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 Send to email | Silent Hill: Homecoming: Skinned Bodies Ahoy! [Konami September 2008 NYC] in Konami September 2008 NYC Gallery Silent Hill: Homecoming |  By Jim Reilly
el 17-Sep-2008 |  I spent a little bit of time with Silent Hill: Homecoming on the 360 yesterday at Konami's NYC event. I've been kind of lukewarm on the series since The Room, so my expectations weren't extremely high going in. I must say, however, Silent Hill might be coming back on the upswing after this. The series has always looked great, and Homecoming certainly does as well, but the vastly improved combat mechanics will make this iteration stand out from the rest and, hopefully, capture a bigger audience.
So we start out back in a dreary, dark hospital again. Everything will be fine, right? Of course not! Hospitals and Silent Hill going together are never a good thing for anybody, let alone the protagonist. The first thing I wanted to know about this game is how much "Silent Hill" is actually in it. By that I mean, how much disturbing crap is there for me to look at that will make my brain throw up? Well, I almost immediately noticed a skinned body hanging from the ceiling. So, it's looking like this really is a homecoming! Now, one of the biggest complaints about the series was the combat and the controls. I won't got as far as to say they are "fixed" this time around, but they're way better. The first weapon I managed to get my hands on was a knife. When you draw it, the camera pans behind you and off to the right, much like any over-the-shoulder angle, but a bit further back so you can see more of the environment. I can then start stabbing away, unlike in previous games where I had to randomly swing a weapon and hope I hit something. It almost makes the game easier now that the combat is better, as sad as that sounds. I will forever contend that what makes any Silent Hill game great is the atmosphere it creates. That's why I still consider the first game in the series to be best one. That game scares the crap out of me, even 10 years later. I can't play it without turning off the sound, and sometimes, will just turn the whole thing off entirely. Homecoming didn't make me change my pants, however, a very cool effect was the when the 'normal world' changes to the 'underworld.' It's very much like the movie - which yinz should see - where everything is peeling off the walls and floor revealing all the in creepy, fucked up cages and spinning fans and shit. Overall, it looks like Konami learned from The Room and is taking trying to take everything back to the early titles in the series. Everything that should make a good Silent Hill game is here. How the story holds up, or, if it makes any sense at all, remains to be seen. The improved combat and player mobility should position this game towards the more mainstream audience and will give me hope for a survival-horror renaissance.   
  
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| Silent Hill: Homecoming Finally Hits Steam [Without Further Ado] | | On the eve of September 29th, eager Steam users lined up in front of their computers, awaiting the release of Konami's latest installment of their acclaimed horror franchise, Silent Hill: Homecoming, to become available for download. And they waited. And waited. No [..] Read complete article | | Published 06-Nov-2008 by Mike Fahey in Without Further Ado Konami News PC Silent Hill: Homecoming Steam
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| Silent Hill: Homecoming Gets Pyramid Head, PC Version [E308] | | Earlier this week I watched a Konami rep play through a bit of Silent Hill: Homecoming while we were awaiting the coming of Castlevania creator Koji Igarashi. The quick play through showed off the opening moments of the game, with protagonist Alex Shepherd waking up in Silent Hill and setting off o [..] Read complete article | | Published 18-Jul-2008 by Mike Fahey in E308 Konami News Original PC Silent Hill: Homecoming
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| Silent Hill 5 Named And Dated [Release Dates] | | No longer will we have to anxiously await Silent Hill 5 at some unknown date in the future! Now we can anxiously await Silent Hill: Homecoming, due out at the end of September for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation [..] Read complete article | | Published 21-Apr-2008 by Mike Fahey in KonamiName ChangePS3Release Datessilent hill 5Silent Hill: HomecomingXbox 360
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| Silent Hill: Homecoming Review: Hello, Zombie Nurse [Review] | | The sixth installment of Konami's venerable psychological horror franchise Silent Hill breaks ground on current generation consoles, now in the hands of a new developer, Double Helix Games, formerly known as The Col [..] Read complete article | | Published 30-Sep-2008 by Michael McWhertor in Review Konami Original PC Playstation 3 PS3 Silent Hill Silent Hill: Homecoming Xbox 360
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