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Silent Hill f | Reveal Trailer
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Pilgrimzero
Member
Not liking it. Different town and different country? Why even call it Silent Hill?
And if another country why dont we think outside the box and do like Germany or Sweden or something? A horror game set in Germany comes off far more scary than a frightened Japanese school girl.... again.
And if another country why dont we think outside the box and do like Germany or Sweden or something? A horror game set in Germany comes off far more scary than a frightened Japanese school girl.... again.
kyliethicc
Member
lh032
I cry about Xbox and hate PlayStation.
fantastic.
Arachnid
Member
It's the setting with japanese horror. SH has always been Japanese horror (devs location), but in an American setting.
SHf is the new mainline entry right? Looks like the gods of SH spread to a new local in Japan, so they aren't confined to SH anymore (they've done this before, but usually neighboring towns; never across the world). I'm excited for this one. I love expansions to lore, and Ito also did creature design for this one. Should be good to see something original.
concept art with his signature at the bottom
I think this and Townfall look the most promising. Townfall I think is supposed to be more of an interactive narrative I think? The devs are called no-code, and apparently their interactive narrative horror games before this were pretty damn good (observation which is a space sci-fi horror where you play as a space station AI trying to solve the disappearance of your crew; stories untold which is an episodic game that's a mix of adventure game genres, including text-based adventure, first-person exploration, and puzzle solving). I'm intrigued by the trailer. That dudes monologue instilled a good amount of dread, and I love brutal endings in my horror media.
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The Fartist
Gold Member
Silent Hill f: lower(s)
Dr_Salt
Banned
There isn't a new mainline entry. Also these are some third rate devs working on this idk what Konami is thinking.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Agreed. And I see what you did there with “blossomed”
Arachnid
Member
Yeah, that dev team is rough, but I'm hoping they hired talent and put together a rag tag team of specialized people specifically for this. The way they hyped it and then left it for the end of the stream? Setting change? "Proud to present another brand new Silent Hill game"? Creature and concept art from Ito himself? The trailer itself is full CGI, but it looks more AAA with detail than everything else we saw in that stream. The dude they have writing it is known for making some stellar Japanese visual novel stories (focusing on mysteries, psychological and supernatural horror; sounds perfect for Silent Hill). He may not be anyone we know huge in the US, but he's shown talent. I'm not sure who kera is, but he/she had to have put up some pretty good concept art for creatures to be hired (and they've got Ito with them). Also, they're all Japanese based talent which any new mainline entry should be. I'm not opposed to them trying to make their own new team that specializes in SH.
IMO this shows more promise than any SH game we've had since 4. It could be fucking amazing (I agree there's a lot of uncertainty around it though, which is kind of exciting for me). I'm personally more hyped for this one than I am the SH2 remake.
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FluffShake
Member
Ryukishi07 being on board is pretty wild. Going from doing visual novels and anime to putting his own spin on a Silent Hill game is not a jump I could have foreseen.
Also I'll take an unproven dev over Bloober any day of the week.
Also I'll take an unproven dev over Bloober any day of the week.
Dr_Salt
Banned
The trailer looked great and I bet the writing is going to be on point but the game itself is what is worrying me.
GhostOfTsu
Banned
It's a game? I thought it was an anime. It will probably be very low budget VN style "game"
Arachnid
Member
Same thought I had.
Yeah, nothing I hate more than purely CGI trailers for new games. That tells me your game isn't very far along.
Still, I come to SH for great story with solid scares, and this one is basically guaranteed to have that. We'll see how they evolve the gameplay down the line.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Apparently takes place in the 1960s Japan?
DonJorginho
Banned
DonJorginho
Banned
Yep confirmed via a press description, very very intriguing.
laynelane
Member
Speaking of brutal endings, did you notice her tears right before her face drops off in the Silent Hill f trailer? The whole scene is so horrific, genuinely made me uncomfortable to watch (which is a good sign for a horror game). I see what you mean about the gods spreading. It makes sense too since they would be where ever worshipers call them. Such a change could be a real breath of fresh air for the series.
Townfall has my interest too. The set-up in the trailer gives the impression we'll have an intriguing mystery to delve into. After all this time, getting so much SH news at once - it's gonna be hard waiting for the games to come out.
Bernkastel
Ask me about my fanboy energy!
The story is by Ryukishi07. He is probably a more qualified people to wite a horror story then whatever studio you expected to make Silent Hill. If you don't want to play Higurashi because it is a VN, you should atleast check out Bess's analysis of Higurashi
Wow people actually rejecting only because it's a VN author.
Also, mind you they are long. Umineko is probably the longest script in a game.
If you want to get into When They Cry series, start with Higurashi. Only Higurashi has a horror theme.
