Silent Hill Homecoming. History Of The Series.
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- So, Silent Hill Homecoming. Probably, the most disliked game in the franchise by fans. But why? At least Silent Hill Origins was a decent try. What could go wrong? In this video, we'll try to find it out.
Recreated and based on the original video made by StopGame.ru: bit.ly/2Ncu367
These developers just saw the movie and thought: this is canon
this is what my theory is too.
@@qlaag1270 thats what they are saying lllol
@@r2thxfc198 wrong com my bad lol
Konami actually sabotaged the project after seeing how the movie performed. Every Silent hill since 4 was compromised by Konami in a way or another
@@orlandofurioso7329Downpour was good though.
I remember when the game was released, the whole explanation for the action-heavy approach was that the main character was an army guy so he could use weapons more proficiently. When I got to the plot twist, I thought "well that must have been a very violent asylum". Either way, great video! I love how you actually went deeper and tried to find good stuff about it. Most reviewers just focus on saying this is terrible and unplayable. Also, for some reason i found it easier to kill almost every enemy with the knife than every other weapon.
Yeah a very crazy asylum 😁👍
I was waiting for this episode for a very long time
We all have.
the original video was realesed in 2014
"What does a good soldier dream about?"
"A good game."
Grey Fox and the ending of Jacobs Ladder, apparently.
Yeah complete ripping off jacob's ladder
I actually enjoyed homecoming I managed to get all the endings
4:57 the characters models are so bad compared to Silent Hill 2, 3 and 4. I have to say I did enjoy Homecoming even though it was not made by Team Silent. It was Konami who ruined everything but at least the team that made this game gave it their all. I love the music and the story/characters, The twist about the younger brother is also really good. the track Cold Blood [Theme Of Josh]
from the OST is my favorite
Well, I just binged this entire series of yours. Cant wait for Downpour since it's the one I'm least familiar with
Downpour is on this channel already. Oldest one at the moment
To be fair, siblings sneaking out at night is a very siblings thing to do.
It was 2:00 A.M. today when I was watching this and happened to notice the fog was rolling in here at work. I was actually beginning to wonder if I go out on patrol will I end up walking into Silent Hill on accident. LOL.
12/03/2021.
Just watched all the silent hill serial videos. I have to say you did a great job. Thanks for all the time you put into this so that someone like me who did not play the games can still enjoy the stories and get how much effort the developers has put into the games. By the way I like your voice. #NoHomo
Luv your vids! I was waiting so long for anything to come up, thanks man!
This was my first silent hill game. In retrospect, I can see why it’s so controversial, but at the same time, I still really enjoyed playing it. I thought it had the atmosphere down pat and that first scene where Alex walks in and sees his mother really made my skin crawl. The tension was well developed.
Love the videos mate. Keep it up
Every ending except for one is a hallucination. Based on what choices you make, the ending will be a hallucination of what guilt based fear the protagonist suffers. The ending that takes place in our reality is the one in which he gets electroshock therapy. The others are hallucinations taking place then. The choices dictate how he perceives the hallucination or if he breaks psychosis enough to be conscious during electroshock.
Homecoming had fantastic bosses and boss cutscenes, great music and a plot that had a couple of moments. The gameplay was absolutely atrocious though (totally breaks when more than 1 enemy fights you) and the plot ends on a damp squib and is very abrupt also. Could've had the twist be perhaps that your younger brother, knowing he was more loved, was a bit vicious to you, always teasing, and in a moment of rage you snap and accidentally kill him. Instead its "hey give me my ring" "no", oops*breaks neck*"
Not a terrible game but fairly bang average.
I just find it a shame. The plot is set up very well. Soldier coming back, town is empty, loads missing, the few remaining people acting weird. You go home, family missing, mother comes out of the basement and is traumatised and insane, you go out to find the rest of the family. Its a great hook. And the twist about the sacrifices, the manner of sacrifices, the foreshadowing is all actually very good.
Then the ending rushes it totally with an ending cutscene barely a minute long and as I said, the gameplay was barely playable and janky. Top it off with the twist regarding you and your brother just being so clumsy and stupid. He slipped and died, wow. Its not even Alex's fault really.
Still, when this game had good moments like the second boss, they really were amazing. I'd argue the descent to Scarlet, the cutscene, the song playing and the boss itself all combined would be in the top 5 best moments of the entire series. It really was outstanding.
@@DonalC96 I personally love the game just as much as it's other big and younger siblings. I think it offered something completly diffrent for a Silent Hill game that still stuck to it's roots all the while adding to the lore and making The Order the main enemy and it felt like Silent Hill for the first time wasn't the real monster town.
