Because he's a fake faggot who thinks he has some sort of education on Silent Hill
There are a lot of people who are saying it's the best, which I don't agree with but he's going the opposite route. He's saying it's the worst piece of shit ever, that it's besmirching the name of Silent Hill, as if that series has always been the most straight-laced series in gaming. I honestly wish he would stop playing it, because he's given us takes such as Gollum and Kong Skull Island are "would be GOTY if this was ten years ago" while shitting on a perfectly playable game like SHf. He's talking over everything and not getting it, he preports to be interested in Japanese culture yet any chance he gets he shits on it.
He makes the difficulty what he complains about - i.e. story mode is too easy, equip items that make you overpowered, and complains. Too stupid to do puzzles that even on Lost in the Fog difficulty (what I am playing on) are simple enough to use your brain for.
I'm not finished with the game because I don't have the time to just sit down and power through it but so far I'm enjoying it, will I like it by the end? Who knows, but so far it's been fine, I've liked a lot of it, and somethings I've been disappointed in. But Phil is a complete... well, Phil. I'm watching WPIG right now and he's catching up on Silent Hill f game play from last night, and the shit he is saying is absolutely braindead, uninformed, vicious, and toxic. Which is why I wish he would just stop playing, because he doesn't get it and it shows.