Nobody was expecting a new Silent Hill game—much less one that stars Walking Dead actor Norman Reedus, and is being made by Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro.But that’s exactly what a little demo released on the PS4 store yesterday surprisingly teased for some players who beat it: a new horror game called Silent Hills.
The demo is called “P.T.,” as we all now know, and it stands for “Playable Teaser”—as in, playable teaser for
Silent Hills. The reaction to this news on social media has been pretty fantastic.
It seems safe to say that many people are hyped on the project. There’s definitely some concern over how certain things will be handled in the game too, but nobody can deny that the interactive manner in which
Silent Hills was revealed was novel and so very Kojima-like. After all, right up until the end of the demo, nobody actually knew what P.T. actually was:
Here’s some more of what people have to say about Silent Hills:
TL;DR Kojima is a beautiful troll.
And amazing.— Tsun (@Soulflarz) August 13, 2014
I bet Kojima is stoked to not be working on a Metal Gear game in the first time in forever
— Will Richardson (@KGrooveEnjoyer) August 13, 2014
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>Demos cardboard boxes
>Stealth reveals SHKojima stays winning for all time.
— Ron “Ronald” Taylor, Esq. (@TaleSpun) August 12, 2014
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By Aliens nomenclature, Silent Hills takes place directly after Silent Hill, right?
— chris person (@Papapishu) August 13, 2014
Silent Hills = plural scariness
— Wario64 (@Wario64) August 13, 2014
COLONEL: james! you found a tactical flashlight! i-
JAMES: the dummy. it was wearing a dress. just like mary's
COLONEL: stay focussed james!— alex⸎ (@linedrag) August 12, 2014
This new Silent Hill has amazing potential, can't wait to see more!
— 🎃Gheremie Johnson🎃 (@Gheremie_J) August 12, 2014
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Kojima's genius comes from the fact he's actually based in a separate pane of reality where all the mental shit he does makes sense.
— Thongchai (@owen_beynon) August 13, 2014
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Kojima should release a new PT trailer that shows people swearing at the game after they can't figure the final puzzle out.
— Chris (@kurisub) August 13, 2014
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I'm not really interested in a new Silent Hill by Kojima, but kinda curious at how photorealistic visual would work of the genre.
— ξ (⩌‸⩌ )ξ (@atlans89) August 13, 2014
what if your parents divorced when you were 8 and someone just now told you they are remarrying? this is how i feel re kojima silent hills
— 🌏🔎Leigh Alexander 🐬💿✨ (@leighalexander) August 13, 2014
IMAGINE KOJIMA AS A COP. Most convoluted murder theories ever.
— Tamoor Hussain (@tamoorh) August 13, 2014
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I think I feel most sorry for the Silent Hills playtesters. "But Kojima-san, there's puddles everywhere!" "NOT GOOD ENOUGH. SCARIER!"
— Ben Borthwick (@The_B) August 13, 2014
Let's hope they don't mess up what PT did. If they rattle off about how great Hills' combat system is in the future, I'll fucking scream.
— JJSignal – GET ROM: NEURODIVER (@jjsignal) August 13, 2014
And obviously, there are some video reactions to P.T., too—it is a game, after all. Here are a couple of people playing through the game, in case you’re too scared to play through it yourself…or, if you just want to be amused at how the game managed to scare people really well:
What about you, how did you react to the new Silent Hill?
