Silent Hill Creator Wants to Return to His Survival Horror Roots

[@Tung--]

The first three Silent Hill games aren't actual games, they're masterpieces. You would never think that a horror game could be so beautiful and have so much emotional art into it. Every other horror game is just trying to survive and make it to the end, let's not forget the same jump scares. While Silent Hill 1-3 had deep stories, monsters that were just beyond hellish looking, and the symbolism of everything. They aren't some horror game that has zombies thrown into it and cool weapons.Team Silent is the founding father of Silent Hill. That rusty, mindfucked, confusing, and uneasy atmosphere is what I miss.

[@PlayfulFruitLPer]

Your comment made me tear up a little.

[@alfie9879]

chaz mathews Whenever people tell me video games can't be art I explain the narrative of silent hill 2. It's 1 of the best storys I have ever seen (books and films included).

[@charliechan6892]

I thought the same for 4, I actually put 4 above 3 tbh

[@yourwelcome9336]

I put most of the SH games over 3 in all honesty.

[@infernoskyful]

THIS is what describes SH 1-3 in the best possible way. There is deep meaning behind EVERYTHING horrific theme of the SH games made by team silent.

[@alfie9879]

If team silent started a kick starter to make a horror game I would definitely fund them.

[@NecroBourgeois]

I LOVE the original Silent Hill games, the atmosphere, the psychological horror of the way small things would get stuck in my mind and nag there, unsettling me for ages (the sound of the school boiler in SH1 being the same sound the monster that appears there later makes, the descent beneath Historical Society in SR2, etc). I really like The Room too, which unsettled me due to it actually making me have empathy for the serial killer. Not many games have that ability to stay with me for so long - years - after the fact.

[@AlphaOmegaSin]

Not yet, thought it was strange that 4 wasn't included in their HD remake package

[@AlphaOmegaSin]

I always wondered if they would let people know what happened with that time frame

[@AlphaOmegaSin]

There isn't an HD version of it, but they did do HD remasters of 2 and 3. I would play them in order though if you do decide to

[@AlphaOmegaSin]

Maybe at some point down the road, for the time being I gotta finish RE2 then figure out what I'm gonna play from there

[@AlphaOmegaSin]

Both sets of games are amazing but for completely different reasons. Kinda hard to compare them on a number of levels since they present their scares, atmosphere, monsters, characters, story etc etc etc in a very different way. To me both are worth overhyping especially for what they were doing at the time of their release which made them unique, heck still unique even nowadays when you think about it

[@AlphaOmegaSin]

Not sure what to think since he's never really tackled the genre before but I would like to see him work on another game for Zone of the Enders or Snatcher even more so to be honest

[@HomicidalDavid]

Silent Hill 1-4 had a very scary atmosphere. Idk exactly what it was, but a lot of it was the sounds and psychological terror. I played Homecoming and downpour and thought they were okay, but not nearly as good as a silent hill game. Downpour barely had any enemies.

[@AlphaOmegaSin]

Pretty sure they allowed the option for the original dialogue didn't they?

[@MichaelDoesLife]

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories was one of the best Silent Hill games since the second one. It's underrated.

[@RedRocker94]

the four they need the most is Ito, Owaku, Yuri and Yamoaka. they are the most important in the series development. if they came back to make a new game, that would be fantastic.

[@RedRocker94]

yamaoka*

[@AlphaOmegaSin]

Reboots are usually done out of greed to sail on the high sea of something with underground popularity. in certain cases it can be a good thing to kinda fix a series that has gone a bit too far down a path that eventually fucked it into next week

[@SuperJapanime]

SH is one of my best Survival Horror game series. I've played them all and i'd love to see them return to action on a games console. Nice Video.

[@wolfmel26]

I'm stoked XP. Love the first Silent Hill because of the puzzles. Walking around like an idiot because I had no idea what i was doing; was funny looking back on it. Marking the map for you helps :). Silent Hill 2 was awesome, great story and I just finished 3 on the PS2 a few months ago :). Love the series and I really would love to see more.

[@AlphaOmegaSin]

With proper marketing the series would do quite well I think. Especially if they speed up the gameplay a bit to make it more accessible to people. The series is begging to be used on the Wii U tablet

[@Astromontana]

I remember playing Silent Hill 3 on the Ps2 for the first time. That game scared the shit out of me, especially the hospital part with the zombie nurses popping out of nowhere. There needs to be more horror games like that because the atmosphere is quiet and unsettling, the enemies are creepy, and it just prays on basic human fears.

