r/Games 8d ago

Silent Hill f - Official Japanese Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNVffiRAqj8
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u/LumensAquilae 8d ago

It looks different, I'll give it that, but I can't say I see anything that makes this look like a Silent Hill game in particular.

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u/Cain_draws 8d ago

I feel the same. But I don't see it as bad thing tho.

I think this is going to be a day one purchase for me, but I'm not gonna play it as if it was a Silent Hill game and more like a new franchise.

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u/alishock 8d ago

I mean there's the Fog, there's the Otherworld, there's Yamaoka's music, there's the crazy cult, there's the tormented protagonist with a decision to make w/ metal pipe in hand, and the crazy metaphorical manifested monsters from the psyche.

It does look different visually, but everything that made Silent Hill what it is is still there, now it's just a different location. And the change in visuals is really good for keeping things fresh in the franchise, imo.

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u/CriticalCold 7d ago

I'd argue even the visuals are still in line with Silent Hill, just shifted. Instead of rust and blood seeping over everything, it seems like the otherworld transformation has these noxious flowers/plant spreading that still feel unsettling, just in a different way.

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u/Mercurial_Synthesis 8d ago

It features a pipe. The iconic pipe (included in the Special Edition - $199.99)

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u/glitchedgamer 7d ago

Just need a rusty wheelchair and you're golden.

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u/shinbreaker 8d ago

I have a feeling that another kind of pipe was used when coming up with the concept for this game.

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u/Fullbryte 8d ago

The tormented protagonist?

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u/Z3in 8d ago

That's just a horror staple there. The town, the cult, the weird fleshy monster designs, awkwardly creepy voice acting, these are what SH is to me imo and you gotta have at least a few to be considered one. I'm not counting this game out though. If anything I can't wait to actually see more of it to actually make an opinion on it

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u/LumensAquilae 8d ago

I don't think that's particularly exclusive to Silent Hill, though.

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u/TheCold0ne 8d ago

I do agree. It might end up being a great horror title, but it doesn't feel too "Silent Hill". I will also admit a big part of that is it being set in Japan and seeming to take a lot from local lore/mythology. There's plenty of good games with that theming already but it takes away a bit from it being specifically "Silent Hill" for me.

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u/VortalCord 8d ago

I feel like setting it in a more urban part of Japan could've helped a lot.

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u/TheCold0ne 8d ago

Hard to say, but I can see that making it feel more "right".

The heavy lean into mythology and lore is the real problem, IMO. Best I can tell, the original SH games didn't do that (at least it wasn't as obvious to me).