Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "SILENT HILL F IS NOW THE FASTEST-SELLING SILENT HILL GAME EVER"

Episode Date: October 9, 2025

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Now you already know what time of the year it is. It is essentially speaking, spooky season. So with that being said, of course, a spooky game to go along with spooky season is bound to happen. But did we know that it was going to happen like this? Shepherd, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? Who would have thunk that Silent Hill, who has a franchise, has over 10 million units? as far as lifetime and of course its most successful hit is the silent hill two that came out

2001 that in his first month garnered one million sales and not only that because you're probably thinking one million that's it well ladies and gentlemen this 2024 remake talking about silent hill two mind you reached one million in three days and then two million by january of 2025 which is the fastest ever as far as the silent hill franchise but here silent hill f comes which is quickly becoming one of the best entries into the silent hill franchise and the reason why i say that is because not only has fc drop which numbers you know as far as analytically speaking EA is doing phenomenal on playstation it's the second most play game on playstation currently Um, actually it's not my fault.

I was looking at new games. Um, it is the fourth, no, it's the fifth most play game on PlayStation currently. Ghost of Yote is the first most play game. The bit, the biggest thing that stood out to me is, of course, Silent Hill being the fourth most play game on Xbox. And then, of course, you come to Steam and it had an all-time peak of 22,000, 11 days ago. And it's 24-hour peak, it's 6,000, almost 7,000 with 6,880. So the main thing I was wanting to get at is putting out a psychological action horror is obviously not up a lot of people's alley because for one, if they're anything like me, they don't like being scared.

I'm not paying money for you to increase my heart rate. If I wanted to do that, I would go to Burger King or McDonald's. So that being said, Silent Hill, I believe is the main thing. No, its main thing is basically messing with your mind, but also giving a very. poignant story along the way. So with the horror elements, uh, sprinkle throughout the entire story, you still don't forget the fact that they're telling one of the most complex stories, if not, well, yeah, one of the most complex stories in the year of 2025, which is why a lot of people are saying that Silent Hill

F is what could be a contender for game of the year. Now, for me personally, I still think Hollow Night would be up there for me and my personal favorite game. I'm a little biased. I play this with my cousin. But split fiction to me is my favorite game of 2025. Now that means there, the main thing I was wanting to get into is of course the sales and review roundup. So I talked about Silent Hill 2, which is objectively speaking the favorite amongst the

fans of the Silent Hill franchise. But when it comes to Silent Hill F, it's doing phenomenal on the charts. And when it comes to that, 1 million plus copies sold within the 24 hours is definitely reminiscent of Silent Hill 2 until you realize. Silent Hill F is becoming one of the fastest selling Silent Hill entries in quite some time. So comparing it to the Silent Hill 2 remake, a remake that did 1 million in three days, safe to say Silent Hill F is following in its footsteps. And of course, when it comes to Japan, it's topping the charts specifically with

57,000 physical units in Japan in just week one, the best since Silent Hill 2 that sold 69,000 in 2001. And then when you come to the franchise lifetime pre-launch, I've already talked about that. So it's 10 plus million, but if you want the specific number, it's now 12.7 million in total. And of course, this is going to keep increasing. So when you're battling it out with not only E8 Sports FC, but also Ghost of Tashima, which is also one of those high-quality games that I personally are. personally played myself, you know,

shameless plug, analytic dreams video to see my gameplay of ghosts of Yote. But the main thing I want to get at is when you look at the competition as far as what you released around, you had EA Sports FC, Ghost of Tashima, or not Ghost of Tashima, ghosts of Yote, and you still are doing phenomenal as far as the sales aspect. Because of course, people forgot that Borderlands 4 even came out. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? And I hate I had to do it to him, but somebody has to point out how the competition in the gaming landscape is harder than ever.

As far as quality games dropping time and time again. I mean, we've had, just off at the top of my head, split fiction, of course, Ghost of Yote, Kazan. I'm trying to think of other games. Expedition 33. We've had, well, Wu chain, Fall and Fell is kind of, with no pun intended.

Well, I guess pun intended. Failed to the wayside. But it was a bunch of other games. 2K was actually solid this year. People really didn't come out and complain like they usually do. It's a crazy year as far as gaming. Yeah, Mario Car World, which people didn't really like like that.

But Donkey Kong Bonanza, that was a Donkey, that was a Nintendo Switch to Exclusive that was definitely competitive of in the field but you get the point those are just off the top of my head the main thing i was wanted to get at is and of course hollow night silk son like i could keep going on and on about the competitive nature as far as the video game field in 2025 because mind you when eld and ring came out it was leaps and bounds better than the next game okay what y'all say when elin ring came out it was

leaps and bounds ahead of the next up as far as competition for game of the year this year there's a plethora of games that if you said it was the best game objective well you know it's all subjective but if you said expedition 33 hollow night split fiction if you say any of these games was a game of the year nobody will look at you crazy they'll probably just say well you know that's your opinion but when eldering came out it was such a big gap in that specific year that there was really no other game that could compete so that's why i say the competitive landscape in 2025 is as competitive than it's been for quite some time. I mean, Eldon Ring was going up against like, what was it?

