{"id":2061743,"date":"2026-07-25T17:25:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T14:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2061743"},"modified":"2026-07-25T17:25:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T14:25:17","slug":"silent-hill-f-writers-were-challenged-to-read-100-200-books-a-year-during-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2061743","title":{"rendered":"Silent Hill f writers were challenged to read &#8220;100-200 books a year&#8221; during production"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/silent-hill-f\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Silent Hill f<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Silent Hill f writers were challenged to read &#8220;100-200 books a year&#8221; during production<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">What the f.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Silent_Hill_f_ending_Header.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"A close up of Hinako from Silent Hill f.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Silent_Hill_f_ending_Header.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Konami<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1533038852.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1533038852.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/vikki-blake\">Vikki Blake<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-07-25T17:25:17+00:00\">July 25, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"8b072c26-f09f-4d92-b4c0-429ba74e2ed8\" data-name=\"Silent Hill f\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Silent Hill f\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Silent Hill f\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Silent Hill f\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Silent Hill f\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Silent Hill f\" title=\"Follow Silent Hill f\"><br \/>\n  Follow Silent Hill f<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Silent Hill producer Motoi Okamoto said the scriptwriters of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/silent-hill-f\">Silent Hill f<\/a> &#8220;pressured each other&#8221; to read &#8220;100 to 200 books a year&#8221;, including those from f&#8217;s writer Ryukishi07, to ensure they had a thorough understanding of the writer&#8217;s &#8220;style and quirks&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/game.watch.impress.co.jp\/docs\/kikaku\/2127066.html\">GameWatch<\/a> (\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\/Japanese), and spotted by <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-silent-hill-f-scenario-team-at-konami-was-encouraged-to-read-100-to-200-books-a-year-according-to-producer\/\">Automaton<\/a>, Okamoto stated at the recent CEDEC2026 conference that &#8220;if you&#8217;re going to commission a writer, you should read at least the majority of their entire body of work before commissioning them&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is not only a matter of basic respect, but it&#8217;s also to understand that every writer has their strengths and weaknesses, and to grasp their style and quirks,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Silent Hill f - Official Release Date Trailer (Japanese Audio) | State of Play 2025\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6VDnPTRobHk?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/6VDnPTRobHk\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Silent Hill f &#8211; Official Release Date Trailer (Japanese Audio) | State of Play 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s a Silent Hill f trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6VDnPTRobHk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The talk &#8211; entitled &#8220;Silent Hill&#8217;s production techniques: how to create a game that will be popular in the age of &#8216;favourite characters&#8221; &#8211; Okamoto also opened up about how Konami rebooted the series, acknowledging that when the decision to revive Silent Hill was greenlit, about half of Konami&#8217;s development team were in their 20s, and the prior development team has been &#8220;almost entirely replaced&#8221;, including original developers now known to some as &#8220;Team Silent&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wanted people to feel that this was a serious attempt to revive the series, rather than a &#8216;wait-and-see&#8217; remake that gauges the series&#8217; popularity, which is common these days,&#8221; Okamoto admitted. &#8220;That&#8217;s why I absolutely wanted to announce a new game at the same time as the remake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With a strong cast of characters, a 1960s Japan setting, and a dense atmosphere, Silent Hill f made an impression on veterans and newcomers alike, and it&#8217;s been so successful that Takeshi Masago and Tamami Hiraoka, who played Hinako&#8217;s father and mother respectively, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/two-silent-hill-f-actors-become-tourism-ambassadors-of-real-life-location\">have been made tourism ambassadors for Gero City in Japan&#8217;s Gifu Prefecture<\/a>, the city that inspired the game&#8217;s rural village.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If this [review] has left you curious, close this tab, avoid social media and further reviews or streams, and let yourself experience Silent Hill f first hand,&#8221; I wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/silent-hill-f-review\">Eurogamer&#8217;s Silent Hill f review<\/a>. &#8220;You&#8217;ll either thank me for it or hate me for it, but either way, you&#8217;ll have a hell of a time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Silent Hill&#8217;s long-awaited resurgence has seen a strong start thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/bloober-team\">Bloober Team<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/silent-hill-2\">Silent Hill 2<\/a> remake and developer Neobards&#8217; Silent Hill f. So hopes are high for the survival horror series next outing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/silent-hill-townfall-release-date\">Silent Hill Townfall, which is now confirmed to be releasing for PC and PlayStation 5 on 24th September<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Silent Hill producer Motoi Okamoto said the scriptwriters of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/silent-hill-f\">Silent Hill f<\/a> &#8220;pressured each other&#8221; to read &#8220;100 to 200 books a year&#8221;, including those from f&#8217;s writer Ryukishi07, to ensure they had a thorough understanding of the writer&#8217;s &#8220;style and quirks&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/game.watch.impress.co.jp\/docs\/kikaku\/2127066.html\">GameWatch<\/a> (\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\/Japanese), and spotted by <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-silent-hill-f-scenario-team-at-konami-was-encouraged-to-read-100-to-200-books-a-year-according-to-producer\/\">Automaton<\/a>, Okamoto stated at the recent CEDEC2026 conference that &#8220;if you&#8217;re going to commission a writer, you should read at least the majority of their entire body of work before commissioning them&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is not only a matter of basic respect, but it&#8217;s also to understand that every writer has their strengths and weaknesses, and to grasp their style and quirks,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Silent Hill f - Official Release Date Trailer (Japanese Audio) | State of Play 2025\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6VDnPTRobHk?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/6VDnPTRobHk\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Silent Hill f &#8211; Official Release Date Trailer (Japanese Audio) | State of Play 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s a Silent Hill f trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6VDnPTRobHk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The talk &#8211; entitled &#8220;Silent Hill&#8217;s production techniques: how to create a game that will be popular in the age of &#8216;favourite characters&#8221; &#8211; Okamoto also opened up about how Konami rebooted the series, acknowledging that when the decision to revive Silent Hill was greenlit, about half of Konami&#8217;s development team were in their 20s, and the prior development team has been &#8220;almost entirely replaced&#8221;, including original developers now known to some as &#8220;Team Silent&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wanted people to feel that this was a serious attempt to revive the series, rather than a &#8216;wait-and-see&#8217; remake that gauges the series&#8217; popularity, which is common these days,&#8221; Okamoto admitted. &#8220;That&#8217;s why I absolutely wanted to announce a new game at the same time as the remake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With a strong cast of characters, a 1960s Japan setting, and a dense atmosphere, Silent Hill f made an impression on veterans and newcomers alike, and it&#8217;s been so successful that Takeshi Masago and Tamami Hiraoka, who played Hinako&#8217;s father and mother respectively, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/two-silent-hill-f-actors-become-tourism-ambassadors-of-real-life-location\">have been made tourism ambassadors for Gero City in Japan&#8217;s Gifu Prefecture<\/a>, the city that inspired the game&#8217;s rural village.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If this [review] has left you curious, close this tab, avoid social media and further reviews or streams, and let yourself experience Silent Hill f first hand,&#8221; I wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/silent-hill-f-review\">Eurogamer&#8217;s Silent Hill f review<\/a>. &#8220;You&#8217;ll either thank me for it or hate me for it, but either way, you&#8217;ll have a hell of a time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Silent Hill&#8217;s long-awaited resurgence has seen a strong start thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/bloober-team\">Bloober Team<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/silent-hill-2\">Silent Hill 2<\/a> remake and developer Neobards&#8217; Silent Hill f. 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