This fan-made version of Silent Hills created in PlayStation Dreams shows what could have been for forlorn fans.
A dream it shall remain
Dreams had potential but it really needed to get off of the PS4. It released so late in the gen when everyone was already wanting to move on to next gen systems. It should have come to PC, and a native PS5 version should have definitely released.
I bought it Day 1 but the 'campaign' was pretentious and just didn't work for me. I had no intention of making content so was left to fumble through the user created content. Some good stuff, with the pig detective being the most memorable. However, just moved on to other stuff, and despite owning VR, never once played in VR either.
Media Molecule always seem to be too ahead of the curve to have a big hit. Hopefully whatever they are working on now finds a big audience.
For whatever reason/s they somehow dropped the ball hard with Dreams, our loss
Dreams was fantastic, especially when VR was added. The things people managed to build was incredible. Some of the best VR experiences are still from Dreams experiences. The huge crux for it was being on consoles however and it was missing one thing that they didn't have back then and that we have now..... A.I.. With the advent of AI today, if they could have had Dreams running on PC and somehow got AI to work where we just typed in a prompt and it did things, it would have been a massive game changer, it could have just made the AI "Dream" and create its own things. It could have solved their problem of somehow getting one dream to just change into another one seamlessly. I really think Dreams deserves a second chance.
It was an awesome idea but even with tools that were supposed to make it easier to make a game, it was still so hard and convoluted. It tried to do to much at once. It would have been better to separate everything into easier parts, build the world, then the character's, then the music, etc. Not everything all at once. Some people understood it but most were overwelmed or confused.
P.T. may never be coming back in any official capacity, but fans of PlayStation game Dreams might be in luck this spooky season.
I have to emphasize that this is an extremly well made remake, it's the full game with all the content and features plus more. Visuals and sound is very close to the original, this version was recently published. I know there's a lot of predjudice against Dreams, which is a shame and not really deserved, the tool is much more capable than many think.
Just a reminder that Dreams is free on PS+ Premium... if you have it, go download it, and thank us later. It's a truly fantastic game.
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Even though it wasn't a full game, and just a demo, Silent Hills scared the crap out of me.
Someone really just needs to make a large offer on the Silent Hill IP.
There's a bunch of indie and AA studios making great horror games, but the only real big budget horror games coming out is Resident Evil.
Cool article. I agree. What a letdown that whole thing was. I think Kojima would have been perfect for the silent hill franchise.
The dreams demo is cool but it’s not silent hill. It was good practice for whoever made it. Now make your own shit and sell it like Kojima did.
Yes it sucks that it got canned but holy hell MOVE ON ALREADY. This is the biggest dead horse topic in gaming at this point.
Ironically just played the PC fan port the other day, as well as the mod that allows you to explore the street. I streamed it to my Discord and everyone just felt major FOMO having the project ripped from us like that. This one still hurts.
I think a large audience is waiting for more silent Hill, myself included a next gen silent Hill would be amazing if pulled off right, hell its been so long even remaking the originals would be a money maker, no idea why they are not making more in the SH universe.