Silent Hill f's School Level Packs A Lovely Musical Easter Egg
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Silent Hill f's School Level Packs A Lovely Musical Easter Egg
"Like the original game, Silent Hill f sends players to an "abandoned" school during its protagonist's attempts to escape the horrors of the fog. And similar to the original, the halls and classrooms of the school are adorned with everything you'd expect to find in an institution of learning: posters, calendars, lockers, bookshelves, cubbies; you name it, it's there. That includes a bit of simple sheet music that many are likely to overlook as just part of the set dressing."
"It turns out, however that this slice of music, if performed, will sound awfully familiar to fans of the original Silent Hill. And it's kinda spooky once you hear it, especially if you're willing to indulge in the perilous, though fun, art of headcanoning. (Maybe kids singing this in school was what brought the fog to Ebisugaoka?)"
"And if you don't speak Japanese, I highly recommend using a simple translation tool like Google's auto-translate to find all sorts of interesting messages that speak to the various themes in Silent Hill f, be they on signs that encourage traditional subservient roles for women in society or other creepy posters in the school that suggest you're being watched."
Silent Hill f places players in an abandoned school environment filled with realistic props, including overlooked sheet music. When performed, that sheet music reproduces the opening theme from the original Silent Hill. A streamer and a viewer verified the melody after the viewer played it on guitar. The game employs environmental storytelling with signs and posters that reveal themes like traditional gender roles and surveillance. The embedded melody and translated messages encourage eerie interpretations, such as children singing in school contributing to the fog, and reward players who investigate details and use translation tools.
Read at Kotaku
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