Summary
Konami has shared a message with the community aboutSilent Hill f, answering frequent questions about how the new game plays into the existing continuity of titles. WithSilent Hill fbeing based in Japan, far from the town of Silent Hill in North America of prior games, and set further in the past than the playable titles, fans have been left scratching their heads about the game’s role in the franchise.
While players have expressed curiosity and confusion over the game’s setting and time period, it’s typical of theSilent Hillseries to give more questions than answers, especially in early teasers. The games frequently have surprise story twists, unexpected endings, and other revelations, so fans of the franchise may be expecting this upcoming title to somehow play a major role in thehistory ofSilent Hill.
Those fans may be disappointed, as Konami has confirmed thatSilent Hill fis essentially a standalone game that isn’t intended to be an extension of theoriginalSilent Hillseries. In the auto-translation of the tweet, theSilent Hillaccount explains thatSilent Hill fis a “completely new work independent of the series” and that the game is appropriate for anyone that’s interested in it, with no prior knowledge ofSilent Hillrequired. The account had nothing further to share beyond that, but this statement is in keeping with some of the prior reveals for the game.
Silent Hill Fans Shouldn’t Expect Direct Connections
In other promotional materials for the series,Silent Hill fhas teased that there will be some small nods to the original franchise present in the game, but they’ll be subtle enough that newcomers likely won’t think anything of them. However, those who are familiar withSilent Hillmay be happy to see them. Outside of that, though, it seems the newSilent Hill fwill have next to no connection to the original games. Fans shouldn’t expectSilent Hill fto provide any answers to the mysteries left behind by otherSilent Hillgames, connections to existing characters, nor any explanation for what happens in thetown ofSilent Hill.
In light of this update, some have still clung to the notion that it will somehow be tied to the original games, with one fan still asking how it’s connected to the town ofSilent Hill. Another suggested that it might have been better to turn this game into its own IP, rather than piggybacking off of theSilent Hillname since there’s no direct connection between the titles. Regardless, fans still seem to be eager forSilent Hill f’s release, with many pleading to knowwhenSilent Hill fwill come out.
