Konami has launched extra particulars concerning the subsequent mainline Silent Hill sport, together with a promising trailer which leans into Japanese horror.
After being left dormant for practically a decade, Konami has doubled down on Silent Hill with a wave of initiatives over the previous couple of years.
Several of them up to now have been very underwhelming, together with Silent Hill: Ascension and Silent Hill: The Short Message, however final 12 months’s Silent Hill 2 remake turned out much better than anybody anticipated, placing the collection again on the map to a point.
Konami is hoping to capitalise on this optimistic momentum with Silent Hill f, which is the primary mainline entry since 2012’s Silent Hill: Downpour and all the time seemed essentially the most promising of the brand new video games. It was first introduced in October 2022, however a brand new Silent Hill Transmission broadcast has shed extra mild on what to anticipate.
Silent Hill f is developed by Taiwanese studio NeoBards Entertainment, who’ve labored on a number of video games as a help studio however are in any other case identified just for unloved Resident Evil multiplayer spin-offs, Resident Evil: ReVerse and Resident Evil: Resistance.
As proven within the new trailer, the sport is ready in Japan and never in Silent Hill itself, which is normally portrayed as being in Maine, US. Although you’d by no means guess from the visuals or dialogue, The Short Message was set in Germany, so this may occasionally counsel that future Silent Hill video games will probably be set in a wide range of worldwide places.
Either method, every little thing else hits the Silent Hill beats you’d count on, with overlapping worlds, loads of fog, creepy monsters, and most significantly, fight with a metal pipe. Although the bizarre, vein like crops are undoubtedly one thing new.
The sport’s protagonist is teenager Shimizu Hanako, who finds her city of Ebisugaoka (based mostly on an actual location referred to as Kanayama in Japan) all of a sudden coated in fog. A synopsis reads: ‘Shimizu Hinako was residing her life as an extraordinary teenager. That is, till her city is all of a sudden shrouded in fog and begins to vary in a horrific method.
‘Now, she should discover a city she not recognises whereas fixing puzzles, preventing unusual enemies, and doing every little thing she will to outlive… with the intention to face the final word choice that she should make. This is a story about a gorgeous but terrifying selection.’
It’s unclear what this selection is, however Silent Hill collection producer Motoi Okamoto described the principle idea behind Silent Hill f as ‘discover the wonder in terror’. It’s a standalone story, however Okamoto stated there will probably be Easter eggs to previous video games alongside the best way.
On the sport’s official website, a content material warning provides a sign of what Silent Hill f will cowl. ‘This sport accommodates depictions of gender discrimination, baby abuse, bullying, drug-induced hallucinations, torture, and graphic violence,’ it reads.
‘The sport is ready in Japan within the Sixties and accommodates depictions based mostly on the customs and tradition of that point. These depictions don’t replicate the opinions or values of the builders or any people concerned.’
Silent Hill f is written by Ryukishi07, who is understood for the When They Cry visible novel video games, most notably Higurashi When They Cry, a Japanese horror thriller which has been tailored right into a manga and stay motion movies.
Speaking about Silent Hill f throughout the presentation, Ryukishi07 stated: ‘This sport was each a return to Silent Hill’s origins in addition to a collection of latest challenges. An straightforward instance of a problem we confronted is whether or not we will nonetheless make Silent Hill work whereas departing from the titular city.
‘Naturally, from a creator’s standpoint, I really feel I can confidently say that what we’ve made is a Silent Hill sport. However, we’re excited about seeing how long-time followers of the collection really feel after enjoying, and in the event that they agree.’
Silent Hill 2 composer Akira Yamaoka will return to compose the music for the fog world in Silent Hill f, whereas the overworld music is by Kensuke Inage.
Overall, it seems fairly promising, though it stays to be seen if it should come collectively below a developer which hasn’t launched a serious unique sport earlier than.
There isn’t any launch date but for Silent Hill f, so it’d a while away, but it surely’s set to be launched on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
As for different Silent Hill video games, Konami can also be growing a spin-off sport referred to as Silent Hill: Townfall, which is a part of a deliberate anthology collection.
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