Silent Hill f has taken a different direction as the franchise has walked the western path for so long. Now it’s set in Japan but seemingly retains the essence of the game. We don’t have the release date but we now know that the game won’t be coming to the land of kangaroos. Australian authorities have given the game a Refused Classification (RC) rating, which effectively closes the nation’s entry door for it.
For all we know, this is going to be the scariest video game in the franchise. Motoi Okamoto, who is producing, says it’s about “find[ing] the beauty in terror.” He explained that too much beauty can be unsettling, which is actually core to Japanese horror. We already have a glimpse of what this means, as we saw a couple of years back when the teaser dropped. Recently, we got its reveal trailer, which gives us an idea as to what’s in the town for us.
There’s No Explanation to This Silent Hill f Rating by Authorities
There can be a couple of interpretations to this Silent Hill f rating; it can seriously mess with people’s minds as its disclaimer clears it out or this is going to give us the horrors of our lifetime. This RC rating is sort of a last resort, according to the official Australian government website. When they deem a game reaching different heights where classifications like ‘Category 1 Restricted,’ ‘Category 2 Restricted,’ or more doesn’t work, they bring this one into play. Its description reads,
Refused Classification (RC) refers to films, computer games and publications that cannot be sold, hired, advertised or legally imported in Australia. Material classified as RC contains content that is outside generally-accepted community standards and exceeds what can be included in the R 18+ and X 18+ ratings.
However, there’s no official word on why exactly the game is falling under this rare umbrella. This is only the second Silent Hill game to be banned in the country after Homecoming, which was eventually allowed after it was toned down with the violent elements in it as per the rules. Considering this, we can only imagine if the creators would be willing to do the same with the upcoming game.
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Anurag Batham is a Writer at Thumb Wars zeroed in on video games but will also throw himself up on anything in association with anime and cinema. As with his favorite video games, give him anything with a linear story, be it Call of Duty or Braid, and he will be happy. He think of stories as food and wants to feed his readers something nutritious, food for thought.
