Silent Hill is a survival horror series that's focused on psychological horror rather than shock horror. I've played a few games in the series, I wasn't too interested in the original Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2 was pretty good, I didn't play Silent Hill 3, so I can't judge that one and same thing goes with Silent Hill Origins, as for Silent Hill 4: The Room, I didn't like that game at all. In my opinion, that game sucked. I played Silent Hill: Homecoming and it was a huge improvement over Silent Hill 4. I'll tell you in this review.
Story: The game is about a former soldier named Alex Shepard returning home after his service from the war but he's not getting the homecoming he deserved. Everyone in Shepard's Glen has been turning up missing, especially the kids. Alex goes on a search for his missing brother Josh but his search would take him to the foggy ghost town that is Silent Hill where the mystery of the missing citizens of Shepard's Glen takes a dark turn. Alex must unravel the dark connection between Silent Hill and Shepard's Glen and find out why his little brother Josh and everyone else had disappeared. 5/5
Graphics: Like Silent Hill: Origins, Silent Hill: Homecoming wasn't developed by Team Silent. This game was developed by an American video game developer, Double Helix Games. When I first played this game, I was surprised Double Helix Games pulled the graphics off really well. In my opinion, they surpassed Team Silent in that department. The graphics are nice and dark, character models look amazing, and the creatures look particularly scary. Double Helix even took some inspiration from the Silent Hill film for the Otherworld moments which is a plus.
5/5 Sound: The sounds are at their atmospheric best. The ambient noise truly en-chances the darkness and scare factor of Homecoming and the music is by Akira Yamaoka. He did such a great job on the hauntingly beautiful music. 5/5
Gameplay: In Silent Hill 4: The Room, I felt the controls were stiff, melee combat was delayed, holding ten items until you put them in a chest was tedious and repetitive, and the first person perspective just didn't serve a purpose. As I said before, Silent Hill: Homecoming is a huge improvement. Not only Silent Hill: Homecoming goes back to the basics of previous games, it also implements the over the shoulder targeting mechanic and has greatly improved melee combat. Once again, Double Helix Games really pulled it off on the gameplay. 5/5
I truly recommend this game to anyone who's a big fan of Silent Hill or survival horror games in general. Don't listen to what Gamespot said in their review of the game. Silent Hill: Homecoming is a great game and go check it out but don't take my word for it.
Final Score: 5/5
Story: The game is about a former soldier named Alex Shepard returning home after his service from the war but he's not getting the homecoming he deserved. Everyone in Shepard's Glen has been turning up missing, especially the kids. Alex goes on a search for his missing brother Josh but his search would take him to the foggy ghost town that is Silent Hill where the mystery of the missing citizens of Shepard's Glen takes a dark turn. Alex must unravel the dark connection between Silent Hill and Shepard's Glen and find out why his little brother Josh and everyone else had disappeared. 5/5
Graphics: Like Silent Hill: Origins, Silent Hill: Homecoming wasn't developed by Team Silent. This game was developed by an American video game developer, Double Helix Games. When I first played this game, I was surprised Double Helix Games pulled the graphics off really well. In my opinion, they surpassed Team Silent in that department. The graphics are nice and dark, character models look amazing, and the creatures look particularly scary. Double Helix even took some inspiration from the Silent Hill film for the Otherworld moments which is a plus.
5/5 Sound: The sounds are at their atmospheric best. The ambient noise truly en-chances the darkness and scare factor of Homecoming and the music is by Akira Yamaoka. He did such a great job on the hauntingly beautiful music. 5/5
Gameplay: In Silent Hill 4: The Room, I felt the controls were stiff, melee combat was delayed, holding ten items until you put them in a chest was tedious and repetitive, and the first person perspective just didn't serve a purpose. As I said before, Silent Hill: Homecoming is a huge improvement. Not only Silent Hill: Homecoming goes back to the basics of previous games, it also implements the over the shoulder targeting mechanic and has greatly improved melee combat. Once again, Double Helix Games really pulled it off on the gameplay. 5/5
I truly recommend this game to anyone who's a big fan of Silent Hill or survival horror games in general. Don't listen to what Gamespot said in their review of the game. Silent Hill: Homecoming is a great game and go check it out but don't take my word for it.
Final Score: 5/5