A brand new mod has appeared for one of the classic installments of the Silent Hill franchise. This new mod allows the players to experience the original "Silent Hill 4: The Room" in a whole new light, trying to bring up modern cameras to this classic beloved by some, and considered the blacksheep of the series by others.
X/Twitter user and developer Zealot Tomato has been working hard on the development of a mod that recreates a modern camera perspective to "Silent Hill 4: The Room" (GOG release) for a couple of months. The original Silent Hill 4 did have a 3rd person perspective, but it was a fixed camera most of the time, with the camera being set in a specific part of the stage, and most of the time following the player as it moved around in said fixed perspective.
The first major camera perspective that this mod offers is the now usual 3rd Person perspective, or rather, an Over The Shoulder (OTS) camera akin to that of the modern Resident Evil Remakes, specifically Resident Evil 2 Remake as mentioned by Zealot Tomato, complete with a free roaming camera.
The 3rd Person/OTS camera has some options to play around with. The default preset option puts the character in the left part of the screen, with the center usually visible (similar to the REmakes). However, Zealot Tomato added an option to offset where the camera will focus in relation to the character, with the option to put the character in the center of the screen as well. The player can also play around with the camera settings to make a custom offset that fits the player's liking.
Additionally, the player also has the option for a complete and full 1st Person camera experience, both with a preset and customizable, to keep in tone with the Room segments of the game, and for a more immersive experience for those that choose to play the game this way, making Henry Townshend with this 1st Person perspective an Ethan Winters v1.0 (given their obvious similarities between each other from SH4->RE7), or possibly a precursor to P.T. for others with this camera option. And just to top it off, Zealot has also added another special option to customize the fog effect levels within the game, to give it more of a Silent Hill-feel for those that always felt that SH4 was the odd one out and blacksheep of the franchise.
Zealot has also teased his next project, with the next title from the franchise to get these 3rd Person and 1st Person camera perspectives being Silent Hill 3, so those interested can follow Zealot Tomato on X/Twitter, or follow the YouTube Channel "Zealot Tormunds" for upcoming showcases and releases of these mods.
Silent Hill 4 Mod Loader GitHub Repository Zealot Tomato's X/Twitter profile Zealot Tormunds' YouTube Channel
