Silent Hills was to be the ninth installment in the Silent Hill series and was to be directed by Hideo Kojima and Guillermo Del Toro. Norman Reedus was to star as the protagonist (who remains unnamed). The project was to be developed by Kojima Productions and published by Konami, a demo called PT (which stood for Playable Teaser) was released exclusively on the PlayStation Store in August 12, 2014 and removed on April 29, 2015.
Contents
- 1 Plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Gameplay
- 4 Why It Was Cancelled
- 5 Results
- 6 Trivia
Plot[]
The plot is unknown.
Cast[]
Protagonist (non speakable) - Norman Reedus (face model)
Rest are unknown. Lisa would've possibly return but it's unknown of who would've played as her.
Gameplay[]
Silent Hills would've possibly been first person as PT was first person. The player would have to zoom in to interact, headset was required to wear in PT, a flashlight was the only thing that the player would carry in the teaser. It's unknown whether the player would use weapons against enemies. Lisa was the only enemy in the teaser and the Fetus was not hostile towards the player. In a concept movie there was a giant arm with a hand crawling to the protagonist, it's unknown whether it would've been fought by the player. At the end of the teaser cinematic, it could've been possible that Silent Hills wasn't only gonna be first person.
Why It Was Cancelled[]
Konami fired Kojima before production began. Guillermo Del Toro left the project after Kojima was fired. Norman Reedus also left the project days before Konami announced Silent Hills' cancellation.
Results[]
- Kojima, Del Toro, and Reedus would all reunite for Death Stranding which was released on November 9, 2019 receiving generally favorable reviews.
- Norman Reedus has stated that he was glad Silent Hills was cancelled because Death Stranding is better.
- The project is permanently cancelled.
- Konami has no interest in making big AAA games like Silent Hill, Metal Gear Solid, and Castlevania.
- Capcom would go on to make Resident Evil 7: Biohazard and it's sequel Resident Evil Village in which both games are first person. However it was stated by Capcom that Resident Evil 7: Biohazard was not inspired by PT.
- Possible elements from the cancelled project could've been used for Death Stranding.
Trivia[]
- After the cancellation, fans were angered and upset by this announcement.
- A petition on change.org was started for Konami to continue the project and has reached 194,978 supporters. Sadly the project never continued.
- PT was permanently removed from the PlayStation Store, people who have downloaded the teaser will never get to reinstall the demo if they would delete it.
- Rumors spreaded out as a Silent Hill reboot was in development and the revival of Silent Hills, however these rumors were quickly proven to be false by Konami.
- Konami confirmed that PT would not be downloadable for the PlayStation 5, despite being downloadable and playable shortly after it's release, it was immediately undownloadable.
- Microsoft bought Bethesda in September 2020 and PlayStation fans are demanding Sony to buy Konami.
- After Konami debunked the rumors. A guy on Twitter leaked that his friends are in Japan and close to Sony and have verified that a Silent Hill PS5 Reboot is in fact in development at Japan Studio and the revival of Silent Hills at Kojima Productions this hasn't been denied or confirmed.
- Rumors were spreading out that the Silent Hill PS5 Reboot and Silent Hills revival are gonna be revealed at The Game Awards 2020. These rumors were false as there was no Silent Hill trailer at The Game Awards 2020.
- An upcoming game titled Abandoned was speculated to be a Silent Hill game, but this was ultimately denied by Blue Box Game Studios, the game's developer.
- At The Game Awards 2021. Guillermo Del Toro was involved in the event and possibly hinted a new Silent Hill game, this has not been denied.
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