>>544088084
>the story itself and the character study is not bad
I think it's pretty godawful. On the one hand it presents itself as feminist-pandering anti-natalist slop, but as the story unfolds it becomes clear that in actuality Hinako is just a massive self-centered fucking cunt. There's nothing meaningful or sympathetic about her struggle. Ryukishi's manuscript is a stupid fucking mess, just like usual.
>managed to actually tie Silent Hill lore into it
Hinako just happening to probably be on a White Claudia-derived drug and that driving her nuts to the point where a spindly Japanese twat can just casually commit a mass murder is not the sort of lore connection I appreciate. The fact some white missionary just arbitrarily came to Japan with the seeds is pretty contrived no matter how you look at it. The extent to which White Claudia can be used to justify the plot (disregarding Hinako's divine bloodline horseshit) is also really suspect.
If I were to list something that's actually good about it, its aesthetic can be cool in a vacuum, but it's not whatsoever Silent Hill. It's its entirely own thing. Even then, it undercuts itself when its bosses talk during the fight and say the sort of shit you'd expect from a Kingdom Hearts boss. The spirit realm is a poor as shit Otherworld less compelling in many ways even than the post-Team Silent funhouses.
>>544089382
To new players it's just "that old series of horror games people said was really good back in the day" and they don't want to bother to go to the effort of getting ahold of those actually good games, so they eat whatever new slop Konami shits out into the trough thoughtlessly. To Konami, it's just pinning a well-known and beloved IP's title on an unrelated horror game protect so it will sell simply on brand recognition and perhaps the desperation of a long-forgotten and neglected fanbase. Makes me sick.