Dark and Twisted Details Revealed for the Unannounced SILENT HILL Game SILENT HILL: THE SHORT TAPES

Silent Hill is one of my favorite horror video game franchises. For the most part, the games that have been made deliver wonderful twisted stories with nightmarish thrills. There’s a new game in development that hasn’t been officially announced yet, but details have been leaking about it.

The game is titled Silent Hill: The Short Tapes, and some new details have surfaced regarding the story and characters. I’ve gotta say… this game sounds like it’s going to be dark as hell.

The leak comes from DuskGolem (via GamesRadar), who is said to be a reliable source when it comes to horror projects. It’s noted that the story details are from late 2020, and things might have changed as the game has been developed over the years at Konami.

I should also warn that the plot details below include descriptions of self-harm and suicide. The notes were translated from Japanese.

The game follows Anita Planelt, a 17-year-old suffering from suicidal ideations. “Anita is a shy girl whose only friend is another, more popular girl named Maya, who she's known for years. Maya distances herself from Anita when the latter starts watching "shocking" videos, cutting her wrists, and writing some sort of presumably disturbing story.”

It’s explained that "One day, Maya is found dead by apparent suicide, to the horror of her classmates. As Anita grapples with the loss of her friend, she decides to visit the site of her death, an abandoned apartment complex, to both better understand her mental state at the time and to sate her curiosity around mysterious activity on Maya's social media accounts.”

Yeah, that sounds like a very nightmarish and dark story, especially with suicide being involved because it’s such a heavy subject matter to play with. What are you thoughts on the details that have been revealed for the game so far?