the case of old franchises, where those elements aren't present from the beginning. But anyways that's something that has to be done. That's their problem.
I hope the people making this will not even touch the SH2 remake. If they do we're fucked
Try play a game by Bloober Team, then you will be sad anyway.
Dont look at bloober teams past work then lool
I’m allergic to trial and error in horror games. The last loop made me turn off this game. Forever
Amen
Yeah that final chase was extremely annoying
skill issue.
WHat gamer should of done with PT
@@rhovenom04 nope, not at all. I just don’t find those types of elements scary. To remember a pathway exactly. That part was very poorly executed
Capcom loves Resident Evil and puts a lot of time and effort into the series. Why does Konami hate Silent Hill so much?
team silent captured lightning in a bottle, and konami keeps making horrible decisions while attempting to recapture that
I wouldn't say "LOVE" considering how mediocre RE2 remake was, and how laughably bad RE3's remake is when it comes to anything outside of looks/graphics, and how it fails in every way to live up to the original. And how they're just remaking all the classics, even ones that don't necessarily need a remake (R4 and probably 5 as well as 6 eventually) But Capcom does give more shits about Resident Evil than Konami or any studio that worked on Silent Hill after The Room does.
I don’t even understand why they released this. They had to known it was terrible and would turn people off from ever spending money again on this franchise.
It's not horrible. It does feel out of touch in the style of the dialogue, character model looks off, some lag when rendering the other world. Main character is cringe.
Its free on PS5, dont forget it, its something like P.T., Demo version to check how it goes
Yeah if this is the "new" silent hill then.... there was some good things, but overall its not looking good.
What the hell was that "silent hill fog" mental ilness medical diagnose is common now??? facepalmed so hard
It's not terrible at all. Just a few fanboys bitching over it for no reason
I really enjoyed it this silent hill game it was really good in my opinion.
This was different but still good. My daughter who never played silent hill loved it.
It's basically a 2 hour walking simulator about over emotional teenagers worrying about nothing problems
I haven't had faith in Konami for years. This game was just stupid. Teen suicide? Now, I'm good.
There are lot of people struggling with mental health. If you didn't then this is just not for you.
@DanielNistrean I understand that, and I am very empathetic to people so low that they feel that death is the only way out. I couldn't imagine what that would be like. But this is a Silent Hill game. It's supposed to scare you not depress you.
@@discod992 I think its fine for them to not lock the series into it has to be this or that.
For main games I understand this, but for a spin off game especially as someone who's somewhat suicidal I really felt the game. And it was free so eh.
@@discod992...did you play any of the silent gill games because thats literally a core theme for all of them
@@Hambo325 uhmmm, no? The only silent hill who deals with mental stuff made by team silent was silent hill 2, the other three games deals with other themes. The first one is a typical survival horror with demon cult and everything else, the third one is the sequel of the first and deals with motherhood, teenage shit but mostly the same plot line involving the cult and the final one is a ghost story with a murderer after you. That the problem with the western silent hill... They think every single game is about some personal hell/ trauma when it isn't... The only one who got at least a gripe of what made sh2 was shattered memories and if it wasn't some exploration/ endless running game and had something else, had the potential to be the only good silent hill post team silent...
Downloaded it but may just uninstall. I’m not into games like Life is Strange and that is what this looks like or layers of fear. I want real fear like what PT did. Konami is never going to be able to recreate that because the man who did doesn’t work for them anymore. Konami just give us a faithful remake of Silent Hill 2. If they mess it up I promise it’ll fail.
This is just a Forspoken DLC
I'm such a piece of shit! teehee
Yeah let's remove everything that makes it a silent hill game.. like they are completely removing the cult and the town itself from the equation.. like half the game is the people who live there.
The dropped the cult from the second one and thats the best in many people's eyes. The Town also isnt in all of 3 either.
I agree! Like most of the games connect to silent Hill by some sort of person who visited Silent Hill or we're in the cult. SH4 was kind of an exception but it still had Walter who was a part of the cult and was linking people to the other realm.
While i wouldn't comment on this game as I haven't played it, I think the cult and the town itself is not essential. It is not why the original games are great. It is instead the themes, atmosphere, tone and more that makes it stand out. PT also has no relation to the cult or the town, but is regarded as one of the best entries in the series (even being only a demo).
