Guillermo Del Toro Confirms Cancellation Of Silent Hills
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Which would never have happened had they managed themselves better. Instead of growing as a games company through expansion of IPs and personnel, they decided to rely less and less on what they were founded as and have become utterly pathetic as a games company, not helped by their TERRIBLE eye for any sort of talent.. Which, weirdly enough, happened in the past generation with Konami becoming more and more contracted.MC1980 said:
On the one hand, I was really not looking forward to Kojima being attached to any Silent Hill project. On the other, I kinda feel bad for Del Toro. The man is an under-appreciated genius of a director, but he just can't seem to get his projects off the ground. It's kind of a shame.
It's just a general case of a Japanese company growing less attracted to the niche that gaming occupies in Japan, while ignoring the enormous potential sales in foreign regions. Rising AAA development costs don't seem worth it when their games fail to appeal to general audiences in Japan.RJ Dalton said:
As a firm believer that Silent Hill couldn't possibly get any worse, this is a damned shame.
Hardly surprising given Konami's current circumstances, though. I'm hoping once Kojima is finished with MGSV we'll see him join up with another major publisher, and then perhaps "P.T." can become a full fledged game without the baggage of it being a Silent Hill game inevitably coloring expectations and so on.
I'll go out on a limb and defend Christophe Ganz' Silent Hill flick - and would second Del Toro being involved in a film adaptation, perhaps of SH2, just to ensure the right level of fan-fallout and potential for greatness. Sure, the Ganz flick disrespectful to the lore that inspired it, but taken on its own it's got fantastic atmosphere and memorable practical effects to spare. It's very reminiscent of French/Italian 1980s horror films that relied more on mood and memorable imagery rather than logic or consistency. The flick would have probably raised less ire had Pyramidhead and other SH2-specific imagery not been used, but since this flick never went too hard with the whole "Personal Hell" angle, it's only a distraction in the broader context.
Besides, anyone who watched the 3D sequel to this knows how much worse it could have been.
Hardly surprising given Konami's current circumstances, though. I'm hoping once Kojima is finished with MGSV we'll see him join up with another major publisher, and then perhaps "P.T." can become a full fledged game without the baggage of it being a Silent Hill game inevitably coloring expectations and so on.
I'll go out on a limb and defend Christophe Ganz' Silent Hill flick - and would second Del Toro being involved in a film adaptation, perhaps of SH2, just to ensure the right level of fan-fallout and potential for greatness. Sure, the Ganz flick disrespectful to the lore that inspired it, but taken on its own it's got fantastic atmosphere and memorable practical effects to spare. It's very reminiscent of French/Italian 1980s horror films that relied more on mood and memorable imagery rather than logic or consistency. The flick would have probably raised less ire had Pyramidhead and other SH2-specific imagery not been used, but since this flick never went too hard with the whole "Personal Hell" angle, it's only a distraction in the broader context.
Besides, anyone who watched the 3D sequel to this knows how much worse it could have been.
Being less important as a name than one of their workers. Since "Kojima" pretty much outshined "Konami" as a brand by a long shot.Louzerman102 said:
I didn't care about this game at all, but the moment the news that Kojima left it was obvious that this would get cancelled, since it was another game with him as the head.
I spent a long time looking for a .gif to sum up my feelings but I couldn't manage to find one.
This is... crushing me. I can LITERALLY feel what's left of my heart just dragging across the floor.
I'm gonna... go play Survival Instinct and wonder what could've been as I wonder what I did wrong to only have Norman Reedus in one terrible game.
This is... crushing me. I can LITERALLY feel what's left of my heart just dragging across the floor.
I'm gonna... go play Survival Instinct and wonder what could've been as I wonder what I did wrong to only have Norman Reedus in one terrible game.
So, the fact that this game has been cancelled fills you with more dread than most modern games... Kind of meta, but unintentional by Konami
I was wondering why there was a Silent Hill shooter arcade game at the freakin mall? Does Konami even know the IP that they are actually holding, or they just thought that Silent Hill is another well known zombie game? Now they decided to cancel something that could attract any kind of entertainment consumer. Hideo Kojima, Guillermo Del Toro, Norman Reedus, what kind of gaming company turning down those guys!? What does the guys at Konami even thinking!?
http://share.gifyoutube.com/vMWjX3.gifSpider RedNight said:
this gif.....this gif sums up your feelings.
Don't worry; Konami plan to remove P.T. from the online store like it never existed.Xsjadoblayde said:
I shall buy Phantom Pain as a final goodbye and I love you to Kojima, and then Konami will be dead to me for fucking up Kojima and fucking up MGS and Silent Hill.
At least with Phantom Pain, Metal Gear Solid is actually complete; I can put it down afterwards knowing I have everything of it.
Maybe they read the forums saying that all game companies do is remake the same games?Louzerman102 said:
Maybe. Del Toro only got involved in this because he was friends with Kojima and they had a vision; I can imagine not-Silent Hills may be worked on and released in the future. P.T. was so good it shows they have an amazing vision and I would love to see it.UberGott said:
That's actually a pretty accurate .gif of my feelings summed up.rbstewart7263 said:
Thank you, friend.
P.T. Is still on my hard drive, I hope they don't render it unplayable. But at the same time I don't have the heart to play it now either.L. Declis said:
What i'd like to know is; are Konami just going to sit on the silent hill IP like a wannabe EA? And do they keep the FOX engine that Kojima was obviously very proud of? I read somewhere that Konami may have intentions of turning MGS into a yearly release IP in an attempt to follow Assassins Creed's success, which Kojima would quite certainly not want to be lumbered with. It seems a depressingly likely situation.
Damn... Just damn... I hadn't been this excited about silent hill for over a decade. This feels like Mega Man Legends 3 all over again.
