{"id":53956,"date":"2025-11-15T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=53956"},"modified":"2025-11-14T18:49:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T09:49:37","slug":"silent-hill-f-lead-actress-tearful-playthrough-of-the-game-may-be-what-inspired-new-casual-mode-fans-theorize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/silent-hill-f-lead-actress-tearful-playthrough-of-the-game-may-be-what-inspired-new-casual-mode-fans-theorize\/","title":{"rendered":"Silent Hill f lead actress\u2019 tearful playthrough of the game may be what inspired new Casual mode, fans theorize"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Silent Hill f<\/strong> recently added a \u00a0new Casual mode to the game, and it didn\u2019t take long before Japanese fans \u00a0started jokingly calling the feature \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/k0j2k1d3\/status\/1988830683825868861?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Konatsu mode<\/a>,\u201d after Hinako\u2019s voice actress and model <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\">Konatsu Kato<\/a>. Kato, who <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/silent-hill-f-actress-to-stream-the-game-on-her-new-youtube-channel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">started streaming the game on her YouTube channel<\/a> in October, is doing her best to complete it, despite not being a gamer herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From struggling to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/0Ek5c3sQygs?si=oXj3bIXAicracqXP&amp;t=685\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">figure out the controls<\/a> to having a hard time solving Silent Hill f\u2019s many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/3u5stmCp4RE?si=IVenqcIEEH08nV8e&amp;t=1513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">combat and puzzle challenges<\/a>, Kato lets her viewers know that gaming isn\u2019t her forte. Despite this, she has been slowly learning the ins and outs of the game and in her latest stream, is trying her best to defeat the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/silent-hill-f-how-to-defeat-the-sakuko-like-monster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sakuko-like monster<\/a>. The fight cost Kato almost an hour of play with no success, leading her to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/xmQaOh5PIIg?si=5okr-fLMap_7kvhV&amp;t=6045\">on the verge of tears<\/a>. Kato\u2019s streams have gone viral not just for the Japanese actress\/model\u2019s connection to the franchise, but her honest reactions to Silent Hill f and her steady progress as a gamer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"655\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251114-539560001.jpg\" alt=\"Silent Hill f gameplay. \" class=\"wp-image-53959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251114-539560001.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251114-539560001-380x215.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251114-539560001-768x434.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Casual mode makes the game even easier than Story mode, Japanese fans decided to nickname it \u201cKonatsu mode,\u201d making a friendly jab at her inexperienced playstyle. And considering her livestreams garnered such wide attention and media coverage, some fans went on to theorize that her playthroughs were what incentivized Konami to implement the new game mode in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3053\u308cKONAMI\u3060\u3051\u3058\u3083\u306a\u304f\u3066\u3001\u5225\u30e1\u30fc\u30ab\u30fc\u3067\u3082<br>\u300c\u6700\u4f4e\u96e3\u6613\u5ea6\u3067\u3082\u9032\u3081\u3089\u308c\u306a\u3044\u4eba\u306f\u3044\u308b\u300d\u3068\u3044\u3046\u8a8d\u8b58\u306b\u306a\u3063\u3066\u30db\u30e9\u30b2\u5168\u4f53\u306e\u96e3\u6613\u5ea6\u304c\u898b\u76f4\u3055\u308c\u308b\u30ad\u30c3\u30ab\u30b1\u306b\u306a\u3063\u305f\u3089\u52a0\u85e4\u5c0f\u590f\u3055\u3093\u306e\u529f\u7e3e\u304c\u3067\u304b\u3059\u304e\u308b\u3002<br><br>\u307e\u3060\u307e\u3060\u30db\u30e9\u30b2\u306f\u30e9\u30a4\u30c8\u5c64\u306e\u6577\u5c45\u304c\u9ad8\u3044\u30a4\u30e1\u30fc\u30b8\u306a\u306e\u3067\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OxxzpmwkcS\">https:\/\/t.co\/OxxzpmwkcS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u3053\u3063\u304f\u3093@2\u4ee3\u76ee\u30a2\u30ab\u30a6\u30f3\u30c8 (@kokkun_game) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kokkun_game\/status\/1988843447327805706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Post translation:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If other developers, not just Konami, came to recognize that some people can&#8217;t progress even on the lowest difficulty setting and it motivates the re-evaluation of difficulty of the horror genre as a whole, it means Konatsu Kato has made an enormous contribution to the game industry.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Horror games still have a reputation for being inaccessible to casual players.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some fans believe that Kato\u2019s streams will bring to light the difficulties some people experience when playing horror games and hopefully incentivize other developers to make their scary games more accessible to players. While this might turn off hardcore players, it could encourage those who are intimidated by horror games to try them out. Given how inaccessible the genre can be, perhaps lessening the barrier to entry will get more people into horror games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Silent Hill f is available for the PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X|S.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related post:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/silent-hill-f-writer-ryukishi07s-doujin-circle-tease-upcoming-livestream-of-themselves-playing-the-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Silent Hill f writer Ryukishi07\u2019s doujin circle tease upcoming livestream of themselves playing the game<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/silent-hill-f-rip-off-mobile-game-lifts-screenshots-from-original-takes-place-in-convenience-store-for-some-reason\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Silent Hill f rip-off mobile game lifts screenshots from original, takes place in convenience store for some reason<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Konami just added a new &#8220;Casual&#8221; difficulty mode to Silent Hill f, and fans theorize that Hinako voice actress&#8217; viral livestreams might be what inspired the decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":53958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-53956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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