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I think we should just let Silent Hill die while it still has some modicum of dignity. The series is a shell of its former self and Konami as a company is a sorry excuse of its former self today. Nothing will measure up to the excellence of the first three games.
Oh god please yes. If Kojima is attached to it in any way, Konami might actually spend money on it. I'm not too keen on Kojima writing the story or anything, but lending his technical expertise and any of his gigantic staff that are pretty much all that remains of Konami of Japan? DO IT.
I'd say have Kojima give the Fox Engine to Grasshopper, have ex Team Silent guys still at Konami and Masahiro Ito contribute, and slap the Kojipro logo on it so it magically sells more like Lords of Shadow. I would buy twelve copies.
I'd say have Kojima give the Fox Engine to Grasshopper, have ex Team Silent guys still at Konami and Masahiro Ito contribute, and slap the Kojipro logo on it so it magically sells more like Lords of Shadow. I would buy twelve copies.
Nope. Not interested at all. Kojima fucked up the MGS series too badly for me to get hyped up for his projects anymore.
I disagree with you, Jim. Kojima's a bit too convoluted and anticlimactic for the kind of narrative I would enjoy in Silent Hill. Also what Fugly said.
I'm not sure if Kojima is the best person for the job, but I'd certainly take him directing Silent Hill over Vatra or Double Helix. I'd take practically any well know developer over an inexperienced small developer like those two.
@Anjon
If I remember correctly, The current silent hill team can't seem to follow the sime rule that monstersare specific to each experience. 1 was the nightmare Alessa experienced if I remember correctly. James and others subconscious in 2. And from the god in heather. After The Room, the reused and messed the idea up. This man already knows what he is doing since MGS 1- 4!
If I remember correctly, The current silent hill team can't seem to follow the sime rule that monstersare specific to each experience. 1 was the nightmare Alessa experienced if I remember correctly. James and others subconscious in 2. And from the god in heather. After The Room, the reused and messed the idea up. This man already knows what he is doing since MGS 1- 4!
Very interesting. Most of all I'd like to see the series head back to the shores of it's home country, but an all-powerful weird bro like Kojima could certainly put a unique stamp on the wheezing franchise.
Holy shit.
Get back some veteran Silent Hill talent and I think we may have a winner here. Some ex-Vatra guys can work too
Get back some veteran Silent Hill talent and I think we may have a winner here. Some ex-Vatra guys can work too
@Vanor I kinda want the series to die too, but I'd hate to see such an interesting setting and ideas to go to waste. There's so much potential that a skilled developer could build upon. I think the biggest thing holding the series back is Konami themselves. If they put more effort into giving the series to more fitting developers instead of outsourcing them to random ones like Vatra and Double Helix, and put more money and attention on it, maybe things would get better. Or better yet, just give the rights to another publisher.
I want him to make the next SH because he can put an iPod Nano in out item's inventory and use our music to play while we kill shit...
Isn't he the guy that makes convoluted espionage plots with no sense of where to stop? What does he know about psychological horror, and why do people want this?
could Silent Hill finally make a comeback?
also Downpour was a massive steaming pile of shit and I only bought it thanks to your review Sterling, you owe me an apology and 50 bucks pal
also Downpour was a massive steaming pile of shit and I only bought it thanks to your review Sterling, you owe me an apology and 50 bucks pal
[Silent-Hill-2-spoilery comment]
The Silent Hill series is to me as Mary is to James Sunderland. I once loved it, but now it's sickly and disgusting and it won't let me fuck it anymore and now I just want it to die.
The Silent Hill series is to me as Mary is to James Sunderland. I once loved it, but now it's sickly and disgusting and it won't let me fuck it anymore and now I just want it to die.
I dont know about him doing a silent hill game. I never liked the series, but perhaps he can change my mind. The fox engine will make the game look good atleast.
He scared the shit out of me in MGS2. Playing so long its dark and my lights are off when the colonel calls me on the videophone and starts saying some crazy shit.
@BreakerDioshi
holy shit agree!!
in fact i actually stop playing MGS2 because of colonel :P
@Anjon
another good point.
he already amde scary characters like The Sorrow and Psycho Mantis. imagine a silent hill game occurring ideas from their heads O___O
@Sweet Surrender
freaking agree!!!!
i won't be surprised if some of team silent members in kojima productions would be delighted to work with the series :P
also partnering Suda 51 and Akira Yamaoka for the dream team would be awesome too!!!!!
oh and get Suda 51 to handle the remake of Snatcher please!!!!!
holy shit agree!!
in fact i actually stop playing MGS2 because of colonel :P
@Anjon
another good point.
he already amde scary characters like The Sorrow and Psycho Mantis. imagine a silent hill game occurring ideas from their heads O___O
@Sweet Surrender
freaking agree!!!!
i won't be surprised if some of team silent members in kojima productions would be delighted to work with the series :P
also partnering Suda 51 and Akira Yamaoka for the dream team would be awesome too!!!!!
oh and get Suda 51 to handle the remake of Snatcher please!!!!!
