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I understand why they "restarted", and their wanting to recreate Silent Hill for new fans or w/e. I just don't feel that "Shattered Memories" was entirely... useful for that. Or perhaps it was, I guess I won't know for sure until their next game.
I'm sure that Team Silent wasn't intending on making a direct sequel for Silent Hill 1, but there was enough going on with that storyline to do it. And say what you want about Silent Hill 3, but I feel it was done well for a sequel.
Anyway, Shattered Memories was meant to be a re-imagining of the original in an attempt to start new, correct? But I just feel that they've stripped away all the things that made Silent Hill great in the first place: Alessa, "The Otherworld", supernatural phenomena and, yes, even the "cult". And what did they replace it with? Honestly, not enough to really continue in the direction they are going, as far as I'm concerned.
So, yes, maybe their next game will be completely unrelated to Shattered Memories (and even go back to being "literal"). But then saying they made Shattered Memories for the sake of "restarting" would really boggle my mind...
I'm sure that Team Silent wasn't intending on making a direct sequel for Silent Hill 1, but there was enough going on with that storyline to do it. And say what you want about Silent Hill 3, but I feel it was done well for a sequel.
Anyway, Shattered Memories was meant to be a re-imagining of the original in an attempt to start new, correct? But I just feel that they've stripped away all the things that made Silent Hill great in the first place: Alessa, "The Otherworld", supernatural phenomena and, yes, even the "cult". And what did they replace it with? Honestly, not enough to really continue in the direction they are going, as far as I'm concerned.
So, yes, maybe their next game will be completely unrelated to Shattered Memories (and even go back to being "literal"). But then saying they made Shattered Memories for the sake of "restarting" would really boggle my mind...