Silent Hill: Homecoming

 PlayStation 3
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6.5

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  1. JonathanH.
    Oct 2, 2008
    9
    as a pretty big fan of the silent hill series, i'm very satisfied with this game and it's improvements over previous silent hill titles. the storyline is great, the atmosphere is just as frightening as any of the other games, and the combat system is much improved and not as clunky. for a survival horror title, you can't ask for much more in my opinion.
  2. EvillivE
    Nov 16, 2011
    8
    I don't understand the hate that gets thrown at this game. The graphics in this game are pretty damn good, even considering today's standards (it's not Uncharted by a long shot, but it's way better then **** call of duty). The combat is a bit too enpowering, until you go on the harder difficulty and get gang raped by Schisms. The story isn't nearly as bad as what people say it is andI don't understand the hate that gets thrown at this game. The graphics in this game are pretty damn good, even considering today's standards (it's not Uncharted by a long shot, but it's way better then **** call of duty). The combat is a bit too enpowering, until you go on the harder difficulty and get gang raped by Schisms. The story isn't nearly as bad as what people say it is and there is a lot of good here overall. The only bad part of the game is in the enemy designs. The nurses, dogs, smog, and even pyramid head seem more like gameplay varients (like in an action game) than physical manifestations of the character's fears and anxieties. The bosses show the more imaginative side of the game and are definately the highlights of the game, but the other enemies seemed more like an afterthought. Another issue I have is the fact that it just isn't as scary as past Silent Hill games. There were some moments where I was tensed up, but that was it. The monsters aren't scary because they are designed around gameplay with all there weak points and finishing moves. But there was just something about this game that kept me coming. I beat this game about ten times, got all the endings and costumes and only recently sold it. I almost miss the game, but I realize that I played that game dry and I would only get bored if I tried to play it again. Let's just hope Downpour can take what Homecoming got right and fix what they got wrong so that we can have a great silent hill game on the PS3.… Expand
  3. GreatreviewDmac
    Apr 21, 2012
    8
    Silent hill homecoming gets bashed a lot but..... I for one felt that the game was a great addition to the franchise. It still had the atmosphere silent hill is know for and the otherworld is still crazy as **** It's fairly cheap now so go ahead and buy it it's only 20 bucks. If you hate it bring it back to whatever store you bought it from and get your money back if you're that worriedSilent hill homecoming gets bashed a lot but..... I for one felt that the game was a great addition to the franchise. It still had the atmosphere silent hill is know for and the otherworld is still crazy as **** It's fairly cheap now so go ahead and buy it it's only 20 bucks. If you hate it bring it back to whatever store you bought it from and get your money back if you're that worried about 20bucks… Expand
  4. MartinWard
    Mar 23, 2009
    9
    silent hill back to basics love it well done Konami
  5. Stimpi13
    Dec 12, 2010
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game gives very scary! The history is very interesting! The graphics aren´t spectacular but the cinemas are good! The game play is very simple and when you know how kill the enemies this game becomes very easy!

    Good Game for me the best Silent Hill!    … Expand
  6. jpresario82
    May 12, 2011
    8
    Certainly not a bad Silent Hill game. Has all the elements that make Silent Hill cool, and offers a good amount of gameplay. It drags a bit near the end, but it's certainly worth playing if you're a fan of Silent Hill!
  7. RUST
    Mar 15, 2012
    8
    After playing Downpour I decided to revisit Homecoming, the beginning of the second series of Silent Hill in my mind. I did like it the first time round, quite a lot. It wasn't very faithful to the ethnics of the core topic but reboots are permitted to toy with the DNA a bit so I wasn't that annoyed. The main thing was the series had potential to go on from here and be brilliant once more.After playing Downpour I decided to revisit Homecoming, the beginning of the second series of Silent Hill in my mind. I did like it the first time round, quite a lot. It wasn't very faithful to the ethnics of the core topic but reboots are permitted to toy with the DNA a bit so I wasn't that annoyed. The main thing was the series had potential to go on from here and be brilliant once more. Unfortunately Downpour failed to build upon Homecoming, so my hopes are shattered. In the plus side, Homecoming is pretty damn good, if not a bit tainted.… Expand
  8. cmknamg
    Aug 28, 2012
    10
    I am really just starting the game and so far I love it, at the end of the day I want to have a good storyline, good graphics and I want to be scared and SHH delivers.
  9. Joeshadowman
    Jul 12, 2015
    8
    If you're looking for a game that is both creepy and unsettling, look no further then the Silent Hill series. Every game has something unique to offer to the series and Homecoming is no different. Offering a new combat system and streamlined controls. Throwing away tank controls does do some harm to the atmosphere the game is trying to create, but there are still genuine creepy moments.If you're looking for a game that is both creepy and unsettling, look no further then the Silent Hill series. Every game has something unique to offer to the series and Homecoming is no different. Offering a new combat system and streamlined controls. Throwing away tank controls does do some harm to the atmosphere the game is trying to create, but there are still genuine creepy moments. Make no mistake, running away from a fight is still your best option, when you can take it. Most of the monsters are no push over, and down right ferocious. If giving the chance they will kill Alex without any problem. The boss fights, on the other hand, where disappointing and offered little to no challenge at all. Including the final boss, which only succeeds in being disgusting.