I always saw the story of Alessa as the heart and soul of silent hill, the stuff about the cult is the meat and bones, it's the whole original point of Silent Hill,
People who say they prefer the repressed trauma plots, have failed to understand the foundations of the series
When i heard the words free Silent Hill game.....i knew it was a short movie basically 😅
It really makes you feel like Mia Khalifa. 10/10 -IGN
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I can’t unsee it now
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A teenager simulator.. this isnt Silent Hill.
The characters, subject matter, and tone of the trailer really made it seemed it's aimed at a younger audience. I'm not assuming it's bad because of it, but definitely feels like it's something I wouldn't like.
It is aimed at 10 year olds. The game is pathetic
I’m just wondering who it’s for. I mean it’s a silent hill game, how many younger players are running to install it?
@@dannydesperado9211 there's a shitload of kids playing jumpscare/horror stalking games. This is an indie game with decent graphics (P.T. for it's time was already looking 4 times better than that), but SM has no soul and makes fun of young depressed people without having an inch of respect to them. The scenario is tragic. The monster looks awful. Its not even in silent hill. Nothing keeps the tension nor the anxiety/claustrophobia. And kids now only care about stalking jumpscare horror games.
If P.T. is Dead Space, then this is Callisto Protocol
what? makes no sense
@@Sneaky_racoon_slyIt makes perfect sense
@@Sneaky_racoon_slywhat he tried to say is that "it almost pt but not so much"
@@Sneaky_racoon_slynah it makes perfect sense
Garbage and nonsensical comparison.
Wasn’t bad but these Silent Hill releases almost seem to look like they’re made by indie developers. Is Konami no longer a AAA studio??
Konami hasn't been a AAA studio since MGSV.... all the budget goes in Pachinko machine and most of the games they publish are developped by third party studios (Bloober, NeoBards)
Silent hill was AAA, cause most of SH games released in early 00-s. In that time survival horror adventures were looking another and every silent hill or resident evil clone was about to be AAA-game. So now, when genre in crisis, its very risky to release AAA horror games.
Free game was better than some of this shit I've paid $20 or more on steam for.
May not be good but it is free so.
They should've focused more on the story with her mam and how she accidentally killed her son,shit that actually sad and disgusting,rather than what felt like heavy handed teenage drama. Plus this engine is amazing,especially when the world melts into the otner world like it did in the SH movie. Hopefully its the same one they use for SH2 remake
RIP P.T.
"Never Forget"
This game should be called: Silent Hill: Wahhhhhh!
I thought the story of this felt a bit hit or miss, however the environment design, the creature, graphics, music, everything else was a pretty damn solid 9/10. If Konami is making a full fledged SH game in first person and it keeps this style I’ll be pretty excited.
As someone whos dealt with suicide and its consequences i genuinely feel like games and media like this almost trivializes depression because most of this generations hardest monents in life are " i got bullied online" or "i got misendered" or "someone was mean to me once".
An expected title in my library,hated how it made me pour beer..yeah,don't drink and play games too😅. One of my best gaming experiences..solid 9 for me. Highly recommended
You need to play better games if this was one of your best gaming experiences, it's a 2 hour walking simulator
For a free demo it's pretty solid
@baseddepartment1645 Well yeah I suppose it is but if this is the direction SH is going its not for me, I normally really enjoy SH games too
@@cuprashoe Idk we'll just have to wait and see with what they do. Hopefully they take into account all the criticisms but there is potential here.
@@cuprashoe Had some unexpected jump scares for a free game. Thats why am OK with it.. While we at it,any good game recommendations you can give me I try them out?
I’m confused because the force in silent hill can go outside of silent hill. Silent hill 3 and 4 mostly took place outside of silent hill. It’s a force it’s something weird. But one thing I know, it’s not the movie the Mist. It’s not the fog that’s the problem.
This is what bothers me about the Silent Hill series the most. It would be better if they just told stories in the same world but a different supernatural force.
This is not NOT silent Hill someone just slapped the titel on it and Lets Go
5/10
I understand the complaints since it's a Silent Hill game and I think they could have been subtle but they did only make it and hour and a half.
