Konami’s newest recreation within the nu-Silent Hill period has arrived, and as is the case with earlier entries within the collection, Townfall boasts a handful of endings to unlock and a good larger handful of scares. However how lengthy does all of it take? We acquired 5 completely different members of the IGN staff, who all performed Silent Hill: Townfall very in another way, to share their time. So whether or not you’re a completionist, or simply somebody who’s solely within the story, you’ll be taught simply how lengthy you’ll be spending in St. Amelia relying in your playstyle.
How Lengthy is Silent Hill: Townfall?
- Our quickest participant completed Silent Hill: Townfall in 12 hours and 37 minutes.
- Our “slowest” participant spent 15 hours and quarter-hour earlier than credit rolled.
Everybody performs video games in another way, so learn on for extra particulars about how everybody performed, how lengthy it took to succeed in the credit, and a few of the particular person statistics from their end-of-game report card. As soon as you have completed the sport your self, you should definitely submit your occasions on How Lengthy To Beat and see how your time compares!
Playstyle: Attempting to Discover Every thing
Participant: Jesse Gomez
Completion Time: 12 hours and 55 minutes
With just below 34 hours of playtime underneath my belt, a couple of stressed desires between two separate playthroughs, and three wildly completely different endings, my meant purpose was clear: to expertise as a lot of Silent Hill: Townfall as attainable.
To begin, I selected the Regular/Hinted problem, which Townfall recommends when you choose new recreation in the primary menu. That combo set me up for a 12 hour, 55 minute clear time, reaching the “Ceaselessly” ending. So far as I might inform on the time, this was a largely “optimistic” final result, however I knew there needed to be extra to unravel with a “true” ending, so to talk.
As soon as I hit New Recreation Plus, nonetheless, it turned fairly clear that new collectables had snuck into this seaside city. I shortly deserted Simon’s hunt for the reality to as an alternative get the weird secret endings, one thing that’s a Silent Hill custom and effectively price seeing for your self. You may get each of those in the identical playthrough with some extra puzzle-solving, combing over each inch of Townfall, and a few tactical saving.
Regardless of experiencing true horror within the type of the auxiliary line B puzzle for almost an hour, and pushing myself by way of a New Recreation Plus puzzle that had me on the verge of tears, I am positive I might’ve cleared Townfall loads sooner. However what’s a Silent Hill recreation if not extremely obtuse and wholly rewarding all on the identical time?
Playstyle: Stealthy and Cautious
Participant: Matt Purslow
Completion Time: 15 hours and quarter-hour
The fog-shrouded island of St. Amelia is the stage for a unique sort of Silent Hill in comparison with what we’ve had over the previous couple of years. The place the Silent Hill 2 remake was a conventional survival horror and Silent Hill f went heavy on the fight, Townfall options comparatively fewer enemies and much fewer choices for eliminating them. Consequently, fight is downplayed and every particular person foe feels extra like a mini “stalker” enemy than a daily mob. This design influenced my whole playstyle: for me, Townfall was a stealth recreation.
My slower, extra cautious method means I clocked up a barely longer time in comparison with most of my colleagues – it took me 15 hours and quarter-hour to finish my first run of the story. Reasonably than bludgeoning each enemy with my pipe, I’d use bricks and bottles to distract them and create openings for myself. My closing stats declare I spent 4 minutes and 15 seconds hiding, however that solely accounts for after I was hid in lockers – I spent many, many extra minutes hiding behind cowl or locked in sheds and loos as I tracked enemies on the CRTV and deliberate my subsequent transfer. I selected my victims fastidiously, solely killing foes that blocked pathways I’d ceaselessly use as I looped forwards and backwards round every location. My whole kill depend was 76, most of them racked up when the strain actually kicks in throughout the story’s closing chapters.
This method netted me the “Deserted” ending, which felt thematically acceptable for the story, however positively leaves the door open for extra discoveries. And so I’m wanting ahead to diving into New Recreation Plus to take one other crack at fixing St. Amelia’s troubles.