    The story isn't the strongest the series has to offer, but for what it is, it's good. And if you've played Silent Hill 2, you should be able to figure out the twist at the end. Though, a lot of the characters needed more time to develop. We barely learn anything about the antagonists of the game, and there are even two throw away characters that only exist to move the story forward. And really Pyramid Head had no reason being in the game. He was only there to remind the player of Silent Hill 2. Still, as a character study, it works. The game only wishes to focus on Alex's quest to find his brother, and that's mainly what the game focuses on.

    The game looks scary in it's own way, in that the eyes on character models don't always match up with where they are looking. But the fog from previous games is still there and it does help to create an atmosphere that can at times be unsettling. There are also two different kinds of settings in the game. There is the normal world and the hell world. The normal world is the foggy city we've all come to know and understand. The hell world is something taking right out of an H. P. Lovecraft novel, and I like it. The difference between the two couldn't contrast more than it does. And the game loves to switch between them constantly, bringing a caution with every building you enter. In the end, if you enjoy the visuals of Silent Hill then you will enjoy the way this game looks.

    Silent Hill: Homecoming is a somewhat underrated game. It's controls are a much needed improvement for the series, allowing a much wider audience to join in to the experience of the series.    … Expand
  10. beeanadou
    Apr 16, 2018
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Guess this is an interesting cultural difference? :) Most Asia players would more into Silent Hill: Homecoming than Silent Hill 2, and home coming is often regarded as the best of the Silent Hill series. Many game forums I've been frequently visit give Homecoming much more positive feedback, say 8 or 9 +, there are heated discussion about which ending is the best as well, I'm really surprise to see it barely makes a 7 here.

    BTW, most discussed question I've encountered is why does Alex have to shot his mum to achieve a transitional good ending? So the people I know usually pick the Downing ending the best outcome    … Expand
  11. LamL.
    Oct 11, 2008
    8
    I really rate this an 8.15. It is my first Silent Hill game, although I have read and heard a lot about the earliers games and I thought the 2006 movie was a masterpeice. I will get the others in the series and play them. Here is my rating system. Gameplay (includes controls, story, immersion, and what you actually do in the game) is given a score of 0 (worst) -10 (best). Graphics is I really rate this an 8.15. It is my first Silent Hill game, although I have read and heard a lot about the earliers games and I thought the 2006 movie was a masterpeice. I will get the others in the series and play them. Here is my rating system. Gameplay (includes controls, story, immersion, and what you actually do in the game) is given a score of 0 (worst) -10 (best). Graphics is rated. This means the aesthetic and technical qualities of it. Audio is rated and includes game music, soundtrack and voice dialogue- everything you hear in a game. My last category is rated .0 (point 0) - .5 (point 5), and really is a bonus component of the 30 point rating system. If the game has replayability it is given a higher bonus component. Replayability can mean both story mode and multiplayer available, split creen or online. It can mean multiple story threads or endings. It can also mean open world- a lot of endless explotrng doing nothing but having a good time w/ whatever you want to do. Well here it what I ratd SH:H. Gameplay gets an 8 because I enjoy survival horror and it gave you that. To me, combat was satisfying but the enemies have cheap shots. It felt like the town or universe of SH that I have come to expect, but I wasn't "wowed" with it like I thought I would be on the PS3. Maybe it had to do wit the graphics. Maybe it had to do with how the story was told. You learned the majority of it in the last 5th of the game. So it felt kinda hollow (the story that you play). You ran around the earlier parts of the game trying to piece what happened together but you just end up running around finding out notihng. Next. Graphics I gave a 7.8. These graphics are excellent PS2 grahics, excellent last generation graphics but not up to quality of the best of this generation: games like MGS4, Motorstorm, Condemned 2, DMC4. Audio gets an 8.5. Nothing really to complain about.. I liked it. It set the mood. I can see why earlier games and their reviews gave this composer high marks. Dialogue and effects sound were satisfactory. Replayability I give it a point one five (.15) because of the multiple endings you can replay for. Add all those #s up and divide by 3. Viola.… Expand
  12. AleksandarB
    Jun 10, 2009
    8
    A decent installment, although unoriginal.
  13. br_moore
    Dec 15, 2018
    8
    I first played Homecoming a long time ago as a budding Silent Hill fan, having first played SH3 and 2. I was never able to get past a certain part, and over the years I always had a negative view of it in my head. I finally got around to actually replaying it and finally attempting a full playthrough very recently. I came in expecting it to be a mess, but I was actually very pleasantlyI first played Homecoming a long time ago as a budding Silent Hill fan, having first played SH3 and 2. I was never able to get past a certain part, and over the years I always had a negative view of it in my head. I finally got around to actually replaying it and finally attempting a full playthrough very recently. I came in expecting it to be a mess, but I was actually very pleasantly surprised by Homecoming.

