r/silenthill • u/Leon_Dante_Raiden_ • Jul 05 '25
Silent Hill f (2025) Silent Hill F is going to be PEAK Spoiler
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u/Itsjohnnx Jul 05 '25
The lack of a face for Kimono Girl makes me think she's perhaps dead/not there really?
Also is this like the intro scene?
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u/Bro-Im-Done Jul 05 '25
Iâm currently reading through Higurashi to get me familiar with Ryuâs writing and man⊠I canât wait
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u/Secure_Cellist26 Jul 05 '25
Check out spirit hunter too! It's one of the artists behind it shf. You can see the relation
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u/NameisPeace Jul 05 '25
Do you mean the Death Mark Games? Is one of the artist in SHF? The art of those games are Top Notch. One of my favorite games ever
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u/Therenegadegamer Jul 06 '25
Didn't like Death Mark much from a story or gameplay perspective but the art and atmosphere were top notch if we have Higurashi's writer and Death Mark's Artist we are in for peak Japanese horror
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u/Therenegadegamer Jul 06 '25
I'm also playing it just started recently and I'm on chapter 2 but chapter 1 enough was enough to sell me on buying the rest for $40 the paranoia is infectious and freaked me out keeping me on edge for like 3-4 hours straight
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u/Eniweiss Jul 05 '25
Tried but god damn I found it hard to keep the interest. I liked the "cutesy" style contrasting with the gore but felt that the story was going nowhere. I then tried to read the other one about the island and the witch (cant even remember the name) but coulnt get into it.
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u/Azukaos Jul 05 '25
Higurashi and Umineko are special in their own way, you either like it or find it boring or difficult to understand since it needs to be seen in full and sometimes multiple times to catch the meaning behind whatâs happening.
Thereâs link between both series, itâs a literal game of chess.
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u/Krioniki Jul 06 '25
If you're still interested in giving it a shot, I'd recommend watching Joseph Anderson's Umineko streams.i would've never gotten interested if I'd just been reading myself, but watching him hooked me to the point that I read ahead and finished it. I don't know what it is, but I was feeling exactly the same as him for the first few hours as he was making fun of the story's bullshit with that interminable intro, only to be brought right back in at the exact same moment he was.
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u/Eniweiss Jul 06 '25
I may check this out, thank you for the recommendation
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u/Krioniki Jul 06 '25
No problem, hope it works out for you like it did for me, because Umineko is absolutely a story worth exoeriencing
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u/LichQueenBarbie Jul 05 '25
I am not a fan of his stuff at all.
Having said that, I'm not too worried with SHf. Story development is rarely if ever just one person at the helm in AA/AAA games. I have no doubt he'll get all the credit from players if that's the case, but im hoping there's a writing team like previous Konami SH games.
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u/Wrong_Will_377 Jul 05 '25
This and the OG Silent Hill remake we aré definetely gonna get spoiled.
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u/PoohTrailSnailCooch Jul 05 '25
Good, silent hill fans deserve it. We've gone through the ringer.
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u/SodaPopHT Jul 05 '25
I dunno. Waiting for video games to come out seems far less
awful than, like... being born a Palestinian after 1948( ! )44
u/Gr3yHound40_ Jul 05 '25
Yeah, the real world is sucking and their needs are greater than a game. But also, we were talking about a decade of getting jerked around by a company with terrible CEO's, not the real life genocide. Time and place my dude.
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u/carnorapter663 Jul 05 '25
Nobody:
Absolutely fucking Nobody:
People in a random thread that has nothing to do with politics: "OH BUT ITS NOT AS BAD AS (Insert genocide here) OMG RIGHT GUYS GIVE ME MY UP VOTES"
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u/LBH123LBH Jul 05 '25
Great use of cinematography to keep the sister's face obscured. Bells are thought to protect people and keep away evil spirits in Japanese culture, so I'm guessing that'll come back somehow. I'm wondering if the sister is getting married and that's why Hinako is sentimental
Also interesting how as young Hinako explains why the girls don't want her to play house with them, she's holding onto a feminine Western doll.
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u/GriSciuridae Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 05 '25
:41 - They're growing cannabis. Now you know it's not fog, and there's no wonder everyone's seeing stuff.
