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[Deleted member 80556]

Damn, this game is really dead then. Already griefed, so this doesn't surprise me. It just further confirms my theory of the game being dead.

Shame, it would've been amazing.

Are you serious? Show me one piece of official material stating that Kojima was directing it. I mean really, you think Kojima started directing Silent Hills last year, even though he was already directing MGSV? Let me guess, you're one of the people who think Kojima directed ZoE?

KojiPro was a big studio which had gradually merged together a lot of different Konami teams, including the remnants of Team Silent. My guess/hope has always been that they kinda reformed Team Silent within KojiPro and they were working on Silent Hills.

Pretty sure it was Kojima who said in a conference with Geoff Keighly that he wanted to direct a Silent Hill game (the one game he wanted to direct), and would do so if the president of Konami told him so. Not to mention that the game was in preproduction, and MGSV is in its final stages of development. We knew that the game was a long way off, so Kojima could have easily direct it.

And there's no need to be that hostile, man.

 

[brandonh83]

Guys guys I just got a great idea that will get us and this IP back on the radar

Okay so get this, let's announce that Hideo Kojima and filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is collaborating on the vision of the next Silent Hill installment at the end of an incredibly freaky random playable teaser that gamers won't realize being a Silent Hill announcement until someone gets to the end of it

THEN let's allow them to get hyped and freak out about the potential of this project for months and months!

then we take it all away from them. In one fell swoop.

because fuck Silent Hill, and videogames.

and fuck you.

 

[Fat4all]

I don't even think they failed. I loved it. I just thought it's major shortcomings were on the technical side like the frame rate, textures, etc. Story wise I thought it was fantastic and the most interesting plot since 2. I thought the script and mostly everything was fine but Konami didn't give them the support they needed to really drive it all home.

I wouldn't go quite as far as to call it the best story since 2. The final boss and revelations were quite underwhelming, and the endings don't have nearly the same impact 2's had. Anne's motivations are just a mess, and knowing the truth doesn't help much either.

I really liked Downpour when I first played it. It was everything that was missing from Homecoming, but I think that was the problem. Looking back, I think I gave Downpour much more leeway than it probably deserved.

It did some great things, some interesting things (making you the Boogeyman was a great idea), but I wouldn't put it above 3 or Shattered Memories stories on closer examination.

 

[A10Pilot]

Man, I sure love this all digital world. Physical games suck. Kappa

 

[brandonh83]

I wouldn't go quite as far as to call it the best story since 2. The final boss and revelations were quite underwhelming, and the endings don't have nearly the same impact 2's had. Anne's motivations are just a mess, and knowing the truth doesn't help much either.

See this is where I disagree personally, I thought the revelations and idea of the final boss were incredibly brilliant and very well woven into the story. I loved it. I didn't expect it, and it eluded all of my guesses as I was playing through it. The story between Murphy and Frank was great IMO and it explained why Anne had so much hatred toward Murphy, and I liked that nothing about it was one-dimensional thanks to Sewell and his sleaziness.

 

[Aarglefarg]

SharePlay exists so that's another way for people to play it after that date if they don't 'buy' it.

 

[dreamstation]

AU Store: https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-au/games/pt-demo/cid=EP4511-CUSA01114_00-PPPPPPPPTTTTTTTT

 

[Fat4all]

See this is where I disagree personally, I thought the revelations and idea of the final boss were incredibly brilliant and very well woven into the story. I loved it. I didn't expect it, and it eluded all of my guesses as I was playing through it. The story between Murphy and Frank was great IMO and it explained why Anne had so much hatred toward Murphy, and I liked that nothing about it was one-dimensional thanks to Sewell and his sleaziness.

We'll just have to agree to disagree. Never the less, it seems like it was the last true attempt we are gonna see for a while.

Next Silent Hill will probably be a pachinko game or something :/

 

[LiquidSolid]

Pretty sure it was Kojima who said in a conference with Geoff Keighly that he wanted to direct a Silent Hill game (the one game he wanted to direct), and would do so if the president of Konami told him so. Not to mention that the game was in preproduction, and MGSV is in its final stages of development. We knew that the game was a long way off, so Kojima could have easily direct it.

And there's no need to be that hostile, man.

Kojima's wanted to do a lot of things over the years, like leaving the Metal Gear series (x5), making a Wii exclusive and so on, and every time he's been dragged back to MG. If Konami hadn't stabbed him in the back, I doubt it would've been any different this time.

