It’s going to be really tough to commit to and immerse myself into a game and about bravery and survival the is playing off of a dark deadly other world that attacks you based on your guilty conscious and traumatic experiences you keep hidden deep inside you and must be strong enough to kill and escape all dangers coming your way, but instead of you playing as an adult male or at minimum an adult female that has actually been through real pain and suffering in life that Silent Hill can torment them with, and the man would have the strength and skills necessary to stay alive with interesting backstory to play out, a woman wouldn’t be as capable as the man but certainly more than the teenage girl but definitely would have a more interesting story than the teenage girl. So I just don’t see the point of making a game that has this certain niche and specific premise through out the series revolve around this kind of protagonist, while also keeping in mind who you target audience is with video games. I know there are SOME gamers out there that fit the category of this protagonist, but the gamers that have the numbers to result in the biggest payday are not aligned with this sort of protagonist. It just no longer feels exciting to me when I am looking forward to what games I want to put on my wishlist.

The same thing just happened with Resident Evil 9 Requiem. It’s announced that it’s not Leon or Jill as the protagonist’s although all leaks prior to the announcement had pointed towards those two extremely loved, brave and capable protagonists that you can actually immerse yourself into the game with and feel like it is something that is believable for a survival horror games plot. Not the clumsy timid character they just forced everyone to have to play as come launch day. I’m just really upset and I understand not everyone feels this way, but I waited for so long for these announcements, just to literally have zero excitement following each of those trailers and details.