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Shattered Memories is a great game. It has more silent in it than The Room.
There is nothing wrong with making something different, everybody complains that its too different. Or because there are no weapons, and there is a reason for that, you just have to really understand the plot and the basis of the game. That its more of a psicological thriller than a survival horror game. Some people might not undestand it cause of all the psicological stuff, but to those who do understand it its an ejoyable experience. Nothing last forever, game franchises change. And besides, it be boring if EVERY silent hill game was the same.

There can be no compromise between multiplayer and Silent Hill and expect a pleasent ending from the fans. It's not in any way what the game is about, but its judgement will pass in due time. As for Shattered Memories, it did more than redefine the first game. It tried and, in my opinion, failed to provide a sense of dread adequate to the previous installments. Telling me to run from every problem is only simplifying my choices. It's quite easy to understand "oh a monster, time to run". When carrying a weapon, not only do you get the freedom to fight or flight, but it puts the player on edge in ANTICIPATION of when that next moment appears. I won't be the first to admit, I've swung plenty a rusty pipe at Eileen for sneaking up behind me from nowhere.

Which brings me to The Room, which I'll defend forever more till I die, because, in my opinion, this was the last REALLY worthy installment since things began to decline. Our latest hope lies in Downpour, and I hope its name is all that is implied and nothing more. The Room supplied more than enough unforseen horrors and jumps, all while remaining true to the story and keeping its connections mentioned through silent hill 2. It's a challenge to create a game from scrap, its even more so to make it revolved around another story.