If you've played enough of Silent Hill: Townfall, you'll probably have encountered The Weight.
This is a slow, top-heavy enemy that patrols a few sections of the game and gives chase if it spots you. You must avoid alerting it while you're going about your objective; otherwise, it'll be on your tail.
And it's an absolute pain in the arse.
The monster only appears in very tight, claustrophobic areas where you only have a few means of escape, like running away or hiding in a cabinet. If it catches you, it instantly kills you and you have to reload a checkpoint. The game has a revive system where you equip an IV Bag, but even if you use one of those to come back to life, The Weight stays where you died and has a very good chance of killing you a second time.
Luckily, then, developer Screen Burn has heard the complaints and will be rebalancing the enemy as soon as possible.
In a social media post about a PC update, the studio said: "We've heard you on struggles with The Weight — gameplay balancing on its way asap." I'll have an article on the site detailing the PS5 patch once that's live.
One of The Weight's appearances is tied to a late-game area containing one of the most baffling puzzles I've ever faced in a video game. Since other reviews came out, I've read and heard about many other critics being stumped by this particular puzzle. It'll be nice to know The Weight will soon be less of a threat in that section.
My Silent Hill: Townfall PS5 review concluded with a 7/10 score and then explained: "Returning to the tried and trusted formula of the series’ roots, Silent Hill: Townfall is a more traditional entry in the horror franchise that succeeds most when replicating what’s come before it. The new Scottish setting is a standout, but its other new elements are a disappointment."
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