Silent Hill: Townfall preview, first person horror set in 1996 Scotland

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Silent Hill: Townfall has the community buzzing after hands-on previews unveiled a fog-choked, 1996 Scottish island setting where an amnesiac loner, identified as Simon, hunts a missing nurse. Players and writers are fixated on the game’s bold move to first-person perspective and the replacement of the series’ radio with a portable CRTV that shapes Otherworld puzzles, which many say refreshes the franchise. Previews also stress Townfall’s branching structure, multiple endings reportedly hinge on consistent choices, while developer voices like producer Motoi Okamoto and writer-director Jon McKellan frame the project as a deliberate mix of the series’ core identity and experimental play. With an embargo lift and a PS5 launch set for September 24, conversation centers on those gritty beats: Simon’s hunt, the CRTV mysteries, and the promise of divergent conclusions.

Eurogamer

@eurogamer.bsky.social

Ready yourselves, Silent Hill fans - Silent Hill: Townfall wants to "massively subvert" your expectations, and after playing several hours I'm hugely excited. Plus, producer Motoi Okamoto on mixing a "core identity" with "more experimental" gameplay: www.eurogamer.net/silent-hill-...

A close-up portrait of a bearded man wearing glasses and a beanie, dressed in a red jacket over a plaid shirt, looking off to the side.

244h ago

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Tom De Ville7

Very exciting read! Really looking forward to this one:

IGN

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Silent Hill: Townfall being in first-person definitely sparked the thought of what P.T. could have been. Our hands-on impressions of the upcoming '90s-set Silent Hill: https://bit.ly/4pMMvnS

174h ago

The Silent Hill Collector

@shcollector.bsky.social

Silent Hill Collectible Highlight #2: The Konami Hyper Blaster Light Gun Controller! Do you guys have this in your own collections? #silenthill #サイレントヒル

15Yesterday

FANGORIA

@fangoria.bsky.social

SILENT HILL is back! We braved the fog of TOWNFALL and are here to report our findings on gameplay, creature design, and whether Konami’s latest lives up to the survival horror series legacy.

143h ago

Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou

@kanaratron.bsky.social

Silent Hill: Townfall is the most hyped I've been for a game in the last 5 years.

172h ago

Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou2

(now without a horrific typo goddam auto correct)

Gary Alexander Stott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿2

I'm really worried that it won't lean into the Scotland element as much as it could. The accents in the trailers so far haven't inspired much confidence, especially following Still Wakes The Deep.

Christian Mutig1

Should really finish my playthrough of the SH2 remake, so I have at least finished one game in the series.

Myles Obenza

@mylesobenza.bsky.social

For @restart.run: Silent Hill: Townfall is much of what you’d expect from these games (complimentary), and the shift to 1st person and use of the CRTV are very welcome additions. My thoughts after almost 4 hours: www.restart.run/articles/sil...

63h ago

Vikki Blake (Vixx)

@vixx.bsky.social

Five hours of Silent Hill: Townfall later, I’m only left wanting more. 🟥 Huge thanks to @konamina.bsky.social and Screen Burn for the invitation, and to Eurogamer for letting me nerd out about my favourite franchise for them again!

163h ago

Amber T

@amber-tee.bsky.social

Embargo is up! I can now reveal that the reason I was in Los Angeles was for a special hands on preview of SILENT HILL: TOWNFALL, and let me tell you gang, September cannot come quickly enough

93h ago

James Galizio

@theswweet.myatproto.social

Seems like it hasn't gone live yet, but I also had the chance to play Silent Hill: Townfall earlier this month. Stay tuned for my words in the near future at an outlet near you.

93h ago

But Why Tho?

@butwhytho.net

Silent Hill: Townfall Is Deadly, Dreary And Dank, And It Fits Right In

44h ago

DrWydi

@drwydi.bsky.social

I'm a sucker for survival horror. Hence, I am very excited for The Sinking City 2. Praying that I'll get an early-access key so I can do a deep-dive review on it before its release on August 18th. New gameplay footage dropped today. Very Silent Hill coded. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-np... #gamedev

64h ago

Paddi

@padditime.bsky.social

With the end of our run in Persona, its time for a new adventure, full of friendship and laughs, and overcoming adversary! Wait.... why does that sign say Silent Hill??? Come join us playing Silent Hill 2 at www.twitch.tv/padditime #smallstreamer #vtuberen #silenthill #pyramidhead

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Hannah Rutherford (she/her)

@lomadiah.bsky.social

I’ve been calling it Silent Hill: Scotland and the fact it’s same day as Control is gonna be an EXCELLENT DAY

33h ago

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🎮 **Silent Hill: Townfall team explains why first-person is scarier than third-person** Screen Burn writer-director Jon McKellan and Konami series producer Motoi Okamoto said that first-person perspective was always the plan. 📰 Source: Polygon.com […] [Original post on igeek.gamer-geek-news.com]

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4h ago

Rav3n

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Lost in the Fog and out of my mind... even without drugs! #SilentHillF #SilentHill #LostInTheFog youtu.be/kqdq6vq_v6Q

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