"Hey Beavis, I think I just inoculated!"
Good as Tomm Hulet's intentions were for the series, he did about as much for the series as Apaloosa did for Contra. I'm looking forward to this!
As for people who say it might not have too much story or not a lot of gameplay... there is no one else at Konami who can do justice to this series anymore. This is it's last chance!
Good as Tomm Hulet's intentions were for the series, he did about as much for the series as Apaloosa did for Contra. I'm looking forward to this!
As for people who say it might not have too much story or not a lot of gameplay... there is no one else at Konami who can do justice to this series anymore. This is it's last chance!
There is a time and a place for the guy that made a game about mental clone soldiers and walking t-rex battle tanks, but Silent Hill games ain't it.
I don't want him to touch this, because I'm not sure I could take three whole hours worth of *relentless* in-jokes in a Silent Hill game.
I've always felt that Kojima put a lot of himself into his games, so I think a man as talented, and sometimes twisted, as Kojima feeling out of his element, lacking confidence, and feeling insecure in his ability to deliver on a series he respects would find amazing ways to translate into a psychological horror series such as Silent Hill.
I hear your sweet words as I reach for my penis, Jim. The next SH game may just be worth waiting for.
"Hideo Kojima said something that made all my dreams come true at once"
Well, way to jump the gun on it, Jim.
Yes, Kojima is possibly my most favorite producers ever, so to have him be on one of my all time favorite game series is a blessing.. But we don't know AT ALL how that can turn out.
Think about it: Kojima is known for his WAAAAY too long and out there cut scenes and plot developments.. Do we really want that in Silent Hill, or do we want to actually play the game?
Now most people probably say, "Boom, 'out there' should be good for this series," and thats true.. But too far out there and we've got a diluted mess. These games are already riding a line, and if he goes over it (and if he does, he'll surely go WAY over it) it'll just break things further. Part of the joy to Silent Hill that I find is that we CAN understand it, while its still delightfully over the top. -Metal Gear has a tendency to stray too far.
Also, seriously, how many projects is this guy on? Or will be on? I know he's basically the industry equivalent of Superman, but everyone has their limits and limits can be stretched beyond reach. His priority will probably remain to his own titles, so I have a weird feeling that down the line, after his attempt at the series, we'll be hearing stuff much similar to what we heard from Mercury Steam a few years after Lords of Shadow, about how they didn't have a damn clue about how to handle certain aspects of the game, and Konami didn't offer any real help.
Granted, Kojima's actually an integral part of Konami, and he's much more then a competent developer with a high attention to detail, but like I said, that doesn't mean his other responsibilities won't get in the way.
Well, way to jump the gun on it, Jim.
Yes, Kojima is possibly my most favorite producers ever, so to have him be on one of my all time favorite game series is a blessing.. But we don't know AT ALL how that can turn out.
Think about it: Kojima is known for his WAAAAY too long and out there cut scenes and plot developments.. Do we really want that in Silent Hill, or do we want to actually play the game?
Now most people probably say, "Boom, 'out there' should be good for this series," and thats true.. But too far out there and we've got a diluted mess. These games are already riding a line, and if he goes over it (and if he does, he'll surely go WAY over it) it'll just break things further. Part of the joy to Silent Hill that I find is that we CAN understand it, while its still delightfully over the top. -Metal Gear has a tendency to stray too far.
Also, seriously, how many projects is this guy on? Or will be on? I know he's basically the industry equivalent of Superman, but everyone has their limits and limits can be stretched beyond reach. His priority will probably remain to his own titles, so I have a weird feeling that down the line, after his attempt at the series, we'll be hearing stuff much similar to what we heard from Mercury Steam a few years after Lords of Shadow, about how they didn't have a damn clue about how to handle certain aspects of the game, and Konami didn't offer any real help.
Granted, Kojima's actually an integral part of Konami, and he's much more then a competent developer with a high attention to detail, but like I said, that doesn't mean his other responsibilities won't get in the way.
This could be interesting, as long as he doesn't feel the need to ram his trademark "quirky" 5th-grade-boy humor down our throats the entire time, as he felt the overwhelming need to in MGS4. I love Kojima when he gets serious; MGS1 and MGS3 were incredibly engaging and emotional. I don't even mind the over-abundance of cinemas in his games, because, man, when a story is as great as the original MGS, I'll watch half-hour cinematics anytime. But man, when he gets going with the silly humor or eye-rolling melodrama, ala MGS2 and MGS4, he can drive me bonkers, and ruin the mood in a heartbeat. I'd looooove to see him do a Silent Hill game if he can buckle in and take it seriously, but please, leave the fart, poop and boob jokes at the door if you do, Kojima.
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