And I know a lot of people make fun of it but I mean I did relate to some of the things stated and certain actions committed although not to such an extreme.
That final chase sequence has me raging
Being that SH fans seem so divided on where the series should go, I have a few questions...
1. Does a sequel NEED to be set in Silent Hill?
2. If yes, where will the story take place within the timeline?
3. What will the story focus on?
They should call this Silent Hill: HuhHahHuhHuffUhAuhHuh
Soylent Hill
Her voice frustrated me so much. Why did she speak so slow. Was she on ketamine? That moment near the end where she reads the letter in the locker was actually hilariously slow. I read it and had to wait 5 minutes for her to catch up as it was unskippable
Drop the Silent Hill title and just call it Tumblr: The Short Message
Silent hill SHort message also plays a key point in the universe of the series but also the is the connecting point.
The game will have mention of the silent hill phenomena that, silent hill is no long locked to just a town but to everywhere that people can enter their own one without ever being near the real silent hill, this like the silent hills concept acts a reboot, or rather reawakening to the series on what the series will do, it connects SH4, PT, and hints at what we'll see with pheraps townfall, and silent hill F.
The game is powerful in its emotional impact, its blunt sure but their is moments genuine heart went into it and even if blunt its message is strong. I think people will just dismiss thius as 'life is strange' because female characters when in reality this game is preety fucking silent hill levels of messed up when you see the elements of Self harm so brutally shown on screen, the abuse and the way it showed links to how someone might commit bad acts, what leads people to do x, its the connections and the message the game teach about, incredible game.
The message is weak and laughably childish in comparison to the heavy themes in the first 4 games alone. And the story is even more garbage than the Western Silent Hill games like Homecoming or Downpour, which themselves weren't that greatly written.
As for the connections, none of the games needed that. Especially 4/The Room, which already had a thorough explanation that isn't connected to this "muh silent hill phenomena" BS.
As for if connecting with PT, we're gonna need some evidence to that, chief. Otherwise, the only proof you got to back up such claims is "Trust me, bro"
As for the "muh game has heart and emotionz put into it" that isn't a good defense, considering any game has effort put into it. That sure as shit doesn't stop them from being bad games. And it won't for this crappy game.
@@AnakinSkywalker-u5b Personally I thought elements of this game were done really, really well. Especiallyt he entirety of Chapter 3, where you play as Anita confronting her childhood.
Scenes similar to PT like the bathroom,
The dead brother in the fridge that suddenly begins crying,
Anita subtly shirnking in size to her child self eac time she goes through the door,
The bottles of pizza and diary entries of the mother whose demise is slowly depicted.
The graphics too were brilliant, with the otherword quickly colliding in real time.
Stiory and voice acting needed work. But ultimately did touch my heartstrings a certain moments...perhaps im a softie.
I think SH: The Message had a vision that was poorly executed, but the foundations are definately there.
If it had a better writer and voice actor most people would be giving some praise to it.
@@benjenkins3220 I liked some parts of SM as well. Especially the fridge moment. But I don't allow my personal biases to cloud or sway my judgement. Also, the comparison to PT doesn't work, considering one is well executed and damn near perfect, while the other (Short Message) not so much and is good at best if we're being generous. Stuff from something such as PT, that was made by professionals who knew what they were doing, shouldn't be compared to half-baked games such as Short Message. Also, having similar or good ideas at that doesn't make one well done or even decent as a Silent Hill game. Because even bad games can have good moments/sections.
I agree that Short Message had potential. But just like previous games such as Homecoming & Downpour that did some things decently at certain points, if they're not fully well done, then bringing up the foundation or the ideas doesn't really add much. SM had a good message (even if the warning screens started to get annoying as time went on and completely disconnected me from the experience) that I appreciate. But the execution and "subtlety" of how they went with it made it bad and arguably worse than Downpour in terms of writing and nuance.
