Summary
Unfortunately,Silent Hill: The Short Messageis getting some bad reviews from critics.Silent Hill: The Short Messagewas shadow-dropped as part of the latest PlayStation State of Play event. Made available shortly after the event’s conclusion,Silent Hill: The Short Messageis exclusively available for PlayStation 5.
Released completely free of charge and made as an experiment,Silent Hill: The Short Messageis, as its name suggests, very short. Players can expect to wrap up thefirst-person horror gamein 1-2 hours. With it being a completely free game,Silent Hillfans may not be bothered by the game’s short length, but it seems that the game has some more serious issues beyond its brief runtime.
Reviews are coming in forSilent Hill: The Short Messagesince its recent shadow-drop, and they don’t paint a pretty picture. 11 reviews have been counted forSilent Hill: The Short Messageon Metacriticat the time of this writing, leaving the game with a 50/100 average rating. Out of all the critic reviews counted to date, 18% are positive, 36% are mixed, and 45% are negative. Critics have taken aim at the game’s story, dialogue, and chase sequences withGameSpot giving it 3/10andPush Square scoring it 4/10. User reviews forSilent Hill: The Short Messageare slightly more positive, with a 6.6 overall rating so far. It’s entirely possible that the game’s overall review score will fluctuate as more reviews are counted, but it seems unlikely that it will stray too far from the 50/100 mark.
Silent Hill: The Short Message Reviews
WhileSilent Hill: The Short Messagebeing hit with negative reviews may cause some fans to worry, it doesn’t really mean too much about the future of the franchise. As previously mentioned, the first-person horror game was made as an experiment by the developers, which is why it was released for free as opposed to being sold as a commercial product. TheotherSilent Hillgames in developmentmay not take any inspiration fromShort Message, and its quality really has no bearing on what future projects are bringing to the table.
That being said, there are some fans who are worried about theSilent Hill 2remake. While there are many who are excited thatSilent Hill 2is getting the remake treatment, complete with revamped graphics, there are those who are skeptical about it being able to live up to expectations after seeing the latest gameplay trailer. The recentSilent Hill 2remake gameplay trailerwas perhaps a little too focused on action as opposed to the kind of experience fans expect, but they won’t know how the game stacks up until they get to play it for themselves.
Silent Hill
Silent Hill is a series of survival horror games best known for its original trilogy. The first three games stood out with how atmospheric they were, along with their engrossing storylines that were often told through symbolism and metaphors.Silent Hill 2 is set to be remade by Bloober Team, a game that could reignite the franchise.
