How to Fix Silent Hill

“Konami: Ignore the insufferable fanboys who go out of their way to try and ruin everything in the gaming industry (they’re a dying breed anyhow).”

Buddy Acker of SpawnFirst offers some suggestions as to how Silent Hill could be better.

[jc48573]

Graphics definitely needs to be polished because Homecoming and Downpour didn't really give us that wow factor, but realistic animation is also another aspect of the series that made it great.

[randomass171]

The problem is the old games enjoyed tripping fans out but the newer games felt more like B material. Kind of like how the Friday the 13th series went on for so long that they started being less scary and more comedic.

[CocoWolfie]

downpour lore wise was ok if i remember someones let play :3 its just the combat, the enemies, the environments, and the creepiness was a little off. tbh just give it to a good studio, different is ok, shattered memeories was different and good, so yeah

[randomass171]

I think it just needs to go back to basics and take an element of control from the player and make the games feel more tight to create more tension. Dark environments and of course some clever sound work can also make a scary ambiance to keep players on their toes.

[BuddyAcker]

Well, I disagree with you on Shattered Memories, which I pretty much hated, but to each their own!

[randomass171]

Shattered Memories wasn't a bad game, but I can definitely see why fans would dislike it.

[ritsuka666]

'''How to Fix Silent Hill'''

Bring back the Team of Silent Hill and PRONTO!

[randomass171]

Or at least a talented team with a genuine interest in making faithful followups to the original games.

[BuddyAcker]

Yep, I wish.

[NovusTerminus]

Step one: put the Japanese being it again

Step two: put it on the Fox Engine, horror relies on lighting which is one of its strongest points.

[Skate-AK]

Downpour wasn't bad. The combat wasn't very good though. Neither was the enemy design.

[BuddyAcker]

I completely agree with all three sentences.

[Malice-Flare]

step 1: get rid of Tom whatshisname and Devin whatshername...

step 2: give it Kojima, who can take his mind off of Metal Gear for a change...

step 3: release Suikoden II on PSN...

step 4: profit???

[NarooN]

Tom Hulett left quite some time ago to join WayForward, and Devin Shatsky left before Downpour even came out because his work was already done, and he wanted to be closer to his family. Regardless, they did a great job on the games they worked on, and I don't get the retarded hate that a lot of "fans" had for them.

Kojima? Nah, Kojima himself said he's not confident he'd do a good job with it, and I don't want someone like that to work on a new game in the series.