The wider connotations of a personal silent hills trapping someone in a looped environment, the general premise is not that difficult to understand what I said. God, you people are miserable. The message was strong, albeit heavy-handed, the fridge scene, the sound design, the height you're put into on that one section, the otherworld was great too and the monster design was amazing. PT was not perfect either as it was aiming for something radically different, it was one hallway and cryptic demo, the demo was great but to compare them is silly when PT was so cryptic and intelligible the memory you have of it is far better than what the game actually was. @@AnakinSkywalker-u5b
@@mauzki-
1. I understood what you said very well, baby. Calm down now. Just because people won't praise this game and point out every weak point about it doesn't make us "miserable".
2. The sound design was mid. Same for the not-so-good voice acting and cutscenes. Granted, I would give voice acting a pass usually if the story could carry it enough. But the Short Message's story couldn't, unfortunately.
3. The fridge scene was a'ight. It wasn't all that amazing, but it was the one thing that felt close to being from a real Silent Hill game. Same goes for the otherworld section. But again, nailing these two points is like basic stuff. If you can't do it right, then you might as well not bother calling or associating your game with Silent Hill, unless you're ready for brutal criticism.
4. The monster design is okay-ish at best. Sakura/Petal/Flower-Head is a lame one-hit-kill enemy that doesn't really belong in something such as Silent Hill. Which originally used the enemies to increase the tension by making them more than just a lame-ass one-shot machine that belongs in every indie horror game from the last few years. The monster had potential to be iconic. But similarly to the game it appears in, it's potential was wasted due to the execution.
5. Not a good defense/argument. Despite PT being a short demo, it had more care and thought put into it when compared to the Short Message, which is closer to the Western Silent Hill games when it comes to writing and subtlety. Meanwhile, PT was much, much closer to the original 4 games. And had a superior atmosphere, scenarios, and scary moments that didn't rely on lame enemies that force you to run away. Just because PT "went for something completely different" as you say, doesn't mean that it didn't stick true to how the OG games went about when it came to the horror and atmosphere. Hell, using your logic, Silent Hill 2 shouldn't be compared to the first or third game because it had a completely different direction and "went for something completely different" when it came to the story and the psychological horror. Same can be said about The Room and Shattered Memories. And if a game leaves such a good impression that it can still be remembered so fondly, then what you said in that last part is beyond false, and is no different than what most people who defend game remakes do. Putting down an old game to prop up or make a new game look good or better while claiming people only care about the game because of nostalgia. PT was more than good despite how short it was, and is by far more true to Silent Hill than The Short Message or any Western game like Downpour or Homecoming were.
Like it or not this is the route that they are definitely going for the future of SH games but not necessarily will they all be first person maybe they will mix and match overall not a bad game I give it a 6
Excellent presentation with dark, heavy themes. Fantastic mini game can’t believe this much effort was put into something that’s free.
Thought it was a great start to revive the franchise. Straight into the torment and dread, as a guilty protagonist is forced to realise and atone for their sins. Its a definite Silent hill formula. Well done Konami! Looking forward to more Silent Hill.
Lmao unbelievable people actually like filth like this
I was bored playing this game. I expect to feel tension, and fear playing a horror game, especially one with a 7 rating. I suspect your generous score was influenced by the game's title. Perhaps, had this not been associated with Silent Hill your opinion would alter.
I feel it would be better received if it wasn't associated with Silent Hill I mean most of the problems are only really their because it's no Silent Hill
@@RaNgErs_Rep If the problems u speak of will cure the boredom then perhaps you're right.
As a person who's never played a Silent Hill, I liked it. The story felt kinda bland at first, but then once the loops come in, it became a bit more impressive. The whole part with "more sexy pics" and "she has so many followers" was not the most nuanced depiction of younger peoples' relationship with social media. Like, if Anita is alone and wants to be seen, she wouldn't be getting hate messages on her Instagram or whatever. She'd be getting nothing.
As far as gameplay goes, it's just walking and running. Could've definitely had more than the one locker puzzle, which wasn't really a puzzle at all. I did get a little pissed on the second chase scene. Took me a couple of tries. The third chase where you have to find the pictures was a bit more fun and tense.
I like the hopeful ending too.
Did not like the story at all, shouldn't even be called silent hill, only 1 file connects this to silent hill. The only fun parts was the running from the lady.