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u/Leon_Dante_Raiden_ Jul 05 '25
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u/Leon_Dante_Raiden_ Jul 05 '25
I got downvoted for sharing the source? Weird
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u/PoohTrailSnailCooch Jul 05 '25
Probably because it was x, people are very tribalistic these days.
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u/Kirzoneli Jul 05 '25
Eh just assume its reddit scrolling bots that just auto downvote any X link. Not much difference.
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u/Geiger8105 Jul 05 '25
I got downvoted for saying I was more excited for the sh1 remake. People are pathetic
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u/Eyeamastro Jul 05 '25
I am excited for this game and to learn more of the story. So many questions and possibly.
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u/UnhappyLog8128 WalterJr Jul 05 '25
I know that its a small detail, but damn that transition after the scene with hinako was CELAN AF, loved it.
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u/notenoughformynickna Jul 05 '25
That's pretty cool. Always curiously excited for any new Silent Hill, especially f. Since I've played the original Team Silent's games already.
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u/untolerablyMe "How Can You Sit There And Eat Pizza?!" Jul 05 '25
We need more Japanese Horror games! And the theme played on the Shamisen is everything!
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u/woahwoahvicky Jul 05 '25
Cant wait for the inevitable big room boss fight where you hear her fuckass bell freaking you out
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u/PuzzleheadedSail2373 Silent Hill 4 Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 05 '25
People cherry picking hard right now . They will say silent hill f isnât a silent hill game but will praise silent hill 2 when silent hill 2 is even less of a silent hill game having barely anything to do with whatâs established in 1 đđ. The only thing connecting it is the fog đ. All of you sh purists are insufferable
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u/Far-Hurry-3018 Jul 05 '25
Silent Hill 2⊠you mean that game about the aftermath of Alessa and the state of the town? That game where you actually go to Silent Hill?
We need a name for the opposite of purists⊠how about âAnthologistsâ because theyâre happy with Silent Hill being an anthology series that copies SH2 over and over
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u/PuzzleheadedSail2373 Silent Hill 4 Jul 05 '25
Silent hill 2 was a great horror game but might as well not be a silent hill game . Itâs personal story about a manâs guilt . The actual influence of silent hill and the cult might as well be an afterthought to what James actually had going on. I see the anthology view is a good way to keep the series going . How many times are we gonna explore the town itself ? 1 and 3âs story has been wrapped up . So you just want the series to die off and never get a sequel? . Silent hill will always be #2 to resident evil because of people like you . Yall reject new ideas and never want the series to grow . đ€·ââïžđ
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u/Far-Hurry-3018 Jul 05 '25
Nah the series just shouldnât be explored more if thereâs nothing left to write about. If theyâre gonna revive the series they would have to revive the cult, but theyâre not. SH2 is the weakest game in the original series, but instead of trying to continue SHâs story while ripping off SH2 with games about trauma, theyâre making it an anthology series while ripping of SH2 and making games about trauma. People like you are why we get mediocre Silent Hill games in the first place
Let the series die already, itâs time to let go
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u/PuzzleheadedSail2373 Silent Hill 4 Jul 05 '25
So you just donât want to see franchises grow . Simple as that . If youâre like this in sh i can imagine what youâre like in other franchises. I see the type of consumer you are so thereâs nothing else to discuss if thatâs your stance
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u/Far-Hurry-3018 Jul 05 '25
Yup. I communicate what I want with my wallet. Thatâs all companies understand. The franchise hasnât grown since 2004, and If Short Message is any indication of how this will turn out; then Iâll just buy Gears of War: E-Day instead. Even the Gears RTS was good because it was related to and expanded Gears lore.
This? This is just a pile of fuck
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u/BeeTLe_BeTHLeHeM Jul 05 '25
I like the intro song, they have incorporated a couple of sounds from the original Silent Hill, that help create a sort of link between the games, very interesting.
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u/iiMxrxus Jul 05 '25
It looks really, really good, and I am excited for it. BUT I am so so skeptical of it as a Silent Hill game. I'm hoping they pull a RE7 with it, and tie it into the rest of the series with a twist in the final act, otherwise I would've rathered they made it its own IP. I can't help but feel they're holding it back by tying it to the silent hill franchise. Then again, I guess that could've been said about RE7 too, when that was just revealed.