[@AlphaOmegaSin]

Hell they need to bring 4 out and in HD no less

[@DethronerX]

I always wanted Team Silent to come back, ignore all SH games after part 4 and continue from there. I dont see any point in wasting time on reboots, remakes, but rather move ahead with franchise. Silent Hills was one game i was looking forward to, but sadly, its going to the sewers. Games like Shadow Man (1999) PC version (Ignore 2nd Coming that didn't have the original team), Legacy of Kain series, Amnesia, Scratches and the upcoming Asylum (by the same team, renamed to Senscape), BloodRayne 1, DarkWatch, Painkiller series, Postal, Darkness Within... are the kind of games i love. None of them are liked by any of my friends and that makes me feel good about my choice! Ha!

[@Thatlegalityburneracc]

Imagine just the bloody and disturbing imagery of the old silent hill games and the darkness and tank controls of siren in the glorious HD of the next gen. Deep in the night. With surround headphones.

[@LordNurgle777]

I never even knew they did a re-make I gotta look that up

[@AlphaOmegaSin]

The combat in that was a fucking wreck 0____0 Seriously why can i have a character run around with 17 TV's in his inventory, swing them once or twice, they break then i have to equip a new one? It's like some twilight zone shit

[@AlphaOmegaSin]

Well none of his previous games really focused heavily on combat or anything so I would say it's safe to say it'll be about actual scares

[@MeBubbleTea]

"And then some"

[@AlphaOmegaSin]

Yeah kinda a bummer they just dropped that one off the map like nobodies business.....then started work on a 4th title, then renamed it Haunting Ground. Which turned out absolutely amazing, an also didn't get a sequel lol

[@slyhunter]

(Sorry for late response) In all games, the shibito can't actually die, but they can be disabled for variables of time. In the first one, stealth is a key factor and setting up strategies, and in BC, there is still strategies at points, but stealth is pretty much gone. And yes, the first one has more levels, BC has 12 episodes with 2 levels per episode.

[@MrDigity100]

The best thing for him to do is to return to Team Silent. That's obviously where most of his fans are at. They, including me, want a new Silent Hill game with the original Team Silent. Even though the older games had terrible voice acting, that's what made the game great. The fact that you didn't need good voice actors and still kicked ass means that the games were still remarkably successful. Like you said, they made movies based on it because of the original three. I just want the old "What the hell am I looking at?" kind of scare from the originals. I don't want the game to hold my hand (metaphorically speaking) like the game is trying to help me get through the difficult parts. I want to wander off aimlessly wondering where the fuck I go. I want to be confused and I want that great psychological atmosphere. That's what the originals are all about.

[@AlphaOmegaSin]

Just gotta learn the puzzles and get used to running into a shit ton of broken and locked doors. I swear if there was ever a job to make a person a millionaire it's be a locksmith in Silent Hill

[@ParasiteAdam666]

Fair enough. I kinda like the idea myself because Metal Gear and Silent Hill have always been my top 2 all time favorite game series and having the creator of MGS making a Silent Hill game sounds amazing to me. Also on another note Masahiro Ito from the original Team Silent said he's be on board for the game if Kojima heads it so again that'd be amazing cuz that man design the sickest creatures of the series.

[@exiledentity5791]

So does anyone know if any of Team Silent is working with Hideo Kojima on Silent Hills? I know that Masahiro Ito said that he would definitively work with Hideo on a new Silent Hill back in 2012. Also after the disbanding I have heard that a few had joined Kojima's team already.

[@mufcmatt9556]

I only stared playing the games in March(yes... I was too scared XD) and I am now completely in love with the series. SH2 being my favourite -- I adore that game! I didn't take to Downpour too well, though. But yeah, I'd love nothing more than the series to get back to its roots.

[@SIPEROTH]

I love survival horror too. And i like more atmospheric ones like Siren and Silent Hill than the Resident Evil style that is more action. Project Zero was very good too. Hope we get more great Survival horror.

[@chewynickerson]

depends on what you've been playing; the silent hill series/resident evil series has used mostly atmosphere/ambience, great music/sound and story to drive the narrative forward...while "jump scares" do occur on occasion, they are the not the main selling points to them

[@RibbonZInKGaming]

A new game whether its the same IP or not would definitely be sweet if made by that team in particular. With the technical advances made in the newest gaming tech that is coming up many really awesome concepts and ideals can come of some great production work and be brought to life in a unique way that could please everyone who is a huge fan of this genre. All they need is to get some funding to carry a project out and get some support from fans and they could dish a game out that would kick ass

[@Silvergun_Raven]

If he would get a chance of making it, a few members of Team Silent work under him (unless they were let go recently),so that definitely helps.

