The internal pitch video they made before P.T. was also a first person hallway simulator. It does seem like they were interested in making a game along those lines.
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P.T.-inspired horror game, Allison Road, still in development
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I'd like them to do something about the locked-for-no-good-reason doors. Ideally just get rid of them and design the game in such a way as to support free exploration. If not, and if voice over is staying, at the very least have the protagonist react accordingly to inexplicably locked interior doors that suddenly unlock themself.
wowbaggerBR
Member
Throwing moneyz at the screen does nothing!
Man, I wish all the best for the developer.
I really hope they can make it.
And bring it to the consoles as well.
Man, I wish all the best for the developer.
I really hope they can make it.
And bring it to the consoles as well.
DevilSnake
Member
The environment looks fantastic & it seems to have a better atmosphere than I initially thought it would have when I first heard about it, certainly enough to make me consider picking it up over any other VR horror game.
With that said the character didn't match the quality of the environment for me personally, I can understand it's an indie team and still very early in development so it will most likely get better with time, but so far it doesn't come close to the uncanny valley effect & terrifying animations that Lisa had in P.T, which was one of the aspects that freaked me out the most. Also not keen on the voiced character, I can see that they're trying to guide the player around the house without needing additional HUD, but it's just an atmosphere killer.
With that said the character didn't match the quality of the environment for me personally, I can understand it's an indie team and still very early in development so it will most likely get better with time, but so far it doesn't come close to the uncanny valley effect & terrifying animations that Lisa had in P.T, which was one of the aspects that freaked me out the most. Also not keen on the voiced character, I can see that they're trying to guide the player around the house without needing additional HUD, but it's just an atmosphere killer.
RealityCheque
Banned
Skin crawling - check
Don't want to play it but do want to play it - check
Yep, it's PT alright.
Don't want to play it but do want to play it - check
Yep, it's PT alright.
This is commendable, but they've already broken a couple of fundamental rules of horror by showing the 'other' in any unambiguous manner.
Still, high potential!
But isn't execution everything?
Still, high potential!
But isn't execution everything?
Sodding_Gamer
Member
As an Englishman this give me chills even more than other horror games simply because of the familiarity with the setting. The houses look similar to where I used to live and the household brands and stuff shown in the demo bring that realism a step further.
Haloid1177
Banned
I knew she'd be following him at the end and I still jumped. Hope this comes to PS4.
Zeouterlimits
Member
If you feel the tens of millions required for any AAA development and marketing are no longer worth the risk, so you want to get out of the AAA game as much as possible so killing this expensive project sooner rather than later.
Especially given that its big internal champion is no longer part of the company.
Corpsepyre
Banned
I want this to have a full-fledged storyline, with 'GOOD' dialogues and mindfuck twists and turns. Doubt it's going to be anything more than what we've seen as the budget seems limited of sorts. Hopefully its a long game.
Sony doesn't want to deal with them until they get a dynamic IP rofl. It prolly will be announced when they get their ISP to provide a static IP.
family_guy
Member
I think that might be overselling it a bit. Sure it may have been popular with fans of the horror genre, but that's it. You already had people too scared to even finish the demo. If you didn't like these types of games before you won't like them now and it's not worth it to a publisher to spend $30+ million on a game that doesn't have mass appeal. Silent Hill isn't like Resident Evil in terms of sales and it never will be.
RipperGrim
Member
This looks very good. The only issue I had with it was the guy speaking, I mean he was acting like he had never seen anything that he picked up before but at the same time was acting like he lived there.
He is unfortunatrly suffering from amnesia, the most played out of trope.
RipperGrim
Member
But is he? I mean he doesn't act like he's in a new place when he wakes up and looks for some aspirin it seems like he knows were he is, otherwise why look for aspirin? It's a weird mix to have.
There is a blurb for the gamr in either this or the demo thread. I've not watched the trailer since I am on hotel net.
the problem i have with this is, while i liked P.T as a small, almost proof of concept thing with distant ties with silent hill, it was the premise of a new silent hill that had me excited. and silent hill is a town...not a house.
so as much as i like the look of this as some sort of spiritual successor to P.T. what i really want is someone to give us a spiritual successor to silent hill.
so as much as i like the look of this as some sort of spiritual successor to P.T. what i really want is someone to give us a spiritual successor to silent hill.
Triggerhappytel
Member
Have you played Lone Survivor?
i have. loved it. but i'd like something more substantial.
Times are different now, though. Horror games are more mainstream than they have ever been, thanks in part to the success of games like Amnesia, Outlast, Slender and the countless other cheap freeware horror games out there, and to Youtubers like Pewdiepie and Markiplier. P.T. videos by the beforementioned Youtubers and channels like the React channel have millions of views each.
One of the most popular games last year was Five Nights at Freddy's, an indie game consisting of mostly static jpegs. In October of last year we had two big budget horror games release in the same month, and both did well. Currently Until Dawn seems to be doing well, and videos of it has millions of view on Youtube.
If it was ever a time when a big budget Silent Hill game would do well, it's now.
