If you’ve been pulling or waiting for a truly next gen Silent Hill title, Downpour is just what you’ve been waiting for.
There is not currently a ton of known information past the title will be “Silent Hill: Downpour” and some minor details here and there. Some of the details include, a demo which takes place in the area around Silent Hill. There will be Side quests and you can edit the difficulty of puzzles. There appears to be a Degrade RPG gameplay style where items get weaker after using and can ultimately break. In addition to this limit there is apparently no inventory for weapons which makes gameplay more about avoiding fights and trying to play smart. Boss battles will make a return in everyone’s favorite way… Quick time events.
Not only did we get some gameplay information but some information on the landscape of Downpour. It would seem that there is a lot of area to explorer in this installment, so much that you will be able to use the subway to go between focal points. Before you get really excited, Downpour takes place in the southeast part of Silent Hill, which if you haven’t been following the other titles was always on the map but never explorered. The final not so exciting detail is classic locations like hospitals and schools will not be in this one… sorry.
Finally there was a slight explanation of the title “Downpour”. It would seem that water will naturally be a strong plot point and have unusual effects.
Going off the current details it would sound like Silent Hill is not taking the jump other games in this genera are making. This could be a huge relief and quite an exciting turn of events for faithful fans of the series. Be sure to look out for future updates, of this multi platform title.
