Let's take a look at the western output of Silent Hill, and the future of the Silent Hill series.
Remember that timeframe in the late 2000s to early 2010s when Japanese studios were pushing hard to appeal to the West?
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Some studios tried to make their games more western friendly. Some shipped their IPs off to western studios for development.
What did we end up with? A miserable pile of disappointments. Franchises losing their way.
Besides Nintendo who sent some of their IPs out west like Metroid, I can't think of a Japanese company that found success with this approach long-term.
Konami and the Silent Hill series is one of the more notable examples of a franchise losing its way during this time.
Unproven studios were given the keys to Silent Hill, a franchise that was tough to handle. Konami making all kinds of questionable decisions about the direction of the Silent Hill series.
There were exceptions in this western run of Silent Hill titles, but the overall output fell well short of what Team Silent Hill was able to achieve.
And all these years later - Konami is doing it again. Shipping the Silent Hill IP out to western developers with one exception, and a remake of Silent Hill 2.
They dropped the ball almost a decade back when Hideo Kojima was given the chance to take the Silent Hill series in a new direction.
In this video, we'll take a look back on the western Silent Hill titles. We'll also take a look at the upcoming titles that Konami announced for the series in October of 2022.
For this video, I will cover Silent Hill: Origins, Silent Hill: Homecoming, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, Silent Hill: Orphan, and Silent Hill: Downpour.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Prelude
02:24 - Silent Hill: Origins
17:23 - Silent Hill: Homecoming
33:12 - Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
50:59 - The Case of Tomm Hulett
55:03 - Silent Hill: Downpour
01:15:51 - Silent Hill: Orphan
01:17:00 - The Future of the Silent Hill Series
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• Silent Hill 2 Comics Sans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqJ2EA0DTP8
• Silent Hill 2 Remake Parody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrYBdq6ikno
• Silent Hill 3
• Silent Hill: Book of Memories - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4xumGZRHqI
• Silent Hill Origins Prototype: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyJeOlC8FUk
• Silent Hill Transmission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRvRWBQNrSI
• Slitterhead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2wj65MimUc
• Telltale's The Walking Dead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEB253lhX4U
• Tomm Hulett: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6tOIdRnK6o
• Two Best Friends Play Silent Hill Downpour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMHOK9XIAAs
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