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[sublimit]

A Silent Hill(s) with Del Toro give me some Pan's Labirinth vibes, with I think are perfect for the world.

Good for you but bad for those of us who consider Del Toro a mediocre and overated director.

Hopefully he will not have any creative role other than producer.

 

[Flakster99]

Unexpected but fantastic news. Enjoyed the teaser.

 

[Klyka]

and why would we leave the 20 alone? :lol

Because it makes my theory work obviously

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Because it makes my theory work obviously

 

[Z0mbicide]

If the game ends up being like the teaser I'd probably just stop caring. I don't even have much experience with Silent Hill but if I wanted to play more Amnesia/Outlast/etc. I'd play them.

Seriously...? Silent Hill has years of lore to pull from, I wouldn't be so hasty to write it off. Amnesia and Outlast were fresh IPs with no history to reference.

Dis gon b gud!

 

[Majukun]

teaser was not that good to be honest..it was

Spoiler

too long just to end with a jumpscare

 

[ArjanN]

I am a bit disappointed that they chose a well known actor to be the protagonist and just plastered his face on the character model.
I prefer it much more when the character models come from the imagination of the artists instead and there's a concept stage when they are brainstorming to "find" the right face.Some of the greatest examples were in this very series with the SH2 cast.

Everything began with simple sketches and the artists transformed them to beautiful renders and believable real time characters.This creation process ads more artistic value to a project than just plastering a real life actor's to an in-game model IMO. Imaginary characters make the game's setting more personal for me and help me more in being immersed in a unique and imaginary otherworld when there are no reminders of real life people.

Walter from SH4 was literally just Brendan Fraser.

 

[AmethystEnd]

teaser was not that good to be honest..it was

Spoiler

too long just to end with a jumpscare

It didn't end with a jumpscare. It ended with a cinematic. The hell were you playing?

 

[GavinUK86]

If the game ends up being like the teaser I'd probably just stop caring. I don't even have much experience with Silent Hill but if I wanted to play more Amnesia/Outlast/etc. I'd play them.

There's no way it'll be in first-person. They obviously did that to obscure Norman Reedus's face until you (maybe?) get the ending.

 

[jgminto]

Seriously...? Silent Hill has years of lore to pull from, I wouldn't be so hasty to write it off. Amnesia and Outlast were fresh IPs with no history to reference.

Dis gon b gud!

I'm talking about the gameplay not the story.

There's no way it'll be in first-person. They obviously did that to obscure Norman Reedus's face until you get (maybe) the ending.

I'm hoping that's the case.

 

[MidgarBlowedUp]

This numbers show up a few seconds before the ghost lady kills you.

Compared with the 7780 numbers... any ideas?

Room 204 has some key you need from silent hill 2. And 863 is the first three numbers to unlock that one door in silent hill 3.

Maybe the numbers are some code you use in the full game to unlock a lousy t shirt or something.

 

[Xpliskin]

HOW THE HELL DID I MISS THIS

WHAT

 

[Revolutionary]

It didn't end with a jumpscare. It ended with a cinematic. The hell were you playing?

Maybe he thought that Kojima screen was the end, like that guy that was bragging he could finish it last night in 20 minutes (and ended up tapping out on Twitch).

 

[GavinUK86]

I'm hoping that's the case.

Me too. I'm not a fan of first-person horror games. I like seeing the player character.

 

[Cave Johnson]

20 - weeks
48 - hours
63 - days

Release date

 

[Dusk Golem]

teaser was not that good to be honest..it was

Spoiler

too long just to end with a jumpscare

Spoiler alert, you didn't beat it. The thing definitely does not end with a jump scare, my suspect is that you died or thought it ended when it didn't.

 

[teiresias]

This game needs to be first person and needs to be a horror showcase for Morpheus. Sony could branch out into selling Playstation-branded adult diapers and make a killing!!!

Spoiler

The demo did get annoying crap near the end though, I didn't finish it waiting for something to happen. Actual game better not be as obtuse.

 

[Majukun]

It didn't end with a jumpscare. It ended with a cinematic. The hell were you playing?

the one with

Spoiler

the ugly zombie girl popping out right behind you really,really close to your face.

Spoiler alert, you didn't beat it. The thing definitely does not end with a jump scare, my suspect is that you died or thought it ended when it didn't.

oh,ok

 

[friskykillface]

amazing

 

[Kaversmed]

GAMETRAILERS playthrough is awesome!
http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/v8m2zq/gt-live-highlights-silent-hills-teaser

I love when Hubert see the feetus in the sink, he says "Guillermo Del Toro would have been proud" hahah

the one with

Spoiler

the ugly zombie girl popping out right behind you really,really close to your face.

oh,ok

That's not the ending though..

 

[Dusk Golem]

the one with

Spoiler

the ugly zombie girl popping out right behind you really,really close to your face.

Spoiler

That's not the end, quite a bit more after that, that's a death animation.

 

[boosh5]

Uh guys....

This is a stupid long-shot, but has anyone combined this with the studio name to see if it's a phone number? Like, 778-020-4863?

Spoiler

There's that phone call at the end of the teaser...

 

[pinkurocket]

Well I guess if I ever get a PS4 it's because of this. I like it.

 

[sublimit]

Walter from SH4 was literally just Brendan Fraser.

Maybe.But he was in the game that is considered to be the weakest of the Team Silent ones.

 

[Kaversmed]

The real positive thing to take from this "teaser" is that the team working on this really know how to scare the shit out of people, but I'm not sure a teaser like this would've worked in 3rd person though. Will be interesting to see what Silent Hills end up being.

 

[Z0mbicide]

I'm talking about the gameplay not the story.



I'm hoping that's the case.

Sometimes the story enhances the gameplay, squire.