If you think about it, the Aliens ending is the one that makes the most sense. That would explain why there are monsters and nobody around.
You know why it was the least favorite?
Water.
Every one hates water levels
This channel is specialized in horror games only or there is a chance to dig in some other games type like legend of zelda ?
No, of course! There is always a chance! :) And I, actually, was thinking about Zelda and Final Fantasy. But I don't know where to find time for all this...but, someday, I hope I'll do it.
Homecoming and Downpour are definitely my two favorites.
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I saw a video series on silent Hill and the guy brought up something interesting. The first 4 games had clear defined goals for the characters, Harry find his daughter, James, find Mary, Heather get home and then it changed to get revenge, Henry escape the room. After that this person's point was that there was not a clear goal for the characters. Travis wanders around for no real reason stumbling on a fire. I don't personally hate this game although I think it's bad for a silent hill game. Question which you might answer in the video, which is worse this game or evil within? I'm goign with evil within as I was at least willing to finish the good ending for this one. Never got m otivated to complete the other game.
I think "Silent Hill" is in a sort of inner conflict against itself in this game, since that's the mindset of the people traped in the town this time.
Silent Hill 1-4: “control sucks & hard to play”
Homecoming: :”control is better & that sucks”
25:39 I beg to differ, i am playing Origins right now, i am at the psychward and frick it's a slow and long goose chase.
I'll take Homecoming's condensed item pool over that.
Yeah i got the wierd alien ending when i played likely why i only played once
Nice theft, dude. stopgame ru sends it's regards.
To all of the viewers - this content is a word for word translation from Mr. Galperov's video, as well as all of the preview pics.
I really liked it but I've only played this one, sh4 the room and sh3 (and couldn't even pass the mall),still I will miss all of them just like dino crisis and the early resident evil games
If pyramid head was a reflection of James feelings, why is he back in this game with a different protagonist?
Because the developers of this game don't understand Pyramid Head or Silent Hill for that matter.
Rilumai oh i see, thank you
Not Captain Shepherd, but Commander Shepherd. He never made it to Captain...😉
Can't believe this mess of a game has people who unironically actually like it.
Homecoming was a good Game, but it can't beat the first three SH Games!
This is actually the first silent hill I've ever played. And it's my guilty pleasure. I got all the endings - collectibles. My only real complaint is the random crashes.
It was alsp my first
SH is like pizza, even the bad ones still are pretty good.
I like to think of it like the Res Evil series. Even there most hated game 6 is quite fun and enjoyable and pushed the story forward in a good way. I still personally love all 8 games the same.
Drew Russell no it wasn’t, it was fucking awful the enemies were bullet sponges with little reaction. The story was ridiculous and all over the place.
TheRogueSerafim there is nothing good about this game. It’s combat is literally broken. It has a story like the silent hill 2 movie. If it’s a pizza it’s one with a turd topping.
@ Then roast it on your own channel dude, stop embarrassing yourself in front of others
@@florahowtobecomeanelevator2530 Homecoming is still pretty bad.
Basically, SH: Homecoming is a good game independantly, but in comparison with the others SH is the worst, since it fails on what the game is about.
There are certainly some plot elements that don't make sense AT ALL. Some recycled elements from previous games exclusively for fanservice or probably lack of new creative content. "It looked good" for the time, but we all know in this day and age that this doesn't get games far.
they're good and original ideas here, i think. i like the concept of parental trauma, sibling resentment via the golden child/scape goat dynamic, and the monsters being the children themselves. seems like disconnecting from Silent Hill fanservice ie. the nurses and pyramid head could've helped, more of a focus on alex's father in the monster design and water design could've actually given it a similar vibe to SH2.
Shepard's glen is also a neighboring town to silent hills was also a good touch but the pact with the gods doesn't make sense like who made the pact with the gods a d which gods?pyramid head?valitier?Samuel?should t the monsters appear in the place where the signal to the other world is the strongest?this means the gods can send monsters to any part of the world but they needed to explain that and it makes that part of the story look weak.
I don't care about reviews or what critics and "'fans'' say. I AM a Silent Hill fan, I played the game, finished it twice and much enjoyed it.
Emman SM yes!!! I love silent and very much enjoyed this game as well. Never understood why it got so much hate
I love you.
why is it pyramid head there then?
@@KeLoman0 it isn't Canon even the creators said pyramid head is only Canon in SH2
Akira Yamaoka looks battle scared. I hope that man has had the best life he could have, these wouldn’t be the same without his work.
I actually liked this game. A lot of people don't but the story of it was grim and quite amusing when you get to the twist in the end. He went mental after his brother died in the accident and his parents were going to sacrifice him.... I like the story js
Why Joshua's death didn't count for saving Shepherd Glen?
