First of all, this game doesn't run on PC unless you patch it, because of course it fucking doesn't. No achievements either unlike the console versions, which I doubt you're buying a PS3 for this game, if you did, with all due respect, you're a dumbass. The game starts with our main protagonist, Alex Shepherd, a soldier who's stuck in a bed being dragged through a fucked up hospital, with everything happening so fucking fast, and with no fucking meaning at all. You start looking for some kid called Joshua who keeps running away and being a bitch, why the fuck are you looking for him? I don't know. Oh and also the nurses from Silent Hill 2 are here, you know, the nurses that look like strippers because James was into nurses. Is Alex into nurses? No. They're just... here, looking more sexual than the sexualized version, of course they are. The combat in this game is actually not bad at all, matter of fact every Silent Hill game after this one including the highly praised remake uses the same gameplay as Homecoming, except it barely fucking works in this game, you'd constantly get stuck in a loop of undodgable attacks, a dodging mechanic that never fucking works.

Anyways, back to the story. Turns out it was all a dream, so fucking original and you just woke up in a truck and you're going to Silent Hill, why? Looking for your brother. Why? I DON'T FUCKING KNOW. You go to your old house and meet your mom there, and ask her where Joshua is, she says your dad went looking for him, but something's suspicious hmmm...I don't fucking know okay? The game's forgettable and unoriginal as shit. The atmosphere is nice, the graphics are nice too, the music is awesome as always because it's the same composer from Silent Hill 1-4. A lot of moments felt like they had potential, but in the end it's a shallow game with no direction to it at all, they just wanted to make Silent Hill to make Silent Hill. Later in the game, you find out that there's a cult making everyone disappear, they kidnap your mom and then you find your dad who tells you that you were never actually a soldier, he was. And you were wearing his clothes AAAHHHH!!!! BIG PLOT TWIST!!! And then he says it was supposed to be you, what the fuck does that mean?

Whatever, most of the bosses you fight in this game are giant naked women for some reason. It's like the developers have a fetish. You go deeper into the cult and you find out another big plot twist, YOOOUUU KILLEDDD YOURRR BROTHEEERRRRR!!!! In the shittiest way possible. You made him slip off a boat and die, and the plot for the cult was that every something years a family needs to pick a child and kill him and it was supposed to be you, so you fucked it up and they killed the wrong child and their god got mad or something and the town got fucked up because of you, and then you fight a big naked pregnant woman on mechanical spider legs as a final boss, disgusting. So what's the ending? Depending on what you got, it's some genuine fucking bullshit. One of them is your dad drowns you in a bathtub. What? That's the one I got. One of the others is you becoming a Pyramid Head. Did I mention Pyramid Heads in this fucking game? Why the fuck is he in this game? What the fuck were the writers thinking???

This game, is not worth playing at all. Maybe play it to see how fucking horribly Konami fucked over the franchise just because of how greedy they really fucking are. Fuck Konami, I fucking hate them so bad and maybe I'll forgive them a little if they put the Silent Hill Quadrilogy on Steam. I lied, I won't. But it's the least they could do.