As for being hostile, he asked if I was being serious, so I got my back up. It may be silly but I'm tired of people attributing everything KojiPro related, like ZoE, to Kojima.

 

[brandonh83]

Next Silent Hill will probably be a pachinko game or something :/

It's probably about all the worth that they see in it. Whatever, Bloodborne was the next Silent Hill 2 to me in terms of vision and depth, so that'll last me a while on an intellectual level.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Thank you Kojima Productions for P.T.

Thank you.

 

[RevolverRoden]

Damn. I wanted to play this when I got a PS4. I have it on my download list though. Hopefully that'll still work.
RIP Silent Hills

 

[Kwansu Dudes]

One of the greatest events in gaming (for me). Grab it!!

 

[Fat4all]

It's probably about all the worth that they see in it. Whatever, Bloodborne was the next Silent Hill 2 to me in terms of vision and depth, so that'll last me a while on an intellectual level.

Oh geez, now I really want a Demon's Souls Remaster on the PS4. It would be the perfect companion to Bloodborne.

If we ever get proper remasters of Silent Hill 2/3/whatever I'll eat my pizza hat.

 

[brandonh83]

One of the greatest events in gaming (for me).

Well. I think it... was. Now, all of that meant jack shit.

 

[Cramoss]

Fucking Konami, man, arrjghsdkmls

 

[brandonh83]

Oh geez, now I really want a Demon's Souls Remaster on the PS4. It would be the perfect companion to Bloodborne.

I Platinum'd Bloodborne, yet reading up on the lore discussion has been eye-opening. It's so detailed and well thought out that it brings me back to like a decade ago when people used to meticulously comb through Silent Hill games for symbolism.

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

Time to add it to my account finally I guess.

 

[geomon]

Silent Hills joins The Last Guardian?

 

[~Kinggi~]

I mean, it only makes sense to kill a product that was universally hailed by so many and did something inventive. I mean, it makes total sense.

 

[etta]

Goddamnit, I am getting a PS4 around E3. I have purchased PT via PlayStation Store on the web browser, will I be able to download it from history, or will the remove the files off the server for good and not just disable it for new purchasers? I am guessing the former. Sigh.

Wait, what the hell. It can still be downloaded from history even if it is delisted? Guess I am good to go then. Whopee

 

[Tainted]

Goddamnit, I am getting a PS4 around E3. I have purchased PT via PlayStation Store on the web browser, will I be able to download it from history, or will the remove the files off the server for good and not just disable it for new purchasers? I am guessing the former. Sigh.

Wait, what the hell. It can still be downloaded from history even if it is delisted? Guess I am good to go then. Whopee

I think the files will remain on the servers....it just gets delisted from the Store page

 

[Fat4all]

Wait, what the hell. It can still be downloaded from history even if it is delisted? Guess I am good to go then. Whopee

That's how it's always worked before.

Hopefully it doesn't change, that would be a damn shame for people who haven't played it yet.

 

[GeoramA]

So much potential...poof, gone.

Konami just doesn't give a fuck anymore. Sad.

 

[TheExecutive]

Guys if you didnt play P.T yet go download it ASAP !!!!!!

Why? So they can get their hopes up and have them smashed like us?

 

[minameissteve]

"Dad was such a drag...

Every day he’d eat the same kind of food, dress the same, sit in front of the same kind of games..

Yeah, he was just that kind of guy.

But then one day, he goes and kills us all!

He couldn’t even be original about the way he did it...

I’m not complaining... I was dying of boredom anyway

But guess what? I WILL be coming back, and I’m bringing my new toys with me."

-Hideo Kojima on leaving Konami

 

[TheExecutive]

Guys guys I just got a great idea that will get us and this IP back on the radar

Okay so get this, let's announce that Hideo Kojima and filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is collaborating on the vision of the next Silent Hill installment at the end of an incredibly freaky random playable teaser that gamers won't realize being a Silent Hill announcement until someone gets to the end of it

THEN let's allow them to get hyped and freak out about the potential of this project for months and months!

then we take it all away from them. In one fell swoop.

because fuck Silent Hill, and videogames.

and fuck you.

If Kojima productions disappears from Konami I can't think of another game I will buy from them so I guess I can be bitter enough to say this: fuck you konami, fuck you for ruining one of the greatest franchises in the business and fuck you for ruining Silent Hills. Can't imagine another game I will buy from you after Kojima.

