I was interested in this, thinking that they would make the multiplayer a unique experience. But then i saw the video. This just sucks.

@Abyssfull said:

The series has been stuck in a really nasty ditch right now, and adding any sort of multiplayer is far from what they should be thinking up to improve the franchise.

A grave is a certain kind of ditch, I suppose.

That looks bad, and I agree with you. But the "Silent Hill team" just doesn't exist anymore. The teams working on this game aren't ever going to do it the way we want them to, because they are just different people with different ideas. Maybe this game will be awesome in a different way? Probably not, from the look of it, but maybeeee?

  

  Wow.  You've said most of what needs to be said. That's just hilarious. 

Damn it, I wanted to actually pre-order this, but now... ugh. It just looks bad. I guess Silent Hill 3 is the last good one in the series.

Aren't there about a dozen of these types of games out on PSN/XBL for $10-$15, who is going to pay $40 for this just because they slapped "Silent Hill" on the box?

Probably too many.

Hurl indeed.

While I agree that multiplayer is not what the series needs, I do think that multiplayer could be interesting in a Silent Hill setting. A Dead Space 2 or Left 4 Dead style monsters versus people scenario could be fun, but it would have to be original and fun enough to distinguish it from those other games. Maybe something like SH: Shattered Memories where the humans just have to flee (or maybe hide, like in Amnesia) and are pursued by monsters.

I'm not one to go "OMG Y U MULTIPLAY!? GAME R RUIN!", but this really makes me think they've missed the point with this game. I don't know if the series can survive another bad installment...

@ShaggE said:

I'm not one to go "OMG Y U MULTIPLAY!? GAME R RUIN!", but this really makes me think they've missed the point with this game. I don't know if the series can survive another bad installment...

It's basically all riding on Downpour. And while I can already tell it's not going to be the most refined game of the year, if it can at least pull through where it matters (the story, the atmosphere, the scares ect.) then the series may gradually improve from here and actually become somewhat relevant again.

@Abyssfull said:

@ShaggE said:

I'm not one to go "OMG Y U MULTIPLAY!? GAME R RUIN!", but this really makes me think they've missed the point with this game. I don't know if the series can survive another bad installment...

It's basically all riding on Downpour. And while I can already tell it's not going to be the most refined game of the year, if it can at least pull through where it matters (the story, the atmosphere, the scares ect.) then the series may gradually improve from here and actually become somewhat relevant again.

Oops, thought this was about Downpour.

@Akrid: I would rather pay $40 for another 4-5 hours of that than the actual game.

We should all agree to go back to Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. You make one great Silent Hill game since the series was at its apex (was that 2 or 3? I can't remember... I haven't even finished 2 yet), and then throw that progress out the window.