S.E.E.S.

The trivia that Team Silent modeled Midwich Elementary after the school in Kindergarten Cop (1990) is repeated so often that it’s reaching Viggo-Mortenson-broke-toe-kicking-Uruk-hai-helmet levels. Instead, why don’t people question why an ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAS A CHEMISTRY LAB!?

On a more serious note, I feel that schools are such an appropriate setting for Silent Hill games. I’ve long nursed an idea for a new SH game that uses schools as the environmental conceits, kind of how like Downpour uses rain. The narrative would be broken into four parts with accompanying locations: elementary school, middle school, high school and college. The player would roam these desolate halls, uncovering clues about the protagonist’s traumatic past.

Plus, empty schools are the stuff of nightmares. Take it from a teacher.