Homecoming - Has anyone played it yet?

[alf717]

I'm waiting on the Steam release which for some reason isn't on Steam yet but was wondering if anyone has gotten the PS3 or 360 versions. What do you think of it?

[Skunky]

Kotaku have put up their review (360 version)

http://kotaku.com/5056995/silent-hill-homecoming-review-hello-zombie-nurse

Sounds pretty good... but I'd like to read a few other impressions too.

1up review (360)

http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3170245&p=4

IGN review (PS3)

http://au.ps3.ign.com/articles/914/914944p1.html

[Corrin]

I haven't gotten it as all the video game selling stores around my area either claim it comes out tomorrow or just flat out tell me no such thing exists

[randomwab]

Well, it only shipped today. It's not out until tomorrow afternoon. I'd say we'll hear what people think from then onward.

[alf717]

Well, it only shipped today. It's not out until tomorrow afternoon. I'd say we'll hear what people think from then onward.

I should of known better. I thought today was the store date but with no word on a Steam release date for some reason I jumped into the conslusion that the console version hit shelves today. Maybe there will be more word on the PC release as well tomorrow.

[Corrin]

Been playing it all afternoon. It's an amazing game and certainly is Silent Hill. If you love the Silent Hill series for what it is, then you oughtta love the new one!!

[Dot50Cal]

I was hoping they wouldn't stick to the same cookie-cutter plot like they have been. Go with something a bit different maybe. It just feels like I already know the entire plot of the game because its following the plot of the previous ones nearly line by line.

The rust and molten lava parts just go on for far too long. I mean, I get it, hes going deep underground. We don't need to play this for 20 minutes, hopping down various ledges, or going down another set of ladders.

At the moment, I'm disappointed with what I've played. I initially liked it a bit, but its turned sour as I play. The combat is just frustrating, and I played it wrong (apparently) through the first half of the game. The dodge maneuver is clunky and just feels wrong.

I'll keep going through

[abbatoo]

I got my copy today, too bad the US 360 version is region locked so I didn't get a chance to play it.
The seller promised to replace my copy with the Asian version, though (it supposedly works on PAL systems).

[Corrin]

Dot, maybe you can help me with this part as it has to do with the section with all the fire and jumping downward and downward onto the metal platforms. It's the boss fight right after that.

Spoiler:

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Don't you love it when the game keeps starting you with about 1/3 your health after you die? No? Me neither. Thus, my problem. I can't defeat Scarlett because I simply don't have enough health. I've gotten as far as her transformation sequence where she gets all fast, only to be quickly hit and killed. I have no healing items and no bullets thanks to those smog monsters which kept spewing smog at me and knocking me down earlier.

[Dot50Cal]

Yeah, its pretty crappy how the game does that I struggled at parts because of that.

After playing some more, the game really gets better after you return to the Shepard's house. I'm probably almost done.

[Gradon]

How I envy you Americans.

[Umon Daisuke]

So... is this worth shelling $60 for? I canceled the reservation after much thought. I haven't touched a game aside from 4 hours of Yakuza 2 in over a month now.

[Corrin]

Yeah, its pretty crappy how the game does that I struggled at parts because of that.

After playing some more, the game really gets better after you return to the Shepard's house. I'm probably almost done.

I've just started the game over. My situation with that particular boss is impossible.

[Anders]

Hey, could any of you Americans please send me (pennyroyal_3 [at] yahoo.co.uk) good, big scans of front, back, and disc of both the 360 and PS3 versions for my website? Credit will be given, of course. ;)

Thanks!

[Corrin]

Silent Hill: Homecoming ending spoiler:

Okay, what the christ? Spoiler:

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I got the UFO ending. I don't get it. I want to know what the real ending is.