TeamXbox writes: "
Silent Hill: Homecoming is the latest installment of Konami's successful survival-horror series, which comes at a time when so many franchises are being forced to reinvent themselves in order to stay fresh. Contrary to this trend, Silent Hill: Homecoming's developer Double Helix made the conscious decision to stick true to the series' roots without trying to come up with a lot of new gimmicks to help promote the product. What Double Helix did instead was fine tune the aspects of Konami's thriller to provide us with a familiar, yet still unpredictable, experience that is unquestionably unique to the bizarre and unsettling world that only Silent Hill can offer.
In keeping with the game's roots, Silent Hill: Homecoming opens without any explanation as to the surroundings or events leading up to the beginning cinematic. This style of presentation raises the players' level of tension, and the events that follow are designed to not only sustain this, but to increase the players' anxiety throughout the course of the game. There's really no point in Silent Hill: Homecoming when one can let their guard down and relax, thanks to the efforts put into the game's pacing."
The sirens are sounding again, beckoning you back to the foggy ghost town as we rank all the Silent Hill games, from the chilling classics to the misguided missteps.
I mostly disagree with Downpour's position. Yeah, the game is not amazing by any stretch of the imagination but is much better than the HD Collection and Homecoming. The main issue is the performance, but that was mitigated by the patches, especially on the PS3. Personally, I put it a little behind Origins and The Room.
Having Restless Dreams as a different entry from Silent Hill 2 is also a choice.
Normally, we would not consider it a different game (Restless Dreams), but since it had a very different critical reception and had new content, it was allowed. As for Downpour, I would agree, but since that one is subjective, we let him make his case for the placement.
silent hill 2 is definitely the best one out of those.
for me personally, the whole ritual/cult stuff was always so weird to me in all the other games.
No disrespect but I put SH2 over 1. 1 is fantastic, but 2 took it all up a level.
Twinfinite: "They said it couldn't be done, be we've tried our best to rank all the monsters in Silent Hill according to their fear factor. Let's go!"
Pyramid Head is my #1 too, despite the fact you don't actually fight him much - and the few times you do are actually super easy. It's all in the presentation & close encounters.
I never thought the monsters themselves were very scary. It was the tension and the unknown, the silent moments that got under your skin that were the most scary to me.
Silent Hill has always been about the psychological horror more than it's gore.
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I had no idea Binary Domain was backwards compatible. I know what I'm downloading.
I would like El Shaddi, Afterburner Climax, and outrun 2 please. I am sure that there are other games as well but those came to mind for me right now.
