Silent Hill: Homecoming. Now with HD fog effects
 

Is anyone interested in this? I mean it comes out tomorrow and no one is discussing it. I believe it got a 6.5 / 10 from Official XBox Magazine.

Here's some quick facts:

-Released on XBOX360, PS3 & PC.
-It is not being developed by Team Silent, but by The Collective, a California based game developing company.
-Pyramid Head returns.
-Aimed to be like SH2.
-Akira Yamaoka is still doing the OST.


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Well, I don't know when I'm getting this, but I'm more interested in it than RE5. Something's wrong with me or something. Maybe I just <3 SH so much and am perfectly willing to overlook/bitch about the downsides and still enjoy the game.

I am looking forward to this more than RE5 as well. I'm a huge fan of both series but I like SH more because of it's creepiness, music, and atmosphere. Storyline as well.

However, I see no way that SH5 will be better than RE5. So SH5 will be a download for me, if it's good I will buy it. I do own SH2, 3, and 4 and still trying to get SH1.

I found the trailers very interesting. I'm a big fan of the Silent Hill series, played all parts except Origins (PSP only I think). Also found the movie very good.

I'm definitely getting the soundtrack, but I don't think my machine is going to handle the game. And I still have F.E.A.R on my list of games to play :)

Origins got a port to PS2. I'm going through it for extra endings now.

it's on the PS2 as well.

Also, I can't wait for this game. I've at least enjoyed, if not outright loved, each version of this title. Creepy at its finest.

Too bad pcsx2 won't work with my gfx card :(

It somehow arrived a lot faster than I thought it would.
Though I fear it'll disappoint greatly, more so than 4 did.
I'm actually a very big fan of the series, but... Let's face it, the last truly outstanding iteration was part 3. Part 4 was trying too hard to do things diffrently, which worked in some ways and failed miserably in others. I haven't played Origins, but the reviews basically said that it was just lacking innovation, and while not being a really bad game it wasn't supposed to be good either.
So what about Homecoming? It's got the right looks, though it seems a bit on the not-so-pretty side in this day and age. Also it conjured up angry fanboi rage when it became clear that they used Pyramid Head without James being there AND not even the game version but the *gasp* movie version, which obviously means the game isn't true to it's origins and a total sellout. Also the transistions between misty Silent Hill and Nightmare Silent Hill seem more akin to what it looked like in the movie than to what the games did so far. SELLOUT the fans scream!
I for my part don't. Yes, Pyramid Head was closesly tied to James in SH2. But that doesn't mean that it can't appear in another context. And if it looks like the movie version... So what? It's not like the movie version looked BAD. It's still good old Pyramid Head.
There are much more important things to the game. Like... Having a real bitch of a narrative to show for. Like SH2. And wrapping that narrative in good gameplay, which hopefully is a modernized version of the traditional Silent Hill gameplay. Like... Having an apartment complex with no loading zones. That alone would be a pretty neat improvement I think.
Will I buy it? Sadly, I don't think so. Not right now anyway. But that's more of an personal issue, I don't have the time for it right now. Maybe sometime next year... This "christmas season" (=> mid October - mid November) is too tightly packed with titles which just interest me a lot more. But who knows, maybe overall praise by fans and critics alike will change my mind...

Man, I've played all of the SH games except for Origins, and if I have PS3 I would be playing this game too.

Well, I'll probably wait for a few more years before I can play this game. But personally, I think the SH games started failing after SH3.

You have it right on the freaking dot with your analysis. Especially about the "Selling Out" aspects with comparisons of the movie and also with Pyramid Head.

since i'm a big fan of the series I'm still going to buy this one and yes to me SH5 seem more like a filler than a true new silent hill 5.

The movie was good (well I liked it), so basing the game around what we saw in the movie will probably still be OK but not excellent in my opinion.

