Although on equal footing at one point in time, flash forward to the present day, and Resident Evil has completely reenergized itself while Silent Hill has almost faded away into a memory. First launching on the PlayStation 1 in 1999, Silent Hill immediately grabbed players for its emphasis on cerebral scares and haunting atmosphere over the more action oriented approach the competing Resident Evil franchises centered upon. That game's Director's Cut just so happens to be out today, also.The odds haven't been in Silent Hill's favor for quite some time now, with the once-prestigious horror franchise falling from its once mighty place in the gaming pantheon. The company famously canceled a planned new entry, Silent Hills, taking its teaser PT off the PlayStation Store and eventually causing Norman Reedus, Hideo Kojima, and Guillermo del Toro to collaborate on Death Stranding, instead. Terrifying as it often is, Resident Evil Village also features some truly goofy characters, and protagonist Ethan Winters in particular seems to have been written as an airheaded dork on purpose.Īs for the Silent Hill series, despite rumors of reboots and sequels, we have yet to see anything concrete from publisher Konami. This sort of self-referential and campy humor was a signature element of early horror games (Jill sandwich, anyone?) but it has, thankfully, not been completely omitted from more horror titles. It then gets weirdly sensual for about two seconds before the credits end. More than that, though, the ending also includes a slideshow of sorts that seems to imply the developers knew how cheesy some aspects of the "actual" game were-and we don't just mean because there is a spinning pizza.
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