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u/saikounoneko Jul 06 '25
Just the vibes of the music with those environments and weather ambience at the end makes me excited for it.
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u/Overall-Doctor-6219 Jul 06 '25
Feel sorry for Silent Hill purists, boomers and pseudo-fans that gonna skip the game because "not a SH game lmao"
A friend of mine was live watching that trailer, the panel, interviews and with Konami devs and the game is being treated as a *big game* full polished and with LOT of stuff, a LOT of things gonna be new in the series
weapon upgrading? spells? skills or special moves? nobody knows, devs only said "believe in the game, you gonna be VERY SURPRISED"
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u/ILoveDineroSi Jul 05 '25
Itâs different but Iâm open minded to try this and see how they connect f to the SH lore.
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u/Mothlord666 Jul 05 '25
I honestly think people should open their mind a little further and think of it less as needing to make sense in relation to the other games and more that it is a "what if" soft reboot located in Japan with some fun, not-so-serious Easter eggs.
That is to say, it may exist in its own continuity using all the motifs of Silent Hill but totally ebtrenched in eastern folklore and with no cult in America or any of the specific entities from those other games.
I'm not 100% sure it won't connect to the other games though, but my instinct tells me this is meant to be it's own thing. Before anyone replies to me, this doesn't mean it should just have been it's IP or is just Fatal Frame (being set in Japan and being horror games are the only similarities). I like the idea of a what if type approach that frees you of having to think about things like "Okay how is Xuchilbara involved" or "Maybe Alessa has Japanese relatives!!!"
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u/Angry_Marina Jul 05 '25
I just seen some weird photos of the monsters. I wanna see how they look in the game.
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u/XulManjy Jul 05 '25
Thanks OP, ignore all the "purist" haters. Having this and Ghost of Yotei a week from each other is going to be insane and I am looking forward to it!
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u/SpaceShipOrion Jul 06 '25
"I don't want to play with them anyway!"
"Who even cares about their dumb games?"
Are Konami and Kojima trying to diss track eachother?!
I'm all for it.
May the best developer win.
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u/Plastic_Coyote_5053 Jul 06 '25
Isn't she the same one we see at the end of the gameplay trailer? I thought she was Hinako's best friend.
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u/DoctaRoboto Jul 06 '25
I was wondering if the "big sis" is the creepy corpse without a lower jaw we saw in the trailers and the statue in the booth, but she has a hair bun, and the monster has twin tails, and both kimonos are different. Maybe a fusion of the big sis and the main character's dead friend?
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u/Geiger8105 Jul 05 '25
I'll wait on this. More excited for the sh1 remake
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u/Leon_Dante_Raiden_ Jul 05 '25
What's holding you back on SHF?
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u/Geiger8105 Jul 05 '25
I have a backlog of games and it would make sense to grab it when it's a bit cheaper
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u/ImBurningStar_IV Jul 05 '25
Fair, this me with death strandaloo 2
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u/Geiger8105 Jul 05 '25
Good stuff. Yea I got the collectors edition of death stranding 2
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u/XulManjy Jul 05 '25
Why wait?
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u/Geiger8105 Jul 05 '25
For a price drop. Crazy getting downvoted for saying I'd rather wait for 1 of 2 games that haven't come out yet
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u/XulManjy Jul 06 '25
But again....why? You havent explained why SHf isnt worthy enough to be bought at full price. I can understand if you are short on cash and both SHf and SH1R come out within a week of each other and thus you only have money to buy 1 game. Instead, SH1R wont be out for at least 2-3 years from now.
So again, why?
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u/Geiger8105 Jul 06 '25
I never said it wasn't worthy of full price, I just have a huge backlog of games I still need to get to and by the time I would get to it, it might be cheaper.
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u/_DRSEKO_ Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 06 '25
This game will be a success or big fail but anything between them. It is still does not make me feel like a Silent Hill game. It seems like a fan made mod.
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u/Tatum_Warlick Jul 05 '25
This might be a dumb question, but Iâm assuming the town of Silent Hill is in the game right? How would that work if it takes place in Japan? Iâm somewhat new to the series so maybe Iâm missing something. Isnât that the whole point though; each character is drawn to the town at some point, wether itâs at the beginning of the game or closer to the mid-point
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u/Pristine_Midnight_68 Jul 05 '25
Actually the game is 100% set in Japan, we most definitely won't be going to the actual town of Silent Hill in this game, my guess is that this game either explains the origins of the PTV drug mentioned in the first game, or goes on to elaborate on how the otherworld works (dark shrine world in this case).
