Rumors about Silent Hill Townfall’s possible release date have surfaced online, pointing to a very interesting interesting gameplay decision.
According to a post by an X user @immawalkwalahi, Silent Hill Townfall is expected to launch sometime in 2026. Additionally, the game’s story will not feature a linear progression similar to Silent Hill f and previous entries. Rather, it’s a Silent Hill game with short stories that focus on the ghosts from the town’s past. The leaker even gives an example about one chapter pertaining to a group of spirits that haunt a small beach not far from the town.
This is expected from the studio No Code, as their works don’t always have to rely on a single protagonist for the story to go forward. Their previous entry, Stories Untold, follows the same format with story vignettes that doesn’t just focus on one character.
Silent Hill fans also reminded everybody that this isn’t a mainline entry from the series. It serves as a spin-off that doesn’t stick to the established lore of what the previous games had with its Maine town. Hence, why its narrative direction is taking a different spin from what Silent Hill fans are familiar with.
Another major reveal from the rumor is that Townfall will not have any combat, which is going to be a big surprise for fans expecting it’d share what Silent Hill f had with its melee-based gameplay or the previous entries focus on third-person shooting. In Townfall, your characters won’t have any weapons or objects to equip to fight off monsters, rather, there will only be jumpscares and light puzzle elements to add some tension. Chase sequences will also be around, but it’s not going to take up the entirety of its gameplay.
Silent Hill fans compare this kind of experience to Hideo Kojima’s canned P.T. game, where the gameplay mostly revolves around exploring an ever-shifting house. Players who played the previous Silent Hill spinoff, The Short Message, already know what kind of gameplay to expect.
It’s safe to say that Townfall will be a completely different Silent Hill entry. It could potentially create a rift in its fanbase, considering that most of them are purists who prefer to relive their experiences from the classics.
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