Silent Hill: The Short Message
- January 31, 2024
- Konami
Silent Hill: The Short Message isn't going to set the horror genre ablaze, but it doesn't have to. As a free offering, it's a solid showcase with a heavy atmosphere and heavier subjects, even if its narrative could have been more subtle.
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Reviews
- atmosphere3 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- music2 mentions
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- story2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
- gameplay2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 100 % neutral mentions
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- graphics1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
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- optimization1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
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Critic Reviews
Silent Hill: The Short Message (PS5) Review
Silent Hill: The Short Message is a boring, contrived, borderline offensive experience.
45%Silent Hill: The Short Message is Missing the Horror of Silent Hill | Review
While intentions seem pure, Silent Hill The Short Message fails to reintroduce the franchise to the walking sim horror genre that made it so popular with P.T. The game falls short of everything it tries to do, and instead works as a functioning test demo of various aspects that I hope the team explores fully in bigger releases. Being free, and only 90 minutes long, it’s hard to say don’t give the game a shot, but as a Silent Hill fan it was a disappointing experience….About as disappointing as Downpour.
60%Silent Hill: The Short Message Review
Incredibly bland gameplay and some overly frustrating chase sequences make Silent Hill: The Short Message a chore to play much of the time. While there are some intriguing full-motion cutscenes and heavy story details, they're not worth pushing through the dull sequences in between to experience them. Silent Hill: The Short Message is completely free, though, so all it's asking for is 90 minutes of your time to see if you enjoy it more than us.
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