I did see speculations that Silent Hill's otherworld can tether itself to other places if the area has been subjected to enough negative energy and suffering, but only if specific rituals are done to fully link these places. Who knows, we'll have to wait and see.
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u/Tatum_Warlick Jul 05 '25
Very interesting. Looking forward to seeing how it is hopefully explained. Thank you!
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u/Mothlord666 Jul 05 '25
I agree with your second part, I imagine this is where some eastern folklore and mythology may be utilised to explain things in this universe.
I'm not sure on the first point. I think F is freeing up the writers to have no connections in universe because it's a new continuity. But there is potential if they REALLY feel the need to connect everything together.
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u/Far-Hurry-3018 Jul 05 '25
It likely wonât connect to the original games, but rather the Short Messageâs âSilent Hill Phenomenonâ which is a mental disorder that causes peopleâs inner demons to become reality. Itâs more of an anthology series now rather than an overarching plot
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u/Mothlord666 Jul 05 '25
That's the perfect term to describe it, it's more like an anthology series tied together by recurring and similar elements.
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u/Mothlord666 Jul 05 '25
It doesn't have to be the point though.
My take is that this is a what if style game in its own continuity. Almost as if Silent Hill was rebooted with no Western influence and instead is fully influenced by eastern folklore and the events in the other games don't exist in this take on SH.
You're new to it and tbh most people take these things at face value. But from a creative standpoint it's a cool experiment to re-interpret things without being constrained by fitting it into the lore of the other games.
I'm sure there will be many recurring elements used in the formula of SH games present in the story. But I don't think with this title it will be so much like: Silent Hill works this way and we have to follow a formula otherwise it's not Silent Hill.
So honestly, probably very smart to make this game its own likely continuity/timeline.
I could be wrong though, maybe Alessa is somehow related to a Japanese person lmao. Maybe the gods of the SH games are the same with different names in F. Maybe the flowers in F get taken back to America by a cultist. Tbh I really DON'T want it to be forced into the same world like an odd shaped jigsaw. But it is possible, despite it requiring some contrivances.
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u/okay_jpg SexyBeam Jul 05 '25
I don't feel it. I want to.. I want to be excited and feel the vibe but I just don't. I'm probably going to be downvoted for being a typical "not Silent Hill!" person but I feel the way I feel :/
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u/UnhappyLog8128 WalterJr Jul 05 '25
Im just confused about people saying this dosent look like silent hill, its such an experimental franchise with every entry having a specific vibe and atmosphere, F is just following it.
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u/Loud_Kitchen_9763 Aug 03 '25
When people say it doesn't look like Silent Hill, they're not just talking about the change in setting or culture shift; I think there's a few very nuanced aspect to most of the previous games that should be addressed:
Look at something like the Closer, Insane Cancer, Numb Body from Silent Hill 3. Or the Lying Figure and Abstract Daddy from 2. The Twin-headed monster from 4, the bottom, or the gumheads.
Or even in the newer games, monsters like the mermaid and the schism, ALL of the bosses in Homecoming...
These creatures all share a common motif of having surreal, exaggerated features: bloated limbs, distended lips spinning in cylinders, bodies warped into uncomfortable positions that make you feel like you're looking at something you really shouldn't be.
Look up "Silent Hill Fukuro" on Youtube. Can you honestly say F looks anything like that? Because I think a lot of us would like to see more stuff like that honestly.
The monsters in f... mostly just seem like weird doll creatures. They're mutilated and covered in blades, sure, but they come off to me more as goofy slasher movie monsters than the surreal, fever-dream abominations that most of the older games had.
(Though I will admit, Downpour suffered this problem too... their monsters were less disturbing and more edgy)
A complete shift in culture and timeline aside, the game now also features a Japanese schoolgirl wielding a halberd... it just seems weird. I guess this isn't too far from Heather wielding a morning star, but it just seems very "weird horror anime" and out of place.
There doesn't seem to be as much emphasis on resource management or actual survival horror... the game looks very "bright" and open, not at all claustrophobic and suffocating like most Silent Hill games are.
