GNT: Often seen as the pinnacle of psychological horror, Silent Hill has been in the hands of many different developers since Team Silent was disbanded after Silent Hill 4: The Room was released. Since then, many fans think that the series has ‘jumped the shark’, with western developers not understanding what made the series so unique and special in the first place. With this in mind, I approached Silent Hill: Homecoming -developed by Double Helix Games- with caution, preparing to be disappointed, expecting a sub-par experience. However, I can now safely say that these fears were completely unfounded. Homecoming is a fantastic game in it’s own right, and while it may take a different approach than the previous iterations, it is still a great addition to the Silent Hill franchise.
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.
Rather late to review Homecoming...
Haha random. I'd re-buy it if it had trophies.
LOL...bargain bin review. Nothing wrong with that. This is such a great series. I actually didn't play this one so I'll see if I can't pick it up cheap for some classic survival horror goodness.