It wouldn’t be Silent Hill without fan theories
Silent Hill: Townfall’sannouncement was decidedly cryptic, but fans have since found various secrets hiding in the trailer. Announced duringKonami’s Silent Hill Transmission broadcastlast week, Silent Hill: Townfall is being developed by No Code, the studio behind the spookyObservation. The trailer was light on details, with a speech about crime and judgement playing over footage from a Pocket Television, but some eagle-eyed - or perhaps eared - fans have uncovered messages hidden in the audio that might give us a hint of what Townfall is all about.
The biggest discovery comes from Reddit user u/MilkManEx, whoconverted the trailer’s audio into MP3and has seemingly unearthed text in the spectrogram reading: “WHATEVER HEART THIS TOWN HAD HAS NOW STOPPED.” Meanwhile, theSilent Hill forumfound an SOS signal hidden between the “THY FLESH IS WEAK” images on the CRTV.
Over on Twitter, fans deciphered anothermorse code messageon images posted by Annapurna, the game’s co-publisher. This time the message reads: “I DONT KNOW HOW TO LEAVE.”
By differencing the two distorted SILENT HILL Townfall images posted by Annapurna Interactive and No Code, you will reveal a hidden Morse code message at the bottom right that reads “I don’t know how to leave.”pic.twitter.com/OlaaQDXGxY
Fans are also debating the voice heard at0.33in the trailer where the subtitles read “(female voice inaudible over radio)". Some fans seemingly heard “Wow, is that really Alessa?”, while others heard “Alessa or Heather.” Both characters are prominent in Silent Hill lore, and all of these clues have led to theories that Townfall will delve into Silent Hill’s origins - the town’s fall, if you like. Of course, there could be even more clues hidden in Townfall’s announcement trailer, but that seems like a job for someone with Batman’s detective skills.
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