Topic: Silent Hill?

[Inccubus]

Two thoughts...

1) Pyramid Head = manifestation of the Red God, Xuchilbara. And... Vatiel = manifestation of the Yellow God, Lobsel Vith.

2) How about a Silent Hill / Castlevania crossover? How do you think that would pan out?

Thoughts on the above?



Speaking of crossovers, prepare for bonus of epicness:

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With the empire like that? Who wouldn't want to join 

I honestly don't know if Silent Hill could mesh well with CV. I've never played Silent Hill so I would know. I've always felt that Castlevania was like Halloween. The kind of thing that made you feel giddy like when you were a kid again just waiting for the holiday to come. That to me is essentially Castlevania. I've seen one of my friends play Silent Hill and while the unexpectedness, creep-factor and the environments are impressive, I really don't know how well it could work.

[Inccubus]

Definitely not game play wise. I have no clue what sort of game could be concocted that could involved both franchises.
As for Castlevania being Halloween-ish, I agree the old continuity is definitely like that, but you have to admit LOS isn't nearly as much like that. If I were to be put in charge of such a project I'd definitely go with LoS over classicvania just because I wouldn't have to redesign the entirety of CV to fit better with Silent Hill.
Could be interesting to have a character with the Belmont name be a VanHelsing type in one of the Silent Hills. And having some of the monsters or bosses from Silent Hill making an appearance in LoS wouldn't be a bad thing either. Hell, CV has plenty of demonic entities, right?
LOL, a Belmont bonus character in Silent Hill as opposed to an alien weapon would be epic.
Hmmm... here's another thought. What would Silent Hill appear like to a Belmont?

[A-Yty]

Ditto on CV (at least initially) being like Halloween (or an oldschool spooky movie). Maybe it's more like a gothic melodrama now. But I wouldn't mind seeing creepy crap in Castlevania someday. Maybe not a hulking triangle-helmet wearing guy raping armless, faceless humanoid creatures that may or may not be the protagonist's illusions, but something.

[Munchy]

2) How about a Silent Hill / Castlevania crossover? How do you think that would pan out?

Ehhh, outside of a fun parody game like Wai Wai World, I dunno. They're two completely different kinds of monsters, time periods, characters, and game styles.

Actually, a modern Wai Wai World game with all the modern Konami characters would be hilarious.

[shelverton.]

Putting both the Silent Hill arcade game and the Akumajo arcade game in a bundle for Wii or PSMove is as far as I can see these two franchises together.

However, putting Pyramid Head as an easter egg boss in a darker and more serious Castlevania game could definitely work. As long as it's not part of the story, more like an easter egg thing. A kind of WTF moment which people unfamiliar with the Silent Hill universe won't even notice.

Putting something Castlevaniaesque in a Silent Hill game would be much harder though. I'm not interested in that. Unless there'd fit a VILLA (LIGHTNING STRIKES) in Silent Hill somewhere. Again, no explanations, just a discreet nod.

EDIT: The Puppet Master from DoS could be redesigned and put in a Silent Hill game perhaps. The iron maidens is creepy enough.

[beingthehero]

I agree that it'd be easier to fit a Silent Hill boss as an enemy in Castlevania than the vice versa. I was talking to Puwexil on IRC, and we both agreed that Pyramid Head = epic CV boss.

[A-Yty]

Putting something Castlevaniaesque in a Silent Hill game would be much harder though. I'm not interested in that. Unless there'd fit a VILLA (LIGHTNING STRIKES) in Silent Hill somewhere. Again, no explanations, just a discreet nod.

Not that it was a reference to Castlevania, but there was that "haunted" mansion in SH3. It also had some dark comedy moments.

[Neobelmont]

I do not know if this was intended but you all think this guy was some nod to PH?


Castlevania Lords of Shadow Chapter 10-4 Crematory Oven

[Abnormal Freak]

Putting both the Silent Hill arcade game and the Akumajo arcade game in a bundle for Wii or PSMove is as far as I can see these two franchises together.

This. And fuck, FUCKFUCKFUCK, I want it to happen soon, on the PS3 (since I just picked up da Moov and the games were done in HD for the arcade; no downgraded ports for me).

[Inccubus]

I do not know if this was intended but you all think this guy was some nod to PH?


Castlevania Lords of Shadow Chapter 10-4 Crematory Oven

Those are exactly the group of monsters I was thinking about as I was writing my initial post. Also, the Grave Digger dude would be right at home in Silent Hill. Fuck, he even has a tentacle move from inside his helmet.

[TheouAegis]

Wasn't Gravedigger just a parody of The Undertaker? or was there another Grave Digger?

And the dude in that LoS video looks more like a hulk than PH to me. PH was creepier.

Anyway, I was always under the impression that CV was about fighting real demons, while SH was about fighting the demons inside you. ... To put it another way, for me -

Castlevania : Evil Dead :: Silent Hill : Hellraiser
(Castlevania is to Evil Dead as Silent Hill is to Hellraiser)

Two completely different styles of movie. CV is fun horror. SH is grotesque psychological horror.

[Mooning Freddy]

NO.


Combining CV and Silent Hill would be blasphemy.

Combining Silent Hill with anything is blasphemy.

CV is much more an action game than anything else. The horror elements are there, but they're not very significant.
Silent hill is survival horror. You are thrown into a distorted world of your worst nightmares and must defend yourself from fucked-up creatures with a fucking rusty pipe. Sure, the games have their share of humor as well (UFO ending, Dog ending, Transform costume in SH3), but those are extras that you can unlock AFTER you finish the game. The basic gameplay is hard because the main characters are regular people, not all-powerful vampire hunters. To top it all, once the monsters fall down, you are forced to STOMP them until they die. What Belmont would stomp his enemies? That's too cruel.

[Abnormal Freak]

Castlevania : Evil Dead :: Silent Hill : Hellraiser

I never saw the Cenobites as being psychological. I think Silent Hill is more akin to Jacob's Ladder while Castlevania is more Universal and Hammer Horror. ;)

Actually, considering how much Jacob's Ladder and David Lynch films/Twin Peaks inspired the Silent Hill games, it's sad how the movie is nothing like any of those or the games. I don't have high hopes for the sequel...

[VladCT]

What Belmont would stomp his enemies? That's too cruel.

I'd be more inclined to call that pragmatism, though I don't know if there's any Castlevania protagonist who's even the slightest bit pragmatic...