God of War or Spider-Man or something like that? Like, it just really wasn't competition. No slight to those games. It was solid games, but it just wasn't innovative like Eldon Ring. So anyways, getting back into Silent Hill F, for the people who's wanted to engage with this specific game, when it comes to Silent Hill F, it's a third-person survival horror split into a fog world, which is Real Japan and a dark shrine, which is an industrial hellscape.

Now, I would expound upon that, but of course, I don't. want to spoil anything so when it comes to that specific setting you're going throughout that with the whole main story um the main thing about it is it's very psychological it's a lot of different families and um haiku riddles and it's really culturally rooted so if you look for something that's not only just a jump scare you know just your normal scary type of horror game this is it if you wanted something deeper but also having that horror element i believe this is the game for you and it's a very short game i mean trying to be a completionist will have you around 15 to 20 hours when it comes to the actual main story is 9 to 12 hours and realistically

speaking doing some of the side content if you was going to run through the main story is 12 to 15 so it's a very condensed and concise story that you're trying to tell and of course because i wasn't going to play it personally because i don't like being scared i looked up the story You know, I did a little, not reading them, but you know, I did a little video essay myself, like a plethora. And when I figured out, obviously I'm not going to spoil anything, but what I figured out what they was trying to convey, safe to say. This game that's developed by Neo Barz Entertainment published by Konami has one of the best stories I've seen in a video game in quite some time. I've really liked the way that they tied everything together at the end. I know what you're saying, oh, if you just watch the cutscenes, you're not going to get the main thing out of it.

I watched the like video essays. So like breakdowns of the video game because I knew I wouldn't have time to play it personally. So watching the story, thinking about the intricacy that goes into telling that type of story while also making it a phenomenal game because at the end of the day, it is a video game. The mechanics have to be smooth, which is one of the slight critiques. It's not as smooth as you would want as far as the combat. But of course, this is not street fighter. It's not taking.

This is a horror game. So when it comes to the story, that's the biggest. highlight to me as far as silent hill f now of course the protagonist is hanako shimitsu hopefully i'm saying that right and then you have the childhood friend which is shu awaiyu and then the uh and tag well i don't want to support that so those are the protagonists and childhood friend so now when you look into the overall reviews because you know this is the sales and review roundups so getting into some of the review roundups IGN gave this game a 9 out of 10

saying it's the strongest since the PS2 era is a success in almost every way Polygon gave this an 8 out of 10 saying haunting visuals in an enigmatic story resonate universally GameSpot gave this a 9 out of 10 saying bold, brutal new take must play for horror fans.

PC gamer gave this an 8 out of 10 saying the next step up for the franchise's rebirth, inverse gave it a 9.5 at a 10, goodness, saying one of the best survival horror games ever made. Shepherd, just look at the state of gaming.

Like, what is going on? So that's the main thing I was going to get into just talking about the reviewing sales roundups. When it comes to Silent Hill, it's top in the charts in Japan, of course. It's the fourth most played game on Xbox is interestingly enough not on the top 10 as far as PlayStation. Even more interesting is that Digimon is on there.

What in the world? Digimon keeps popping up as far as the top sellers because even on Steam, Digimon is showing his head. I'm like, hold on now, let me find out y'all was a fan of the theme song like myself. So, because when I was a little kid, like just walking around, playing with Bayblaze, uh, Yu-Gi-Oh, what else, Pokemon on my Nintendo DS, you know, I was just thinking to myself that that is one of the best things. songs I've ever sung to myself as a kid you know that did g-e-mon digital monsters I mean that's a hit I

don't know why no rapper hasn't you know let me stop before a rapper make a drill song to it so anyways with that being said that's the main thing I was wanting to talk about as far as uh the the first fully japan said silent hill of course it's female focus um dual composers which has distinct sound skates for each world and of course it does have certain references I don't want to spoil any but when it comes to the performance of the characters and the story, it's definitely one of the, not only is, like, objectively speaking, not only is one of the fastest ever Silent Hill video games. But as far as merging Japanese psychological horror

with modern action sensibilities, I think Silent Hill just revitalized itself and showcase why it's regarded as one of the best horror franchises of all time. So with that being said, click my link to your bio, let me know in one of my social medias. What do you think, about Silent Hill if you played the game, what is your favorite thing about Silent Hill? And of course, do you believe Silent Hill F is a contender for Game of the Year?