A new direction with SHf is what this series needed, much like what RE7 did for Resident Evil.
I do understand the hesitation some of you might feel in this game being very different while having “Silent Hill” in the title, but we also don’t have the context for where this story will go. I’m much more open to seeing the SH lore expanded in this way compared to what the western games tried to do, cause Ryukishi07 is clearly very passionate about this series. From the deep dives I’ve watched, I see lots of respect and attention to detail for Japanese culture. Yeah, it looks similar to Siren and Fatal Frame, but it’s not like we’ve been getting new entries for those anyways.