Silent Hill: Townfall New Update 2.004 on October 8 Adjusts The Weight Boss via Version 1.4.0
The first major patch for Silent Hill: Townfall is live, and it brings some much-needed changes to The Weight boss.
Called the version 1.4.0 patch, console gamers will see the download as Silent Hill: Townfall update 2.004 | 02.004.000, and this is a small download across all platforms.
If you’ve read our review, we highlighted how The Weight’s section is a bit of a sore spot for the horror experience. Thankfully, that’s being remedied now.
One of Silent Hill: Townfall’s Biggest Criticisms Receives Resolution on October 8
The changes below apply to all versions of the game (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam, Epic Games Store).
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- Gameplay & AI Improvements for The Weight:
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- Grab attacks now deal heavy damage instead of causing instant death on Story Mode and Normal difficulties.
- Searching behaviors have been improved to prevent The Weight from ‘camping’ in front of the player’s objective for long periods of time.
- Searching behaviors have been improved to prevent The Weight from repeatedly searching the same location and remaining there for long periods of time.
- Hunting behaviors have been improved to prevent The Weight from tracking the player too aggressively.
- Gameplay & AI Improvements for enemies:
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- Enemy sensitivity to the sound of firearms has been reduced.
- Enemy sensitivity to the sound of the player while running has been reduced.
- Enemy sensitivity to the sound of the player entering a hiding space has been reduced.
- The frequency of enemy counterattacks after successful player attacks during melee combat has been reduced.
- With the exception of The Weight, grapple attempts from enemies while the player is actively blocking with a melee weapon have been removed.
- Players are now given more time to react to enemies after escaping a grapple.
- Puzzle Information Design Improvements
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- A collectible manual for the “Remote Systems Control” console that can be viewed for quick reference while operating the console has been added.
- The pipe layout for the “Aux Line” puzzle has been updated to improve clarity.
Bugs
- Fixed a progress-blocking issue in Part 5 where glass could prevent the player from entering the CEG Tower.
- Fixed an issue in Part 5 where the names of the Projector Slides could incorrectly display the same name.
- Fixed several areas where the player could go out of bounds and break the sequence of the game.
- Fixed an issue where the Letterbox option would not be visible when playing on an ultrawide monitor.
- Added missing key bindings for AZERTY keyboards.
- Improved frame pacing and further reduced instances of streaming stutter.
Given Townfall’s a single-player experience, don’t expect a lot of updates for the horror game.
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