Silent Hill f is, if you've not yet heard the news, set against the backdrop of Japan's 1960s. For myself, this has always been one of the most intriguing things about the game; even as someone without much experience with the wider Silent Hill franchise, a vintage aesthetic like this one is really pulling me in.
There's a very good reason for Konami's decision to pin Silent Hill f to this bygone era, which we're learning more about thanks to an interview one intrepid reporter scheduled with Silent Hill series producer Motoi Okamoto at Gamescom 2025.
That aforementioned interview took place between Okamoto and PC Gamer's Eli Gould. Silent Hill f stars Hinako Shimizu, who the game's producer describes as "a repressed young woman" before detailing how this forms the game's narrative basis. "The focus that we place on the story, and for Hinako, is how she musters the courage to combat the repression."
Hinako, as Gould notes, is quickly demonstrated to stand against-the-grain regarding traditional Japanese views on the woman's role in society, which were, of course, significantly more prevalent in the '60s. Which isn't to say they've gone away, but I can only imagine what it must...
