Combat/Difficulty

[Glenn]

The combat is easy, but it still sucks. Its kind of a downgrade from homecoming.

Pretty much this. Such a shame too because Homecoming really had the best fighting mechanics. They just needed some polish.

But there are too many fans who act like the games are supposed to be nothing but super, duper serious visual novels that recycle the same gameplay mechanics to not "spoiler immersion" (which is subjective anyway) and induce lazy, artificial attempts at instilling fear.

I had a very easy time beating this game on hard (the boss at the end was my only real challenge).

[thy_butcher]

The last part in Downpour can get difficult on Hard. I had quite a bit of trouble with all of the Stabber Minions.

I really liked Downpour's combat (Homecoming's was so-so), but I honestly do enjoy the combat of SH 1 2 3 4 & 0rigins to this day. I truly miss it.