[@VGAnxiety]

A similar game to SH that really managed to fuck my head up was Cry of Fear.The atmosphere in that game's demented.

[@MasterMizzle]

I want to see it go back to tank controls and fixed camera angles. And yes tank controls do work fine. It takes about 3 mins to get used to them.

[@AlphaOmegaSin]

Oddly it's not a bad game despite them lazily just slapping the Silent Hill name onto it to ensure it got noticed more.

[@InfernalMonsoon]

When it comes to Silent Hill, I can easily say Silent Hill 2 is best in my opinion in just about every way. But yes horror has gone down and I think we really need a damn good survival horror back in the style of classic horrors. Sure some people hate the fixed cameras, clunky combat and grueling tasks to carry out but that makes survival horror so much better - it adds to the atmosphere and makes it great as a survival horror especially since nothing is done for you, you are doing everything yourself, there is no hand-holding, no bullcrap QTEs, no crazy over the top hollywood action scenes, none of that which is littering horror games nowadays. We need to go back to the classics. First person shooters are trying to go back with titles like Shadow Warrior, Serious Sam 3, Hard Reset, etc. Let's hope survival horrors can go back too.

[@xPostpunk]

Where's Part 3 to your RE 2 Let's Play? I've been waiting a week for it.

[@Drilbit]

Fatal Frame 4 is japan only but there is an english patch you can use for it that only requires an SD card. Fatal Frame 2 was also ported on wii but its europe and japan only

[@TechniqueSan]

You know, i'd be excited about this news, but i heard that once or twice before..'now we will return to our roots'. RE died on Veronica and SH on 4. And both of them stuck on their holes since.

[@dravendfr]

First three were the coolest but I also like the layout and ideas for 4, the last two just had graphics which is no excuse, Team Silent return to your roots!

[@KSanada]

Fun Fact: Silent Hill I and II were inspired by Jacob's Ladder, more as the second installment when you make the comparisons. James Sunderland= Jacob Maria= Jezzie Mary= Sarah The first four Silent Hill have always been some of my favourite horror games from Japan but there out there like Rule Of Rose, Koudelka, Galerians Haunting Ground and Extinction who tend to get buried under the household names on console. Alone in the Dark: New Nightmare, Mars Gothic and Cry Of Fear also deserve praise.

[@eihnxanderstorm]

i would love it if you finished your resident evil 2 play through. i loved the walk through the land of nostalgia.

[@ToshiroSquad10]

I liked Wesker in the 4th movie I think. The Silent Movies had me smiling through it with how good it was and the mix of all the games into 2 movies.

[@AlluMan96]

It's funny that you mention all this. As I sorta liked Homecoming, really liked Shattered memories & loved Downpour, I noticed that I don't need Silent hill to be scary for me to enjoy it. I always value a phychological story & gripping characters over horror when it comes to SH. When I played Downpour for instance, I never really minded that I wasn't being scared, cause I was just invested in the story of Murphy & the stuff around him. Still, I guess It'd be cool to have a scary SH again.

[@lightninglj]

blood spewing from every orifice kind of reminds me of metalocalypse

[@AlphaOmegaSin]

You'd hate my ringtone then XD

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Yeah i noticed. His is the best damn channel on youtube as far as i'm concerned i been a subscriber for years. Dude got me into youtube. Him and AVGN. I just hope he sees the project and makes a video. He would definitely have an impact on the project in a big way!

[@ThePsychoticEnigma]

It feels like survival horror is coming back with a vengence. Resident Evil creator making "The Evil Within", Capcom wanting to bring Resident Evil back to it's survival horror roots and now this. Just throwing the idea out there. We need another Dino Crisis like the first game.

[@RetroHabit82]

I hope it does get made.Silent Hill was the basis of what a survival horror game should be.Return to what made it great and bring back the sheer dread and atmospheric horror that made you sit on the edge of your seat.

[@pkstarstorm1up]

Fatal Frame 4 and Deep Crimson Butterfly (remake of 2) are on the Wii but neither are in America.

