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Express Tribune
04-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Fandom divided over Silent Hill f's 'souls‑like' combat as September release approaches
Fans of Silent Hill are debating the series' latest direction as new gameplay footage for Silent Hill f surfaces ahead of its September 25 release. The combat system—which features melee-heavy mechanics, degradable weapons, and boss encounters reminiscent of Souls-like games—has sparked a division within the community. One player praised the visual detail and quality of the game yet expressed concern over combat responsiveness: 'I'm a bit worried … specifically how enemies react (or don't react) when taking hits.' Others are uneasy about the emphasis on timed counters and action-heavy sequences. One comment: 'Even if it ends up being amazing, I feel apprehensive about a Silent Hill game having combat that evokes the counter timings of Sekiro.' Several fans cited past entries like Silent Hill 4: The Room and Silent Hill Origins, which also included degradable weapons, as precedent, but voiced concern that weapon durability might discourage exploration. One remarked: 'If I'm burning through my decent weapons at every stop … I'm eventually going to stop exploring to conserve resources.' Despite the criticism, some supporters hope for redemption. One fan referenced Bloober Team—developers of Silent Hill 2 Remake—expressing a wish the team behind f might similarly 'prove me wrong.' Silent Hill f was first revealed in 2022 and further detailed in March 2025. Developed by Neobards Entertainment with design by Kera and a script from When They Cry writer Ryukishi07, it unfolds in 1960s Japan. Players assume the role of teenager Hinako Shimizu, exploring the fog-shrouded town of Ebisugaoka as events take a nightmarish turn.
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Silent Hill 4, Deus Ex And F.E.A.R. Among Latest Games To Enter GOG's Preservation Program
The disappearance and unavailability of classic titles is causing an existential crisis in all of video gaming. Last November, in response, online PC games store GOG announced a Preservation Program, where over 100 games are promised ongoing support to be sold and run on modern machines forever. It was announced last night that the beloved Silent Hill 4: The Room, best PC game of all time Deus Ex, and originalFEAR would be among 20 new games joining the scheme. And the rest of the names aren't small, either. In February, when one of the scourges of preservation, Warner Bros. (a company that shelves finished movies such that they may never be seen by anyone, while deleting vast archives of classic animations from its streaming services, alongside closing down game studios that have created some of the best games of recent times), GOG reacted to the news of the closure of Monolith with an announcement that it will attempt to save as many of the studio's games as it's able via the Preservation Program. The first of these, FEAR, is now in. Meanwhile, 2004's Silent Hill 4 has joined the program with the addition of 'restored scenes that were never available on PC before,' according to a press release from GOG. This includes missing 'hauntings,' the strange events that occur, which GOG found were in the PC code but never included—their engineers have dug them out and got them working. Alongside those two headliners are some other classic games that could easily merit the same moniker. Stone-cold classics like Deus Ex,Fallout 2, Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption, Alone In The Dark 1 to 3, and all eight original Ultima games are also now included, meaning they will be constantly maintained to work on modern PCs for as long as GOG exists (and, the company told me, it has plans in place to ensure preservation can continue if it was to go away). Oh, and Crystal Dynamic's first threeTomb Raiders. Here's the full list of new additions. It's worth noting most of these are currently at least 75 percent off in GOG's current sale: Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption Tomb Raider: Underworld, Anniversary and Legend Alone in the Dark: The Trilogy 1+2+3 Ultima™ 1+2+3 Ultima™ 4+5+6 Ultima™ 8 Gold Edition Wing Commander™ 1+2 Deus Ex GOTY Edition Jagged Alliance 2 Fallout 2 Privateer 2: The Darkening Port Royale 3 Gold Alien Breed + Tower Assault Cannon Fodderand Cannon Fodder 2 . For the latest news, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
