‘A New Benchmark for the Series’: Silent Hill f Earns High Praise From Critics
Eduard Zamikhovsky
The review embargo for Silent Hill f was lifted — and it looks like fans of the cult series can relax: the game has scored 86 on Metacritic and 84 on OpenCritic.
Silent Hill f is already being hailed as one of the franchise’s best entries since the PlayStation 2 era. Reviewers especially praised its story and striking visual style. Guest writer Ryukishi07 crafted a dark, layered narrative that explores themes like child abuse and drug addiction. The protagonist’s fears are often conveyed through visual metaphors, while the Japanese town of Ebisugaoka is recreated with an impressive level of detail.
The main criticism centers on combat. According to reviewers, fights feel tedious and lack real strategic depth, with no meaningful rewards for defeating monsters. Instead, players risk losing health and damaging their fragile weapons, which require repairs — making combat sometimes feel pointless.
Scores for Silent Hill f:
- Dexerto — 100/100;
- Game Rant — 100/100;
- Inverse — 100/100;
- DualShockers — 95/100;
- GRYOnline.pl — 95/100;
- Gamepressure — 95/100;
- Stevivor — 95/100;
- Gameliner — 90/100;
- GameSpot — 90/100;
- Vandal — 85/100;
- Eurogamer — 80/100;
- GamesRadar+ — 80/100;
- VGC — 80/100;
- Gamereactor UK — 70/100;
- IGN — 70/100.
Review excerpts:
After many long years, Silent Hill has received its most exceptional installment, reintroducing the series to the Premier League of horror and regaining its reputation as the pinnacle of virtual terror.
Perhaps this isn't surprising, considering that nearly every part of Silent Hill f is crafted with the same level of care and skill. And yet, that doesn't make anything about this game and what NeoBards has achieved any less impressive. Silent Hill f is not just a return to form, it's a remarkable evolution; it's a visual spectacle, a mastercraft in psychological horror, a work of narrative brilliance, and a new benchmark for the Silent Hill series.
Silent Hill f's frustrating first-half is outweighed by a brilliant, delirious second that's well worth the initial slog.
Silent Hill f presents a fresh new setting to explore and a fascinatingly dark story to unravel, but its melee-focussed combat takes a big swing that doesn’t quite land.
Silent Hill f ranks among the best of Konami’s Silent Hill games, thanks to its gorgeous presentation, layered replayable story, and smart twists to the psychological horror formula.
Silent Hill f launches tomorrow for deluxe edition owners. The standard edition will be available on September 25.
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