Silent Hill: Homecoming - Playstation 3

Silent Hill: Homecoming is the epitome of how a game in the survival horror genre should be played. The finite resources your character comes across (gun ammunition and health items), diversity of enemies, somewhat infrequent save points, and eerie story were all conscious inclusions made by the developing team which makes the game so fun to play.What I especially liked about Homecoming is the melee combat system. As you progress through the game you come across different weapons such as a knife, steel pipe, and axe. My immediate thought was to ditch the "weaker" weapon such as the knife for the "stronger" weapon such as the axe. What a mistake. Enemies in Homecoming all have different speeds, attack patterns, damage output, hits they can take etc, and it's your job as the player to decide what "tool" for the job you wish to use. If you want to mindlessly blast the enemy away with the shotgun or rifle, be prepared to pay for it later. Ammunition in Homecoming is a precious and finite resource that should only be used to take out stronger enemies in most (but not all) situations. Besides, it's much more satisfying to decapitate an enemy after a well fought battle than shooting them from far away. Right? No? Okay go back to playing Call of Duty kid...Some people might want to complain that the save points are too few and far between. Well, no duh. It's a survival horror folks, you can't just save the game every five minutes. Instead you need to cautiously battle enemies, collect precious med kits, solve puzzles, and pray that the next save point is around the corner. Silent Hill is all about creating a thrilling scary atmosphere and the mere sight of the "save symbol" should act as a relief toward the player.The last topic I'll touch on is the story. I won't reveal spoilers, or any of the plot for that matter. Instead I just want to say that it's compelling, includes a lot of foreshadowing, and overall makes you want to complete the game. Basically, it's the opposite of other survival horror games such as Dead Space. In Dead Space all I want to do is shoot stuff, the story is completely inconsequential.Overall, the only thing I would change about the game would be to include a 180 degree turn feature.

I suppose alot of people are picky with games in ways I do not understand. Of course, even if I did understand why, it would'nt change how I feel about this game.It's fun. It plays alot like Silent Hill 1, 2 and 3. 4, I don't know of. I never played it. I notice alot of people loved the games they played a few years to many years back and all the sudden they don't like them as much. Not me. I am one of those people who can still enjoy an old fasion 8-bit NES game to a newer game today for PS3 and XBOX 360. Once I like a game, It stays with me. I still have imagination and it is still as fun as it was when I was a kid. Thats what made alot of those older games fun. You equip the sword to your character and the game does not offer the visual, instead you create the visual of your characters sword with your imagination. Plus the reading factor of the games were good too. I became a good reader because of older games and libraries.Silent Hill Homecoming will give you pretty much the same game play as 1, 2 and 3 does. I have'nt noticed any thing different except for the story line of course. So if you want that same type of game play, I reccommend this game.The way I see this game like the other Silent Hill 1, 2 and 3 is 1. You find the items and weapons you need. 2. There are puzzles with riddles you solve and 3. The combat and controls are pretty much the same.Of course you still have your disturbing monsters especially those nasty nurses. Could'nt be good ol' Silent Hill without the disturbing monsters. It's one of the many reasons I love the Silent Hill series.

Came in excellent condition

The game is great and a cool suspense movie type story with great bad guys, lets just say, your first time around playing the game you will die A LOT especially when you get to meet one of the types of bad guys called "The Needlers" they are crazy hard to kill till you figure out how to deal with them and even then still challenging. If you like creepy dark and disturbing games with a lot of weird deformed bad guys this is the one for you. Great story, challenging, sometimes to the point where you have to watch a youtube walkthrough just to figure out how to do some things. Definitely a must buy.

I just received my item and I’m so glad . The game is working so well

Have played most of the SH games and enjoyed this as much as the others. Very creepy,dark game! Some players complain of control issues but i found them easy to master and fun to use. Awesome storyline. Sound and graphics are amazing and this game is worth current price. Twisted,creepy imagery,challenging puzzles and rewarding gameplay. Hard enough to be fun without being overly difficult. I dont enjoy repeating things over and over in a game and that not the case here. Also like the choices the game presents to the player which can effect which ending you recieve. Awesome game for anyone who enjoys survival/action/horror