Upcoming — Silent Hill: Homecoming
by lyndsie ~ September 24th, 2008. Filed under: Reviews.
Silent Hill: Homecoming is due out September 30, much to the delight of creeptastic fans everywhere. This is the sixth installment of the popular horror based survival series, which gamers have been anticipating since it was announced in the summer of 2007. Platform wise, the game is set to be available for Xbox, PS3, and there will be a PC version through Microsoft Windows.
Alex Shepherd, a war veteran, will be the game’s protagonist. He comes home from a tour of duty overseas, only to discover that his dad and baby brother are MIA and his mom’s pretty much catatonic. In searching for his brother, Alex rather predictably ends up in Silent Hill – because where else would he go? However, Shepard’s Glen and the “Otherworld” versions will also be featured in the game play. The requisite Girl Tuesday is a chick named Elle, a friend of Alex from the old school. We’ll also get to see Pyramid Head.
The game’s combat will rely heavily on Alex’s experiences as a soldier, and the plot will be rich with psychological aspects. Nemeses will include nurses, an androgynous enemy named Siam, a humanoid, pointy headed creature named Schism, and a boil covered, emaciated, poisonous gas spewing corpse named Smog – very reminiscent of Silent Hill 2’s lying figure.
