A small update on the Silent Hill patches

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A lot of Silent Hill HD Collection and Downpour owners have been waiting for their games to become a bit less buggy. With both titles having their share of problems, more so on the PS3, Konami announced patches for both games two months ago. It’s been quite a while, but we now have a small update on the status of both patches.

In my interview with Tomm Hulett and Adam Teirney, Tomm stated that the Silent Hill HD Collection patch will be the first to arrive. “The HD Collection patch is coming along pretty well, so you should look forward to that soon. The Downpour patch is being worked on; so you should get the HD Collection one first.” said Tomm.

A small update but an update nonetheless. I have played the PS3 version of the HD Collection, and I can understand the rage and impatience many owners have. It’s a mess. If it’s not the weird stunted running it’s the constantly changing framerate. I wouldn’t play it at all on that console in its current state.

Hopefully the patch for the HD Collection arrives soon and fixes many of the issues in both versions of the game. I play the Xbox version and have taken a hiatus simply because I want to go for the achievements when the game is at its best. Now we just need to wait and wonder how soon is “soon”.

 

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1382644712 Apolonio Quiosco

    Thankfully Downpour wasn’t as buggy as Operation Raccon City.

    • 123

      yes but is sold more than Downpour

  • petrol

    In my restless dreams, I see that patch. You said you’d fix the game one day. But you never did…

    • Tania

      Good one ;)

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mike-Angileri/1151362343 Mike Angileri

      Nice

  • http://www.facebook.com/jumiofdiamonds Amanda Zinni

    The xbox version is receiving this patch as well, right…? I’ve also taken hiatus on the game until it’s all nice and not buggy. Perhaps even ‘finished’ and polished.

  • Xander

    Well, they said “soon” when they first announced the patch, so I wouldn’t hold my breath. It’s good to know they’re still working on it, though. I didn’t think the issues were that bad (and I have the PS3 version), and I even managed to get the Platinum trophy for SH3, so it’s obviously not unplayable, but I can’t wait for the patches regardless.

  • chris1138

    So what does “look forward to that soon” mean? Two months ago the patch was supposed to be “in the coming weeks”

  • tigerspaw

    I emailed Konami asking about the patch a few days back and the promptly replied that it was still being worked on, but they wanted to be sure all the problems were fixed.

    So, relax and let them work on the patch! They are!

  • Smiley

    First patch didn’t fix jack. Let’s hope they get their act together this time.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ahmad-Al-Hamily/1234508805 Ahmad Al-Hamily

    Same here, gonna wait for the patches and then play the games. Hopefully it will fix things.

  • Avan

    Thanks for the Update, i’m in hiatus too, waiting to go for the platinums instead.

  • http://twitter.com/MarlonReyes Marlon Reyes

    I hope that we get some ETA for it to get deployed on both consoles for download soon. I’ve been holding off from playing for a quite a while now :(

  • http://www.facebook.com/lovielynn Jessica Fox

    I have downpour.. I really didn’t find the “glitches” all that horrible….I played through it a few times.. eventually you get use to the lagging.. sad but true

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mike-Angileri/1151362343 Mike Angileri

    I think the pic for this article should be just one big bandaid with the HD Collection logo showing so we know what it’s about. I was playing it an hour ago and it is atrocious how bad they mucked this up. THE GAMES WERE DONE…MAKE EM A BIT PRETTIER AND SLAP THEM ON A DISC AND CALL IT LOVE. I can’t believe this game was pushed back as much as it was.

  • Alice

    Can anyone tell me what’s a patch and how does it work? In Silent Hill 3, (I play on the PS3) Heather runs slow at times, and my game even freezes all together, especially at one point while heading to the amusement park.

    • http://relyonhorror.com/ CJ Melendez

      A patch is a software update that is applied to the entire game to fix specific problems and bugs. If you console is online, you will get the notification to install that patch.