Intentionally 80's

Post by **tylerdurden2236** » 27 Jul 2007

Its an anachronistic easter egg.

Post by **Rob Matter** » 27 Jul 2007

The whole town is an anachronistic easter egg.

I would describe the clothing, hair, and music styles as far more 70's than 80's, but that's just me.

Post by **oddworth** » 27 Jul 2007

And what about the way harry dresses? with a rather small jacket, and the tight looking jeans he wears? they look very 80's to me.

Post by **SteveSilent** » 27 Jul 2007

I always got a dated feeling from the game, even before I knew it was based in the 80's. It's just another aspect of the game's atmosphere that disturbs the player.. Probably because it makes you feel out of place.

Post by **dr bones** » 01 Aug 2007

Cherry Bomb wrote: And SH is one of the only series' I've seen in recent years where all of the games are set in chronological order.

yeah... too bad Origins will kinda muck that up......

not that i'm not looking forward to it's release; in fact, im pleasantly surprised at how it's progressed from the first few screencaps...... i guess i just feel the whole "Alessa" storyline has been exhausted.

anyways, back on topic..... check out the radio you get in the game. that thing is fuggin' ancient. even compared to SH2's radio it looks like an early 80's relic.

Sonic Youth is mentioned in the Midwitch elementary school faculty roster, and they sure as hell weren't around in 1983. the pop culture references are merely easter eggs.

Post by **Silent Fantasy** » 12 Aug 2007

i cant wait till thiss game comes in the mail so i can tell what you guys are talking about.

Post by **MisterGrey** » 12 Aug 2007

So this means that Origins will be set in the mid 70s, yes?

Post by **Silent Fantasy** » 12 Aug 2007

it should take place somewhere around 1976

Post by **Jim beam was yo dADDY** » 04 Sep 2007

There are Portishead posters in the 5to2 Cafe.

Portishead was a band formed in 1991.

................ Yes................. silent hill tok place in 2096.. were everything was supper retro...... that explains the "easter eggs".................. but really, who cares when the game tok place, what abouit the why????

Post by **LaraeGunn** » 05 Sep 2007

I enjoyed the feeling and atmosphere of SH1 very much. I quite miss it ...

Post by **Silent Fantasy** » 07 Sep 2007

now that i have beaten silent hill 3 times,i can say that it does have an early 80's feel.the main menu,the clothes people are wearing,the cars,weapons,item,music,enviorment,it all feels kinda 80's.( fucking great game by the way.its my #2 fav silent hill. sh3 being #1 )

Post by **LanceS133** » 07 Sep 2007

Call me crazy but it doesn't feel 80's to me. It just feels like a game that came out for PS1 back in 1999 with bad graphics and a small "quiet"

town that's not a city so it's not advanced. I don't see any neon colors, no Fresh Prince of Bell Air, no big hair bands lol Nothing really reminds me of the 80's just a small town.

Post by **crucifix** » 07 Sep 2007

i don't see it as super 80's either, besides some of the sounds (the piece playing at the hidden altar in green lion is one of my favorite SH music clips). it doesn't seem to be set in any time period specifically besides "modern". it could be 80's, 90's, or 00's. this is of course not taking into account the obvious timeline that everyone's concluded, just a non-canon observation.

Post by **dr bones** » 08 Sep 2007

LanceS133 wrote:Call me crazy but it doesn't feel 80's to me. It just feels like a game that came out for PS1 back in 1999 with bad graphics and a small "quiet" town that's not a city so it's not advanced. I don't see any neon colors, no Fresh Prince of Bell Air, no big hair bands lol Nothing really reminds me of the 80's just a small town.

.... just because it's not overly-gaudy in 80's cliches doesn't mean there aren't subtle clues. i mean.... think about the timeline of the series. if SH1 didn't take place somewhere in the 80's or earlier, that would mean SH3 would take place in the future. did SH3 look in any way futuristic to you? not me either. it looked pretty current.... maybe a couple years behind -- late 90's or 2000 or so. so really, by default it kinda HAS to take place before 1999, which was the year the game came out.

PRIME_BBCODE_SPOILER_SHOW PRIME_BBCODE_SPOILER:

heather mason's age of 17 means that there are 17 years between the end of SH1 and the beginning of SH3. if SH1 took place in 1999 when the game came out, that would mean that SH3 was supposed to have taken place in 2016. i find that unlikely.

in my opinion, judging from the series as a collective work, it seems like keeping the time period of the games vague is important to Team Silent. they never come right out and tell you what year any of them take place. you have to put it together yourself. and i kind of like that..... it gives everything a bizarre, timeless "otherworldly" feel. everything's kinda generic and.... well, like i said, timeless.

Post by **LanceS133** » 08 Sep 2007

^ That is true. I didn't really think that much into it. While playing SH1 I've personally just never thought, "Hey this game's pretty 80's" or anything like that. But you do have a good point, good call.

Post by **Darchaen** » 20 Sep 2007

Interesting, I never thought of it while I was playing it. I noticed (of course) that the game's atmosphere had a dirty kind of feel to it, but that credits itself to the atmosphere, not the decade. Still, old technology like the ancient phones adds to the dilapidated and run down feel.

Quirk, you lived in Topeka? Reminds me of Dark Tower III: Wastelands.

Post by **Doo-glas** » 01 Oct 2007

as an 80's buff I find it really cool that the first silent hill is set in the 80's

Post by **Smokey** » 01 Oct 2007

headless fetish wrote:Concidering the cell phone in the previews.

THE LEAD CHARACTER IS A WOMAN!

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » 01 Oct 2007

Ye gods, mates. Hasn't anyone steered ye all to the SH timeline topic? SH1 happens in April 20th, 1983. Here's the proof.

Post by **setsuna_PT** » 18 Nov 2007

now that i think about that... its quite amusing that a town that was supposed to be dead... got new things on it right? the hospital for instance changed a lot since harry to heather.. in heather turn we had some computers there...