#adorablog

serennedy suffering in sync during my playthrough </3

personal ramblings below.

my ALL CAPCOM cleon acrylic standees have arrived last night! ﾊﾟﾁﾊﾟﾁﾊﾟﾁﾊﾟﾁ

55 hours later, I finally reached the true ending of Silent Hill f and obtained its platinum trophy as well! (I worked my ass off for it holy shit)

just like a number of Japanese video games / visual novels, you really do NEED to replay this game 4~5 times in order to get the full picture. it's sorta similar to NieR Replicant & Automata, where each playthrough reveals new scenarios and context regarding the lore/characters. with SHf, however... I just wish there were more notable differences in the third and fourth playthroughs to keep things more interesting and rewarding. nevertheless, the different entities you face in each ending was a sight to see, especially if you're knowledgeable in Japanese folklore and mythology like me :3

the narrative itself is intriguing and packed with interesting lore about Ebisugaoka and its many gods. some players have accused this game of not being Silent Hill, and while I agree that the combat is indeed different from what we're familiar with, everything else is typical Silent Hill... in my opinion, at least. what seems to be a simple, straight-forward story of a girl who doesn't want to be sold to an arranged marriage is made more interesting and complex by mentioning conflicting gods and a weird fox-possession/spirited-away phenomena in Ebisugaoka. I'm still in the process of figuring what really happened in the overall story, but one thing I really like is how they portrayed Hinako's internal struggles by having a 'doppelganger' - a Hinako (ヒナ子) whose wings have been clipped by the arranged marriage, and a Hinako (深水 雛子) who still resists and continues to fight for her freedom.

also, can I just say that her actress - Konatsu Kato - did an excellent performance as Hinako? I loved her insanely relatable crash outs in the late sections of the game. she mentioned she felt like she was going insane while working on this project, and yeah, I felt that.

the monsters/enemies are also one of the best concept designs I’ve seen in a Silent Hill game, but maybe that's just me being biased. personally, I love the Sakuko-like Entity the most! terrifyingly beautiful and haunting.

one negative thing I'll say about the game that I wanna rant about is... of course, the combat. (I platinumed this game so I deserve to whine for a bit) I found it annoyingly clunky and tedious for like, 70% of the game, and it kinda pissed me off during my first run ;; the counter visual cues looked like it appears a millisecond fast, the camera becomes your sub-enemy after doing an attack... the perfect dodges were fun to do, but it wasn't that rewarding at all. fortunately, if you obtain the right set of Omamoris (Rabbit & Serpent) this fixes the issue completely, though I wish they had the perfect dodge + counterattack combo as a basic mechanic and not an unlockable skill. also, I despise the Irohihi & Kamugara mob so much. they made things insufferable at times. but anyway!

My sister just sent this to me...