Silent Hill Homecoming

Before we begin I have to mention this PC port is a travesty, it's basically broken from every aspect and requires patches to fix some of the issues. Some QTEs seem impossible on controller without this fix - https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Silent_Hill:_Homecoming Without even considering the game it's a non recommendation even before we get to the game itself, but we'll dive into that below. Silent Hill Homecoming is considered by many to be the start of the end for the franchise, the first in the series made by a western dev (ok it was actually silent hill origins but that's often forgotten for being a psp game). The first game from newly formed double helix games a dev that has long since been absorbed into the amazon games machine and a dev that had potential, that killer instinct remake is an absolute classic. Homecoming is often considered a bad game, it's poor story, weird combat and reliance on popular SH iconography that diluted the game's own story and themes are often at the forefront of the conversation, with rushed development and many players distain towards the idea of an American developer, homecoming has had an up hill battle, but is it actually that bad? The short answer is yes, the longer answer is mostly yes but some no, I do think it's a bad silent hill game, I'd even go as far as saying it's a bad game, but it does have a few good things going for it but it's not enough to warrant you play it. I must admit that the bosses are actually really great, mostly fun to fight with fantastic designs and really showcase the design talent of double helix when they stop sucking off silent hill 2 and 3. Music as well is really fantastic, which isn't too surprising considering Akira Yamaoka composed the soundtrack. It's incredible with some truly fantastic tracks. Almost a shame it's been wasted on a game that is mostly hated. So the negatives, well it's hard to list them all but the big thing that's always bothered me in that this is essentially silent hill the movie the game. It borrows a lot from the film and also takes many things from SH2/3 whilst also not really understanding what made them special, it haphazardly throws nurses, pyramid head and robbie the rabbit at you without really spending the time to justify their inclusion. The story is also a weak retelling of silent hill 2, with a twist i find to be so undercooked that it just comes across as silly. That's not to say it's all worthless, the inclusion of Shepherd's Glen as an offshoot of silent hill which has it's own practices similar to that of silent hill itself, is an interesting take and exploring outside of the iconic town is a welcome change. I think for me the main character is so boring and uninteresting that it harms the story. I also really just don't like the combat, it's functional and is fun to a degree but it feels like I'm playing ocarina of time rather than a silent hill game. Alex throws himself around like he's Geralt of Riva and it's just so dumb. I also hate that you fight human enemies which is honestly a massive misunderstanding of the franchise in my opinion. The shift in focus on the cult is something I really dislike about silent hill and this game doubles down on it. It's also a misunderstanding of the source material when you can unlock the UFO ending on a first playthrough and it's not even difficult, so the idea of this being someone's first SH game AND they unlock the ufo ending must be one of the most confusing things ever. Overall this is a pretty poor game, it's not completely worthless (well on pc it is) but the overabundance of film references and bizarre combat with a weak story make this the worst mainline games in the franchise. You can mod the game to make it playable but you can't mod it to make it good.

Pretty awful game on it's own, but the fact that this port is completely busted and unplayable without fan patches makes this an experience you should skip.

Muy buen juego, considero que podría ser mucho mejor en cuanto al PORT para PC, ya que se la pasa crasheando. Gracias a esta guía (https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2880836707) pude hacer que el juego funcione bien y casi no crashee. Fuera de eso, el juego en sí es muy bueno, su atmosfera, los sonidos que te mantienen todo el tiempo alerta y su apartado gráfico, es algo que me vuelve loco. La historia es algo que destaca a la hora de jugarlo, si bien considero que no es la mejor de la saga, está a la altura, el juego en sí está muy inspirado en Silent Hill 2 y creo que eso es algo que puede generar opiniones ambiguas. (Me encantó que aparezca Pyramid Head) ¿Recomiendo comprarlo? Considero que el juego no vale $18.99USD (teniendo en cuenta la economía Argentina/Latinoamericana), no porque sea un mal juego, si no porque veo detalles, como el del PORT, que no parecen tener tanto esfuerzo, y con esa plata podrías comprarte algún otro juego que valga más la pena. Pero si ya lo habías jugado y querés jugarlo por la nostalgia o algún otro motivo, lo recomiendo, de todas maneras, recomiendo comprarlo cuando esté en oferta, ya que llega a un precio mucho más bajo ($3.79USD Zona Argentina) (https://steamdb.info/app/19000/).

game runs like trash and you have to mod it just to use basic functions like controller support. just port the original silent hills to steam konami whats taking you so long!

Game is unplayable & trash, crashed few times and the last one even frozen my PC. After i looked into it why it does this i found out that it's a bad port... actually this is worse than bad.

Mesmo que muitos falem que não é um jogo bom, eu continuo acreditando que ele entrega visuais incríveis e uma experiência horripilante em Silent Hill. Uma pena que nesta versão da Steam o jogo apresenta muitos bugs, mesmo em um pc potente. Seria ótimo se a Konami investisse em resolver a qualidade da performance desse game e publicasse uma coleção dos outros jogos de Silent Hill na Steam. Seria meu sonho?

The game is so buggy that it's barely playable and crashes constantly.