On Sunday, Konami did the second to last thing we ever expected of the publisher, and revealed that Silent Hill is making a comeback. The only way it could’ve shocked fans more is by announcing that Metal Gear Solid is actually being remastered.
Anyway, excitement from fans was immediate, as is to be expected. Silent Hill fans are incredibly passionate about the franchise, although many of us are primarily passionate about seeing those original games on modern consoles. Right now, it’s a battle to play Silent Hill and Silent Hill 2 on modern devices, and honestly, they might be old and haggard at this point, but they still have something very special about them.
It’s been ten years since we last received a mainline Silent Hill game, Silent Hill: Downpour, and almost two decades since we last received a properly good Silent Hill game (excluding PT, if you’d actually count that as a Silent Hill game, given it never got the chance to really be one). I’m personally a huge Silent Hill fan, although I’m only an advocate for the first three games, excluding a rendezvous I had with Silent Hill: Shattered Memories.