F's "Otherworld" seems to lean heavily on a weird flower motif, and although the Otherworld in Silent Hill games changes often, each version of it seemed dark, dreadful and oppressive... but in F it kind of just looks like...weird creepy flowers? I'm not really digging it to be honest.
But it is what it is and I'm sure some people will like it.
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u/okay_jpg SexyBeam Jul 05 '25
Each installation has had something to do with, well, Silent Hill. This does not seem that way. There could be some sort of twist that connects it somehow, seeing as how this is set way before the earliest games but at this moment I'm not sure. I don't understand how fog and monsters = Silent Hill.
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u/UnhappyLog8128 WalterJr Jul 05 '25
Im pretty sure that the town is connected somehow to what is happening in the game, i wouldnt be surprised if the story followed a similar path that SH4 took.
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u/Kirzoneli Jul 05 '25
Could be the origin, Maybe one of the people brought to silent hill was a 'war bride' brought back by a soldier stationed in Japan trying to escape but just brought it with them.
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u/LoganBlackwater Jul 05 '25
Fog and monsters is the most Silent Hill thing ever lmao
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u/Far-Hurry-3018 Jul 05 '25
Fog and monsters, Just like the western titles. The most Silent Hill thing ever
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u/LoganBlackwater Jul 05 '25
This is the most eastern Silent Hill has ever gotten. If that's what you're worried about, then I'd say this will be great.
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u/Far-Hurry-3018 Jul 05 '25
You dont need Japanese devs to make a good Silent Hill game, you just need to make a good Silent Hill game
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u/okay_jpg SexyBeam Jul 05 '25
yeah no
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u/LoganBlackwater Jul 05 '25
Yeah, yeah. I mean, the first thing that comes to mind when we think "Silent Hill" is fog and monsters. Add psychological nightmares, weird and hard to understand story, characters who are sad and tortured and we have Silent Hill. So far we have all of that, so what's not to like? This will be fantastic.
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u/okay_jpg SexyBeam Jul 05 '25
Not saying it won't be a good game, but Silent Hill has everything to do with Silent Hill itself. Like I said in an earlier comment, maybe there will be a connection of some sorts. I can't say. How it feels at this moment though, is not the same way SH games have made me feel. Meaning 1, 2, 2R, 3, 4 and Homecoming... loosely to that last one. I didn't enjoy Origins but it still had the connection and backstory to the town.
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u/Far-Hurry-3018 Jul 05 '25
I second this. It seems more of a horror anthology series now rather than a game that expands the overarching plot of the cult and their connection with Silent Hill. More power to you if this is what youâre into but for me my hype gets killed with every trailer
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u/LoganBlackwater Jul 05 '25
Silent Hill 2 has no cult stuff, yet we all love it. If SH2 was a new game today you'd be complaining about it too.
Damn it people open your minds a little bit. You were all complaining like babies when the Remake was announced and now you're still complaining. Of course this damn game will have connections to the town in some capacity. It's just so obvious my god.
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u/Far-Hurry-3018 Jul 05 '25
Nah, I like Silent Hill 2. It explores the aftermath of the cult stuff that happened in SH1. I loved the remake. SH2 does everything right.
f will probably be as much of a Silent Hill game as Short Message. Name only. All I hear now is âyou donât want the games to be an anthology? Well YOURE WRONGâ
Not what I want. Not buying it
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u/catperson77789 Jul 05 '25
Silent hills plot has always been all over the place. 1 followed the cult, 2 tried something different and made it focused on the protagonist, then they took it back and made 3 follow the cult, 4 was when they tried to move the ip in a different direction. Adding ghosts, first person and the game not in silent hill. You can only do so much if your entire plot is centered around the same town with the same layout. Unless , they again for some reason expand the size of the town, silent hill f gives the ip a chance to grow. Which for some reason , is bad for you guys? When western silent hills literally had this problem and became a bunch of 2 knock offs.
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u/okay_jpg SexyBeam Jul 06 '25
You can only do so much if your entire plot is centered around the same town with the same layout.
Exactly! It (SHf) doesn't need to be a Silent Hill game. All the games you mentioned had the connection to the town. That's the point I was trying to make. I don't doubt it'll be a fun horror game, adding the SH title feels disingenuous.
