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Got really excited when konami said they were putting out a free, short silent hill game out for the ps5. You should play it for yourself if you have a ps5, it IS completely free, but the game suffers a lot in it's narrative, which should be the best part of it. Short Message's protagonist sees a lot of messages on the walls and notes that come from her trauma inflicted by her mother. This messages, however, are accompanied with an angry voice that does not do justice to the meaning they should carry. The voice acting of these phrases are always exaggerated and that loses impact very early. Also, a plotpoint that should have been explored more- her brother- is brushed over very easily, along with other nitpicks I wont go into. Being a "walking simulator" it's gameplay is nothing to write home about, and it even manages to get walking simulators wrong with the chase sequences that are just annoying to deal with, the last one especially. Otherwise, the atmosphere of the game IS very well done, and it has great scenes here and there but they are overshadowed by the worst parts of the experience.

Reviewed on Feb 01, 2024


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