[@BulldozerBilly]

If team silent got together to make any horror game it would be a miracle. But if Keiichiro just wanted to make his own unique horror game, I would say either another Siren much like the one released on PSN but a more fuller and funner game or Keiichiro should make a completely new horror concept to blow our minds with :D

[@maxpaynegk]

I've been with the SH series since i was 6 or 7, those games are my childhood and I'd be so so happy if they brought it back to their roots. I like the new games and I appreciate them, I even loved the shit out of 4. If not SH then I'd love to see a new Siren game.

[@anamshah4421]

Ahh still remembered playing Silent Hill in the year 2001 now those were the days where I scream like a little girl when playing a video game.

[@Rocky1115]

I would like to see a reboot of "Fatal Frame." That friggin' game was amazing and innovative!

[@LickyMy9]

The wiki says SH9 is gonna be a sequel to Downpour.

[@Hamstersrock15]

Origins was very, very good and probably my favorite tied with Silent Hill 2. It was very well done, a great prequel, and it was done a lot like the older games. I also loved the whole using random weapons you find lying around and weapon breaking system.

[@GHOST17bc]

Awesome I love how SE and RE are going back too their roots after how well the last of us did and I want them with fixed camera angles there aren't enough games now with them

[@Silvergun_Raven]

Silent Hill 1-4 are the only ones that matter in that series. Let's hope he can somehow return to that series and save it.

[@DARKSIDEXIII]

I just thought of something. What if that Silent Hill guy and Shinji Mikami teamed up to make a game?

[@Silvergun_Raven]

True, but they added the Wish House in 4 and somewhat gave us an origins for where the cult members were raised.

[@causerDAguv]

Remember getting the Silent Hill demo with my MGS.

[@pkstarstorm1up]

And Deep Crimson Butterfly (amazing remake of 2 that was released for the Wii.)

[@SomeoneElseOverHere]

I like the way you think! That's actually my top concern in video games. Silent Hill 1 is and may always be my favorite game ever, with 4 and 2 being my second and third favorites. It's been disgusting seeing the series turned into silly startle scare shooters, and it would make my year to see another TRUE Silent Hill game based around the deep warping atmosphere like 1-4. I might buy MULTIPLE copies just to support such a game.

[@Bona_D._Roosky]

How about a Silent Hill Mega Collection? That would be the tits to have all the titles in one. They could use the profit from the collection to help start a new title.

[@EhCanadianGamer]

Siren Blood Curse is probably the best survival horror game of this gen. Now there are exceptions but many of the popular horror games like Silent Hill and Resident Evil started to go downhill. But hopefully this will change with net gen.

[@TheUndeadGamr]

Totally agree with you that Konami should want Toyama to return to do Silent Hill, but unfortunately the games industry just think about money, there's too many businessmen involved that think about their wallets. But we're seeing it with other series where money has become more important than the fans and quality of game, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, Dead Space.

[@michalien93]

Wasn't Kojima gonna work on a silent hill title? I remember reading something like that.

[@XSuperDanteX]

Same with what Capcom said "We will return to our survival horror roots on resident evil."

[@92soothsayer]

I POSTED A VIDEO on their soundtrack composer Akira Yamaoka. It's a Halloween video but you can still view it if it's not October. I watch Halloween videos all year round. Yamaoka is the man! I hope that the next game, be it Silent Hill or Siren or whatever, is as fun and thrilling to explore and has as fascinating of environmental visuals and music as Silent Hill 4, just maybe not as tedious.

[@pkstarstorm1up]

Fatal Frame has had 3 sequels, a remake of the second game for the wii, and a spin off game for the 3DS (4 and Remake aren't in America though sadly (4 is Japan only while Remake is everywhere but America) so there you go wish granted somewhat.

[@evanstrange2876]

I heard there is a new siren game in the works

[@wales4evr64]

Ammo could be made a luxury item forcing you to either flee or risk using ammo? or like all great horror movies simply don't reveal what it is that is chasing you... just give subtle hints.

[@AlluMan96]

It's just differance in perspective. I'll say it time & time again that I don't need a Silent hill story to be particularly scary. Just as long as horror is a prominant theme. To me, what defines Silent hill as such is the focus on symbolism, psychological story angle & intriguing characters. On that front, Shattered memories & Downpour are very good games as the story in both is fantastic. What they lack is a feeling of urgency & threat that SH1, 2 & 3 have, which to me was a bonus.

[@RetroGamerGirls]

i would die for a return to silent hills glory. even if a new i.p. survival horror needs to come back.