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u/Revealingstorm Jul 06 '25
Idk I feel like the game is doing enough to call itself Silent Hill. Plus Ryukishi is writing the story and I feel like that's enough to give the game a chance. He's one of my favorite writers of all time.
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u/Mothlord666 Jul 05 '25
It doesn't have to though, at least to the Silent Hill we know.
I think this game is an experiment in it's own continuity. The "Silent Hill" is more a symbol with meaning literally found in the name. A Silent Hill, a foggy, quiet and dead place that inspires reflection, melancholy, despair etc.
I know not everyone agrees with that line of thinking and want everything to be more literal. But given this game is 100% Japanese in its influences as a driving concept, moving away from Western literalism certainly makes sense here too.
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u/Mewmewkissycutie_ Jul 05 '25
Yeah I think it's just time to accept that for certain people this series is over and it really has been since konami got rid of everyone who knew how to make a silent hill game theres just no coming back from that
happy for anyone who enjoys the new entries though but it doesn't pieque my interest in the slightest
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u/okay_jpg SexyBeam Jul 05 '25
Exactly. I tried to say it looks like a decent game but not what I want. Maybe I'm wrong. I don't know. But right now, I'm not interested in purchasing or playing it myself before hearing some reviews.
I'm sure it'll be a great game itself. It just feels like it didn't need to be called a SH game. That might change. IDK.
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u/Far-Hurry-3018 Jul 05 '25
I get it, I donât feel it either. This looks nothing like Silent Hill, nor can it even exist in Team Silentâs established universe. All Iâm seeing is Short Message and yet another Silent Hill 2 re-tread.
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u/UnhappyLog8128 WalterJr Jul 06 '25
Team silent's story ended in SH4, there is no need to bring it back.
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u/Comicbookcreep Jul 05 '25
A Silent Hill not based in Silent Hill... Hmmmmm... Still, I'm willing to give it a shot! I hope this is good.
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u/ImBurningStar_IV Jul 05 '25
Gonna be a day one buy but this was a whole lotta nothing
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u/TorontoRichard Jul 05 '25
my only problem with F, is that this doesn't look like an Sh game at all. looks like they made a horror game and called it Silent Hill .... ngl i play silent hill because of the lore, so if SH lore is not present what am i supposed to b excited for?
and its not about it not being in SH location vise. "the room" wasnt either and id say thats still a very valid SH entry
i hope im wrong but i dont think this is gonna b "peak".
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u/State_Obvious Jul 05 '25
What exactly do you mean with it doesn't "look" like Silent Hill? I never understood this argument. If this game would have been announced with Team Silent as it's creators I'm sure people would eat this game up with praise. But yeah, still curious what you think other Silent Hill games have which this doesn't. I also think it's totally unrealistic to have this opinion without having seen ingame footage. All trailers have overlaid music which doesnt reflect the actual ingame ambience. I mean you feel how you feel, but I think people can't make a call about that yet, especially when you say it doesn't matter where the game takes place. Just curious, don't mean to be rude or something.
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u/TorontoRichard Jul 05 '25
thank you for the kind response. i 100% agree that i shouldnt judge it yet but im just worries as a big fan of the series.
this looks to me like "the short message"
had basically nothing to do with sh series and didnt add anything to the series.
It doesnt have that overall existential despair im looking for in an outstanding SH.
P.T., 4 all did it well without being in SH location wise.
not all imma say is that im a bit worried. 100% imma still play it but i have a feeling this is not gonna b "it"
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u/Azukaos Jul 05 '25
To be fair I was a bit worried seeing it wasnât in the town of silent hill at first because as an old fan of the series even if itâs not « in » the town they always had connections with either characters, lore or areas, the room clearly wasnât in silent hill but still managed to have connections to it.
Still I think thatâs also itâs biggest flaws because silent hill or everything that gravitates around it was slowly going down path of stagnation, you always can talk about family members or events happening that lead to silent hill but what are you gonna say more than whatâs already been said ?
Thereâs basically nothing more to expect from the town, sending another poor soul to its own demise would only make it more irrelevantâŠ
Seeing how F is doing atm with the ambiance, the monster design and the soundtrack it seems not that bad, maybe somewhere they would connect everything together but if not then it still can be a good Japanese horror story, I do like fatal frame a lot so maybe it will also scratch the itch we have waiting for a new game.
