Konami has launched a variety of huge fight adjustments to Silent Hill f, together with a brand new informal motion issue and a discount within the variety of unskippable fight encounters.
As a part of patch 1.10, which rolls out throughout all platforms at the moment (November 13), Hinako may even take “barely much less injury” on Arduous motion issue, have her stamina replenish “barely sooner,” and it is best to see fewer enemies “throughout a number of sections,” too.
There may even be an “non-compulsory skip characteristic” for some areas in New Recreation+, though it is best to word that any gadgets you miss in skipped sections is not going to be collected, and chances are you’ll miss the chance to unlock some trophies/achievements.
This might be welcomed information for a lot of horror followers, not least as a result of Silent Hill f requires a number of playthroughs to unlock its quite a few endings (together with the “true” one). Given the sport’s reliance on fight — and melee fight, at that — repeated playthroughs can really feel just a little stale, so easing the problem and making fight sequences much less punishing ought to make NG+ runs extra pleasant, notably in these end-game gauntlets.
The complete patch notes are detailed beneath. Be cautious, although, as there could also be a few spoiler-y particulars…
Silent Hill f Replace 1.10 patch notes:
New Options
- Added Motion Problem: Informal
- The Informal motion issue might be playable when beginning a sport from “New Recreation” on the primary menu or from a New Recreation+ save file.
- For gamers on the Story motion issue or larger, the Informal motion issue might be selectable upon reaching the Recreation Over display screen a number of instances.
- Added Elective Skip Function for Choose Sections of New Recreation+
- Upon finishing the “Undergo the door” goal after fixing the mural puzzle on New Recreation+, the sport will show the choice to skip. The sport will resume on the scene the place Hinako awakens on the hall of the Darkish Shrine for the second time with the “Proceed” goal if skipped.
- Gadgets from the skipped sections is not going to be collected.
- “Grateful to Be Right here,” “Grateful for a Worthy Foe,” and “Clear Skies” don’t unlock on a playthrough that makes use of the skip characteristic.
- The skip characteristic doesn’t impression branching paths or endings.
System Adjustments
- Hinako’s stamina replenishes barely sooner
- Unskippable fight encounters are diminished throughout a number of sections
- Fewer enemies are positioned throughout a number of sections
- Hinako’s line when an enemy is defeated performs at a barely later time
- Hinako takes barely much less injury on the Arduous motion issue
Bug Fixes
- Mounted bug the place Shu duplicates within the cutscene that performs when heading from Sennensugi Shrine to Rinko’s home through the “Head to Rinko’s home” goal
- Mounted bug the place interplay icons don’t show on the corridor resulting in the room with the naginata through the “Enter the inside room” goal
- Mounted bug the place the Sakuko-like entity stops shifting in fight through the “Defeat the Sakuko-like entity” goal
- Mounted bug the place the Fog Monster stops shifting and halts progress through the “Chase after the Fog Monster” goal
- Mounted bugs throughout a number of ranges the place occasions don’t progress regardless of assembly the required situations
- Mounted bugs throughout a number of ranges the place particular enemies stay exterior of the fight space and can’t be defeated
- Mounted bugs throughout a number of ranges the place clumps of flesh don’t spawn
- Mounted bug the place some notes from “Sakuko’s Diary” couldn’t be obtained on New Recreation+
- Mounted bug the place Hinako could develop into unresponsive to participant enter after dodging
- Mounted bug the place Hinako dies upon loading an autosave file if Hinako died throughout an autosave
- Mounted bug the place the “View Endings” possibility doesn’t show on the title display screen after ending the primary playthrough (could require loading New Recreation+ information to repair)
- Mounted bug the place Oblique Lighting and Reflections revert to On throughout cutscenes even when set to Off within the Graphics menu
- Mounted bug the place the cursor strikes with out participant enter when enjoying on the controller
- Numerous different minor bugs have been mounted, together with bugs associated to audio, hitboxes, textual content errors, loading, and graphics.
To make sure you’re enjoying the most recent model, verify that the model quantity within the decrease proper nook of the primary menu is displayed as v1.2.381918.
Silent Hill f takes us to not the titular city however as a substitute to Nineteen Sixties Japan, the place we comply with Hinako Shimizu, a teen struggling below the stress of expectations from her pals, household, and society. It is out now for PC, PS5, and Xbox Sequence X and S and has bought 1 million copies since its debut on the finish of September. Our Silent Hill f evaluate returned a 7/10. We stated: “Silent Hill f presents a recent new setting to discover and a fascinatingly darkish story to unravel, however its melee-focussed fight takes an enormous swing that doesn’t fairly land.”
Final month, collection producer Motoi Okamoto opened up on why Konami revealed three new Silent Hill video games directly after a full decade of silence, saying the writer was eager to emphasize to previous followers and new that it was “critical” about resurrecting the flailing horror collection.
Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, in addition to a critic, columnist, and marketing consultant with 15+ years expertise working with among the world’s largest gaming websites and publications. She’s additionally a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually Excessive Chaos. Discover her at BlueSky.