[UPDATE] Rumor: Multiplayer Creeping Into Silent Hill
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Silent Hill multiplayer is like giving James Cameron production rights to make a film adaptation of "At the Mountains of Madness".
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Ooh, now that's an interesting idea. One person in regular SH, one in the alternate version helping or helping eachother, leaving messages and clues, etc.DeadlyYellow said:
Silent hill is not going to work if they make a gears of war style multiplayer. As much as I would to see Blair Witch style videos of everyone's experiences in it, It would not fit Silent Hill.
If it uses the Demon's Souls style of multiplayer, then it could work. Silent Hill games are about the two worlds that exist in the same place and time and the effects the worlds have on each other. Demon's Souls multiplayer gives you the opportunity to play through your own game, but it also gives you images of the other worlds that exist at the same moment.
If it uses the Demon's Souls style of multiplayer, then it could work. Silent Hill games are about the two worlds that exist in the same place and time and the effects the worlds have on each other. Demon's Souls multiplayer gives you the opportunity to play through your own game, but it also gives you images of the other worlds that exist at the same moment.
A Cop-Op or Versus mode?
What made SH So scary (For me, then again I'm a Pansy Growing Pansy who get's thrilled by paint drying) was that the monsters weren't humanoid (With the exception of a few) and didn't have persoanlities, they were parts of the character's flaws and past, having the monsters player controlled or having a partner kind off defeats the whole porpuse of the concept.
Oh well, if it's well executed, it's gonna be great, if it's terrible, I'm going to throw all my SH games in the trash since in the current state that the series is in, It's hanging by a thread.
EDIT : Look at what Happened to RE5. A partner/Companion defeats the whole porpuse of Silent Hill, Silent Hill is basically like being locked in a small room with something that hates your guts. Intriguing, Interesting, and Scary. Being Locked in a small room with something that "Likes" you kind of defeats the whole point.
And since there's 2 players, there's gonna have to be more weapons around, defeating the whole pointof the "Frantic-Hard To get Resources-Scary" Nature that Surival Horror introduced to Action games.
SH + Multiplayer = Big flaily mess that defeats the Whole point of the entire Franchise.
What made SH So scary (For me, then again I'm a Pansy Growing Pansy who get's thrilled by paint drying) was that the monsters weren't humanoid (With the exception of a few) and didn't have persoanlities, they were parts of the character's flaws and past, having the monsters player controlled or having a partner kind off defeats the whole porpuse of the concept.
Oh well, if it's well executed, it's gonna be great, if it's terrible, I'm going to throw all my SH games in the trash since in the current state that the series is in, It's hanging by a thread.
EDIT : Look at what Happened to RE5. A partner/Companion defeats the whole porpuse of Silent Hill, Silent Hill is basically like being locked in a small room with something that hates your guts. Intriguing, Interesting, and Scary. Being Locked in a small room with something that "Likes" you kind of defeats the whole point.
And since there's 2 players, there's gonna have to be more weapons around, defeating the whole pointof the "Frantic-Hard To get Resources-Scary" Nature that Surival Horror introduced to Action games.
SH + Multiplayer = Big flaily mess that defeats the Whole point of the entire Franchise.
It could work like StriderShinryu pointed out but personally, I think they should just focus on getting Silent Hill back on track and making a strong single player experiance before even thinking about a MP for the series.
I'm going to look at all of you people complaining and i'm going to point you to Resident evil outbreak. It's gotten highly recommended by all of my friends and if they do the same with this game it could be awesome.
And for the people complaining about how it won't be scary, maybe, just maybe, they won't be trying to scare you so much in that game. Might be a thought there, maybe they actually want you to not be as scared as before, just tense.
And for the people complaining about how it won't be scary, maybe, just maybe, they won't be trying to scare you so much in that game. Might be a thought there, maybe they actually want you to not be as scared as before, just tense.
No, no, no, no, no, and hell no!
Never once did I ever think that my experience would be better if it had multiplayer or co-op, never. I don't want to play it with a friend, that would make the game less scary, in my opinion.
If they do add it in, consider it, the multiplayer, ignored.
Never once did I ever think that my experience would be better if it had multiplayer or co-op, never. I don't want to play it with a friend, that would make the game less scary, in my opinion.
If they do add it in, consider it, the multiplayer, ignored.
Ha ha. It's like your avatar is screaming those words too.ScourgeOfHell said:
I think multiplayer Silent Hill could work, especially as an XBLA title, but things become less scary when you're not alone.
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This is a REALLY good idea.Kecunk said:
Multiplayer Silent Hill sounds even worse when you compare it to Resident Evil: Outbreak. Those games sucked, so anything like them would be a terrible mess.
no, no no oh god not this was my first thought but if done right (and i mean it has to be perfect) could be anything
"If you die, YOU ARE DEAD. No rescuing from a closet, no reviving after a set amount of time. Dead. Done. Finished. And your death has to hurt the team so badly that they will try to save you instead of just running for their lives.
When you die, no more talking. You mic gets cut off and you can't chat with the other players. No giving hints, no making jokes to ease the tension."
this sort of thing
oh and no co-op, for the love of god its not scary to go through with a buddy
"If you die, YOU ARE DEAD. No rescuing from a closet, no reviving after a set amount of time. Dead. Done. Finished. And your death has to hurt the team so badly that they will try to save you instead of just running for their lives.
When you die, no more talking. You mic gets cut off and you can't chat with the other players. No giving hints, no making jokes to ease the tension."
this sort of thing
oh and no co-op, for the love of god its not scary to go through with a buddy