 

[Piers]

Given it's Kojima, it's somewhat possible 204863 might be the code needed for a puzzle in the game itself. (Or at least, might be used for an funny secret) I also hope Del Toro does have some actual input for the real game, and not just "lol teaser director" like J.J Abrams was for Lost's pilot.

 

[Aβydoς]

The playable teaser is totally 100% Del Toro.
Gave me The Orphanage / Mama vibes (which aren't Del Toro movies lol, just produced but whatever). I'm so fucking in whatever they have ready for us.

 

[Haunted]

204863

20 + 48 - 63 = 5

5 in roman numerals is V

V = Valve.

Half-Life 3 confirmed.

 

[UrbanRats]

Maybe.But he was in the game that is considered to be the weakest of the Team Silent ones.

I don't enjoy having famous actors either, but Douglas was heavily inspired from Ian Holm in the Fifth Element, and so were other characters.

I hope it won't be too distracting, though.

 

[Flayer]

Is this real!? I'm so unbelievably excited. I'd given up hope of Silent Hill ever appearing again but Hideo Kojima making it is beyond my wildest dreams.

 

[SymbiantXenos]

Oh wow the first five mins are really creepy. Haven't said that in a while about any horror game.

Love it

 

[Xpliskin]

3D model scanning should really become the norm.

Everything's so photo-realistic it's absurd.

 

[Vinterbird]

And why are people writing off 1st person so readily? We can have a mixture of the two. How many examples do you need that both do work when necessary?

Because if you use a bunch of money on getting an famous actor, you sure as shit show how face in more then just the trailers and cutscenes.

Is this real!? I'm so unbelievably excited. I'd given up hope of Silent Hill ever appearing again but Hideo Kojima making it is beyond my wildest dreams.

I would say that Del Toro's involvement is far more interesting. Hopefully it can push back against the Kojima wackiness.

 

[Dusk Golem]

Is this real!? I'm so unbelievably excited. I'd given up hope of Silent Hill ever appearing again but Hideo Kojima making it is beyond my wildest dreams.

I am not singling you out with this, but reminded me I wanted to mention I have no idea why people said Silent Hill was dead or whatever. Literally two Silent Hill games and a Silent Hill movie came out in 2012, it's been only a year and a half since then, and Konami announced earlier this year they had 7 major games releasing in 2015, many of them we didn't/still don't know. AND on top of this, it's Silent Hill's 15th anniversary right now.

I think people were jumping the gun majorly calling it dead, even as I said at the time.

 

[sublimit]

I don't enjoy having famous actors either, but Douglas was heavily inspired from Ian Holm in the Fifth Element, and so were other characters.

I hope it won't be too distracting, though.

I'm sorry but i don't see any resemblance between Douglas and Ian Holm.

 

[Coulomb_Barrier]

I am not singling you out with this, but reminded me I wanted to mention I have no idea why people said Silent Hill was dead or whatever. Literally two Silent Hill games and a Silent Hill movie came out in 2012, it's been only a year and a half since then, and Konami announced earlier this year they had 7 major games releasing in 2015, many of them we didn't/still don't know. AND on top of this, it's Silent Hill's 15th anniversary right now.

I think people were jumping the gun majorly calling it dead, even as I said at the time.

People called it dead because criminally, the series was taken out of the hands of the original devs after SH3 (?), so for years the series hasn't had its magical Japanese weirdness touch.

This looks like it will rectify that. In a major way.

 

[Marvel]

20 - weeks
48 - hours
63 - days

Release date

Interesting.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

 

[Gundy2010]

What's witg all the hates? I'm just glad a new SH game is being made by some component people that won't be as bad as tge last few

 

[sublimit]

People called it dead because criminally, the series was taken out of the hands of the original devs after SH3 (?), so for years the series hasn't had its magical Japanese weirdness touch.

This looks like it will rectify that. In a major way.

After SH4.

And yeah the series finally returning back to Japanese hands (with the exception of Del Toro obviously) is the best part of this reveal.

 

[Dusk Golem]

People called it dead because criminally, the series was taken out of the hands of the original devs after SH3 (?), so for years the series hasn't had its magical Japanese weirdness touch.

This looks like it will rectify that. In a major way.

No, I mean people were saying that Konami was leaving the series for dead and not making any more Silent Hill games, it was springing up in many topics even here on GAF about the future of the series. Not metaphorically so.

 

[Vinterbird]

Interesting.

Wouldn't be the slightest bit surprised if it comes out soon. This has probably been in the making for a few years now.

 

[Cudder]

Silent Hill worked because it didn't feel like a movie; the tone, acting, and cinematography was almost Dogmetic. Hopefully Del Toro keeps Kojima in check, otherwise it's going to be way too flashy.

I dunno how most people view this collaboration, but to be honest I'm more "worried" about Del Toro's involvement than Kojima's.

 

[glottis8]

I dunno how most people view this collaboration, but to be honest I'm more "worried" about Del Toro's involvement than Kojima's.

how so?

 

[sublimit]

how so?

He doesn't like his films i guess?

 

[leadbelly]

I forgot about checking that teaser out.

That's a pretty cool little teaser.

 

[glottis8]

He doesn't like his films i guess?

I think his involvement might bring something new to the series. That and the fact that is going back to Japanese productions. I think they definitely have some weirdness that western culture sometimes lack when it comes to horror.

Also... Del Toro really knows his stuff. You can see some influence of his within that demo.

 

[Coulomb_Barrier]

I think his involvement might bring something new to the series. That and the fact that is going back to Japanese productions. I think they definitely have some weirdness that western culture sometimes lack when it comes to horror.

Sometimes lack? ALWAYS lack imo! Wider Japanese horror is just unmatched as well. There is almost nothing scary that has come out of Western cinema for over a decade, and I watch a lot of films.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

What the hell is he talking about lol