Team Silent did NOT break up, Konami disbanded them

[Max Payne]

According to Kenzie LaMar, an artist for Silent Hill: Homecoming, Team Silent did not just get up and go. Konami apparently pushed them away because they wanted the games to be different. This comment comes from Kenzie on his deviantART page from 2010. We may be late on this, but the comments are pretty interesting.

Just remember and never forget that if you don’t like the direction of where Silent Hill went the only people you can blame are Konami themselves. They are the ones who canned team Silent and wanted someone else to make the games. And Konami wanted the games to be different. Thats why team Silent was disbanded. From what I heard they were very happy with the games made by Double Helix and Climax. They were losing faith in the franchise for years. And to further prove what I am saying, they made an arcade style Silent Hill shoot’em’up gun game!! How Silent Hill is that?!


The biggest complaint by Silent Hill elitists is that Team Silent should come back. But if these comments by Kenzie are true, then blame can not entirely be put on new teams, but the publisher itself. Silent Hill: Homecoming was not well received by fans due to many influences from the film adaptation. These statements are hard to believe though. Why would Konami push away the team who created the series? Developers move from project to project. It makes much more sense to believe that the team just moved on, and was not forced to step down.

Kenzie also states that Silent Hill: Homecoming at one point looked “200% better” than the product that we ended up with. The downsizing came due to “optimizing the engine and texture reduction”. Interesting.

While we embrace the new Silent Hill developers, whether they be Silent Hill: Downpour’s Vatra Games or Climax, some fans do not. The biggest issue with getting the Silent Hill series to be well received by long time fans is to eradicate the misconceptions that no one but Team Silent is capable of a great game. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is the perfect example of that.

So what do the fanatics in the audience think? Has your anger moved to the higher ups at the publisher, or will you continue to dislike the new teams no matter how good their games are? Silent Hill: Downpour is looking to be a great entry into the series, and a refreshing step in the right direction. So, chill pills are in order.

http://helldescent.com/2011/01/17/team-silent-disbanded-by-konami-homecoming-artist-says-so/

Fuck you Konami. This is why shitty metal gear games are the only profitable franchise you still have left.

 

[Makoeyes987]

At this point, I'm just waiting for the YGO Silent Hill spin off series.

So we can finally just put a bullet in SH for good.

 

[Cat Rage Room]

Oh, Japan!

 

[Arianna]

I never played the games, but I did watch YouTube play throughs, as well as read up a bit on the games and the story-behind-the-stories.

My opinion is bring the original game making team back, but don't throw away the possibilities of the other two. Perhaps with some direction from the original team, the new teams' work can come around to satisfy all SH fans.

Eh - I am more a fan of the supernatural and paranormal aspects of the game. I probably shouldn't talk, but - there it is.

 

[Celes Chere]

Konami apparently pushed them away because they wanted the games to be different.

SERIOUSLY?! Oooh, great idea. .___.

Homecoming and Shattered Memories are terrible in comparison to the other games! Homecoming had some good moments, but it's no where NEAR as good as 1-4, and I think there was like one part in that entire game that scared me. It's lost it's twisted touch, it's becoming pop out at you scary. The monsters in SH Homecoming // Shattered Memories weren't as cool as the other ones, either. The other monsters had actual meanings put with them too, as to how they looked, and these monsters as far as I know, do not. Except for one in Homecoming where once you kill it, the achievement is something related to James, but I have no idea why. Pyramid Head should not even be in that damned game. .__. He doesn't even make sense there. . . sure they imply that he's not just a part of James (Walter speaking about a red killer or w/e), but in this it's just ERRRRGGGFF random. Couldn't they have created a NEW monster related to the character to pass judgment on him?

NEVERMIND BECAUSE THEIR MONSTERS SUCKED THEY HAD TO BORROW THE OLD ONES That fucking hammerhead creature is so ridiculous looking, it just makes me laugh. A few of them are creepy looking... but it's something you yourself could have imagined. The other games, you couldn't believe you were seeing that shit. And it's not just the monsters... these main characters have been so shitty it's like, you want to let them die. The whole time in SH Homecoming I was wondering why I had to chase my douche of a brother, the plot line was predictable, and so was the stupid love interest that you did not care about saving... at all.

And who else thought Shattered Memories... was boring! It's the same thing over and over, and when you're not in the other world, it's totally boring.

KONAMI, I R MAD AT CHU.

Oh, and I don't know much about this Silent Hill Downpour game, because the preview of it shows you... NOTHING. Just that it's dark and rainy, and the main character is ugly. Unless another trailer of it came out ... if so... post? XD

 

[Alexia Ashford]

I don't understand why people need to change things that everyone loves! I mean seriously! Why push them away?
And it's not like the new developers aren't at fault for their own crappy games.
They're changing everything everyone loved about Silent Hill, and like Celes said, making them stupid pop up scares instead of the true horror they were.
I wasn't sacred at all when I played homecoming and my brother beat the entire thing with every single ending in like a week. That's not cool. Really.
1-4 are epic! I mean, 4 wasn't as well liked as the others but it was still an awesome game. Why mess with a good thing? This is stupid. Bring Team Silent back or else give the game to someone who ACTUALLY KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
:/
Cheap scares aren't fun.

Spoiler: unless

it's the SH3 haunted mansion. That shiz is hilarious. That's Danny.

 

[Celes Chere]

@your spoiler

The reason those cheap scares were so fucking creepy, was because all of the shit you went through getting to that point. xD

Spoiler: and then the

KILLER RED LIGHT OF DEATH

 

[Max Payne]

What, you didn't like the mountain of breasts in Homecoming?

I thought it was absolutely shit on pants terrifying L

 

[Alessa Gillespie]

i think you mean head on pants retarded, dac

BUT YEAH WHAT IS THIS SHIT FUCK YOU KONAMI, YOU'VE BROKEN MY HEART

I WILL NEVER LOVE YOU AGAIN YOU ASSHOLE </3