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Yes, I’m as sick of dead-end Silent Hill rumors as you are, but hang on, this last one might have some merit.
This latest Silent Hill rumor is the latest in a long line, but this time at least there’s some meat on the bone. The Korean game rating committee, the GRAC, has rated a hitherto unannounced Silent Hill game with a never-before-seen subtitle (thanks, Gematsu (opens in new tab)).
However, so far we only have the title of the game. Called Silent Hill: The Short Message. We still don’t know if the game will come to PS5, Xbox Series X|S or Nintendo Switch, or if it will be a mobile spin-off.
And if you’re concerned about Konami’s penchant for making pachinko machines based on beloved IPs, fear not. Pachinko is banned in South Korea, so ratings for such games are unlikely to be considered in the country.
In my restless dreams I see that city…
No one wants another big budget Silent Hill game more than I do. I would bet money on it. Still, it’s pretty hard to get excited about a review for a game that might not even exist after all.
And even if so, we know very little about Silent Hill: The Short Message. However, I think we can at least speculate about what kind of game it would be, based on that subtitle.
Looking at the “Short” part of that subtitle, a few things immediately come to mind. The first is obviously PT – Hideo Kojima’s utterly terrifying (and now deleted) PS4 teaser for what would have been Silent Hills. The second is Beginning Hour, Resident Evil 7’s own playable teaser released a few months before Capcom’s survival horror return-to-form launched.
So my best guess as to what The Short Message could be is a teaser similar in scope to PT and Beginning Hour. It would make sense. Both examples I mentioned worked wonders in promoting their respective projects. And while Silent Hills never saw the light of day, PT remains an influential horror experience that lives on in many inspired indie games.