What other horror IPs are there from big publishers...? Unless it's just funding a new IP.
I really don't get this forums fascination with silent hill. Is it because of PT? Was it anything more than a game in R.E's shadow before the Kojima tease of PT?
why can't this just be another horror game that's not silent hill?
After playing The Medium, I'd rather a bloober team Silent Hill than no Silent Hill. That said, why are we presuming the horror IP is a game series?
The Medium has precisely ONE jump scare. It doesn't rely on jump scares at all. Plenty of people seem to really like it (while I acknowledge plenty are also cold on it).
After what I've seen and read on The Medium's story, i'd take another developer for Silent Hill. I can do without their bad writing and really REALLY bad approaches to themes and how they treat subjects around people who suffer from trauma.
Yep.
I don't think Bloober has ever made a truly great game honestly
Above average to good seems to be their limit right now and I assume people would want more from a Silent Hill game
They only know one type of horror: walking sims with jumpscares. Also, they suck at it and are creatively bankrupt. Also, they're western. Also, they have never risen above mediocrity and for the return of a classic franchise, we need a heavy lifters who know what the fuck they're doing.
"Also they are western"
Dead Space and Alien Isolation were made by western teams and they are really good horror games.
Being based in Japan does not mean you are absolutely going to make a good horror games lmao
Since THQN owns the IP, it's likely getting a re-boot at some point. But they'll probably have one of their many, many, MANY internally owned teams make it.
It's not just The Medium. They demonstrated this same degree of carelessness in tackling and presenting certain themes with Layers of Fear and Blair Witch too. From a writing perspective I just don't think they're well-equipped, unless they're potentially working with another writer.
I mean considering some of the themes Silent Hill can take sometimes and how some people felt about The Medium about similar themes i'm not sure this is a good thing for anyone 🤔
Oh absolutely. They've been at it for a while and I'm honestly saddened by how much they get a pass. Their writing is not just offensive, it's a dangerous perpetutation of stereotypes that have plagued people who suffer from mental trauma.
There are two good threads on twitter, one by bobvids and one by an user called Gree who did a thread on the perception of mental health in eastern europe which I think are interesting reads as to why Bloober Team's writing is really not great
Bobvids thread (spoilers obviously)
https://twitter.com/GreeTheWriter/status/1355450339038736386?s=20
Gree thread (CW on trauma, mental illness stuff etc)
td;dr: i just don't think bloober team are equipped to do it,
I can't see it being anything with Nintendo (Fatal Frame or an Eternal Darkness revival). Capcom's not out-sourcing Resident Evil these days. Sony downsizing Japan Studio & losing the creator of Silent Hill/Siren means the chance that they're working on a Silent Hill game or Siren game these days is very low. Other than those, I'm hard pressed to think of a major horror game franchise that they could be working on other than a Konami collaboration for Silent Hill. Konami is all about outsourcing IP to studios they think can do something with them.
Of course, it could be a non-game related horror IP. It's also possible that they're working with a major publisher on a new IP (unlikely since they said people would be excited when they found out).
For me the "we're working on it" sounds like they are on an existing IP.Eh, if it's Silent Hill, I say more power to them. The worst that can happen is another mediocre Silent Hill game. It's not like the franchise hasn't already been sullied, and there's a chance a developer with a background in horror games could actually do a decent job with the IP.
Based on the quote though, I don't think it's Silent Hill. He said, "I'm pretty sure when people realize we're working on it, they will be very excited." And if this thread is anything to go by, people are generally not very excited by the notion of Bloober working on Silent Hill.
Based on the quote though, I don't think it's Silent Hill. He said, "I'm pretty sure when people realize we're working on it, they will be very excited." And if this thread is anything to go by, people are generally not very excited by the notion of Bloober working on Silent Hill.
Ok that's a bit dramatic for a team of developers who are creating games within a niche that they like. I imagine that if they're taking on a project like Silent Hill that they would pivot their style to match the history of that IP. Also, I love Silent Hill, but let's not act like it's an anointed franchise that is in need of "heavy lifters who know what the fuck they're doing". The Medium is heavily flawed but very creative and has an amazing aesthetic. They're not talentless hacks; they make very specific games.They only know one type of horror: walking sims with jumpscares. Also, they suck at it and are creatively bankrupt. Also, they're western. Also, they have never risen above mediocrity and for the return of a classic franchise, we need a heavy lifters who know what the fuck they're doing.
They self published The Medium. Lionsgate Games published Blair Witch."Very famous publisher"
What does that even mean? Was their former publisher not famous?
"The Silent Hill series, particularly the second game, is our inspiration. Not just for The Medium, but for our company and how we create horror games. With The Medium, we see it as a love letter to the series and to Silent Hill 2," said producer Jacek Zieba.
Thank you. I always thought that MS published their games, at least on the XboxThey self published The Medium. Lionsgate Games published Blair Witch.
So I'd say that yeah, their former publishers aren't particularly notable.
I really don't get this forums fascination with silent hill. Is it because of PT? Was it anything more than a game in R.E's shadow before the Kojima tease of PT?
why can't this just be another horror game that's not silent hill?
Last January about The Medium:
Xbox Console Exclusive The Medium Is Bloober Team's First Cinematic Horror Game
Bloober Team's next horror game is set across two parallel worlds, and it focuses more on unnerving storytelling than cheap scares.www.gamespot.com
Rule of Rose 2 by Bloober, world is crazy enough lol, why not.Dead Space, Eternal Darkness, The Suffering (WB), Fatal Frame, Clock Tower, Siren, Parasite Eve, Haunting Ground, Kuon, Extermination (From Software/Kadokawa), Rule of Rose (Sony), Nanashi no Game (Square Enix).
It could very well be another movie IP.