Silent Hill Short Message Walkthrough, Wiki and More
by Mathelene
Updated Feb 05, 2024
Silent Hill Short Message Walkthrough
Starting in the Deteriorating Building:
Your friend Maya has asked to meet you. After leaving the first room, interact with the building model on your left.
Find and interact with both the newspaper and the planning pamphlet inside a room to unlock the door.
Room 202 and the Cherry Blossom Painting:
Head down to room 202. Inside, the door will close behind you until you interact with the Cherry Blossom painting in the back room.
On the opposite side of the room, find an article about Cherry Blossom's work and interact with it.
Sticky Note Room and Beyond:
In the hallway, read texts from Amelie and enter the sticky note room for a cutscene.
To the left after the cutscene, interact with a note about child abuse on a wooden cabinet.
Explore further to find a bedroom; interact with antidepressants on the side table.
In the bathroom, interact with the razor on the sink for a disturbing cutscene.
Maze of Chain-Link Fences:
After the bathroom scene, run through the maze of chain-link fences.
Find yourself locked in a new room. Interact with a newspaper article about teens committing suicide and another Cherry Blossom artwork.
Leave the apartment.
Hallway Exploration and Room 214:
Head into the hallway, turn left, then make an immediate right. At the end of the hallway, interact with a sign behind a grate that says "Warning DO NOT ENTER."
Enter room 214, spray-painted with CB. Interact with the sketchbook at the back of the room and trigger a cutscene.
Escape the monster by circling around the chain link and run down the hall to the right. Take the left door.
Back in the Villa:
After a cutscene, wake up back in the Villa. Head outside and find yourself back in room 201.
Go out into the hallway, interact with the refrigerator, and proceed down the hallway with the swinging light.
Enter room 202 again for more interactables, including a destroyed Cherry Blossom artwork.
Room Exploration and Puzzle:
Explore various rooms, read books, and find tarot cards.
Reach room 214 again and hear a woman humming through the door. Proceed through the well-lit door, leading to a school hallway.
Explore lockers, experience surreal sequences, and complete a chase.
Back in CB's Studio and School Library:
Back in room 214, interact with a journal, a completed painting, and a pregnancy test.
Leave the room to find yourself in a school library. Interact with books and start a new chase sequence.
End up back in the Villa.
Final Sections and Puzzle Completion:
Read a diary page, interact with a fridge, and progress down the hallway.
Explore rooms 206 and 207, read journal entries, and unlock doors to repeated apartment scenarios.
Solve a puzzle involving photographs, and interact with spotlighted images in CB's studio to complete the game.
Locker Code:
The locker code, 0312, is painted on the walls of the hallway. Use this code to unlock Maya's locker.
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Silent Hill: The Short Message
Silent Hill: The Short Message is a survival horror game released in 2024 for PlayStation 5. Developed by Konami and HexaDrive, the game centers on Anita, a teenage girl who receives mysterious text messages from her late friend Maya. Maya, who passed away from suicide, prompts Anita to search for clues in an abandoned apartment complex in Germany.
Throughout the game, Anita faces a petal-covered monster linked to cherry blossoms, adding a suspenseful element, but the game lacks combat, being played in a first-person perspective. The story revolves around themes of bullying, the impact of social media, and suicide. These heavy topics form the core of the narrative, making it an emotional experience.
Silent Hill: The Short Message received mixed reviews. Some praised its visuals, atmospheric elements, and themes, especially considering its free availability. However, criticism arose regarding gameplay, narrative, dialogue, and sequences involving being chased. Despite differing opinions, the game's unique approach to storytelling and its free availability made it noteworthy for players interested in exploring the darker aspects of teenage experiences.
Silent Hill: The Short Message Plot
Silent Hill: The Short Message unfolds in the made-up town of Kettenstadt, Germany, focusing on an abandoned apartment complex called the "Villa." Anita, a young woman, gets a message from her late friend Maya, an online graffiti artist known as C.B. (Cherry Blossoms), urging her to meet in the Villa. Anita follows Maya's artworks, facing flashbacks of her own online struggles and bullying. Throughout the game, a cherry blossom-covered monster chases her.
As Anita explores, she receives a call from another friend, Amelie, revealing Maya's death by suicide. Anita is perplexed by texts seemingly from Maya and discovers Maya's final art piece on the Villa's roof. Anita attempts to emulate Maya by jumping off but wakes back in the Villa. Maya tells her they cannot leave until she finds "it."
Anita relives memories, realizing her jealousy of Maya's friendship with Amelie. She learns of a supposed curse on Kettenstadt and finds a letter from Maya begging Amelie for help. Anita confesses her guilt to Amelie before jumping off again. Back in the Villa, Anita recalls her family's troubled past, with her mother neglecting and abusing her and her brother.
She discovers Maya planned an artwork of her, proving Maya hadn't ignored her. Chased by the monster one last time, Anita stops herself from jumping off, dispelling the fog and returning to reality. Later, Amelie's social media post hints that both Anita and she have left Kettenstadt for college to start anew.
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Silent Hill Short Message Walkthrough - FAQs
The game is set in the fictional economically depressed town of Kettenstadt, Germany, within an abandoned apartment complex known as the "Villa."
The protagonist, Anita, receives mysterious messages from her late friend Maya and must explore the Villa, solving puzzles and uncovering clues related to Maya's death and the cherry blossom-covered monster chasing her.
No, Silent Hill: The Short Message is played from a first-person perspective, and there is no combat involved. The focus is on exploration and puzzle-solving.
The primary themes include bullying, the impacts of social media, and suicide. The narrative delves into the emotional and psychological aspects of teenage experiences.
While praised for visuals, atmosphere, and themes, the game received mixed reviews, with criticisms aimed at gameplay, narrative, dialogue, and certain chasing sequences.