Silent Hill: Downpour

Prototype Info

Scrapped Monocle Man Boss Fight#

One of the notable monsters in the game is a creature named Monocle Man, which makes an appearance in Devils' Pit mines during the train ride in the game. He burst through the wall and say, "Did you enjoy the ride, Murphy?" before the train starts to go backwards and get suddenly unconscious.

However, thanks to a trailer accidentally published by GameStop Canada, it is revealed that he was meant to have a fully fledge boss fight that was scrapped.

Various notes in the files and strings pointing towards a fight against the Monocle Man are present in the game code, and the model used for the Monocle Man is the same one which was used for the boss.

The user named Dk Oswald restored the cut fight against the Monocle Man in a prototype build of Downpour that still had all the files for the boss fight intact, more on this can be seen here.

Unused Models#

JP Boss#

Location: 11_DEP_RIDE01_AI.XXX\char_jp_boss.Meshes.char_jp_boss
The Model for the Monocle Man which was originally made for his scrapped boss fight. While the head is used in the retail game, the tentcles and tongue which come with the model are unused.

Placeholder Screamer#

Location: 00_OTW_DIN_PE_AI.XXX\char_screamer01.Meshes.char_zombie_placeholder
An early model for the screamer which lacks polish and details. As its name suggest, it was used as a placeolder during earlier builds.

Unused Textures#

Faces in Rocks#

Textures for three faces of several Silent Hill characters which were meant to appear in the walls of Devil's Pit and be part of an objective where the player would've had to look for them. This quest was scrapped two of the faces were no longer used. One face still remained in the retail game though, which is likely why this texture is still in the files, but there are no unique interactions or quests associated with it. The two missing faces are present in prototype builds of the game.

Unused Prison Riot Images#

Inside the file "01_prn_cells_ai.xxx" there are many unused images from a riot going into the Ryall State Prison, which were intended to be shown on a TV screen as the filename indicate "Screen_riot_0X_prn_as_d". They are used in the final prison level, but those appear to be duplicates present in the folder of the first prison section which are not used.

References#