Silent Hill Isn’t About a Town

Yes, it literally is. It’s the title of the series.

The town of Silent Hill is so important to the story of Silent Hill that it is basically a character in the narrative. Silent Hill 2 (since apparently Konami and Games “Journalists” only really care about SH2) was about James and his internal struggle, but specifically about how the town itself interacted with his internal fears and desires. That is what manifested the creatures and Maria. James was not manifesting the monsters, the town was. James wasn’t the one that decided to go to Silent Hill on his own, the town decided he was going to go there and called him to it.

Silent Hill not taking place (at least partially) in the town of Silent Hill might as well be The Twilight Zone but nothing weird ever happens, or a Batman movie without the Batman.

Silent Hill f still intrigues me, and probably I will still play it, but I am incredibly worried after what Konami tried with Ascension and The Short Message that they are going to try and reinforce that awful “Silent Hill Phenomenon” garbage. Konami isn’t exactly known for taking criticism correctly especially when it comes to Silent Hill. Right now, the only thing really connecting the game to the Silent Hill IP is fog, Akira Yamaoka & Masahiro Ito, and the title. That’s like calling Raiders of the Lost Ark a Star Wars movie because it was directed by George Lucas, had music by John Williams, and Harrison Ford was an actor in it.