A series of Silent Hill F previews have gone live today, detailing the experiences of other games media websites based on five hours of play. Impressions are overwhelmingly positive, suggesting the first completely new game in the series will pick up where Silent Hill 2 left off with another excellent survival horror experience. Below you’ll find various Silent Hill F impressions.
So far, Silent Hill f seems to be a horror game that gets everything right. If, like me, the Silent Hill 2 remake was one of your favorite games of 2024, Silent Hill f has the potential to become a serious game of the year contender when it releases for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on September 25.
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But there’s already plenty within the opening five hours of the game that have me theory crafting, underlining and circling words in my notebook. I may be wobbly on the combat feeling a bit overbaked, but there’s still time before launch for this to be tweaked and, to be honest, much of it can be dealt with in the usual Silent Hill way of bashing and hoping for the best. But when it comes to vibes and atmosphere, Silent Hill f is luxurious – I can’t wait to wade deeper into the fog and try my best to figure out what it all means.
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Many familiar Silent Hill franchise elements are present in Silent Hill f, from its everypeople protagonist, to its threat-masking fog, to highly challenging boss encounters with twisted monsters that reflect the personal strife of its hero. But Silent Hill f doesn’t feel like it’s crossing things off a list, just to make sure it’s a Silent Hill game beyond its title. There are some intriguing thematic and aesthetic twists on what’s become a very familiar setting over the past 25 years, and some solid gameplay to back it up. Konami and NeoBards may have another surprisingly good modern Silent Hill game on their hands, and we won’t have to wait long to experience its horrors.
Perhaps more than anything, I’m just happy to see the Silent Hill franchise firing on all cylinders again. Silent Hill f has the makings of a strong entry that maintains the positive momentum of last year’s great Silent Hill 2 remake.
Silent Hill F launches for PS5 on 25th September 2025. Are you happy to hear the horror title is shaping up nicely? Let us know in the comments below.