There were a lot of cool notable surprises in Shattered Memories that made the experience really cool.
I liked how Cheryl's full name was Cheryl Heather Mason. The nods to the older entries were really cool.

Heather Morris voicing Cheryl.

1) The art room having different pictures of the original SH1 version of Harry Mason.

2) In some playthroughs, Lisa Garland crashes an ambulance into the reception of Alchemilla Hospital (possible reference to the rumoured [and false] ambulance ending.)

- Harry pics in the art room
- Cheryl's middle name
- Balkan bathroom scene (SH2 nod)

There's a lot of cool stuff in there.

^ Don't remember the Balkan Bathroom scene... what was that?

^ At some point Harry follows Michelle in The Balkan nightclub. After finding her keys and having a conversation with her, he goes to the bathroom to clear his head. There he washes his face and stares briefly at his reflection. It's right before you meet Dahlia.

I liked the pinned butterfly memento, Shakespeare books and meeting Lisa scene the most.

I don't remember thatat all. Hmmm.

On my only playthrough so far she crashed her normal car. I absolutely have to see the ambulance crash though cause that is a splendid easter egg!

I got the car the first 5 or 6 times through before getting the ambulance.

The ad for the Camera Obscura from Fatal Frame.

at the start of the game in the mens bathroom in the salvage yard/ convenience store if you look in the mirror you'll see a nightmare version of the bathroom a nod to sh:0

Really?

-Fatal Frame Camera Obscura ad (loved that)
-The texture of the pills you give Lisa actually being White Claudia (a recent discovery to me)
-UFO ending (of course). Especially with James and the whole "My mother was a bitch." thing. Awesome references to the past game they had in there.

What's going on here? Is the texture the same as a texture for the drug in a past title or something? I've never heard of this one before.

The prescription label on Lisa's meds indicates that they contain "Claudia B1".

Wow. After seeing those bottles all those times, you'd think I would have noticed that by now. I'm bringing my exxtra large ispy eyes next time I play.

Despite all these little details in SHSM, the world felt bland.Maybe it was because we spent more time running across blue ice worlds rather than exploring them (it DID fit with the story though)....I guess what i'm saying is that i didnt feel any sort of connection with the main character(Cheryl).maybe a little for Harry... but it was the short duration of the game that bothered me the most...

I actually thought that the Silent Hill from Shattered Memories was one of the more vibrant in the series. With all of the little details, it feels more like a real town that's just closed down for a snowstorm. Of course

Hm? None of the endings are bad; they all play the same role, maybe with a more less-likable Harry in the endings I think you're talking about.

That, and, I got the 'good' ending in spite of carefully examining everything the first time I played.