Gamer Limit writes: "The ominous fog, check. The hiss of your radio, check. The creepy nurses who you remain probably more attracted to than you should mention in polite conversation, check. These Silent Hill staples remain ever present, but how does Silent Hill: Homecoming compare to the rest of the series famed for its take on nightmarish survival horror?"
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.
Daily Video Game writes: "Xbox Store has just launched three new digital sales that offers steep discounts on various combat, family, and free to play games for Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One, including many Xbox 360 games right now!"
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.
My favourite of the series is definitely Silent Hill 2, but this game had some really awesome parts, especially the Pyramid related ending. Unfortunately I got the dullest ending when I played through it, but youtube saved the day.
I'll be frank, I've never played a Silent Hill game (Don't hit me!!)... Is this a good place to start???
This latest incarnation however, was something that just made me feel let down.
The graphics are poor, the story doesn't have the same impact as it's predecessors and the gameplay is well, crap.
They've taken the survival element out of the game and turned it into a rather pathetic third person brawler.
Gone is the fact that you never used to stand a chance in hand to hand with the nasties. Now you can simply fight your way through the entire game.
It really is crap.
In fact I found it so bad that I don't now if I'll bother trying the next one if/when it is released.
Great review. I really still have to play the original though
I love me some Silent Hill