Embarrassment

Over these past week I "participated" in the release of a brand new and ambitious horror game called Silent Hill Ascension, set in the iconic universe of the Silent Hill video game franchise. From the get go, it's a significant departure from the well-known Silent Hill survival horror gameplay style, moving towards a more Supermassive Games-style interactive storytelling akin to titles like Until Dawn

✨Overview Silent Hill: Ascension is an ambitious interactive horror television series set in the iconic universe of the Silent Hill video game franchise. Developed by Genvid Technologies and Behaviour Interactive in collaboration with Konami Digital Entertainment, the project marks a significant departure from the traditional survival horror gameplay that has defined the Silent Hill series. Instead, Ascension adopts a format reminiscent of interactive storytelling games like

I’ve spent hours messing around with Silent Hill: Ascension, and I’m still not sure who it’s for or what it’s trying to be. Not only is the plot is paper-thin, but it’s just not engaging enough to serve as a standalone story. There's not enough interactivity to make it feel like an actual game. It makes couple obvious references to previous Silent Hill games, but it doesn’t even feel like a satisfying piece of fanservice.