    Let's start with the pros. Homecoming, for the most part, retains the series' engaging atmosphere and level design, with foggy towns surrounded by dilapidated buildings. Puzzles were for the most part clever and interesting, some of the combat was fun, it has truly great monster/boss design, very interesting lore, and some impressive graphics at times. By far my favorite part of this game were the Otherworld segments. They did a fantastic job of making the Otherworld environments feel super trippy, surreal, and hellish. Sometimes I couldn't help but feel being in the Otherworld in Homecoming was equivalent to actually being in a real Hell. The visual designs, exploration, and puzzles in these segments were absolute artistic highlights of the game. One odd thing this game did really well was the graphics on the enemies and bosses; something about the textures and lighting on them made them look strangely photo-realistic, which never failed to impress me.

    Now on to the cons. Almost everything I mentioned above has a downside to it in some kind of way. While the graphics are impressive in places, in others they are downright bad (very low resolution textures in some environments and awful character models). Some of the levels are pretty boring to traverse, with the Prison level being ridiculously bland and linear to the point of feeling lazy. The bosses, while very visually impressive, are lackluster and not fun to fight (the final boss is fun, though). The characters are not all that interesting or memorable, and the endings leave more to be desired.

    The gameplay overall can also get a bit repetitive and bland, with the combat being the worst offender. It really gets tedious and problematic as the game goes on, with the nurses and Schisms (hammer-head shark things) being nightmares to fight properly. It's just that the clunky controls and awkward movement hinder the overall smoothness of the game.

    In the end, Homecoming is a surprisingly good game, considering its reputation in the franchise. It has a good number of frustrating problems that show off how unpolished the game really is, but it has so many good and interesting qualities that I found it hard to not be engaged and wanting to come back for more. I would give it a 7.5 out of 10, but for the sake of Metacritic, I chose 8.    … Expand
  14. Makolvalenzuela
    Jul 23, 2020
    8
    se nota el deterioro de la saga con este juego, si bien no es malo queda detras de los anteriores, lo recomiendo solo si eres fan de la franquicia
  15. YokoHugo
    Jul 29, 2022
    8
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#77 Best PS3 Game of 2008
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71

Mixed or average reviews - based on 41 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 41
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 41
  3. Negative: 0 out of 41
  1. IGN
    67
    A bit of a letdown. The gameplay has been reduced from a tense psychological experience fraught with spine tingling jumps and scares to a generic, predictable action title set in the location with good graphics and a great soundtrack.
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  2. Cheat Code Central
    84
    The folks at Double Helix gave me the Silent Hill I wanted: a nerve-racking, scary as hell experience to hold me over this Halloween season. Any fan of Silent Hill should be checking this out, and anyone just needing a good scare can join in the Homecoming.
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  3. Game Revolution
    75
    American developer Double Helix has managed to stick its landing—right in the uneasy, dark parts of the mind that define the Silent Hill experience.
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