[@venom10550]

i remember playing silent hill i loved it and if the creator comes back and gives the survival horror another go it will be great, and hopefully give us a good solid survival horror game i havent seen a good one come around since amnesia dark decent

[@MaverickhunterXZero]

I thought Downpour was okay. sure there was the choppy frames when walking through the street, but with was damn better then homecoming. As long as someone doesn't say "we want the game to be more action center" like a certain company did with their Survival horror franchise.

[@DEUS_VULT_INFIDEL]

I'd like to see him make a new IP. Silent Hill was great, but I feel it's been explored a fair bit, and a new idea, a new world/worlds to explore? That presents dizzying amounts of possibilities to explore, and new concepts that has the potential to be as great, if not greater than Silent Hill. Just my two cents, though.

[@GamezOfWar]

Would love for this to happen,love Silent Hill.

[@Malastrome]

I nearly came when I saw the title. I've played a pretty good deal of the SIlent hill games, but none are better than Silent Hill 2.

[@CyberLance26]

I dont Think most non gamers knows about Silent Hill. Most non gamers only seems to know about, Mario, Zelda, Packman and Donkey Kong.

[@gomezgomas]

It`s paCman, actually

[@CyberLance26]

Sebastian Gomez Ok sorry.

[@aaron75fy]

non gamers know silent hill through the inaccurate movie

[@CyberLance26]

Aaron Page Yea but most non gamers probably have no idea that those movies are based on video games.

[@aaron75fy]

CyberLance26 they know

[@WillyML4]

I would love for Konami to make another adventure/visual novel like Snatcher! Damn Alpha, every time you bring it up, I weep for the lack of games in this genre. Too many generic third/first person shooters oversaturating the market. I miss my Sega CD...

[@pkstarstorm1up]

Well there "technically" is already a Fatal Frame game on the 3DS in the form of Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir. It is a Spin off game made by the Fatal Frame staff and the in game title calls it Fatal Frame: The Diary of Faces (The Purple Diary if you are in Europe). However it isn't like the main games at all except in the combat with the ghosts so take it for what it is worth. Me personally I really enjoy aspects of it (I think the gyro controls for the camera are great).

[@The13knousm]

when i saw that title i'm like HOLY SHIT! my prayers have been answered!! :D

[@MrVenom1974]

I'd love to see an another true Keiichiro horror title.

[@ricemenarq6230]

I've been an SH fan too from the very beginning. I played SH1 when I was 10. I don't know why people dislike Shattered Memories so much. I honestly was able to identify more with that game than SH1.

[@gooay4344]

Kinda off topic but The Evil Within is shaping up very nicely from what I have seen soo far it has great potential

[@IHeart16Bit]

Waaaat. Dude, Travis's inner madness, and the exploration of his PTSD and relationship with his parents was VERY well written (at least in my opinion). Then there is the symbolism of the Butcher and the possibility of Travis's split personality... If you don't like how it links in to the earlier games, fine (i'm not in that camp obviously lol). But as a standalone story for Travis I honestly don't see how you think it isn't done well. It was way too dark though xD

[@TheBrownGarage]

i gotta watch em,i watched the trailer for that game and i was like damn can't wait to play this

[@SHOTRED555]

Ok I was looking back on the gameplay of Blood Curse it looks like the enemy can't die any way right , which don't you have to run and hide? Also are you saying the first game got more levels ?

[@deathrocker616]

I read somewhere that Kojima would likely have a hand in the next SH game. Thoughts?

[@TheOpperbink]

"Say, that one guy that created one of two most iconic SH-games is making an awesome game that does the genre pride. Maybe I should do something like that too with 'my' iconic franchise!"

[@abyzzwalker]

A new Silent hill Story (like SH2) will be amazing. Totally agree with AOS.

[@sephiroth21347]

AOS, Have you seen the youtube series Man At Arms? They make weapons from games, movies, animes and such irl fully usable and real weapons. Hes done things like Clouds sword, Thors hammer, and so many others. I think its a series youd love

[@taironponce9877]

Dude, 7 years has passed Today it's confirmed the new game, focus.

[@Loa4EVER]

This is good news! I say Team Silent become an independent company making horror games. I think we don't need a Silent Hill game again, but a new psychological horror franchise.

[@XSuperDanteX]

No, but I'm glad they made the decision to return to their Survival Horror roots. I just hope they don't fuck it up, and I wish they could drop the whole thing, where the gameplay is like staring at the characters back. I liked how the first 3 games where it was a challenge to aim at zombies. Don't you think?