>>92068412Because the Team Silent guys really toyed with the idea of shifting the game from "ahhh spooky monster!" to psychological horror, and to make their games more like episodic installments rather than direct sequels following an over-arching story
Nips fucking HATED it tho, so they wind up backpedal hard back to what made SH1 successful
Which why SH3 features a plotline about a spooky cult running roughshod on a dilapidated town, and why the protag is Heather/Cheryl Mason and why Harry Mason from SH1 makes a cameo
imo the panning of SH2 in japan is probably one of the bigger tragedies in gaming