'Silent Hills' Would Have Sent You Text Messages Outside The Game

Staff Reporter, Tech Times 02 December 2019, 09:12 am

Silent Hills Title From Trailer — (Photo : IGN Youtube)

Kojima's remake of Silent Hill, aptly named Silent Hills (notice the s), never seems to have any shortage of what-ifs and could-have-beens.

The most recent rumor is that Silent Hills would have interacted with you, the player, even if you weren't playing the game.

In a tweet by Alanah Pearce, most well known as a host for IGN and as a current producer for YouTube gaming channel FunHaus, reveals that she heard a rumor where in-game characters from Silent Hills would email and send you text messages even if you were far away from your TV screen or monitor. Konami, who was supposed to develop and produce the game, was going to make players sign a waiver before starting the game to make sure that they're not held liable to anything that might happen because of this supposed creepiness.

Of course, that's just another one to add to the ever-evolving myths of Silent Hills. Hideo Kojima has a weird penchant to attracting and collaborating with well-known titans from across various mediums. In 2014, when P.T, the playable demo of Silent Hills was released, Guillermo Del Toro and Norman Reedus were attached to the horror game project. And while the project, as we know it, has been canned and shelved, the two continued to work with Kojima in his first project after departing Konami. In Death Stranding, Norman Reedus stars as Sam Porter, and Del Toro's likeness is used for Deadman.

There was also a rumor circulating that Microsoft was planning to buy the near-completed Silent Hills. An anonymous source reached out to Rooster Teeth that Microsoft was in talks with Konami to purchase and finish the horror game as an Xbox One exclusive. The rumor was eventually debunked by the Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox himself, in a tweet.

Other Names in the List

There have been other names that were rumored to have been working with Kojima. These people were speculated to have been brought aboard the Silent Hills project, but only recently have there been confirmation of their involvement (or non-involvement).

One such name is legendary horror manga writer Junji Ito. While it was never revealed as to what Ito's role would have been in Silent Hills, it could be assumed that Ito would have been given a prominent writing role for the game. Ito's most popular works involve "body horror", gruesome depictions, and mutations of the human body. He also inserts themes of Lovecraftian or supernatural horror, as well as unsettling patterns and imagery.

Sadly, Ito revealed in a Twitter post that he never really got to work on the game. He reportedly had a meeting with both Del Toro and Kojima at Konami's headquarters, after which they headed out for karaoke. Ito states that there was no development after that, and heard about the cancelation of the game through outside sources. He was unable to provide any drawing or sketch or any rough draft for any kind of story.