Playstyle: Story Mode
Participant: Dale Driver – Story Mode
Completion Time: 12 hours and 37 minutes
I actually benefit from the tales of Silent Hill, significantly their ambiguity and puzzles, however I have been much less engaged with their fight lately, so I made a decision to attempt Silent Hill: Townfall on Story Mode to make getting by way of fights a simpler. With this arrange I clocked a closing time of 12 hours and 37 minutes, reaching the “Deserted” ending.
In Story Mode, enemies drop slightly simpler, and there are extra provides in storage cabinets and drawers, so I discovered myself taking up extra monsters than my colleagues did, clocking up a whopping 105 kills throughout my time in St. Amelia.
One factor Story Mode doesn’t assist with, although, is the puzzles, and some specific late-game ones actually added considerably to my playtime. I discovered a couple of significantly obtuse (or perhaps I used to be simply being actually dumb) however I might simply see a second playthrough taking half the time when you recognize the options. And I plan to just do that, figuring out there are new weapons to seek out and 4 new endings to find. In spite of everything, the story is what I like essentially the most, so I can’t wait to be taught extra about it.
Playstyle: Going For the True Ending
Participant: Lauren Harper
Completion Time: 15 hours and eight minutes
It took me round 15 hours and eight minutes to complete my first playthrough of Silent Hill: Townfall. As a member of the guides staff at IGN, I all the time discover that it takes me a bit longer than everybody else (my present total play time exhibits 44 hours). I’m typically writing whereas I play and taking screenshots of all the things as I run forwards and backwards, double-checking every drawer, cupboard, and locked room to verify I don’t miss something when it comes to collectibles. That being mentioned, I did really miss a couple of of the 85 attainable discoveries. What I didn’t miss out on was the chance to make use of each weapon within the recreation, and I racked up a kill depend of 92. I additionally completed up with the “Deserted” ending on my first go.
I then performed by way of once more and determined to tackle as a lot of a pacifist run as attainable. I prevented killing something except it was completely crucial and opted for a stealthier method utilizing each methodology of distraction I might discover. Regardless of a extra thought of playthrough, as a result of I knew all of the puzzle options and locker combos on my second go, my second run got here in at 8 hours and 24 minutes, with simply 5 saves, however an infinite variety of therapeutic objects used. This netted me the “Justice” ending. Is that this the “true” ending? You will need to play to seek out out. Now, I’m off to finish one other New Recreation Plus run to search out something new and discover these remaining collectibles so our information is full.
Playstyle: Reviewing
Participant: Tristan Ogilvie
Completion Time: 13 hours and 36 minutes
On condition that I used to be reviewing Silent Hill: Townfall for IGN, I attempted to be as thorough as attainable with my search by way of the small city of St. Amelia and past. Taking part in on the Regular problem settings for each fight and puzzles, it took me 13 hours and 36 minutes from the second Simon washed up on the Scottish shoreline by way of to the extraordinary closing moments of its climactic boss combat. Though admittedly, roughly 30 of these minutes had been spent caught on one of many late recreation puzzles that had me correctly flummoxed. Curse you, auxiliary line B!
In keeping with the endgame stats web page, I made 78 out of the 85 discoveries and located 9 out of the 13 telephone numbers, so clearly there was the odd elective room right here and there that I missed. Though I spent a lot of the early hours choosing stealth and avoiding enemy confrontations, I nonetheless managed to homicide 92 of Townfall’s ghouls by the story’s finish, with the overwhelming majority of these occurring within the second half of the sport as soon as extra highly effective weapons had been made accessible. Finally, the ending I acquired was the one dubbed “Deserted”.
I positively plan to do one other run-through on New Recreation Plus, though it received’t be within the close to future as a result of making an attempt to maintain up with all the opposite superior video games popping out this month is a type of survival horror in itself.