Hopefully they are. I will finally be able to play SH2.
Hopefully they are. I will finally be able to play SH2.
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^I'm thinking fake until further confirmation, but SH5 must be pretty substantial if it was allegedly one of the first projects in the oven and we might be looking at a 2024 (or even beyond) release. 😵💫
Okay so that thread is a bit of a trash-fire, so I'm taking this thought here but I think a lot of people missed the clear narrative that Masahiro Ito and possible other original SH2 devs are working with Bloober on this remake. Very curious to see how that impacts the conversation if it comes to fruition.
I've been in the 'rib them a little, but remain open-minded' camp as far as Bloober working on SH for a while.
Original Team Silent members possibly contributing is great- and it gives me that FFVII Remake feeling of "hmmm… maybe they won't actually fuck it up".
Hey, I'm actually psyched about ALL of this stuff, lol 😂
And all we really need at this point is for the name Hiroyuki Owaku to come up at some point. lol
However, the filmmaker has not thrown in the towel. His next project? A new Silent Hill , still in collaboration with the Japanese executives, who intend to regain control of their franchise after the Revelation 3D sacking:
"There, I have practically finished the storyboards for this new Silent Hill and there are indeed a few nodes to PT [legendary Silent Hills demo canceled, ndlr] because, obviously, it made us all dream ."
Looks like Sony and/or Konami tightened the ship. The leaks stopped.
Dusk says he has way more info about the game than is out there publicly right now, so there's always the possibility that that particular info leaks. He also mentioned another party has access to more info (from the most recent leak) like the full story of Sakura. So, people have more info, it's just a matter of if/when that stuff leaks.Looks like Sony and/or Konami tightened the ship. The leaks stopped.
Looks like Sony and/or Konami tightened the ship. The leaks stopped.
Throwing in predictions, who do you think the Japanese developer of Sakura and 5 could be?
Ok, here is where I'm going to go a little crazy - and believe me, I don't even fully believe what I'm about to say. I think back to two things: The first is Dusk being very strict about NOT sharing who the primaryJapanese developer of this project is - and if I recall correctly, it's because he expects the reveal of that developer to be a crazy/exciting/big deal. Most people's minds jumped immediately to Kojima Productions, but I really think a Konami/Sony/Capcom collaboration to resurrect Silent Hill would break the internet - and is a piece of information that, if I had it, I certainly wouldn't share for that very reason. I feel in this scenario Konami would design a primary team (possibly someone like Imamura or Tsuboyama heading it), use Capcom and the RE Engine for technical support, and have Sony doing a lot of background legwork. Second thing is the SAKURA leaks. Those images looked like something from the RE Engine - the background AND the character models. On top of that, Capcom's expertise in VR development could also play a part considering the implication that the future SH titles could have some kind of VR capabilities. Yes, this is all extremely unlikely - but that's the joy of online speculation, right? :D
Same here. Bokeh Game Studio making Silent Hill 6 with a studio budget, Masahiro Ito, and external support would be a dream scenario and an easy way to maybe even top Silent Hill 5. I really hope this happens at some point (or Toyama gets to make a VR Silent Hill game).Keiichiro Toyama (lol). - No comment, lol. Actually, if the new SH projects are successful I could maybe see Bokeh working on something for a Silent Hill Stories Vol. II or something. If whoever is doing SH5 is successful, I'd anticipate they'd be locked to do a SH6, but now we are getting into DEEP fantasy territory.
It's a slight possibility for sure. Sakura looks like it could be using the Resident Evil engine and that would explain how Dusk has so much information for this game (although, to be fair, so does every other insider lol).