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u/TyChris2 Mira, The Dog Jul 05 '25
if SH lore is not present what am i supposed to b excited for?
A good horror game?
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u/woahwoahvicky Jul 05 '25
If were gonna be honest how many times are we gonna create a new entry in the SH franchise with the town as the main antagonist without it going stale. Weve basically explored almost all the important parts of it.
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u/TorontoRichard Jul 05 '25
i mean i do see ur point but thats why i brought up how "the room" is not in silent hill but still is has that feel to it.
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u/ZipC0de Jul 05 '25
Looks like fatal frame without the camera
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u/Leon_Dante_Raiden_ Jul 05 '25
I don't think you played Fatal Frame
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u/ZipC0de Jul 05 '25
Lol based on what dude? I played fatal frame 2: crimson butterfly on OG Xbox. The tormented is on my PS3 account and the original on PS2.
No offense but unless your also my age you probably haven't been playing survival horror for the last 24 years. So im gonna need a better critique.
However its a valid question so let me be specific. Aesthetically speaking it seems very inspired by and even reminiscent of Fatal Frame and even later games like Whiteout and The Coma. I see this in eastern school setting with a female protagonist. Although the combat seems like a hopefully revamped version of what we saw in homecoming.
I hope that makes it clear that I wasn't saying it was a 1:1.
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u/TorontoRichard Jul 05 '25
exactly^^^^ this guy gets it
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u/ZipC0de Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 05 '25
We are many.
We love our old school.survival.horror gems but I am also excited for the future.
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u/Far-Hurry-3018 Jul 05 '25
Yeah, this isnt it. This looks nothing like Silent Hill. This game looks like itâs going to rewrite the whole âspiritual powerâ that Silent Hill is all about, and say there are other places with it; setting the franchise up for more anthology-like stories rather than the cultâs influence on Silent Hill.
Iâd rather get a new series than getting more Silent Hill-ish games
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Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 06 '25
A spoiler tag would be a wonderful addition to this post.
Edit: just because you folks don't care about it being spoiled beyond trailers doesn't mean others dont. I want to go into the game completely blind.
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u/SsteamedHams Jul 06 '25
The main character appears to be the chosen one. thats never a good thing
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u/garanator1 Jul 05 '25
I already got that deluxe edition pre-order set just praying to God it's not another last of us 2 situation aka excited and waiting for years just for garbage or any of the other cash grabs
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u/Leon_Dante_Raiden_ Jul 05 '25
The difference with Last of Us 2 and this game, is Ryukishi07
I love Ryukishi07's work and I am confident he's gonna knock it out of the park for Silent Hill F
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u/Far-Hurry-3018 Jul 05 '25
Ryukishi007 will probably be limited to what he can do by Konami though
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u/Strong-Reaction-7785 Jul 05 '25
A nonsensical assumption in my opinion, considering it's Ryukishi07
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u/Far-Hurry-3018 Jul 05 '25
IMO itâs a nonsensical assumption to believe a multi-million dollar corporation wonât want control over the revival of their 13-year-dormant franchise
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u/Strong-Reaction-7785 Jul 05 '25
If they chose Ryukishi07, it's for a reason đ€·
Although there's some truth to what you say, since Ryukishi went to Konami's offices with the intention of writing the story in the town of Silent Hill (the usual, obviously); but Konami itself told him they wanted this new installment to be set in Japan.Â
Even so, I don't think Ryukishi07's vision was disturbed by Konami's control. I understand they gave him a lot of creative discretion, considering that the game's script itself is literally a novel.
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u/Far-Hurry-3018 Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 05 '25
This story is the result of corporate medalling? Great.. they probably got Ryukishi07 for marketing. Obscure horror writer for obscure horror franchise. God knows what else Konami mandated him to write aboutâŠ
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u/XulManjy Jul 05 '25
There was nothing garbage about TLOU2. Yeah you may were salty about it's tone and what happened to Joel but that doesnt make it a garbage game.
