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My guess is they'll make their judgment based on the success of Downpour on how to make the next major game--the progression from Homecoming to Shattered Memories to Downpour, gameplay-wise, shows that they're trying to listen to fans--and maybe look at the reviews of whatchamacallit (Lost Memories?) for spin-offs, but I don't care about that one anyway. xd

I think they'll also listen to fans' opinions of the story. (I still don't know Downpour's story, so don't spoil it!) For example, if the majority of the fanbase is going "Thank God they aren't trying to squeeze more life out of those annoying cultists for the plot," we probably won't see the cult back for a long time.

Eh, yep, I don't doubt this one bit. And it kind of pisses me off at the fanbases. =x=

Quite personally, Downpour didn't keep the gameplay, the weapons breaking combat system... Terrible.... Doesn't make it scary, just makes it really really annoying. I personally prefer story because well lets face it, Homecoming failed to execute how they used the cult, and Downpour tried to evade the question all-together...This cycle of using completely different characters each time is getting quite trendy, and annoying. XD But at least, perhaps maybe someday, somebody might try something that rocks with this series again.

Yeah, but why ditch one when you can have both? U,U You can't have a sandwich without bread, that is what the newer games do to the series. I'm not saying to use the same character every game, but never connecting them, trying to introduce random people who have no connection whatsoever to the town other than they randomly crash there, or that they were born there, has no strong basis to go by.
Alessa, and Harry aren't needed to make a Silent Hill game, but the cult in some manor needs closer ties, considering between them in the spiritual power of the town, they are the most important functions. Silent Hill isn't random town with demons blah blah blah... It is much more complicated than that. : D And the thing being gameplay focussed, still has too much combat, not enough enemies, and rushed meh endings.

It did not do many of those things well, and you can't really argue that there never really has been the same protagonists, or similar protagonists considering half of the later games never were meant to exist prior to 3, which it was looking like they were going to wrap it up there.

SH4 was never actually planned to be SH4, it was going to be the Room, until Konami wanted a buck off of it.

SHO: Contradictory, non-canon, never planned.

SHHC: See previous:

SHSM: Once again. biggrin Though this could add to your argument in some way.

SHDP: Meh same as the previous ones.

There is a lot of combat in Downpour, and it's usually the same repetitive monsters, but it's not as much until later on. The last few areas are full of just monsters, and monsters, and monsters, it's true you can run, but there are tons of monsters that's how.

You misunderstand me on four, it's good, but it still wasn't a planned thing by the team. Konami forced it on them, as well as forcing newer ones just to make profits off of them. D< And I like it better than Homecoming because Homecoming lacked too many things combat wise, and far too many things story wise. The only story it has is, Alex is a cluster@$%^, then he finds out that he was supposed to be a sacrifice, he could have just as easily been in Shepherd's Glen the whole game, and be a Alan Wake kind of thing considering his time in Silent Hill is highly irrelevant. But it's not so much that I don't think these games could never work, as it is that they don't get the bigger picture with the series. Why only focus on one feature, mess it up, then mess up the other due to not focusing on it? How would I have Silent Hill go? Well if we are going on introducing new protagonists, you have to explain how they expand on the last setting of the game, the setting is important. Like random character can't just enter, maybe the protagonist, and supporters in some way end up being drawn into a big misunderstanding, end up entering the town, kind of like Harry being drawn by the cult in the first game, but discover that the cult in the town is coming out of hiding again or something, and will go after Alessa, perhaps the character can read notes, and further understand who Alessa is, and basically eventually stop the cult from pursuing Heather. Or if you want to go off of a more direct idea, make one new character meet up with an older important character, accomplish something with them, or whatever. BUT INTRODUCING RANDOM UNIMPORTANT STORYLINES THAT GO NOWHERE is a no. xd I think Homecoming had terrible references. It made a reference to Cybil, do I really care that blah blah blah heard about blah blah blah? Why don't you expand on that? If we played the previous games, who wants to hear about it again?

Oh and SH4, it does contradict things, like what SH2 made the whole Walter Sullivan thing seem like. biggrin

her point is: they ACTUALLY TRIED with Homecoming. and yea, Alex was supposed to be sacrificed but Josh died first which screwed everything up because Josh was being a spoiled brat and wouldn't let me see the stupid ring its all because of the ring ((HA PUN!!)) and another point she made several times is: everyone EXCEPT the Masons had nothing t do with eachother. although, Travis from Origins was in Homecoming for like 5 seconds though.. but that's irrelevant.the stories don't really match neatly into a puzzle which is what makes SH well, SH. also the reverse is true about Alan Wake which is a very good game mind you. but Alan Wake came after Homecoming. I would know because I paid attention to that kind of thing.. if you haven't noticed each game is supposed to be a stand-alone title with just alittle here and there of the other games hence the jigsaw puzzle I mentioned earlier.