Silent Hill: Homecoming - Review.

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I think that horror games are quite popular and varied, since the game could change a lot depending on its creator. Among the most popular we can find those that are clearly aimed at gunshots and firearms, and those that are primarily for thought and research work, although in general all tend to be survival in post apocalyptic scenarios.

Silent Hill: Homecoming is a video game of survival and terror distributed by Konami, it turns out to be the fifth videogame published in the series of video games Silent Hill. Silent Hill is one of the most popular series of horror video games, but particularly this installment was strongly questioned and criticized, as it was expected to be better than in previous installments.

As usual, all Silent Hill video games start with a nightmare, which is usually based on frustrated dreams, remorse or with the intention of understanding some things that happen in the real world. Being a dream, it is clear that there are no limits to the imagination of the creatures and the scenarios that are presented, that is why Silent Hill is one of those games that love each other more for its history than for its playability.

Summary without spoiler

The main character and control to play is Alex Shepherd. At the beginning of the game, Alex returns home after being hospitalized, all with the goal of reuniting with his family in the city of Shepherd's Glen.

Upon arriving home, Alex realizes that his younger brother has disappeared, but no one wants to tell him the exact reason why he disappeared, they simply ask him to stay away and to remain calm. Alex, seeing that his mother and most of the townspeople are worried, decides to embark on a mission of exploration and investigation, since he considers that it is the only way to gather information about his missing brother.

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As we move forward, we will find information about some events that occurred in a neighboring city called Silent Hill. The collection of clues, clearly are the drawings made by Alex younger brother with his crayons, where each one usually describes the creatures we are about to face, as well as the objects we must find to keep moving forward.

As in any game of Silent Hill, in the end we learned that everything was a dream, in this case with a meaning about something bad that Alex did with his brother, that many people told him during the videogame, but he never wanted to believe.

Once the game is over, we will see a video of the culmination of Alex nightmare, this video may vary according to the actions we perform in the game, it is a way to measure how crazy we are, respond, ask, measure our humanity.

The graphics were one of the main reasons why Silent Hill: Homecoming was strongly criticized, because despite having quite relevant graphics for its time, it presents some very easy to notice errors, which in fact tend to damage the gaming experience . In this aspect it was expected something better since the video game had enough time for its preparation, without a doubt it is a mistake that could have made this video game one of the best of its time.

Environment

Knowing that the story of Silent Hill: Homecoming speaks of a nightmare, it is obvious that its environments are varied, sometimes we will have to travel around the city, while others will have to go to some facilities, as well as the degradation of the environment when the Silent Hill alarm sounds.

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When we are in environments free of degradation (before sounding the alarm) we found really good graphics and easy to appreciate, since this game was very popular on the xbox 360 consoles. On the other hand, when we talk about the environment after the degradation (after sounding the alarm) we find some errors that damage the experience of the game, we can observe some outstanding particles at the moment when the walls begin to peel off, also some errors at the moment of moving around the area.

Creatures

I think what we can appreciate better in Silent Hill: Homecoming is the dedication to create each of the creatures and characters, since its sharpness is really good, in it you can perfectly differentiate all the details, in a sense such that nothing escapes from our hands. Something to emphasize is that the creatures have a much better appearance than in previous installments of the saga, so we can enjoy a better gaming experience.

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The toxic gases, weapons, blood and all the effects that occur after each of the actions of the characters and creatures, can be seen a lot, in that sense it can be said that the gameplay is well represented in the graphics.

According to my experiences, the best part of Silent Hill: Homecoming is its sound quality, since we can appreciate a very good sound quality in all kinds of details, that is something that was improved from its previous videogames of the series, which allows you to feel real emotions when you play.

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Beyond the details, the whole soundtrack is really a beauty, there is no doubt that what keeps us entertained in a video game is the soundtrack, in this case Silent Hill: Homecoming manages to add adrenaline sounds in terrifying scenarios, you can see in the YouTube video that I presented previously.

Another reason why Silent Hill: Homecoming was much questioned is because of its gameplay, since being a game of survival and terror, it was expected to be a more active game in real time, but it turned out to be quite dedicated to the research work.

Obviously, this video game is not at the level of Resident Evil 4 in terms of gameplay, in fact, all my friends have recommended the video game and they assure me that they prefer Resident Evil 4 by far, since their gameplay is extremely good in terms of adrenaline, since they manage to adapt the shooter perfectly.

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What most displeases Silent Hill: Homecoming, are the extremely slow and boring combats, since we are forced to take targets and dodge blows at all times, always highlighting the melee weapons, since most of the creatures are defeated that way. Literally, the best weapon of all video game is the knife, since its speed melee allows us to dodge hits and hit very easily, although its damage is not very high.

At the level of mystery and research, if we find a very interesting game, remembering that Silent Hill: Homecoming is a nightmare, our duty is to discover the history behind that nightmare, that is why we constantly have the obligation to analyze the clues. I consider impossible to advance without analyzing the clues found.

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Beyond the above, it is necessary to think from time to time how to solve some riddles to unlock some areas of the missions, in general, they must unlock to obtain some mandatory objects of the mission, such as keys and maps. There is a chapter in particles where we must solve some riddles to get out of the house, I personally loved that chapter, since it helps to improve the logic.

Positive aspects

• Graphics at the level of combats and surroundings.

• Gameplay at the research level.

• He has entertaining riddles.

• It has very good sound effects and soundtrack.

• It has a variety of realistic and appropriate weapons.

• It has a variety of very interesting creatures.

• The culmination of the game may vary according to our choices in the game.

Negative aspects

• The combats are extremely slow.

• Its history is relatively short.

• He has very few bosses to beat.

• Some players claim that the game has some errors.

I think we should tell our experiences with games, regardless of whether they are good, bad or regular, it is important to encourage players about video games that are good or not. Beyond that, we usually always share video games that have marked our lives in a positive way, I think it is also important to talk a little about what we are currently playing.

This game is considered one of the worst in the saga of Silent Hill, I totally agree with that, as they collapsed what had been improving in the previous installments of the saga, at first glance it seems to me that it was an improvised video game, made lightly to obtain some benefit in the market.

Beyond the many negative aspects, you can enjoy this game with its positive aspects, I was a couple of weeks without Internet and I found this video game in the trunk of my memories, so I decided to start playing and I do not regret, I spent a few days nice to complete the video game.