It fits well… almost too well
A lifelong Silent Hill fan reviews The Short Message
Konami won't let you forget that Silent Hill: The Short Message is actually a Silent Hill game, but something is missing. In this one, you follow a teenage girl named Anita, who wakes up in an abandoned apartment building; after receiving strange texts from her friend Maya, Anita goes out to find her. Along the way, she confronts her trauma and guilt while being sucked into a horror straight out of her tormented psyche. Does that sound familiar? If you've played Silent Hill 2 or many other games created after it, you bet it does.
The card, which was never officially announced despite fans knowing it was in development, suddenly dropped on the PlayStation Store after its first trailer was shown during Sony's January State of Play. Stranger still, it was free to play. Konami partnered with Hexadrive on the game, which only takes a couple of hours to play through and serves as both a standalone experience and a precursor to the upcoming Silent Hills.
[Ed. note: This review contains spoilers for Silent Hill: The Short Message. It also includes discussions of bullying, mental illness and suicide.]
