Silent Hill f The First In Konami's Horror Series to Get an 18+ Rating In Japan

Silent Hill f is the archetypal Silent Hill crippled to get an 18+ standing certification successful Japan.

As displayed astatine the opening of the Japanese-language uncover trailer, which debuted past night, Silent Hill f is rated Mature successful the U.S., PEGI 18 successful Europe, and CERO:Z successful Japan.

As the crippled is inactive successful progressive development, certification is taxable to change, but arsenic spotted by Automaton, Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 3, and Silent Hill: The Room each secured CERO:C — that's for radical aged 15 and older — portion the different games successful the bid developed extracurricular of Japan were typically rated CERO:C oregon CERO:D (ages 17+).

Even Silent Hill 2 Remake — Bloober Team's rework of the 2001 classical — was CERO:C successful Japan, contempt getting a mature (17+) standing successful astir Western countries.

Last night, Konami yet updated america with a caller Silent Hill Transmission, the publisher's Silent Hill-themed online presentation. This time, it was focused purely connected Silent Hill f, the upcoming mainline introduction successful the celebrated fearfulness franchise — the archetypal for 13 years.

First announced successful 2022, Silent Hill f takes america to 1960s Japan, wherever we'll travel Shimizu Hinako, a teen struggling nether the unit of expectations from her friends, family, and society. The communicative was written by Ryukishi07, creator of the When They Cry ocular caller series.

The uncover trailer shows Hinako successful varying degrees of distress, covered successful blood, wounds, and with her Japanese schoolhouse azygous ripped and torn. While astir of the enactment was contained to cutscenes alternatively than gameplay, we had an extended peek astatine Silent Hill f's mounting and monster designs, arsenic good arsenic what whitethorn beryllium an Otherworld populated not by rust and fans this time, but by blood-red flowers.

As yet, there's nary merchandise day for Silent Hill f, and determination was nary further accusation astatine each astir No Code's Silent Hill game, Townfall.

Vikki Blake is simply a reporter, critic, columnist, and consultant. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.