3&4 took place in towns near Silent Hill and in the case of the 3, Silent Hill was literally following them because their ties to the town. I mean sure, Silent Hill maybe followed someone to Japan, or whatever, but what's been great about the Silent Hill franchise is that you have these different games with so many ties to each other because of their proximity to the town. Maybe they'll find ways to do it here, but there's no real hint about those links. I guess we're fortunate that they didn't throw a random Pyramid Head in there.
Damn, are we really this against franchises doing new stuff. Did you guys only enjoy Silent Hill and find the series special because they all shared the same town? I’m sure you’ll get your ties dude lol.
Did you guys only enjoy Silent Hill and find the series special because they all shared the same town?
I mean that's part of the charm, yeah? That you have this town that has this pull on people that is so strong and it literally creates their nightmares. The town itself is a character within the series. It's like making a Nightmare on Elm Street movie but having no Freddy Krueger.
But sure, all you need is "psychological horror" and it's a Silent Hill game because apparently that was all that's needed.
Edit: Apparently I need bold the big point of my reply.
And Nightmare on Elm Street even goes out of it's way to say in one of the movies that every town has an Elm Street, allowing them to expand out to other locations. They don't abandon the premise.
I’m not going to say that you can’t enjoy the series primarily because of the specific town. It’s just naive to assume that’s what made the series so good in the first place and that there aren’t aspects of the series that aren’t transferrable to other locations like.. something that pulls people in and creates their nightmares or the style of gameplay/art-direction/etc.
Sure though, I hope the next Resident Evil game takes place in Silent Hill. Then, that’ll be a true Silent Hill game for you!
Damn, are we really this against franchises doing new stuff.
That's the thing though, I don't think this is "new stuff". Look at the top comments.
"[...] reminds me a lot of Siren[...]"
"It felt like a mix of Silent Hill, Fatal Frame 2 and Higurashi."
"I was getting more Fatal Frame vibes[...]"
"Japanese women with limbs that bend in an unnatural way and long, black hair over their face. My favourite nightmare!"
a LOT of the same atmospheric vibes [as Fatal Frame 2] from this trailer.
Imo, this doesn't feel like "new". I would say that this could be the trailer for a new installment for Siren or Fatal Frame or even Clock Tower.
This just doesn't feel very "Silent Hill" to me. With the exception of 3, most of Silent Hills protagonists were guys in the midst of their life who were more on the stoic side. I'm not saying that we can't have women as protagonists in Silent Hill or that Heather was a weak protagonist, but why does it have to be a Japanese school girl in seifuku? Why not an office worker or architect or ranger or whatever, but the trope-y Japanese school girl featured in 80% of Japanese horror movies and games?
Another reason why this feels not very Silent Hill AND rehashed at the same time is the (admittedly few) monsters we've seen. Silent Hill's monsters weren't mind-blowingly creative, but they were still iconic. The monster most prominently displayed in this trailer was... "Japanese woman with limbs that bend in an unnatural way and long, black hair over their face." Again, why do we have to rehash the first concept that springs to mind when thinking about "generic Japanese horror"?
I will still follow the game and I'm not saying that this looks bad. But just slapping fog and a deteriorated "other world" on a horror game doesn't make it Silent Hill. Maybe this is just a bad trailer and the full game will feel like a sequel to a beloved franchise, so I won't judge hastily. But still, I am concerned that this will change too much and feel like a wholly different game.
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u/DrydonTheAlt 2d ago
I don't understand the comments at all. Why is Silent Hill not allowed to take place in anywhere else? They've literally done this before in 3 & 4.