Silent Hill: Homecoming (PlayStation 3)

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Description

Silent Hill: Homecoming is the sixth entry of the Silent Hill series. This time around the player takes control of a new protagonist by the name of Alex Shepherd who returns to his hometown of Shepherd's Glen and learns of the disappearance of his younger brother, his search leads him onto the fog-laden streets of Silent Hill where he must search the desolate town in order to rescue his brother and learn of his family's dark secrets in the process.

The gameplay is the same as it's previous entries where the player searches for objects and uses weapons and hand-to-hand to combat and defend against grotesque monsters while solving puzzles to advance further into the game. It features a brand new graphics engine giving a realistic horrifying feel along with music composed by Akira Yamaoka who also composed for previous incarnations of the Silent Hill incarnations.

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Alternate Titles

• "Silent Hill V" -- Informal title

Part of the Following Groups

• BPjS / BPjM indexed games
• Gameplay feature: Multiple endings
• Germany Criminal Code confiscations (§131: Excess Violence)
• Physics Engine: Havok
• Silent Hill series

User Reviews

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The Press Says

GameDaily	Oct 27, 2008	8 out of 10	80
Mygamer.com	Oct 18, 2008	8 out of 10	80
Game industry News (GiN)	Oct, 2008		80
4Players.de	Feb 23, 2009	79 out of 100	79
Game Revolution	Oct 03, 2008	B	75
Game Over Online	Oct 28, 2008	70 out of 100	70
IGN	Sep 30, 2008	6.7 out of 10	67
Good Game	Mar 16, 2009	6.5 out of 10	65
Game Informer Magazine	Oct, 2008	6.5 out of 10	65
Jeuxvideo.com	Feb 24, 2009	12 out of 20	60

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Homecoming and Silent Hill fans	9	St. Martyne (3562) Jul 31, 2009

Trivia

German version

In the German version, finishing moves against humans were removed and some cutscenes were cut. A detailed list of changes can be found on schnittberichte.com (German).

Movie parallels

After the Silent Hill movie in 2006, the next game to appear in the franchise was Silent Hill: Homecoming, and as such it borrowed a lot of elements from the game, almost to the point it feels it is based on the movie. Just to name a few obvious movie elements, the transition from ghost town Silent Hill to nightmare from hell town Silent Hill is made in same visual effect of peeling texture of ghost town to nightmare version, and reassembling it the other way around. Then there is the same fanatic cult with same protective suits as in the movie. When you approach the church in Silent Hill, you will encounter a multiple barb fence around and inside it, just as the demi-god used in the movie to dispose of his followers. Not to mention that Pyramid Head has a meaningless cameo just as in the movie, whereas its original appearance in Silent Hill 2 game had direct emotional connection to the player's character.

Related Web Sites

• X360A achievement guide (X360A's achievement guide for Silent Hill: Homecoming.)