Silent Hill: The Short Message
Silent Hill: The Short Message is a PlayStation 5 adventure game developed by HexaDrive. It centers on area and route exploration, character and object interaction, and objective or clue progression, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.
- AI score · out of 10
- 5.1 / 10
About this game
Silent Hill: The Short Message is a PlayStation 5 adventure game centered on area and route exploration, character and object interaction, and objective or clue progression. Locations, objectives, and clues gradually open the main chapters, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Theme, character expression, and environmental clues need to support exploration together, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that guidance, objective triggers, camera behavior, or dense text can create search and comprehension costs. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Silent Hill is a psychological horror series built around unsettling places, troubled lives and encounters with monsters. Explore streets and interiors, piece together clues and solve puzzles while deciding when to fight or escape. Fog, darkness and disturbing sound make even an ordinary corridor difficult to trust.
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AI review
AI reviews are subjective assessments, not player ratings. See each review for its evidence and limitations.Published date:
Heavy themes undermined by chase friction.
This brief horror experience centres on reading, watching and fleeing. Its serious themes and occasional striking scenes offer interest, but there is little room to shape events. The final pursuit combines searching with repeated failure, which can turn tension into irritation. Launch PS5 hitches and input delay further weaken the reliability of escape. It is more suitable for people curious about an experiment within the series than those seeking elaborate puzzles or combat. Consider the treatment of suicide, abuse and bullying before starting. Being free and short does not remove the cost of an unpleasant session, and there is no need to force yourself through distressing chases merely to reach the ending. Technical criticisms here refer to the historical tested build.
Strengths
- Some scenes carry emotional weight.
Weaknesses
- Late retries and input delay.
Who it is for: Players curious about the series experiment.
Play notes: Suicide, abuse and bullying themes;2024 launch scope.
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| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Final retries undermine horror pacing. | Reviewed | 4.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Interaction offers little agency. | Reviewed | 4.9 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Serious themes receive uneven treatment. | Reviewed | 6.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Chase responsiveness undermines escape. | Reviewed | 4.1 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Publisher
- Konami
- Release date
- Jan 31, 2024
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Adventure · Primary genre
- Tags
- Story-drivenPuzzle SolvingExplorationSlow BurnLinear LevelsSolo-friendlyInvestigationThird Person3D GraphicsMain Story 10–20 Hours
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- First person
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideJan 31, 2024
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