Reedus: I Completely Forgot About P.T. When I Heard of Death Stranding, Thank God It Didn't Work Out

Norman Reedus frankly admitted he completely forgot about P.T. & Silent Hills when he heard of Death Stranding, as he reckons this was better.

[Mostafeto]

Thing is, PT was a completely different creation than Death Stranging. One is a horror title and the other is an open-world with so many more elements. Maybe just one of them was more appealing to him than the other.

[carcarias]

You're right, this is a bit of an apple and oranges comparison he's making here.

I love horror games and the P.T demo, so I'm definitely disappointed Kojima never made something of it all, regardless of how good DS may be.

[Gaming101]

Kojima couldn't make anything of it because he doesn't own the Silent Hill IP. He also doesn't have the money to buy it, since Konami would probably overcharge it to him just to screw him a little more, the bastards.

[UltraNova]

Reedus is talking through his experience as voice/motion capture actor though not as a dev or gamer. He's probably basing his opinion in the tremendous difference in the two games script (concept, complexity, length, physical demands for MOCAP).

That said I really wish we could get PT but I can definitely see his point of view.

[Gaming101]

UltraNova all you have to do you is read the article. He explains that Silent Hills has an entire backstory where you already know everything that's going to happen, that there are monsters in a town and whatnot. There is no backstory to Death Stranding, which makes it much more mysterious and engaging to work on since everything is new. This is the advantage of new IPs.

[DaDrunkenJester]

Silent Hills would have been much more appealing to me personally,

[bloop]

Yeah, I think I would have rathered Silent Hills too. I'm still on the fence with DS, but Silent Hills would definitely have been day one.

[P_Bomb]

Me too. I’d buy that Silent Hills in a heartbeat. I’d pay to get PT back. Has to be one of the most defining games of this gen that technically never existed lol. Spawned copycats, homages, recreations, preloaded PT console sales. We’re still talking about it on the eve of next gen!

[rainslacker]

Given the overwhelmingly positive reception of the PT demo, I think a lot of people would disagree with Reedus.

It's too bad we couldn't have both.

[Muzikguy]

I know that I would have loved to see Silent Hills turn into something. I bet it would have been one of my favorite games too

[ccgr]

haven't played either

[Sm00thNinja]

Damn that's just sad to hear. Playing P.T. was a generation defining experience definitely missed out on that one

[dekke]

i still have P.T on ps4pro :P

[Sm00thNinja]

Same I'll never delete it off lol may be worth something some day

[Felix_Argyle_Catbro]

I feel like Silent Hills would have been better. Possibly the greatest horror game of all time, if P.T. was anything to go by.

[Veneno]

Exactly. PT was already my favorite horror game of all time. A whole entire game of it? Bring it. Maybe after Death Stranding Kojima will make the spiritual successor.

[Kurisu]

I honestly feel that P.T gets far more praise than it deserves. Yes it was a nice little tester of what could have been but let's be honest, if it was a random demo from a no-named franchise nobody would have bat an eyelid.

[Concertoine]

^This. It's easy to daydream about what could've been, It's fair to say it would've been the most inspired SH since The Room, but thats not saying much. I think SH should've ended with The Room, or even 3.

[fr0sty]

I was firmly believing that this was the best horror game I'd ever played long before I beat it and saw the Silent Hills reveal at the end, long before I knew it was part of that franchise.

[Veneno]

You're way off on that one. I jumped on to PT months after it dropped and was in discussion. I didn't know anything about it before going in. I didn't even know who Norman Reedus was. The hyped was justified. And also Kojima was hiding the identity of it. It was called PT and done by Moby Dick studios. It purposely obscured itself.

Hey man it's cool to have your own opinion but get your facts straight.

[Omar3li]

*laughs in Resident Evil*

[-Foxtrot]

Yeah I'm sure...

Look I like Norman as an actor but he's so well known of hyping and over exaggerating his love for whatever project he's on, the big hype PR stuff he does for the Walking Dead every season is a prime example of that

Silent Hills, because of the P.T gameplay seemed like it was going to be amazing and whether or not they are true, the rumours of it being third person around the town and then first person within buildings sounded fantastic.

[DaDrunkenJester]

Hell he even hypes his own TV show on AMC in Death Stranding. There is an in game ad trailer for his show that you can watch when you use the bathroom.

[Absonite]

*cringe*

[CrimsonWing69]

Um, I think I get what Reedus meant but I actually want a world where Silent Hills and Death Stranding exist. I was so bummed when they canceled that game because P.T. Was incredible and all it was was barely anything yet so compelling.

[OpenGL]

Silent Hills still looked far more interesting to me than Death Stranding, and I pre-ordered Death Stranding in 2016.

[Fishy Fingers]

Calm down, Norman.

[TK-66]

P.T was far more unique to be honest.

Compare what P.T accomplished with a demo to what Death Strandings entire marketing campaign accomplished...

[CorndogBurglar]

I think unique is not the right word to use here lol.

P.T. (Silent Hills), as great as it was, was still a horror game about a guy in a haunted house. This has been seen many times before. Considering it was a Silent Hill game its easy to imagine that alternate dimensions probably would have played a part in it. But that isn't unique either, especially considering Silient Hill has done that in all of its games.

Death Stranding was so unique and off the script that no one even knew what to make of it until now. Hell, people have played it and still don't know exactly what to make of it. Why? Because a game has never really been done like this before.

And keep in mind, I have no desire to even play Death Stranding, but was incredibly pumped for Silent Hills. But even I have to admit Death Stranding was the far more unique game lol.

[knickstr]

I hope Kojima can make a horror game though. He has what it takes to make a really good one. That demo alone is way up there for best horror games that I've played.

[Spurg]

Kojima's next game should be PT

[Tross]

I'd still like it if some of the ideas from PT can be revisited. It's not uncommon for unused game concepts to be put back on the table when designing a new game, and although they're usually not used in the exact same way they would have been in the original work they were intended for and are more often than not retooled and reimagined, seeing some elements of PT return in some form or another as part of a game that actually gets off the ground would be neat.

[ActualWhiteMan]

If he called the game P.T and not Silent Hills, then there should be no issue with trademark.

[Hardiman]

In a prefect world for me anyways, Kojima would've done Silent Hills and then left Konomi and we'd be getting DS on the PS5(probably are getting a suped up version or update) but we'd have gotten both of them!

But it's not a perfect world but there are plenty of amazing horror games out and coming (freaking love horror). Also we ARE getting Death Stranding this Friday! I get some folks are down on it but this isn't for you! It's for the ones who are looking forward to it.

Also Kojima's not done and who knows maybe one day we'll get a horror game that uses his ideas. Ideas he would've used in SIlent Hills.

[AK91]

As much as I would've loved to play Silent Hills I'm glad things happened the way they did otherwise we would have ended up with Konami stopping development of the game about a quarter way into it.

[Wulfer]

Ha, what a crock! P.T. still on consumers PS4's shows this statement is a crock.

[goldwyncq]

Silent Hills isn't ever going to happen so get over it.

[CorndogBurglar]

He never said it was. He's clearly disagreeing with what Norman Reedus said. As are most people in this thread.

[hentaicollector]

I guess Norman wasn't the greatest fan of horror games? Nothing scandalous about that. People have different opinions. Personally I would have preferred Silent Hills but oh well.

[DrDeath]

Still have PT. Played it the other day.

[Rambokind]

Dude milking the walking dead and 1 video game appearance for all it is worth.