I sure hope that team Silent will return in SH6 to give use a real new silent hill and not just a copy of the movie.(even if it will probably decent)

I'd hope Team Silent did something entirely new in the same vein.
As much as I like Siren Blood Curse / New Translation, it doesn't really push the same buttons as Silent Hill. I'd want another game that ups the "exploration of a very creepy surrounding that represents the chraracters inner conflict / horrible past / psyche", which boasts modern technologies and shakes off the shackles of traditions.
Meaning the Silent Hill 1 / 2 level / loading area layout among other things. Meaning the inventory. Meaning most of the combat system, even though the focus shouldn't be on combat, but you shouldn't be nearly defenseless because of the combat system not working properly...
All those things are something Resident Evil managed to do gracefully, though RE4 of course didn't go down the psycho-angle as most Silent Hill games did.
Don't get me wrong, I don't want an "all new" Silent Hill to mimick RE4. RE4 is primarily an action game. That's not what I want Silent Hill to become. But I think it is time, Silent Hill as a series underwent the same kind of overhaul that RE4 did with the Resident Evil franchise.
IF there has to be more Silent Hill games that is. Like I said, I'd be perfectly happy if they did something new that fed into a similar vein as Silent Hill while actually being an entirely new franchise. I mean... Silent Hill 2 and 3 are pretty much the perfect executions of the formula. Either they pull of an overhaul, which essentially would be the creation of an all new game with some Silent Hill trademarks, or they leave the trademarks out, and create a new franchise, with new IP and all new ideas.
But I doubt that'll happen. It's far too risky probably. Unless SH5 is a tremendous flop...

I'm looking forward to this soon, I'm excited to play to another Silent Hill game. I played a bit of Origins but... that's just like trying to put spandex on a cat. The controls were lame while you got faster enemies that somehow just know where you are from the distance. So I'm holding my reservations for this game. I just have mixed reactions at another team to make it.

Spyro series were awesome when they were made by Insomniacs but after that? They were shit. Man, maybe its just the opening of opportunities on playstation that made these titles all gold.

Still though, I'm hoping that this game will surprise me. Or rather, SCARE me. :D

I was always a Silent Hill fan, but after 3, and then 4, I found it hard to give a fuck about this new one. Especially after hearing that it was a new development studio working on it. All the movie influenced imagery and stuff... yeah, really turned me off.

It could be good, but I doubt I'll give it the chance unless I hear that it's worth renting, let alone buying.

This game got banned here because the main character can die from getting a drill forced into his eye socket. Which is pretty funny. Australia's fairly racist towards drills. If the 360 version turns out to be region free I might import when it reduces in price (seems doomed to the bargain bins seconds after launch anyway).

Ok the Australian censorship gaming market is really starting to get on my nerves now. I mean, just look at these:

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Banned due to the presence of dangerous sports and high-flying motorcycles.

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Banned due to phallic imagery.

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Banned due to the unsavoury notion of shaking a stick shaped object repeatedly with excitement and vigor.

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Banned due to an insinuation of bear rape.

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...There are so many reasons why this game could have been banned, so it seems pointless to pinpoint one.

Here's a review I just found. It got a good score. 8.5 /10.

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This is where I ask WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE? Seriously. I've NEVER felt completely defenseless except at STORY DICTATED moments. Overwhelmed at times? Sure, but that's part of the fun; even the feeling of helplessness is entirely enjoyable in the context.


Broken combat my ass.

I ordered this a while back and it was supposed to ship out today, I say "supposed to" for when I checked on my order for a tracking number it read the status as "Backordered" which I call "bullshit". Called Gamestop and they said my order was scheduled to ship out today but it still hasn't updated for a tracking number. >: (

Aside from that, I'm looking forward to digging in this. I really liked Origins for PSP (even got the PS2 port but haven't cracked that open for a while) and hope Homecoming keeps the same feel and essence of Silent Hill. The new enemies intrigue me though. With monsters able to meld in with your shadow and the only way you'll be able to tell you're being followed by them is when you pass a light and your shadow is not what its supposed to be. ::creepy::


I saw this on that wiki article on SH5 and I cried a little:

I'd rather have that then the movie. Stupid Circuit City getting all the good pre-order bonuses all of the sudden.

Somehow, I was dead sure this game would come out in Europe on September 25th or something like that. That's until I saw the new date, the end of november.

Woohoo, two fucking months. I'm a big fan of SH and was looking forward to number 5 so much :(

To make matters worse, videogamesplus.ca reports it isn't region free either.

EDIT: I also like how IGN bashed Alone in The Dark for it's shitty controls (which I agree on) and then bash SH5 for having "too good" controls for a horror game.

Looks like some people just won't stop living in the past. Anyway, I just got the game by my nearby store and I'll decide what sucks. So far people are comparing it to 1 and 2. Oh joy.

So after watching the preview of this when you leave it in the PS3 and it runs a bit, I have to ask: Is there a soundtrack coming out and when? I love the song that played and it reminded me of a remix of the SH2 theme.

