There is some competence at work here, lasting the duration of a shot or single line of dialogue every episode, but it is greatly - and I mean GREATLY overshadowed by the incompetence stemming not only from the creative direction but its connection to the "world of Silent Hill," a phrase that in itself ruins the integrity of the series' emotional weight and narrative intrigue by implying a cinematic universe of interconnected stories taking place in-or-adjacent to the titular town.
Everything it does is fully unrelated to Silent Hill, aside from a nod here and there forcing you to remember that yes, as a matter of fact, they did at least glance at a Silent Hill game before making this.
Even with ties cut to Konami, if this had been titled something different and intended as an independent project; a new Supermassive narrative title or Netflix interactive drama or even a mobile choose-your-own-adventure game, it has created such a low ceiling of quality for itself that it doesn't even matter than they made it into a live-service streaming vote game. Nothing could have made this good. Unfortunately, we did all watch it out of morbid curiosity, and they didn't cancel it halfway like we thought they would.
Everything it does is fully unrelated to Silent Hill, aside from a nod here and there forcing you to remember that yes, as a matter of fact, they did at least glance at a Silent Hill game before making this.
Even with ties cut to Konami, if this had been titled something different and intended as an independent project; a new Supermassive narrative title or Netflix interactive drama or even a mobile choose-your-own-adventure game, it has created such a low ceiling of quality for itself that it doesn't even matter than they made it into a live-service streaming vote game. Nothing could have made this good. Unfortunately, we did all watch it out of morbid curiosity, and they didn't cancel it halfway like we thought they would.