Ever since the first Silent Hill Transmission showcase in October 2022,Silent Hillveterans have been waiting for more news on the mysteriousSilent Hill f. Although it was announced alongside other major projects likeSilent Hill Townfalland Bloober Team’sSilent Hill 2remake,Silent Hill fstood out due to the acclaimedWhen They Crywriter Ryukishi07 being attached to the project. Its developer, NeoBards Entertainment, has only created a couple of recentResident Evilspin-offs and has otherwise done support work and ports, soSilent Hill fresembling a mainlineSilent Hilleven in its reveal trailer was a big deal.
Fast-forward to March 2025, andSilent Hill fhas received its own Silent Hill Transmission. While it was light on gameplay and lacked a release window, the show madeSHflook even more appealing. Set in the fictional town of Ebisugaoka in the 1960s,Silent Hill fwill explore the series’first Japanese counterpart to the American town of Silent Hillthrough the eyes of Shimizu Hinako. Fans were also given a longer look atSilent Hill fin a new trailer, which mostly raised more questions than answers, especially how the game intends to handle one coreSilent Hillmechanic.
What Silent Hill f Has Revealed About Its Combat
According to official statements, the expected mixture of puzzle solving and monster fighting will return inSilent Hill f. Confirmation ofSilent Hill’s split puzzle and combat difficulty optionswill have to wait, but attentive trailer viewers did notice at least one combat staple returning. Hinako is seen wielding a metal pipe, a classic improvised weapon that multipleSilent Hillprotagonists have scrounged while exploring iterations of the deadly town.
The ESRB rating forSilent Hillhas confirmed that additional weapons, such as “axes, crowbars, knives, and spears” will be in the game that have not yet been revealed.
Silent Hill Usually Boasts a Handful of Weapons
The answer may seem obvious based on prior entries, butSilent Hill fis a radical new venture with the series’ setting, so it could take other liberties.Silent Hillgames typically include multiple weapons, with melee tools and firearms allowing players to mix up their options as they find or unlock them. Basic knives typically come early on, while various guns, larger blunt objects, and even special weapons like the Great Knife or a katana come later.
How Multiple Weapons May Play Out in Silent Hill f
Silent Hill 3’s Heather is shown with her starting knife often enough to make it feel like her signature item, andSHf’s Hinako is headed in the same directionthanks to several scenes and one promotional image all showing her with a metal pipe. Given the setting, the return of the katana would be appropriate, but guns lying around Japan are less believable than in an American Silent Hill.
It’s possible that even more combat options could be unlocked in subsequent playthroughs, with the aforementioned katana sounding like a good, somewhat silly starting place, but there’s a lot that can be done with just one pipe.Silent Hill fcould expand the range of offensive and defensive options available to the player or carefully arrange them to favor one approach. The feeling of having an inadequate weapon, and thus wanting to avoidSilent Hill’s grotesque enemiesrather than fight them, could make for a compelling horror experience. It will be interesting to see ifSilent Hill freally does try something new withSilent Hill’s deliberate combat.
