Downpour Details From July Issue of OXM

Posted By: Whitney   June 3rd, 2011 | 12:49 pm

The July issue of Official Xbox Magazine brings us even more details on the upcoming Silent Hill: Downpour! I don’t have the issue on hand but site affiliate Hell Descent compiled a handy list of all the cool new things we learn from the issue!

. Rainstorms happen randomly when on the streets of Silent Hill.

. Some enemies can not be killed, only evaded.

. The Shade is the name of the black fog monster. No indication if this is an enemy type or one entity.

. Boarded doors can be opened with an axe.

. Murphy has limited stamina and can not run infinitely.

. 15-20 sidequests are available to choose from. Unlockable items come from completing them.

. Red jacket guy seen on the bridge in both E3 trailers is an ex-tour guide of Devil’s Pit. His name is J.P.

. The 2010 E3 trailer showed what many believed to be a “little person”. He is in fact a child.

. A disembodied voice speaks to Murphy.

Some enemies can’t be killed…urg I know my heart rate won’t like that! I hated those ghosts from Silent Hill 4 for that very reason! The side quests are interesting I can’t wait to see what sort of things Murphy will have to go do. I like that Murphy has a limited stamina, makes things a bit more realistic and you will have to choose wisely when you want to run like mad man from monsters!

Source (Hell Descent)


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4 responses to “Downpour Details From July Issue of OXM”

  1. Piece0fSheet666 says:
    June 4, 2011 at 3:20 pm

    I can’t say I really like the limited stamina idea. I pretty much hated it in Origins. You’re right you can choose when it’s the proper time to run and be more on edge but what if you get ‘tired’ when a monster is chasing you? I certainly wouldn’t like that. Also, being the type of player that wants to run all the time whether it’s needed or not I think it will be annoying (constantly reducing speed and running again). Realism doesn’t always work for games…

    A + to side quests and open doors though.

  2. Redrum says:
    June 5, 2011 at 4:31 am

    Don’t forget all the older games had limited stamina too 😛

  3. lone deranger says:
    June 8, 2011 at 3:20 am

    so this is basically deadly premonition right

  4. Whitney says:
    June 14, 2011 at 11:28 am

    @ lone deranger – lol well knowing my love for DP I don’t think I would have a problem with that…not sure about others though hehe.

    @pieceofsheet666 – I’m hoping it won’t be as annoying as it was in 0rigins, same goes with the breakable weapons!

    @redrum – true but not so much in 1-3…though Heather did but it only took a few moments to revive her 😀