Silent Hill Heaven

I like the story arc idea, but I don't know if it would make sense chronologically for Harry to cross paths with James, and then James with Heather, since there's 17 years between Harry's and Heather's experiences in Silent Hill. Personally, I'd be in favor of putting James' story first. That way, n...

More than where she was, I always wondered what she was looking at. My pet hypothesis is that we are witnessing Dahlia performing her version of "gyromancy," the occult ritual that foretold Harry's arrival, and she has just viewed the premonition.

I think the toughest part would be how to make the protagonist's reactions convincing. Other than a few cutscenes, there aren't many times in the Silent Hill games where the main character reacts the way a normal person would, upon seeing these monstrosities. The nurses, for example, just show up in...

I'm thinking something along the lines of the old Stephen King serials, like Kingdom Hospital etc. where things were given more time to stretch out than a movie, but maybe not multiple seasons. But it would be cool to have multiple seasons, each representing a game in the series, kind of like how ev...

I like it! I hope the team goes with some new ideas and takes things in different directions. From this video, one thing that makes me happy is that they know how to create fear by not showing too much of the monster as it chases you. I see a big hand, some flesh, some kind of tube thing, but I have...

What could he mean by "worldwide collaboration through streaming/sharing?" I'm trying to stay positive, but any way I can slice it, that really kills the scare factor for me. :| Yeah, no reason to worry about the game experience itself just yet. He just means that it was their intention t...

What could he mean by "worldwide collaboration through streaming/sharing?"

I'm trying to stay positive, but any way I can slice it, that really kills the scare factor for me.

I think the central kernel of the Silent Hill story is not the buildings and streets themselves, but the fact that they sit upon a volatile psychic energy source. Where it came from, what it wants (if anything), why it happens to inhabit Silent Hill, we don't actually know. I wouldn't mind a Silent ...

1. Climbing the spiral staircase to the lighthouse in SH1. That shot is effing beautiful, and in first-person it would have just been... walking up some stairs. 2. The high camera angle that shows Mandarins under the metal grating in the hotel in SH2. Those enemies are so easy to avoid, in first-pe...

I vote for third-person. It gives the designers more control over the presentation. In first-person, there's no way to frame a shot for maximum impact, or to draw attention to certain features of the environment. What??? I know everyone has their preferences, but these points of your argument are a...

I vote for third-person. It gives the designers more control over the presentation. In first-person, there's no way to frame a shot for maximum impact, or to draw attention to certain features of the environment. I liked the Harry-cam from the first game, but it was just for fun. There were so many ...

I did a quick search and couldn't find anything online related to Jarith being an angel's name or having anything to do with demonology, but it was admittedly just a quick search. I had to stifle a laugh when he whispered it, because I couldn't stop thinking of David Bowie's character (Jareth) from ...

This is kind of interesting. I like the possibility of ancient beings from beyond this earth being the true "Old Gods" of Silent Hill.

Only problem I see with this are trolls who will exploit the idea in order to purposefully throw people off or lead them into situations that will unwillingly scare them half to death. You know it's going to happen at some point. Bingo! I've just started playing Dark Souls II, and the number of peo...

Lostkitsune wrote:I've only seen a bit, going to give it a proper go this week sometime but.
My biggest con is another male protagonist.

Good one, I hadn't thought of that. I guess they weren't trying to stray too far from expectation there.

One of my favorite things about P.T. is how there wasn't a "transformation effect" to go along with the decay/change of the hallway. It would just suddenly be different. More effective than the elaborate Otherworld shifts from the movies and recent games, and I hope they stick with that fo...

In the case of SH 2, you don't hear Mary as she's getting killed,you actually see James killing her, while in the PT demo, you don't see the women dying, you hear it. How else could they convey her dying? Or should the scene in PT have been omitted entirely? In SH2, the image isn't clear when James...

As far as sound design goes, I hope they find somebody better than whoever they got for P.T. The ambience and music were nice, but the sound effects were too recognizable, too easily linked to something familiar (a baby crying, a woman screaming). When Akira used the classic mid-90's "jungle ca...

Personally, I'm sick of open world stuff. I don't want freedom anymore. I've had my fill of it, really. I'm not even being facetious. I prefer linearity--it results in a more focused experience with less empty, shallow filler. Take me from point A to point B, like in older SH games. Sure, there can...

I agree about the wife design her jump scares did not have much effect. But you are forgetting about the creature design of the fetus it's even more pitiful, grotesque and realistic than "shiny plastic legs" of SH2. It also projects the feeling of vulnerability and shame on top of just be...