
I've got myself into a slightly weird and surprising situation – I think I might be a big horror game fan, without ever intending that to happen. The fact is, that without ever describing myself as a huge fan of the genre, I've played a whole heap of the biggest releases in it over the last few years, from the Dead Space remake to various Resident Evil games and now Silent Hill f.
This is the latest game in a franchise that was dormant for a decent while, but now seems to be bouncing back – not least because of a successful remake of Silent Hill 2 last year. This spin-off takes the series into a very new place by spinning the clock back and landing in 1960s Japan, in a small town plagued by horrendous events.