- Capcom. Competitor in Konami's mind, hands probably full. - Ok, here is where I'm going to go a little crazy - and believe me, I don't even fully believe what I'm about to say. I think back to two things: The first is Dusk being very strict about NOT sharing who the primaryJapanese developer of this project is - and if I recall correctly, it's because he expects the reveal of that developer to be a crazy/exciting/big deal. Most people's minds jumped immediately to Kojima Productions, but I really think a Konami/Sony/Capcom collaboration to resurrect Silent Hill would break the internet - and is a piece of information that, if I had it, I certainly wouldn't share for that very reason. I feel in this scenario Konami would design a primary team (possibly someone like Imamura or Tsuboyama heading it), use Capcom and the RE Engine for technical support, and have Sony doing a lot of background legwork. Second thing is the SAKURA leaks. Those images looked like something from the RE Engine - the background AND the character models. On top of that, Capcom's expertise in VR development could also play a part considering the implication that the future SH titles could have some kind of VR capabilities. Yes, this is all extremely unlikely - but that's the joy of online speculation, right? :D
Same here. Bokeh Game Studio making Silent Hill 6 with a studio budget, Masahiro Ito, and external support would be a dream scenario and an easy way to maybe even top Silent Hill 5. I really hope this happens at some point (or Toyama gets to make a VR Silent Hill game).
It's a slight possibility for sure. Sakura looks like it could be using the Resident Evil engine and that would explain how Dusk has so much information for this game (although, to be fair, so does every other insider lol).
That being said, I honestly hope Capcom never makes a Silent Hill game (or, if they do, the story and major decisions are handled by former Team Silent members and not the Resident Evil creatives).
Capcom is just a bad fit for Silent Hill IMO. Their crowdpleaser/blockbuster approach to video game development, horror and storytelling sensibilities, and corporate philosophy would just be a nightmare if they owned the Silent Hill rights. I think this alone should disqualify them:
Resident Evil’s producer says Village was balanced based on feedback that ‘RE7 was too scary’ | VGC
“It’s always our goal to create something that anybody can feel comfortable playing”…www.videogameschronicle.com
That being said, I couldn't fully blame Konami for hiring Capcom. Their games made a lot of money and a lot of gamers see them as the Holy Grail of potential Silent Hill developers (mostly because of Resident Evil, which is nothing like Silent Hill). But I'm hoping it's not them personally.
It's a possibility, though. The internet reaction to Capcom developing Silent Hill 5 for Konami would be insane (like if Warner Bros. outsourced the DC Universe movies to Kevin Feige and Disney). The actual quality of the game would likely suffer for it, though.
(Imagine making a Silent Hill game "not too scary" and "comfortable for a larger audience to play"; Silent Hill is supposed to get under your skin and disturb you on a psychological level)
We already know Ito is involved. That's half of it. If they pulled Owaku out of retirement or have gotten Imamura back, I really think they could lean on the technical expertise of Capcom to make SH5 a legitimately stunning looking game
I don't remember Dusk ever saying he wasn't going to reveal who the Japanese developer was because he thought it would be crazy and exciting. I thought he said he didn't know who it was. The VGC writer implied he knew who it was, but wouldn't say because he felt it would expose sources somehow.
Pretty sure he said it recently in one of the threads around Sony's SoP.
I'll try to track down the exact quote and edit in here.
Edit: well, I scanned through his posts since Saturday and can't find it- fuck - but I swear he said something recently about actively choosing not to reveal who the actual Japanese developer is. Dunno if he scrubbed that part of a post or I'm not looking back far enough or I'm just losing my damn mind. All 3 could be the case. 🥴
Throwing in predictions, who do you think the Japanese developer of Sakura and 5 could be?
My guesses:
Who I don't think it is:
- Suda51 and Grasshopper Manufacture (Shadows of the Damned, Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse, Kurayami Dance)
- Koei Tecmo (Fatal Frame 1-3, Dead or Alive, Deception 1-3)
- Konami in-house, with support from other studios (similar to the reported Castlevania reboot). Although Hiroyuki Owaku seems to have retired, some former Team Silent members are still there if I'm not mistaken.
- Someone out of left field. Probably a relatively cheap developer.
- The Souls developers, because the timeline with Elden Ring doesn't match up. If FromSoftware is involved, then it's a different team.
- Hideo Kojima. Too many bridges burnt, he wants to work on original projects, currently making Overdose with Microsoft, everyone except Gematsu's one source says it's not him.
- Keiichiro Toyama (lol).
- Sony themselves. I think they're involved, but mostly in terms of support and timed exclusivity.
- Capcom. Competitor in Konami's mind, hands probably full.