Silent Hill f Writer Ryukishi07 Says His Story Is 'A Salad Dressing' Of Supernatural And Psychological Horror

Higurashi and When They Cry creator Ryukishi07 has opened up astir penning Silent Hill f, likening the game's supernatural and intelligence elements to, uh, "salad dressing."

While the hype bid is firmly retired of the presumption for Silent Hill f — the upcoming Silent Hill rubric that resurrects a franchise that hasn't had a caller mainline crippled since 2012 — we haven't heard precise overmuch from writer Ryukishi07 astatine all, which made his caller quality astatine Anime Expo 2025 successful LA past period peculiarly exciting.

On a sheet alongside shaper Motoi Okamoto and composer and dependable decorator Akira Yamaoka, Ryukishi07 admitted he'd approached this task otherwise from however helium typically writes a book, focusing the communicative connected a azygous cardinal theme.

According to Famitsu, via Automaton, Ryukishi07 said that it would initially beryllium hard for players to separate betwixt the game's supernatural and intelligence fearfulness motifs, arsenic they'll often consciousness similar 1 and the same. As the crippled progresses, however, players volition recognize much of what's going connected —and it's present that the crippled "will beryllium similar a crockery dressing", helium said.

Explaining the metaphor, Ryukishi07 said it was similar the 2 elements would consciousness distinct, similar a crockery dressing wherever the lipid and different ingredients similar vinegar yet separate, adjacent if determination were initially blended together.

If you're a small taken aback by specified a comparison, I committedness you are not alone. Ryukishi07 did, however, adhd that successful summation to uncovering facts and clues astir the municipality of Ebisugaoka arsenic we progress, plentifulness volition beryllium near for america to construe oregon speculate connected — which is what Silent Hill fans emotion to do, of course.

Ryukishi07 besides revealed that Silent Hill f's communicative isn't conscionable 1 of fearfulness and torment. Like galore of Silent Hill's backmost catalog, this crippled explores aspects that marque america human, including love, sadness, and more.

Silent Hill f is not a sequel to immoderate of the existing Silent Hill games. Instead, it volition connection a standalone communicative "independent from the series." That came from steadfast Konami itself, which yet confirmed connected X/Twitter that the latest instalment of the fearfulness bid — which is usually, if not always, based successful a sleepy edifice municipality connected east-coast America — volition beryllium "a wholly caller title" that "people who person ne'er played the Silent Hill bid tin enjoy."

Okamoto said that tougher combat, with the visuals and music's "juxtaposition betwixt quality and terror," on with the "terrible quality of the game’s monster design," makes for a terrifying adventure. Even the puzzles are seemingly "grounded successful intelligence anguish and suffering." Yikes.

Silent Hill f takes america to 1960s Japan, wherever we'll travel Hinako Shimizu, a teen struggling nether the unit of expectations from her friends, family, and society. As displayed astatine the opening of the Japanese-language uncover trailer backmost successful March, it is the archetypal Silent Hill crippled to get an 18+ standing certification successful Japan. It's retired for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series connected September 25.

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.