Red Crayon Aristocrat
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Silent Hill 1-3 are some of my all time favorite games, heck Silent Hill 2 is a good candidate for number 1 favorite game overall.
These games speak to my soul, especially Silent Hill 2 and 3, which are more than just games, more than just horror, they are deep dives into the human soul and weighty concepts like faith and religion, as much as I love video games there's very few I would call art, Silent Hill 2 and 3 are one of the few (1 is good, but is showing it's age the most and also feels like a rough draft, 2 and 3 are where the series really knocked it out of the park)
But well, since Silent Hill 3, almost 15 years ago now, it's been tough to be a Silent Hill fan, first there was Silent Hill 4 The Room which was a disappointment, but I figured was just something to tide us over until a PS3 Silent Hill 5 blew me away again, oh how wrong I was.
I really don't like The Room too much, but at least it was still developed by Team Silent, almost everything after that point is pure garbage, I despise Silent Hill Homecoming, one of the worst games I've ever played to completion, I couldn't even bring myself to finish Downpour and Origins is wholly mediocre and mucks with the story, although I will say that Climax's follow up Silent Hill Shattered Memories is a pretty solid game all things considered.
But as for that core series, I've gotten myself used to the idea of thinking of Silent Hill as a "trilogy" since the first 3 games offer a pretty complete experience, Silent Hill 1 sets up the story, 2 explores it from a different angle and 3 brings the story to a conclusion. I've thought about it a lot over the years and I've come to the conclusion that 3 has a pretty definitive ending, which is why they went in such a different direction for 4.
So end of story, right? And yet, and yet, and yet... I still find myself with a deep yearning for a return of Team Silent and Silent Hill from time to time, especially when listing the game's soundtracks.
But beyond Silent Hill itself, I guess my big question is, where are the masterminds behind it? What happened to them? Do they even still work for Konami? Why have they yet to get together a Kickstarter in order to make a Silent Hill spiritual successor ala Bloodstained? It seems like such an obvious thing to me, I guess the mysteriousness of what became of most of Team Silent is part of what's so frustrating as a fan.
Anyway was just wondering if anyone else was a fan and was maybe willing to wax nostalgic about the series.
These games speak to my soul, especially Silent Hill 2 and 3, which are more than just games, more than just horror, they are deep dives into the human soul and weighty concepts like faith and religion, as much as I love video games there's very few I would call art, Silent Hill 2 and 3 are one of the few (1 is good, but is showing it's age the most and also feels like a rough draft, 2 and 3 are where the series really knocked it out of the park)
But well, since Silent Hill 3, almost 15 years ago now, it's been tough to be a Silent Hill fan, first there was Silent Hill 4 The Room which was a disappointment, but I figured was just something to tide us over until a PS3 Silent Hill 5 blew me away again, oh how wrong I was.
I really don't like The Room too much, but at least it was still developed by Team Silent, almost everything after that point is pure garbage, I despise Silent Hill Homecoming, one of the worst games I've ever played to completion, I couldn't even bring myself to finish Downpour and Origins is wholly mediocre and mucks with the story, although I will say that Climax's follow up Silent Hill Shattered Memories is a pretty solid game all things considered.
But as for that core series, I've gotten myself used to the idea of thinking of Silent Hill as a "trilogy" since the first 3 games offer a pretty complete experience, Silent Hill 1 sets up the story, 2 explores it from a different angle and 3 brings the story to a conclusion. I've thought about it a lot over the years and I've come to the conclusion that 3 has a pretty definitive ending, which is why they went in such a different direction for 4.
So end of story, right? And yet, and yet, and yet... I still find myself with a deep yearning for a return of Team Silent and Silent Hill from time to time, especially when listing the game's soundtracks.
But beyond Silent Hill itself, I guess my big question is, where are the masterminds behind it? What happened to them? Do they even still work for Konami? Why have they yet to get together a Kickstarter in order to make a Silent Hill spiritual successor ala Bloodstained? It seems like such an obvious thing to me, I guess the mysteriousness of what became of most of Team Silent is part of what's so frustrating as a fan.
Anyway was just wondering if anyone else was a fan and was maybe willing to wax nostalgic about the series.