Konami just dropped Silent Hill 2 Update 1.06, and it’s packing some serious tweaks to make your gameplay way smoother. They’ve tackled tech and gameplay bugs, sorted out that annoying controller mess during saves, fine-tuned mouse sensitivity, and made your input responses sharper. Plus, there are updates to map markers, boss animations, and navigating spots like Brookhaven Hospital and Toluca Prison.
Listening to player feedback, they’ve brought back those creepy breathing skin walls in the Abstract Daddy Boss Fight, beefed up Maria’s AI, and fixed blockers in key areas. This update is all about giving you a seamless and more immersive run through the spooky world of Silent Hill 2.
Silent Hill 2 Update 1.06 Patch Notes
Technical Updates:
- Resolved interference between game-saving operations and controller vibrations.
- Enhanced mouse sensitivity range and step adjustments.
- Fixed issues with mouse input.
- Resolved various game controller functionality issues.
Gameplay Improvements:
- Corrected door markers in Brookhaven Hospital.
- Adjusted extended movement areas to address enemy clipping.
- Fixed audio glitches in the Ox Section of Toluca Prison.
- Resolved a labyrinth soft blocker preventing player exit after obtaining the map.
- Improved map markers in Boar Section of Toluca Prison and Western South Vale.
- Addressed Maria’s navigation issues and repeated triggering of her lines.
- Fixed movement and disappearing issues with the Final Boss.
- Corrected ambush-state glitches with Mannequins.
- Improved interaction reliability with hard-to-reach collectibles.
- Enhanced boss animations.
- Added a tooltip for picking up tablets in Toluca Prison’s final puzzle.
- Corrected translation errors when changing difficulty mid-gameplay.
- Restored the breathing skin walls during the Abstract Daddy Boss Fight.
- Fixed FPS-related blockers after cutscenes.
- Resolved blockers in Brookhaven Hospital.
- Adjusted car light issues in South Vale at night.
- Fixed ragdoll behavior for Mannequins.
- Resolved minor issues with foliage, collisions, typos, light glitches, and visible occluders during level loading.
Silent Hill 2 is still a top-tier psychological horror game that pulls you in with its gripping story and eerie gameplay. The game is available for PC and PS5.