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kyliethicc
Member
fuck outta here with that weeb trash
Pilgrimzero
Member
What they’ve been thinking for years now. “How can we do this as cheap as possible while getting people to buy it?”
If they actually cared they’re sell the rights or license it out to a company that actually does good work.
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Arachnid
Member
I definitely want to get into it. I'm not dead set on horror too. I just like good stories. I'll check out both. I found them on steam. Is that a good way to access them or do you have any recommendations? I also saw that theres an anime for Higurashi on funimation (though I should probably just stick to the VNs, right?).
RetardGAF is that way ---------->
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Kdad
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Back in May VGC said https://www.neogaf.com/threads/smal...stories-is-reportedly-in-development.1636700/
So why are we thinking F isn't mainline? Perhaps there is more to reveal about who is involved other than the writer and Neobard, a studio in China that has helped develop Capcom's most recent games like Resident Evil Re:Verse. The producer for the series is Motoi Okamoto, a Nintendo veteran who worked on games like Luigi's Mansion and Pikmin.
- Silent Hill 2 Remake developed by Bloober Team
- Smaller Silent Hill title by Annapurna Interactive (episodic short stories)
- New mainline Silent Hill game
So why are we thinking F isn't mainline? Perhaps there is more to reveal about who is involved other than the writer and Neobard, a studio in China that has helped develop Capcom's most recent games like Resident Evil Re:Verse. The producer for the series is Motoi Okamoto, a Nintendo veteran who worked on games like Luigi's Mansion and Pikmin.
Arachnid
Member
Oh it's definitely the next mainline entry.
Super excited for it being set in Japan too. The idea of SH spreading worldwide to different locals opens up so many story telling possibilities, it's fucking insane. Good move.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
The story was really never good in Silent Hill. Its about the art, music and mood.
killatopak
Member
I’m in.
mylifedotcom
Member
You know what was all over that trailer?
Strands.
Strands.
AeonGaidenRaiden
Member
Maybe because its a Japanese studio and because some of the best horror movies came out of Japan. If it was featured in Germany it would look visually just like any American city from previous SH games.
Ferdimage
Member
Is it a good manga?The monster kinda reminded the monster from Hell's Paradise
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TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
The dev team doesn't fill me with confidence or expectation, but whoever is in the art department nailed it. That was an AWESOME trailer. No sarcasm. I LOVE spacey, abandoned (ha) surreal settings and body horror. I could almost hear the Kotaku staff vomiting.
GenericUser
Member
People seem to forget that team silent also were absolute nobodies before they made silent hill. In fact they were like the "black sheep" at Konami at the time.
Having unknown people work on a new silent hill game instead of "star dev xy" gives me hope that these people maybe understand silent hill and will deliver something that is worth bearing the name silent hill.
I'm excited but it also seems that the game is a couple of years away
Having unknown people work on a new silent hill game instead of "star dev xy" gives me hope that these people maybe understand silent hill and will deliver something that is worth bearing the name silent hill.
I'm excited but it also seems that the game is a couple of years away
NanaMiku
Member
Pretty good, but the later half is kinda typical of battle manga. There's an anime of it too, but still not yet aired
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
f for flora or five or both?
NanaMiku
Member
Trazyn the Infinite
Member
That is basically how Silent Hill was created. By a bunch of nobodies who were thought little of within the company of Konami.
Trazyn the Infinite
Member
Could be anything. Flora, Fauna, Fungi, Five, Frieza.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Oooh, good catch.For me, it reminded me of fortissimo
MasterDerico
Member
Strong atmosphere. Im sold, this is what make Silent Hill what it is!
DonJorginho
Banned
All i got was the way you get the "f" shape in a violin and how it could tie back in to the obvious hints of trypophobia but idk probably wrong.For me, it reminded me of fortissimo
The Sum of Zero
Member
Ryukishi07? I'm in.
mylifedotcom
Member
DragoonWalker
Member
This is the most promising of all the ones announced for me. It's the only one that looks like it's taking Silent Hill somewhere fresh. However, I don't like that fact that they're going to Japan. What made SH special was the fact it was a western story made by Japanese devs gave the game a cultural weirdness. Should have took it to Europe or S. America or something.
At this point I'm much more excited about Toyoma and Slitterhead. I have a feeling it's gonna scratch my SH itch more than any of these "official" Silent Hills. And as always, RIP Kojima's Silent Hills, I bet that game would have been full of incredible ideas.
At this point I'm much more excited about Toyoma and Slitterhead. I have a feeling it's gonna scratch my SH itch more than any of these "official" Silent Hills. And as always, RIP Kojima's Silent Hills, I bet that game would have been full of incredible ideas.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
There is something very unsettling with how brightly lit it was, beautiful colors in the floral arrangement, and then the face pealing off after the last tear of pain, exposing a rotted abyss.