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Akira stated the soundtrack should be out by the end of September in this interview... But its already October...

I'm guess he meant the game itself, not the soundtrack.

Man... got this early. Not as big a fan of this as I am the RE series. Watch out for the first enemy you encounter - she's pretty hot

My copy is on it's wayyyyyyyyy...

But seriously, where's the soundtrack? Amazon gave me a free download of 3 "bonus tracks" for buying from them, but where's the rest?

Also, hello internet people.

Holy crap, galen! I was just thinking about you last night.

It's okay though I had my pants on at the time.

That's good. Pants are good.

(I like pants.)

I was curious if anyone has made it far into this game and has an opinion on it?

Thanks.

Oh... uhm... Just don't get your hopes up or anything. At least just rent it for a Silent Hill experience once more or something.

I haven't really gave out an indepth review of this game because I honestly do not know what to make of it. I'm not sure if they're TRYING to be a Silent Hill or a new Silent Hill. I don't know if THAT makes any sense, but it seems to be fodder to me. Just a filler til you get to the next Silent Hill to satisfy your taste for fucked up gore/environment I suppose.

The endings were brief and you're still left with "what the hell did I just waste my time for?" The plot seems interesting but it's just broken all over. For a good example, you'll notice that in loading screens, the character has gray hair and according to the manual, your main is only 22 years old and just got back from the war and yet is experienced in combat? LOL. And yet there's plenty of cutscenes of him and Josh (his younger brother) together as if the years haven't really passed. I really like the bit how you just somehow magically have the knife with you after you woke up from the terrible nightmare. And let me tell you, the combat is just broken.

You'll have a triple A combo to finish with X, and these enemies can utilize that too. So most of the weapons are pretty much useless in terms of speed in combos except for your initial weapon, the combat knife. You'll find the later weapons are too slow to help with the combos. And you'll get stuck in THEIR combos, which can be outright nasty.

And the final group of enemies at the end actually wield a pipe. Seriously. You'd be like what the fuck? How come we cannot get any better/stronger/fearsome enemies than this especially now AFTER all that? But nuuuu.... like I said, its almost like fodder really. :\ I don't know... it does feel like a rush job. But it does have some nice creepy moments. IE in the beginning, you'll read this paper on the wall that says monsters are attracted to the light and sound. So I had my flashlight and radio turned off (despite of turning them off, there's a glitch that makes them turn on when you enter/leave an area) and approached this room with a tv that is in static and you can see this nurse standing in front of it. NICE effect once you turned those on and you can see it twitching from the distance. But when I got there and start hacking away at it, all the sudden there was another bitch behind me. I'm like what the fuck? I couldn't BARELY see this damn nurse. I decided to fuck with my brightness on game/tv to see if I could ever see the outline of that nurse. But no.

It does have glitches in both versions mind you, where and how is what varies. I had a glitch in where I tried to skip a cutscene at the near end (to attempt at another ending) and it just froze completely. Reset the system. :\

Anyway, I recommend it for a rental at least if you're into survival horror and plot... even if it is shitty. :\

Bump because Yahtzee did this game for the latest Zero Punctuation. His ass remains uneaten!

Edit: Also, if you are reading this thread because you are a survival horror fan, I suggest you go read my Dead Space thread if you haven't already.

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Is there really a character like this in the game, lollin.

Hell yeah I want some fried chicken.

Bought this for $20 Sunday. Just started playing today only a few hours into the story. Double Helix, the developer, has captured the atmosphere of the other 5 games quite well. The trademark fog is back and thicker than ever. Enemies all have that leathery texture to their skin and look like something straight out of a nightmare which is obviously the point.

So far I like exploration aspects of the game and trying to piece together the story by paying attention to and reading all of the letters and collecting all of the drawings/pictures scattered around the town.

Combat is better than it has been in any of the other games in the series. It takes a bit of time to get used to it, but you can dodge enemies attacks and counter attack with practice. You can move while aiming as well which gives you a tactical advantage in combat. Weapons are limited but they each serve a purpose in exploration and specific enemies have weaknesses to certain weapons.

I'm looking forward to playing some more because it is the closest thing to old school survival horror that has come out in along time.

The only thing I really liked about this game is that the characters that were mildly sane acted like shit was actually wrong. I actually laughed when I ran into my first needler and the protagonist says, "You gotta be SHITTIN' me!"

Amen, dude. Too bad you were in the lamest SH game to date. Actually, no. The Room was pretty awful, too.