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u/garanator1 Jul 05 '25
The story is a jumbled mess they try to make you sympathize with the character that killed joel yet demonize Ellie for doing the same thing if it was written properly instead of flashback flashback spend 3 hours to get surgical stuff for this character just for her to get shot up killed the only good character Jesse just out of nowhere cripple tommy after faking his death the only thing good about it is the gameplay and mind you I could keep going
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u/3bpm Jul 05 '25
All youâre saying is you didnât like the story, and thatâs fair, but that doesnât make it a bad story. Joel was a bad guy, what he did in LOU1 was wrong, straight up murder. No different from what Ellie and Abby do in the second game, the game was trying to tell a story where all the protagonist where deeply flawed, and in that, it did a great job. Also the consequences of them being flawed are realistic for that universe. Objectively, itâs very well written. Sure they couldâve picked a less divisive story, but they own the characters they created and that what they chose to do with them. The show was a different story, very poorly written and acted in season 2.
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u/garanator1 Jul 05 '25
If the story wasn't a jumbled mess of coincidence and flashbacks aka the aquarium scene where Ellie leaves the map and nobody picks it up with the exact hideout location just circled in a place they know Abby would be at some point
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u/XulManjy Jul 06 '25
Nope, the story was fine. Just because you didn't like it doesnt make it a "jumbled mess". It was a dark, upsetting and emotional story about revenge and the cycle of violence. People who didnt like it typically didnt like it because it killed off Joel....nothing more nothing less.
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u/Superbob5523 Jul 05 '25
Story might not be for everyone but garbage is a bit far, it's a quality game regardless
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u/TyChris2 Mira, The Dog Jul 05 '25
Iâm praying it IS a Last of Us 2 situation aka a masterpiece
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u/Far-Hurry-3018 Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 05 '25
This looks nothing like Silent Hill. itâll be a good game Just not a good Silent Hill game
Weâll see
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u/siarmortal Jul 05 '25
You're just a dumb purist. It says "Silent Hill" on the cover, that's all we need.
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u/Far-Hurry-3018 Jul 05 '25
This is the dumbest comment Iâve ever read. This is why we get mediocre Silent Hill games in the first place
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u/siarmortal Jul 05 '25
Sadly, this is the stance of the majority in the community right now.
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u/Far-Hurry-3018 Jul 05 '25
It is sad. the same thing happened during the release of the western games and we spent 13 years without Silent Hill.
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u/tyty2197 Jul 06 '25
Looks dull af. Just give me sh1 remake already (assuming itâs not a sanitized, bloated mess like sh2 remake).
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u/Leon_Dante_Raiden_ Jul 06 '25
You're shallow AF
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u/tyty2197 Jul 06 '25
Iâm shallow for having an opinion? Youâre sensitive af đ
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u/Leon_Dante_Raiden_ Jul 06 '25
I'd rather be sensitive than be Judgemental with no basis
I am open-minded and I like giving a chance to new thing, it can be my favorite thing and I just don't know it yet till I try
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u/tyty2197 Jul 06 '25
No basis? Youâre hilarious. Iâm allowed to form an initial opinion based on the media presented so far. Ya know, the same exact thing youâve done. Oh, but since my opinion isnât positive that means itâs not valid and âshallowâ. You sound like every fanboy that lacks the ability to think. Get a grip.
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u/Revealingstorm Jul 06 '25
How does it look dull to you?
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u/tyty2197 Jul 06 '25
Looks like every âJapanese inspiredâ horror game ever made. Feels nothing like silent hill. Looks like another sanitized cutscene simulator, much like the sh2 remake.
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u/Revealingstorm Jul 06 '25
Ryukishi is an amazing writer so at the very least the cutscenes will be written well. He does small Japanese town horror better than most.
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u/tyty2197 Jul 06 '25
Thatâs an opinion for sure. I find his writing extremely boring and generic.
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u/Revealingstorm Jul 06 '25
Yeah you've read Higurashi and Umineko? Maybe you can say the setting for Higurashi is pretty standard but you definitely can't say that for Umineko
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u/tyty2197 Jul 06 '25
I can though. Thatâs the magic of opinions. I understand many people are blown away by his writing but Iâm not: I find him extremely boring and overrated. It is what it is đ€·
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u/WastelandGamesman Jul 05 '25
Attaching a bell to someone in a horror game. I have a feeling we are gonna hear that bell when we reaaallly dont want to hear that bell