People tend to forget that SH deals with themes that involve Traumas suicide n other dark shit. Ya just remember the half naked demon nurses and Pyramid Head with the big dong sword..... 🤦♂️
Nah we remember actual tension, claustrophic/dirsty, rusty, and bloody environment with extremely deep ambient sound design. Go play SH1 to remind yourself what was really scary cause this is a game that made even my 15 yo brother cringe
@bazinga1687 SH1 is my favorite. I'm just not gonna sit here n act like the direction is straying away from what Silent Hill is. To me, this was a teaser for something better. It's not something I'm ever going to revisit. Shit I'm not even one of those who's gonna keep the hame on my hard drive, but for a free game, the story and message are there. The first encounter with the flower demon chick I got creeped out, but after a while, she stopped bothering me it was more about figuring out the maze so I get what you mean there.
@@ThatGuyJon95 P.T. was a teaser + free + it was something that would be completely unrelated to the main game, and it made the whole community lose their brain just by creating out of two hallways a mental shitstorm to the core.
This thing ? This thing is an absolute joke to P.T. and to the silent hill OGs about the way traumatic events, depression, delusion, and mental ilness is handled. Nothing was scary nor stressful. I showed this gale to my friend who is clinically under control for depression for over 10 years now who has an actual depression was annoyed so hard by the way it was portrayed, and he really felt insulted. The message was a complete abomination
I love how many people are comparing this to Life is Strange. Really just proves they haven't played LiS and think that anything with teen depression or angst = LiS, as if that game invented it. Wait until they find out SH3 is basically entirely about the horror of being a woman, they'll flip their lids
Lately... konami been playing with the true silent hill fans emotions. Seeing trailers get ya a lil hyped, a lil hope, and then you remember homecoming, downpour, those other bs games I dont even have the energy to name.... and you remember what they did to p.t...... yea.... yeaaaaa. 1,2,3,4 doesnt get old to me. I'll keep my feelings safe in with OGs
Starring _Anita Betterwrighter_
Damn I never thought a game would made me reflect on my life, it was fun yet kinda depressing that I had similar experiences with Maya, this is the first silent hill game I played but I thought it was pre good
Would’ve loved a Japanese voiced version of this, but for a free surprise this was awesome.
the game was devloped in japanense and I belive the version is their, its just ofc not the one thats setup when we have our ps5s in English
@@mauzki- I see, very insteresting!! Thank you for imparting this new knowledge.
I liked the game and through that all characters played well. 8.5/10. I had such throughs when I was a teenager and can relate to seemingly irrational order of thoughts.
The demo was meh, but I refuse to delete it after what Sony/Konami did to PT. They removed it from the store and pretty much erased its entire existence and you can’t re-download it even if it’s in your account/game history folder. I’m not making that mistake again due to the mixed reception and Konami flat out scrapping the game altogether 😄. I have a gut feeling this is gonna get the PT treatment lol.
I loved this game and I think it captures how a Silent Hill videogame is. At least from what SH1 and 2 are. Its short, its not gonna have combat obviously for production reasons. But I think from what it is, they were able to deliver what they intended in the 1~2 hours gameplay time. I simply loved it.
Why do so many people think that the reason Anita wanted to commit suicide was because of online hate comments? You guys are very low on sympathy. The root of the problem is not social media, but the mistreatment of our environment in the real world. I have a past like Anita, and I'm not stupid enough to use social media as an excuse to make me take my own life.
Of course. First person shit. Why can't they do what rockstar does. Offer the 1st person for those who wanted. Keep the 3rd person for the OG 3rd person gamers.
im confused, what type of abuse is happening in the game?
This game is a shit show. I fell asleep playing this and that is hard for me to do. Its a teenage depression story, and definitely a walking simulator
@Netpsyk0 lmao 🤣
I was falling asleep too 😞
Have you played literally any silet hill game? Theyre arent exactly the most bombastic heart pumping action. Silent hill 1 and 2 are literally 90% walking
@Hambo325 its not 100% walking in the old ones. You can at least attack and pick up items. This is just walking and texting. If you enjoy it, that's your opinion, but dont get butt hurt over mine
I didn't finish the game at all. After just playing the first chapter I exit out the game and uninstall it that game was so shitty
The flower themes made me curious if this would lead into something about silent hill f. Didnt pan out that way but i wont say i hated it. For something free and quick its decent
Yea i feel of they had made the game a few hours longer they could have remedied the most common complaint outside of the mcs dialogue. Which maby cause im not older it didn't bother me. But besides that if they were more subtle and had more room to tell a story it would have worked out better.