...Yeah. I told him to not waste any more second on this piece of shit, I suggested him to play System Shock 2 instead but he just kept going because it's Silent Hill damnit. Apparently this game shouldn't be qualified as a Silent Hill title, and for very good reasons you see above. No, Jack's review isn't immature as you may think so, sure it is quite short but it demonstrates every last shred of pain he had to go through to speak up for the franchise. Okay, if you haven't figured out, in that case you might as well consider yourself a fucking retard, Silent Hill: Homecoming is a guide on how to rape and murder a franchise with zero effort. Yeah, many publishers have done that and will continue to do so, no buts, it's a fucking tragedy. However, there's one problem I should discuss. I've never played this game, never looked at the gameplay, but why would I judge the book by its cover? I didn't, I listened to my friend instead of having to waste time on a game that I was never going to play it. You know what? Thank fucking god. There are some things Jack didn't mention though, and besides the fact that I have not checked it out still, I think you deserve some clarification. My problem with the game, other than that it fucking sucks, when Konami hired an American studio with no game record, Konami let them know that whatever they think Silent Hill would look like, it will be Silent Hill. No, the new developer team did not write an original story, instead they copied every goddamn element from an already existing installment. This game is 1:1 Silent Hill 2. It's no secret that Konami was jealous of Capcom's success, all Capcom had to do is release the same fucking bullshit every few years like Megaman and Resident Evil. Especially that, because ever since Homecoming was released, every new SH game is identical to RE. It doesn't even manifest into a psychological horror anymore, a subgenre that has nothing to do with RE. And the thing is, all these "new" games is one of the reasons why the gaming industry was, is and always will be a complete disaster. Nobody wants to taste the same product, except they may spice it up with caffeine or goat fecals, any way it is all the same. Why has Half-Life 3 not been released? Because Valve wants it to be a ground-breaking masterpiece, and not just a plain conclusion to the franchise. Valve understands it, Team 451* understands it, Konami and Capcom don't. Ask yourself, would you be considering to play a carbon cheap copy of your favourite game when you already have that game you love so dearly? Fuck no. To assure that this abomination is nothing but a reskin, writing has gotten so fucking bad, it's like you're playing an unfunny parody. The puzzle sections try so fucking hard to be enigmatic and deep and confusing, but it fails so much when a studio gave the job to a 14 years old kid, no offense to the children but a grown adult will never come up with this shit, unless if they love this game, that is. Alright, I've given too much attention on this piece of shit than enough, what really truly grinds my gears, is that Homecoming, was a success. A SUCCESS. At least according to Konami. They already had a good thing going on with Team Silent but it didn't sit right with them. They wanted to be like Capcom so they could distribute as much Silent Hill as they want, even if it's not anymore, just a continuous cycle of trying to squeeze a dead cow for more milk. Sure, these games suck ass, but like any other drug trade in this world, it doesn't work that way if gamers can just simply avoid them. PEOPLE WILL STILL BUY THE FUCKING PRODUCT. Even if it's shit, even if it's infested with rabies, HIV and such, even if it costs 60 dollars full price, like any other dopefiend in the world, they will buy it (even half the price in the sales) because they chase the high no matter what it is. Oh...I've been watching too much The Wire. Silent Hill: Homecoming is a situation when a distributor faces inevitable issues with their product quality, but that distributor decides to not give two shits for it and pretend that everything with their organization is fine. This wasn't just a one-time thing, you do not see it happen but every fourth entrepreneur had their businesses failed countless times out of ignorance. But this doesn't make any fucking sense because Konami still exists, they should've been bankrupt already but oh no! MORE SILENT HILL, I GUESS. I thought only Ubisoft was capable of making the worst decisions possible against themselves.

Too long; didn't read - Please, do not buy this fucking game. Don't even think about piracy, it's really this bad. I also want to say, that even if we interpret this game as all hell went loose, Konami continued their genocide against the franchise with more Silent Hill releases made by American studios - Origins, Downpour, Shattered Memories and FUCKING SPINOFFS. They're not just bad, they're fucking terrible, but Homecoming takes the cake because it defined the series for what it is now. People certainly wanted a Resident Evil clone, right? If you bought any Konami product, specifically this game, then congratulations - you've reached the universal levels of stupidity. Well, seems like nothing will save this franchise from the constant abuse. And its community will downsize it as "petty crimes", because clearly they never cared for their beloved series and never will. You know what? The best thing you can absolutely do for Silent Hill is to buy the original games, physical or otherwise. The remakes and remasters should be avoided at all cost, it's Konami's idea and they're choking on them. But if you can't still obtain the games anyhow, I suggest to go to Nikoshop on my website, and download the first two games for free. I'm serious about this, Team Silent has been defounded and will not be brought back, you would be just giving money to rapists. That's all I have to say, fuck Homecoming, fuck the new Silent Hill games and fuck its community. Jack, any last words?

Fuck Konami