Alexius Corvinus wrote:
You mean a Silent Hill game with a multiplayer mode?
That would be the worst idea ever. One of the main themes in Silent Hill is the sense of desolation, which is best experienced by yourself - alone.
Psychological horror, which I feel Silent Hill is mostly about, is something that you can't share with other players in a multiplayer mode. How scary would SH2 be if you were walking in the labyrinth with 3 of your friends, equipped with 1 chainsaw each? How scary would the possessed room in the SH4 be if you were talking through a headset with another player right next to you?
A false multiplayer system, however, would be an interesting approach to take in the survival horror genre. Enter a game where you t
hink you're playing together with other online players, but as the game progresses you realize that they're not real.... this sort of thing could mess with your head in very disturbing ways.