New Silent Hill f Patch Makes NG+ Runs Less Punishing With Fewer Unskippable Combat Encounters, Faster Stamina Regen, Plus A New Casual Action Difficulty

Konami has introduced a fig of large combat changes to Silent Hill f, including a caller casual enactment trouble and a simplification successful the fig of unskippable combat encounters.

As portion of spot 1.10, which rolls retired crossed each platforms contiguous (November 13), Hinako volition besides instrumentality "slightly little damage" connected Hard enactment difficulty, person her stamina replenish "slightly faster," and you should spot less enemies "across aggregate sections," too.

There volition besides beryllium an "optional skip feature" for immoderate areas successful New Game+, though you should enactment that immoderate items you miss successful skipped sections volition not beryllium collected, and you whitethorn miss the accidental to unlock immoderate trophies/achievements.

This volition beryllium welcomed quality for galore fearfulness fans, not slightest due to the fact that Silent Hill f requires aggregate playthroughs to unlock its galore endings (including the "true" one). Given the game's reliance connected combat — and melee combat, astatine that — repeated playthroughs tin consciousness a small stale, truthful easing the trouble and making combat sequences little punishing should marque NG+ runs much enjoyable, peculiarly successful those end-game gauntlets.

The afloat spot notes are elaborate below. Be cautious, though, arsenic determination whitethorn beryllium a mates of spoiler-y details…

Silent Hill f Update 1.10 spot notes:

New Features

• Added Action Difficulty: Casual
  • The Casual enactment trouble volition beryllium playable erstwhile starting a crippled from “New Game” connected the main paper oregon from a New Game+ prevention file.
  • For players connected the Story enactment trouble oregon higher, the Casual enactment trouble volition beryllium selectable upon reaching the Game Over surface aggregate times.
• Added Optional Skip Feature for Select Sections of New Game+
  • Upon completing the “Go done the door” nonsubjective aft solving the mural puzzle connected New Game+, the crippled volition show the enactment to skip. The crippled volition resume astatine the country wherever Hinako awakens astatine the corridor of the Dark Shrine for the 2nd clip with the “Proceed” nonsubjective if skipped.
  • Items from the skipped sections volition not beryllium collected.
  • “Thankful to Be Here,” “Grateful for a Worthy Foe,” and “Clear Skies” bash not unlock connected a playthrough that uses the skip feature.
  • The skip diagnostic does not interaction branching paths oregon endings.

System Changes

• Hinako’s stamina replenishes somewhat faster
• Unskippable combat encounters are reduced crossed aggregate sections
• Fewer enemies are placed crossed aggregate sections
• Hinako’s enactment erstwhile an force is defeated plays astatine a somewhat aboriginal clip
• Hinako takes somewhat little harm connected the Hard enactment difficulty

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug wherever Shu duplicates successful the cutscene that plays erstwhile heading from Sennensugi Shrine to Rinko’s location during the “Head to Rinko’s house” nonsubjective
• Fixed bug wherever enactment icons bash not show connected the hallway starring to the country with the naginata during the “Enter the interior room” nonsubjective
• Fixed bug wherever the Sakuko-like entity stops moving successful combat during the “Defeat the Sakuko-like entity” nonsubjective
• Fixed bug wherever the Fog Monster stops moving and halts advancement during the “Chase aft the Fog Monster” nonsubjective
• Fixed bugs crossed aggregate levels wherever events bash not advancement contempt gathering the required conditions
• Fixed bugs crossed aggregate levels wherever circumstantial enemies stay extracurricular of the combat country and cannot beryllium defeated
• Fixed bugs crossed aggregate levels wherever clumps of soma bash not spawn
• Fixed bug wherever immoderate notes from “Sakuko’s Diary” could not beryllium obtained connected New Game+
• Fixed bug wherever Hinako whitethorn go unresponsive to subordinate input aft dodging
• Fixed bug wherever Hinako dies upon loading an autosave record if Hinako died during an autosave
• Fixed bug wherever the “View Endings” enactment does not show connected the rubric surface aft finishing the archetypal playthrough (may necessitate loading New Game+ information to fix)
• Fixed bug wherever Indirect Lighting and Reflections revert to On during cutscenes adjacent erstwhile acceptable to Off successful the Graphics paper
• Fixed bug wherever the cursor moves without subordinate input erstwhile playing connected the controller
• Various different insignificant bugs person been fixed, including bugs related to audio, hitboxes, substance errors, loading, and graphics.

To guarantee you're playing the latest version, cheque that the mentation fig successful the little close country of the main paper is displayed arsenic v1.2.381918.

Silent Hill f takes america not to the titular municipality but alternatively to 1960s Japan, wherever we travel Hinako Shimizu, a teen struggling nether the unit of expectations from her friends, family, and society. It's retired present for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X and S and has sold 1 cardinal copies since its debut astatine the extremity of September. Our Silent Hill f reappraisal returned a 7/10. We said: "Silent Hill f presents a caller fresh mounting to research and a fascinatingly acheronian communicative to unravel, but its melee-focussed combat takes a large plaything that doesn’t rather land."

Last month, bid shaper Motoi Okamoto opened up connected wherefore Konami revealed 3 caller Silent Hill games astatine erstwhile aft a afloat decennary of silence, saying the steadfast was keen to accent to aged fans and caller that it was "serious" astir resurrecting the flailing fearfulness series.

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.