{"id":52984,"date":"2025-10-16T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=52984"},"modified":"2025-10-15T16:04:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T07:04:25","slug":"silent-hill-f-is-hiding-a-small-silly-character-off-screen-in-one-of-its-cutscenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/silent-hill-f-is-hiding-a-small-silly-character-off-screen-in-one-of-its-cutscenes\/","title":{"rendered":"Silent Hill f is hiding a small silly \u201ccharacter\u201d off-screen in one of its cutscenes\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Silent Hill f<\/strong> is full of narrative secrets: some are kept hidden until the end of the story, while others are left to the player\u2019s imagination. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@BoundaryBreak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Boundary Break<\/a>\u2019s secrets are a different kind. Armed with several fan-made mods and developer expertise, YouTuber Shesez uncovers the different development tricks used in some of your favorite games. It turns out, Silent Hill f also comes with a fair deal of out-of-view surprises.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note that spoilers follow for Silent Hill f.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MASSIVE Discoveries Surfaced in SILENT HILL f\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JnsFAGtqzSA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Camera mods are the tools most often used in Boundary Break. By unlocking the game\u2019s camera, <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/final-fantasy-10-remaster-accidentally-replaced-original-games-easter-egg-referencing-a-scrapped-early-prototype\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shesez can show viewers things<\/a> that would otherwise remain unseen, i.e. things that the developers never intended for players to come across.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of Silent Hill f\u2019s off-camera secrets is a tiny doll-like dummy, devoid of any sense of horror or real textures, that appears during Hinako\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/silent-hill-f-how-to-get-the-secret-omamori-cat-charm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first visit to the Dark Shrine<\/a>. When Hinako closes the door at the exit of this sequence, an unidentified figure rushes toward her and pushes her down. The figure then passes by her as she loses consciousness, blocking a light source and casting an ominous shadow over her figure.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1347\" height=\"756\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1347px) 100vw, 1347px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251015-52984-001.jpg\" alt=\"Silent Hill f dummy model\" class=\"wp-image-52988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251015-52984-001.jpg 1347w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251015-52984-001-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251015-52984-001-768x431.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1351\" height=\"751\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1351px) 100vw, 1351px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251015-52984-002.jpg\" alt=\"Silent Hill f dummy model\" class=\"wp-image-52989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251015-52984-002.jpg 1351w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251015-52984-002-380x211.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251015-52984-002-768x427.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While it is never revealed who the figure is (some think this is <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/silent-hill-f-how-to-defeat-the-shiromuku-boss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the second Hinako<\/a> that initially appears in the Dark Shrine), the in-game model that casts the shadow belongs to the dummy, whom Shesez astutely compares to the Gingerbread Man from Shrek. They find this detail odd, as modern developers typically use an unanimated model of the actual character as a stand-in for their off-screen counterpart. This makes their silhouette look more believable, as can be seen when Hinako encounters the shadow of her sister, Junko, later in the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1343\" height=\"754\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1343px) 100vw, 1343px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251015-52984-003.jpg\" alt=\"Silent Hill f Junko cutscene\" class=\"wp-image-52990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251015-52984-003.jpg 1343w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251015-52984-003-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251015-52984-003-768x431.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1340\" height=\"757\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1340px) 100vw, 1340px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251015-52984-004.jpg\" alt=\"Silent Hill f Junko cutscene\" class=\"wp-image-52991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251015-52984-004.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251015-52984-004-380x215.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251015-52984-004-768x434.jpg 768w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This model of Junko isn\u2019t seen until much later in the game, but provides a good silhouette for this cutscene it&#8217;s used in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By contrast, some of Silent Hill\u2019s other off-screen secrets are unexpectedly detailed. One good example is the Ramune drinks, which are used to restore Sanity and to be given as offerings to the Hokora Shrine save points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1348\" height=\"758\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1348px) 100vw, 1348px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251015-52984-005.jpg\" alt=\"Silent Hill f Ramune bottle\" class=\"wp-image-52992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251015-52984-005.jpg 1348w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251015-52984-005-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251015-52984-005-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though players never see the inside of Ramune bottles, the developers went the extra mile and modelled the marble that is typically found at the top of real-life Ramune bottles. While the marble keeps the beverage carbonated in real life, it doesn\u2019t serve any purpose in Silent Hill f, yet it&#8217;s still in there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boundary Break\u2019s Silent Hill f episode features several secrets: some big, others small, but all are interesting. Considering this is one Silent Hill game where almost everything is explicitly revealed to the player, it couldn\u2019t hurt to know more about <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/silent-hill-f-actress-opens-up-about-losing-her-grip-on-reality-in-hinakos-role-i-only-remember-fragments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hinako\u2019s strange coming-of-age story<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Silent Hill f is available for the PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X|S.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploring Silent Hill f&#8217;s out-of-camera views, BoundaryBreak has discovered a secret &#8220;funny little guy&#8221; in the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":52986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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