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3. Creepy Radio Broadcast - Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

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Although P.T. has unfortunately been removed from the PlayStation store, this teaser for the tragically cancelled Silent Hills game has remained firmly in the nightmares of whoever walked through its repeating hallways.

This demo was so petrifying that it's been cited as the inspiration for the likes of Layers Of Fear, Visage, and various other titles. Moreover, references to this demo have also appeared in other games, with cyberpunk horror Observer containing a sequence which pays homage to it.

However, another reference to P.T. can also be found in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

Within the game's Africa map, near the Ngumba Industrial Zone (the same area as the story mission Voices), players can find a small green tent in an enemy camp. Head inside and listen carefully to hear a menacing radio broadcast that details a horrific news story about a man who brutally murders their family.

Anyone who's played the teaser will recognise this as the same broadcast that's heard at the start of the demo. Although there's no Lisa to be found, hearing this transmission will send a chill down players' spines.

While Silent Hills has been erased from existence, P.T. lives on in another of Hideo Kojima's games.

 
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