Atmospheric and full of potential it bodes well for future instalments.
There’s a lot to like about the first actual new Silent Hill game since 2014’s PT.
To some extent these only go to highlight just how crassly the game treats the topics it touches on.
The minefield of young adulthood and what happens here is absolutely perfect for a Silent Hill-style purgatory.
At one point the line ‘shut your whore mouth’ is used, said by no high schooler ever.
Or indeed anyone this side of 1909.
But The Short Message is a decent statement of intent at the very least.
Most importantly, it feels like a Silent Hill game even with the new ideas and flaws.
