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Silent Hill: Homecoming
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I just read this new preview over at Games Radar and watched the new videos. I'm actually starting to feel a bit better about this game now, after learning it would be developed by Double Helix rather than Team Silent. My only worries now are why they've dropped the 5 from the title, and what the soundtrack will be like... I'm hoping for more songs sung by Melissa Williamson, as I have loved those parts of the soundtrack since SH3. What are everyone elses thoughts on this game so far?
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At the very least, it'll benefit a lot from having next gen graphics. As long as the gameplay is bearable, it'll be a good Silent Hill. Yamaoka is still working on it, so there's nothing to be worried about on that front.
* I love SH4's story and concept very dearly, but it's such a shit game.
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Have you ever played a Silent Hill game? I mean, unless you just run past every monster, there's a very heavy focus on combat in all the games. The problem is that it has never been good. They're trying to make it good in this game, and it remains to be seen whether or not they'll succeed.
Plus, Yamaoka is still involved in the story, so yeah.
If anything, be skeptical because it's a new chapter in a series that hasn't been good in 5 years, not because it's a new developer. As I said, they can only go up from here. The name is stupid, but it seems many developers are apprehensive towards using numerical titles these days.
Yes and I know all the 10 star requirements require lots of dead monsters, but the point is you don't have to kill anything besides bosses.
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How is running away from monsters any more fun than fighting them? That's part of the reason SH 4 sucked so much.
Well, from the videos it just looks like they're giving you more options in combat, rather than making you stronger. They also said they're beefing up the monsters to make up for it. I don't know how it's going to turn out, but if they're making the character more capable, they have to do the same with the monsters. The vulnerability aspect only worked because the monsters weren't a real threat; otherwise the game would be too frustrating (again, see SH 4)
Not at all, considering the plot. I'm glad they adopted the "subtitle" system, as I like the idea of them over numbers.
This game looks like it's going to exceed my expectations and considering my expectations dropped a little when I discovered it wasn't going to be developed by Team Silent then this is a very good thing.
I dunno SH1 is pretty cool on hard mode. Then again, if you watch those in game demos, it becomes obvious that the SH1 combat controls have more depth then those in the later SH games. I still maintain that SH1 was the gamplay pinnacle of the series, which is kinda sad.
Yeah. I read yours as more that it might mean they want it to be a new approach on the game, like a new style or something. No worries!
Yeah, you're right about that. It definitely had the best enemy design on a gameplay level. In SH 2 and 3 everything just waddles around not doing much, while in the first game you had the flying enemies, the crazy jumping monkeymen and the things that dropped from the ceiling, among others.
I would love a follow up to 2, the same way that 3 was a follow up to 1.
Hm. I may have to dig up a plot summary, I sure don't remember them.
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Also, I don't want them to "confirm" endings in other games.
I liked it better back when SH1 & 2 were the only ones out, each had at least 4 endings obtainable on your first playthrough (with joke endings on subsequent playthroughs) and what happened to the characters was entirely up to you as the two games were seperate and 2 didn't confirm 1's ending or anything.
As it is now, pretty much only Henry and Eileen from SH4 have their fates up in the air.
So, I don't want to super-derail the thread but how was SH:O, in particular the PS2 version? Cause fuck if I'm not going to buy it come payday, but it seemed to arrive with little fanfare.
I am sceptical about 5 because it shows no sign of this.
And unless the combat actually becomes worse, it should not be something to care about at all. Atmosphere is what makes Silent Hill.
It was terrible.
I played it for an hour and gave up.
as usual.
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Some screenshots have been posted at Kotaku and to be quote honest, they don't look all that impressive. In fact, I think they take a minor step back from the likes of Silent Hill 3.
The PS2 port loses all its charm.
Also, fuck, I can't not buy SH:0. Arg. I hate that feeling, like, I know I'm going to hate this, but I just have to.
Did they fuck up the port entirely or does it just not 'blow up' well?
If you like Silent Hill, definitely get Origins. While I own all the games, I've yet to start 4, so my favorite is 2, then origins, and 1+3. Yes, that's right, I just said I liked Origins better than 1+3.
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Hmm.
It does show promise. I will remain optimistic about the game, but a few things are off. The combat looks fine, certainly a step up from SH4/0; hopefully the weapons aren't breakable, but it still has that stupid button pressing thing when you get grabbed.
The dog designs don't look very Silent Hill. At least, not like anything in the later games. I suppose they do look like prettier version of the dogs in the first game, though.
Framerate needs some work, and the game just doesn't look that... grimy. Even the light world looks like a piece of shit in Silent Hill, and this is a bit too serene.
Cutscene looks like typical SH fare. Great direction, and decent voice acting. The teeth look weird, though.
I stand by the notion that they can't make the series much worse than it already is on the gameplay front, so I'm not worried about that. They need to beef up the "Silent Hill" atmosphere, though - it looks good, but it seems to be lacking some attention to detail.
Furthermore, the environment design in general looks terrible... really odd, overdone bumpmapping, a sort of greyish wash-out over everything, and plastic texturing.
Why put a health meter on the screen? Especially one that looks that bad. Why not, say, have your vision begin to fade out--so that, as you become more wounded, the screen gets blurry around the edges and then towards the center. That would be a good, visual indicator and wouldn't look so out of place. The button-mashing also looks ridiculous.
I guess SH4 was the shark-jumping.
I'll agree that the atmosphere didn't feel right for a Silent Hill game, and I'd argue that it's the most important thing to get right in this franchise. Then again, watching a video on the internet like this can't possibly convey the feeling of playing the game in a dark room with a surround sound system.
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Shouldn't be a need to do that; just spawn a new one. An odd design choice, if you're correct.