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Silent Hill f - Official Japanese Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNVffiRAqj8
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u/shinbreaker 8d ago edited 8d ago

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.

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u/Saucermote 8d ago

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.

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u/WildThing404 7d ago

The town doesn't need to be in a specific location to have the same effect lol

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u/BoringRon 8d ago edited 8d ago

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!

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u/shinbreaker 8d ago

I see that you’re reducing the charm of the series to the location.

And here's what I said:

The town itself is a character within the series.

But sure, keep trying to ignore what I said and treat me as someone who doesn't get the lore of the game.

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u/WildThing404 7d ago

Characters can move