‘Silent Hill f’ Devs Wanted To Break From The Series' Norms of ‘Women Placed in Dire Circumstances’

‘Silent Hill f’ Devs Wanted To Break From The Series' Norms of ‘Women Placed in Dire Circumstances’

Silent Hill f is one of the most fascinating survival horror games we’ve seen this last decade — effortlessly pushing the dormant franchise in a new direction while still managing to nail the spirit of a Silent Hill game. But perhaps most interesting of all is how it reframes the series’ focus on interpersonal trauma, filtering that theme through the eyes of a high school girl named Hinako, living in 1960s Japan. Silent Hill f is a game about th…