SILENT HILL f

There are two wolves inside me

Iba con las expectativas bastante bajas con SILENT HILL f después de leer tantas opiniones diferentes y ver que la recepción del juego era bastante divisiva. Aun así, tenía claro que quería darle una oportunidad y juzgarlo por mí mismo. Y la verdad es que ha sido una grata sorpresa. El juego me ha atrapado prácticamente de principio a fin y, una vez que empecé, me costaba dejarlo. Lo que más me ha gustado es, sin duda, su ambientación. El Japón rural de los años 60 está recreado de una forma espectacular, y la combinación entre belleza y horror funciona increíblemente bien. Hay escenarios realmente preciosos que, al mismo tiempo, consiguen transmitir una sensación constante de incomodidad. El diseño de las criaturas y algunas de las transformaciones que presenta el juego son simplemente brutales. La historia también me ha gustado mucho. Es extraña, perturbadora y va dejando cada vez más preguntas a medida que avanzas. Los personajes me han parecido bastante buenos y, sobre todo, creo que Hinako funciona muy bien como protagonista. Sin entrar en spoilers, hay momentos que consiguen quedarse en la cabeza incluso después de apagar el juego. Otro punto que agradezco mucho es la duración. Mi primera partida me ha durado alrededor de 15 horas y me parece una duración muy acertada para este tipo de experiencia. No se me ha hecho excesivamente largo ni he tenido la sensación de que el juego estuviera metiendo contenido de relleno constantemente. Cuando estaba llegando al final incluso tenía ganas de seguir jugando. El apartado sonoro también merece una mención. La música, los efectos de sonido y el silencio están muy bien utilizados para crear tensión, y ayudan muchísimo a meterte en la ambientación. ¿Tiene cosas mejorables? Sí. El combate puede resultar algo tosco en determinados momentos y entiendo perfectamente que no sea del gusto de todo el mundo. También creo que algunas situaciones pueden hacerse algo repetitivas. Pero personalmente, ninguna de estas cosas ha conseguido arruinarme la experiencia. Creo que uno de los principales problemas que ha tenido SILENT HILL f es llegar con unas expectativas enormes y con la comparación constante con otros juegos de la saga. Es cierto que es una propuesta diferente, pero para mí eso no es necesariamente algo malo. No intenta simplemente repetir lo que ya hemos visto, sino contar su propia historia y llevar el terror psicológico de Silent Hill a un contexto completamente diferente. Después de terminarlo, puedo decir que me alegro muchísimo de haberle dado una oportunidad en lugar de dejarme llevar por las opiniones negativas que había leído. Una experiencia que me ha sorprendido para bien y que, personalmente, recomiendo a cualquier fan del terror psicológico. **8,5/10.**

Long story short: great setting, story, and visuals. Combat can take a while to get used to, but in the end, it was a fun challenge too. I just wish I had known that there is absolutely no reason to play it on the hardest Action difficulty the first time around (that is, if you plan to experience all achievements and endings through NG+). To put it in more words, I did not enjoy my first run. The combination of Hard Action difficulty and unfamiliar combat was too much. I found the story great, a little too close to home, and sometimes rather confusing, although I understand that this was intentional. I quickly bonded with Hinako, but I couldn't do the same with the other characters, [spoiler] mainly because you need to find out about them yourself through documents and multiple playthroughs, as the cutscenes are unreliable and someone is killed right away. [/spoiler] It is not your typical Silent Hill game per se, but it has plenty of that psychological torment. At the end of my first run, I faced a difficult decision: play again or not. That was the first time I looked up anything about the game online, as I did not want spoilers to plague my first impression, and I realized that there was a lot more to the game that could be explored after finishing it once. Here I am after 100%ing the game, and I feel satisfied. The other runs felt much smoother. For example, the game tells you whether you have already seen a cutscene or whether it has been altered by your actions, so you don't need to worry about going through everything again feeling like a chore. I'm thankful for the experience. Good luck. *

TLDR: Play the game through all endings/routes for the whole story. I liked my experience with the game a lot. The game looks beautiful, and the art direction is exactly as strong. The atmosphere of this game is spot on for a J-horror of the decades past, and monsters are quite disgusting, dangerous, and degraded looking as Silent Hill games of the past without feeling like we've seen these monsters before (replaying Silent Hill 1-3 makes me glad this game took more "personal" influence.) Akira Yamaoka (as always) and Kensuke Inage (and not to understate the contributions of "xaki" and "dai" for their respective tracks) create a sometimes harrowing, atmospheric, and very often narratively intertwined Soundtrack. A shame that the physical release of the soundtrack has since been cancelled. The melee focused combat system is often characterized as Souls-like, but punishes you often for trying to treat it like one. A metal pipe is fine too. The full story only emerges in NG+, the game asks more of your time to flesh out what it tries to hide during First Play. This Necessary NG+ has been the only caveat of the game I can say had consequence in my recommendation. The performance optimization is also in need of some work. (Pretty game made me think about an upgrade all over again.) Surface level clickbait issues, endless nostalgia, and a horrendous new Silent Hill Movie have also muddied any discussion on what is definitely the best of Konami's New Venture to the foggy depths of Silent Hill's waking nightmare. Just getting the thoughts out while the review box is here on Steam, hoping that Konami is on their up-swing again.

"Wherever I choose to go will be up to me," Hinako wrote in her journal. A very simple and easy thing to say or write in this context, but—we all know—is hard to do. I think this quote is interesting because the game somehow revolved around this quote. Hinako wanted to do what she wanted to do, and go where she wanted to go, but she couldn't. Any other people might think it's easy just to shrug it off and turn the other cheek, but it's a whole different demon especially if the pressure comes from those closest to you and within you. Not a lot of people may understand, but it's an issue that still happens to this day which Ryukishi07 has penned or encapsulated so well in this game. The game is truly beautiful—the story, the imagery, the voice acting, and symbolism. This is one of the best-looking games I've played. I played this on Japanese since I found there are nuances in the translations, that only playing this game in the original language would do it justice. It's an amazing game, I just wish the combat wasn't like that (or maybe I wish I were better at it? Lol); I had no problem playing until the last boss fight in the true ending that got me thinking, "Is the combat bad or I'm just really terrible at this?" I was really bullheaded about it too, I didn't want to lower the difficulty. Lmao. Other than that, I really loved this game. I took some time off after every ending so I wouldn't burn myself, and it was nice and fulfilling once I got the true ending which fells like a nice beginning—not a closure—to what Hinako's life will be, now in her own hands and on her own terms. Also so sorry for the em dashes, I'm a chronic em dasher. Verdict: Good game, but better if you have the grit to get the true ending.

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4/5 STARS! Silent Hill f delivers a haunting psychological horror experience. Its unsettling atmosphere, disturbing imagery, and strong visual design create a constant sense of dread, while the story keeps you curious about what is really happening.