 

[hammertomb]

Goddamnit, I am getting a PS4 around E3. I have purchased PT via PlayStation Store on the web browser, will I be able to download it from history, or will the remove the files off the server for good and not just disable it for new purchasers? I am guessing the former. Sigh.

Wait, what the hell. It can still be downloaded from history even if it is delisted? Guess I am good to go then. Whopee

It should stay on your download list.

 

[Tainted]

RIP Silent Hills. We never knew thee

Hopefully Hideo takes this tech and develops it into a new game..and make sure you bring Norman Reedus along for the ride

 

[lucablight]

I'm on the Australian PSN but I can't find the download file. What do I type into search or how do I get to it?

 

[Tainted]

I'm on the Australian PSN but I can't find the download file. What do I type into search or how do I get to it?

It's been posted on this page

 

[Darkangel]

Haven't us Silent Hill fans had enough? I really hope the Silent Hills project doesn't fall apart.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

The P.lot T.hickens

 

[Armadilo]

New Gaf petition to get PlayStation to buy the Silent Hills IP and hire Kojima to make the game happen ? Dammit we need to do this for Guillermo del Toro!

 

[ElTopo]

Sucks but all Kojima has to do is hit Kickstarter to fund a new Silent Hills-styled game. He doesn't even need it but I think he would do it just to be completely free of publisher interference.

 

[ClayKavalier]

This blows. The game is fantastic. Anyone who doesn't have it should grab it. I enjoyed it more than many of the $60 offerings being trotted out these days.

Trying to solve the mystery of P.T. with players around the world was one of the greatest gaming experiences I had last year... or any year, for that matter.

Nothing but bitterness towards Konami if true... and all signs point a bad ending for this once amazing franchise.

Totally agree. I would have felt a lot better paying $15-$20 for P.T. than I have after spending $60 for most of the AAA games I've played so far this gen.

Hopefully Kotaku or some other site has someone digging up the detail of what went down, this whole thing is so ridiculous.

 

[ColetteBrunel]

While I personally didn't find PT scary I'd be lying if I didn't say it was a fantastic way to do survival horror and had me really excited for Silent Hills. Konami how could you? T_T

 

[Terareflection]

I got it!

Will play whenever I get a PS4.

 

[Arttemis]

As a new PS4 owner, I'm glad this thread reminded me about its existence! I'll be downloading it tonight!

 

[DICKS AHOY]

Did anyone figure out what you have to do exactly to complete

Spoiler

the final puzzle? Feels random as hell to me as to whether anything activates or not.

Was still a neat concept I think other studio's should try out in the future.

also obligatory 'fuck konami' post

 

[DoubleTake]

"Dad was such a drag...

Every day he’d eat the same kind of food, dress the same, sit in front of the same kind of games..

Yeah, he was just that kind of guy.

But then one day, he goes and kills us all!

He couldn’t even be original about the way he did it...

I’m not complaining... I was dying of boredom anyway

But guess what? I WILL be coming back, and I’m bringing my new toys with me."

-Hideo Kojima on leaving Konami

Oh my fucking god...it was a prophecy

 

[qualitydisc]

Called it.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Better download it while you can....

 

[Palculator]

Welp, this day is off to a great start.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

That sad !

.

 

[MattyG]

FUUUUUUUCK. Silent Hills is definitely dead. Goddammit Konami.

 

[MomoPufflet]

So amazingly frustrating. This is gonna be one of those "what could have been" things we'll forever be left wondering about which are the worst.

 

[firebranded]

Man, I sure love this all digital world. Physical games suck. Kappa

P.T. is in many more hands than it would've been as a demo disc, and will be there for us to enjoy later on thanks to being digital so no worries of discs being scratched while sharing with other people or whatever. Part of what made the whole thing special was how it got delivered, would've lost part of it's luster any other way. So this proves there are some positives to DD IMO.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Man, I sure love this all digital world. Physical games suck. Kappa

Yes, because PT would have worked as a retail disc.....

Kappa.

 

[Reule]

Well, it was never going to be deleted from my PS4 anyway.

P.T. has been a lot of fun for a lot of people I know offline. We had a group of people over last year for a party of sorts and had everyone pass the controller around each time they'd do an area. Everyone loved it. A lot of people I'd never see play a Silent Hill game. After finishing it, they were all excited to play the actual game. Going to be upset if it never happens.