Silent Hill f hasn't even fully launched and someone's already modded out the fog, and as much as I'm against this wholeheartedly, even I can admit those graphics are gorgeous with greater clarity

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A Silent Hill f "no fog" mod is already here, and while I hate it, it is neat to look at for a second

Key art for Silent Hill f, cropped for a thumbnail, showing Hinako Shimizu standing in an alley of Ebisugaoka, a 1960s rural Japanese town, which has been taken over by red sprouting growths, including spider lilies
(Image credit: Konami Digital Entertainment)

Some impatient horror hounds are playing Silent Hill f ahead of schedule with its advanced release that comes with pre-orders, but the game doesn't properly launch until September 25. And yet, there's already a mod available on PC that removes the fog from the game, giving us a peak at the '60s Japan setting unobscured by the series' signature low-hanging clouds.

Two things: I hate this. It's hard to think of a visual characteristic that's more fundamental to Silent Hill's identity than the fog that blurs the line between nightmare and reality, especially now that the titular town itself isn't in the latest game. Although the fog was originally implemented as a way to mask the PS1's hardware limitations, it's since taken on an iconic presence in the series, and removing it is akin to blasphemy in my eyes.

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Silent Hill f
(Image credit: Konami/Fellow_Demo)

Side-by-sides of vanilla Silent Hill f and modded versions with no fod and less fog

Again, I'd never actually play the game this way, but the level of detail hiding behind that fog in the vanilla game is really interesting to see laid bare. Now, let's all return to the fog and pretend none of this ever happened.

Silent Hill f gets off to a "Very Positive" start on Steam, with 88% favorable reviews from horror fans: "It's not your classic SH experience, but it's a damn good one"

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Jordan Gerblick
Jordan Gerblick

After earning an English degree from ASU, I worked as a corporate copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. I got my big break here in 2019 with a freelance news gig, and I was hired on as GamesRadar's west coast Staff Writer in 2021. That means I'm responsible for managing the site's western regional executive branch, AKA my home office, and writing about whatever horror game I'm too afraid to finish.

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