Silent Hills [Plural – Ed] is official. The game was announced in a cryptic manner during Sony’s big Gamescom 2014 press conference yesterday, courtesy of a PlayStation 4 demo available now on the PlayStation Store. It’s being helmed by Hideo Kojima in collaboration with Guillermo del Toro, with Kojima Productions doing the heavy lifting.
And speaking as part of a Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain presentation earlier today, the auteur admitted that he didn’t expect people to crack the code quite so quickly. “I thought that it would take people about a week,” he wrote. “However, the mystery was revealed in about five hours. We’re definitely getting better.”
For those out of the loop, Sony teased a new release named P.T. during its media briefing, and promised that people would be able to play it as soon as the conference concluded. Solving the title’s puzzles plays a cinematic announcing the next entry in the Silent Hill series, which will star The Walking Dead actor Norman Reedus.
And it sounds like the franchise will be returning to its roots, as Kojima and crew want to scare you silly. “We originally wanted you to pee your pants,” he joked. “Now we want you to s*** your pants. Maybe the Special Edition should come with a clean pair of pants.” The comments don’t exactly conjure up a particularly pleasant image, but they’ve sure got us excited.
Silent Hill has been on a bit of a decline of late, so it’s particularly exciting to learn that Konami hasn’t lost faith in the franchise entirely. Considering the names involved here, this has gigantic potential. Our only concern is that Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain seems a long way off, so the wait for this is probably going to be even more substantial.
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Hey Sammy!! Love the site!! Any word if silent hills will be exclusive? Rumors, anything?
@Dual-shock-spok Thanks for reading! My guess is that it won't be, but I know there's loads of speculation. I don't think anyone knows at this point. I think it'll be multiplatform.
Played the demo directly after Sony's press conference and I've got to say that I was pleasantly surprised. Even though I'm not too fond of horror games, this one hit the spot for me for some reason. Maybe I'll take some time and play more horror games to see myself getting into the genre. If that works, then I'll probably keep an eye out on this game.
@Sadodi Try Outlast on PS4. Very cool little game, and I think it's on sale. (In Europe, anyway).
@get2sammyb Ah, yes, I've heard about that game and coincidentally it is on sale right now, so maybe I'll check that out as my first horror title. Thanks for the tip.
@Sadodi yeah try it, but make sure you play it in the dark with a good headset for maximum effect!
@get2sammyb I actually found playing the demo quite disturbing for some reason and I like horror. Loved the experience and the graphics are looking great already
I played the demo while my wife watched. She kept having to look away (she's a weenie in all fairness). I was LOVING it. I even made the comment "I'm so glad studios are making horror games THIS COOL."
When I thought it was a game with the odd title P.T., I couldn't wait to throw down my cash on a pre-order. Now that I know it's a Silent Hill game, I'm livid that no one yet wants to take my money.
This is (hopefully) gunna be awesome, I loved the first 3 Silent Hill Games, and can't wait to play this one, exclusive or not, this for me is a day one purchase
I couldn't believe how great the graphics were. The cockroaches were amazingly real-looking. And yea, it definitely made me jump. I love when a game scares you silly. Way better than movies in my opinion
@Cowboysfan-22 It's funny 'cos in the livestream Kojima said they tried to dial down the graphics so that people would think an indie studio had made it!
Pretty awesome demo. Was a little frustrating at the end though so had to look up how the hell to get out the house. The gliding motion and accompanying music in the red halls was very reminiscent of some of the floating camera work in evil dead. I just hope the full game is as 'sh*t your pants' scary. Pretty amazing that this is a lower quality version of the game too.
so P.T. is just a playable teaser unrelated to the new silent hill game. it will probably be comparable graphically and what not, so thats good. day one for me. but... id hate to see this amazing atmospheric experience go to waste. i want a full game based on the teaser. brutal homicides, the ghosts of victims. the helplessness, its the new gen fatal frame or ghost game ive wished for for about a decade.
Yes he said he had to struggle in lowering quality of fox engine, emphasizing fox engine can do much more than this
Outlast make me scared, now i dont think able to play pt. Anyway is alien isolation scary?
P.T. scared the crap out of me last night when I played it. This is how a horror game should be done, filled with suspense along with a quick burst of horror. My friend on the mic was laughing at me
IMO, this secret reveal was much more of a show stopper (eventually lol) than timed tomb raider. Wow the graphics were amazing, and to be toned down apparently, ridiculous. I dont see how this can be bad with Konica and del Toro involved. Overall I think Wild really took the cake for me, hope it is not years away, lol.
Wait, so was P.T supposed to be really hard to 'beat' (i.e. get to see the reveal scene)?
Sounds like Kojima was being rather hopeful with that weeklong estimate.
Well he better make it a bit scarier than the demo, then. And a bit more entertaining. P.T. stands for Pretty Tedious as far as I'm concerned.
I think Kojima was also up to his old tricks with something called easter eggs. The part when your guy is having radiowave thingys go in the bathroom and I think you get a special message form Kojima himself. If you don't you get a red message.
I loved tge demo its look awsome and promising, thank goodness that same old Japanese KCET Team which is Kojima Production are development silent hill, no more giving to other developers they already screwed up with silent hill's franchise thank you Konami for bring the sickest awsome game I look forward to buy it
I hope this delivers, whether it is exclusive or not.
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