[Multiplatform] 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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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Collective,_Inc.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Tellurian

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...

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.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

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

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Quote:

and don’t even get me started on the bosses, which are, design-wise, hands down the best the series has ever seen.

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I have to admit, I was just as worried as any Silent Hill fan when I heard about the various changes that were being made to one of my beloved franchises. Thankfully, the development team at Double Helix has done an excellent job of providing a seamless transition into the current generation, while at the same time keeping most of the series’ precious trademarks intact. While it doesn’t quite surpass the high standards set by the first three installments, Homecoming is one of the scariest and most memorable titles of the last few years, and a respectable addition to the Silent Hill family.

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

Thanks.

I was speaking idiomatically.