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Silent Hill: The Short Message

Silent Hill: The Short Message

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Release Date: February 1, 2024

Adventure, FPP, Free-to-play, Horror, PlayStation Exclusive, Singleplayer

A psychological horror and a new installment of Konami's classic franchise. Silent Hill: The Short Message is a game about Anita, a girl trapped in a mysterious abandoned building, who needs to face her fears in order to escape.

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Silent Hill: The Short Message is the next installment in Konami's massively popular Japanese survival horror franchise. The game's protagonist is a girl named Anita,who heads to an abandoned building where she arranged to meet her friend, Maya. Due to mysterious circumstances, she loses consciousness and gets trapped in the building. In order to see daylight once again, she must face her fears and the monsters roaming the corridors. Time, however, is of the essence, as the building trauma gradually drains her of the will to live.

Information about the story and early visuals have surfaced as the game was rated by The Taiwan Digital Game Rating Committee. It's the only game that hasn't been officially announced during Silent Hill: Transmission, but thanks to the leaks we know it's heading for the PlayStation 5, contains violence and strong language, like the other installments of the series.

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PlayStation 5

PlayStation 5

Developer: Hexa Drive

Publisher: Konami

Age restrictions: 18+

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Silent Hill: The Short Message
Silent Hill: The Short Message
Silent Hill: The Short Message

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Silent Hill Game Series

Silent Hill is a series of action adventure games of the survival horror genre, which is one of the most popular brands of Konami - a Japanese developer and publisher, also responsible for the creation of such series as Metal Gear, Pro Evolution Soccer (currently eFootball), and Castlevania. The first game in the series was released in 1999 for Sony consoles. On January 31 the game was released in the US, while on March 4 it was released in Japan and on August 1 in Europe.

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Silent Hill: The Short Message for Free on PS5

Silent Hill: The Short Message for Free on PS5

Silent Hill: The Short Message is a new experimental game from the titular universe. It is expected to be released for free to PS5 players within hours.

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Hubert Sledziewski

January 31, 2024

Silent Hill: The Short Message for Free on PS5
Silent Hill With Surprising Narrative Will Definitely Launch on PS5

Silent Hill With Surprising Narrative Will Definitely Launch on PS5

Once again, we have received proof of the existence of the as yet unannounced officially Silent Hill: The Short Message. The title, which is expected to resort to various narrative tricks to break the fourth wall, will definitely come out for the PS5.

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Hubert Sledziewski

January 2, 2023

Silent Hill With Surprising Narrative Will Definitely Launch on PS5
New Silent Hill Taking Shape? Announcement May be a Matter of Time

New Silent Hill Taking Shape? Announcement May be a Matter of Time

The Korean age rating agency has registered a game titled Silent Hill: The Short Message. The company, which regularly releases Konami games on the local market, was cited as its publisher.

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Hubert Sledziewski

September 26, 2022

New Silent Hill Taking Shape? Announcement May be a Matter of Time

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Game Ratings for Silent Hill: The Short Message Video Game.

5.5

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Game is Recomended by 9% of Critics. There are 26 Critic Reviews.

OpenCritic

WayTooManyGames: 6 / 10 by Kyle Nicol

Let me clarify that, whilst Silent Hill: The Short Message wasn’t exactly the kind of game we were all waiting for, it’s not entirely that bad. It’s a mixed bag of a horror experience, with a story which tried to deal with some heavy personal themes (not exactly new ground for the series, mind you), only to fall short in its execution. Regardless, it’s still worth giving a shot. There is stuff to like in here, and let me reiterate the fact that it’s free, and brief. It’s not particularly a risky investment.

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GamesRadar+: 3 / 5 by Leon Hurley

Silent Hill: The Short Message is an interesting, if not amazing rebirth for the series that proves it can be reanimated for a modern audience. Atmospheric and full of potential it bodes well for future instalments.

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The Punished Backlog: 7.8 / 10 by Clint Morrison, Jr.

Silent Hill: The Short Message feels like an echo of an echo. Its existence reverberates through the horror genre, but it is a noise we first heard 10 years ago replicated time and time again. The P.T. comparisons are still possible because of its initial stirring. The aesthetic and gameplay echoes are now indistinguishable in a way that comparison is inevitable. The difference is that this echo comes from the publisher that set that first sound into motion.

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