Still though for a free game it was fun. And i felt it was decent but the complaints are justified.
Sounds like y'all edited this audio together in order to manipulate what the guy is saying, so the video doesn't have anything problematic in it. Cos y'all were afraid.
also, a seven? way too generous.
It was a good game. The main issues with it were the annoying chase sequences and some of the heavy handed moments, like trash being thrown.
Cool I was hoping for a return to annoying teenagers in horror stories.
The motion blur that stops me from playing, so I'll just want somebody on youtube to play the game.
Damn, sucks to be you
Part where I got the most scared when playing this was when the shoe was tossed at you 1:28
I will give this a second try if it comes to PC but on PS5 it looked trashy for UE5 and i cant get any feeling from it in a public setting. This is a game you need to play isolated, in the dark, with headphones on.
Everything is so explicitly said, as if we’re too dumb and need 200 documents laying around, words on wall, cinematics, texts, just to make us understand basic concepts that have been overused in movies and games before. This is not deep philosophy, we can understand it without clear explanations.
People its just a spin off, and free. Why hating so much?
After playing it, I feel that it is some grade A trash. Not scary, lame, and just weak narrative. You just walk and walk too.
Frustrating and boring Mess of a Game...
Those Chase-Segments were rage-inducing and demotivating. Anita as a Character is as likable as an Tooth-Extraction at your local Dentist. Painful to watch or to experience.
Yea she was a piece of shit main character doesn't mean you have to like them.
Main character alone makes me turn away.
Also she is completely envious of girl that not even better looking then her is complete lol. Furthermore mc actually has friends.
Literally story is notice me senpai please!!!
This is simply a horror game, this is not a survival horror game. Even if she's just a regular person it would be best if you just let them be able to defend themselves in some way shape or form because there are times when you will have to if it was real.
In my opinion instead of pt they started working on this if you notice the thing that follows you moves and twitches almost exactly like the pt woman this isn't what we wanted tho it's free I will take it
It's free, so I might take a look at it but I hate that they even made Silent Hill a lazy 1st person game.
Well... everybody went crazy over PT 10 years ago... must have played somewhat into it.
@@agahnim0196 P.T. was mental in terms of the short amount of informations that was available the way the environment interracted with you, lisa looking at you from upstairs, the window breaking out of nowhere, the random heavy breathings behind your back that would just tell you to not to turn around even if you were able to verify something new in a 2 way corridor.
Short message ? Is a pain in the ass to look at. Total cringe machine for 10 year olds. It was nasty from every angle. Even the environment was braindead
Save the space on your hard drive this game is dog 🐕 shit 💩😂
My Uncle works for the company and he said as he was cleaning the bathroom he saw the devs creating this game in the toilet, with brown substance on their keyboards.
i feel like if you removed the silent hill title of this game it would be pretty decent.. but since its a silent hill game yeah it sucks
I enjoyed the concept and story but the dialogue can be extremely cringe sometimes and it was a chore to get through. The chase scenes were ok but a bit tedious and it felt more like Layers of Fear than a Silent Hill game tbh. Overall I’d give it a 4/10. It definitely wasn’t great but it was a free game after all.
My toilet paper: a Silent Hill game
The Question every reviewer seems to dodge... What does this game have to do with Silent Hill and it's lore?
This game should have been called something else. It should not have the silent hill moniker attached to it.
I think it's a good game and does a lot of things right for the world of Silent Hill. Also, considering that it's free as well, I'm not holding it to the same standard as a 60-70 dollar game. I think people are too quick to jump on the hate train because this isn't their favorite Silent Hill game..
No, weapons, no upgrades, no skills, no enemies you can attack, no Silent Hill music, and nothing to make you think it's a Silent Hill game. Although, it does look good. If you enjoy SH games, don't waste your time with this.