@@spellshellmobile2046I think it’s because Alex was already chosen to be the sacrificed child since his name was already engraved plus I think it has to be a parent who sacrifices their own child
I played it on PC as well, don't remember that many glitches :( Also, it was a decent game IMO.
Imagine playing sh for the first time ever and you play this game and randomly get the alien ending.
Lol
Imagine 2 and find the dog room...
Yeah 😕😞
Finally the homecoming! I've been waiting for this love your silent hill episodes
Not the worst Silent Hill game, that mantle is claimed by the attrotious 'Book of Memories'. But it is definitely the poorest of the main series. The actual story wasn't too bad, but it almost felt like playing a licensed game of the SH movie rather than it being it's own entity.
But the combat....oh, the combat! A tedious, tiresome, almost broken chore. And the primary reason why I've only ever played through Homecoming once. I tried to come back to SHH a couple of years ago - pondered why I had left it alone for so long - and quickly abandoned it after rediscovering the clucky fighting mechanics. What's worse is that you can't even ignore and sneak past the monsters in many situations like you can in the other SHs. Never had a problem in any of the other games - even Origins with it's breakable weapons.
Once I was playing I died. Once I restarted the enemies disappeared and the game glitched lol
I absolutely love this game. It's one of my favorites in the franchise and I played all of them. But I also like the first movie, so maybe I'm just weird.
I also enjoy the first movie too. And I really enjoyed homecoming as well.
Honestly as far as video game movies go the silent hill movies are some of the best. You can tell they at least sortve tried. Better than doom or bloodrayne
The first movie I loved it’s what led me to the games
I don't care what anybody says... I really like this game. As a silent hill game, it's obviously not as amazing as any of the first four games, but for a domestic made game, I thought it was really good!... much better than Silent Hill Downbore
I’m doing as much research on the Silent Hill series as I can and the timing of this is great
As a suggestion, take a look at Max Derrat's channel, he has some very good videos about SH and it's psychological interpretation.
Also check out The Gaming Muse. Does a lot of in-depth talks about things in Silent Hill. I use her for my own research. Would eventually love to make a Mini-Series of all 8 games and P.T
ruclips.net/user/thegamingmuse
Some people hated Homecoming, but I loved it. Great story/plot. I love the twist ending.
they also have one of the best boss fights and design that scarlett doll is creepy af
people (and when i say people i mean mostly SH fans) hate it because its objectively a bad silent hill game, not a bad game in general. it is very hard to do silent hill right, and this game just didnt.
I'm glad we can all come together. I personally think Alex maybe one of the best protagonists and definitely the most tragic.
@@mrmoviemanic1 "definitelly the most tragic" ... uhm no... i have to disagree... SH 2 is the most tragic imo...
Mitzos SirReal well James still had a dad, James is the most depressing cause he technically he brought this on himself. Alex unintentionally got Josh killed, at that point Alex just broke from all reality and moulded himself into a man he though his father would be proud of.
I'd really love to see your take on the evil within 2 since you did the first one.
@Fresh Beginnings you got the link to that vid
I only played silent hill origins but the evil within is my favorite horror series
@Mixed Martial Anime lmao yea ok im not even a resident evil fanboy or a fanboy of any game and love your stupid as hell
I know this is probably one of the more disliked ones but truthfully is my favorite one.
I think it’s the fan service stuff that made me enjoy it. It’s like they crossbred a few different ideas (like Jacobs Ladder) with the Silent Hill movie and SH2. The gameplay not being great is a funny thing to hold against it imo, because the originals are all pretty janky as well.
Then you’re not a silent hill fan you just like mindless fandom shit to get emotionally attached to.
@whatevruminator you are free to like shit and others are free to mock you for liking shit.
Dont listen to fools. This game wasnt the best but it was cool and has some of the best dramatic scores of Yamaoka.
Your videos always put my mind at ease... I almost always end up seeing one right before falling asleep... keep making quality stuff like this!
"Silent Hill will never be the same"
Me: Silent Hill doesn't really exist anymore....I see it in my restless dreams I see that game,Silent Hills they promised they'd release it someday but they never did
It hurts
Planet Nate and now the are gonna release 2 new silent hill games just puts me into disgust... I ain’t getting hyped about it til I see a release date for that game
I see what you did there.😉
13 minutes in and Alex might have brain damage from how many times he's been knocked out
well i guess im the only one who loved the fast paced combat mechanics and animations, hell, i loved the whole game. Also, the bitch's death (Judge Holloway) was one of the most satisfying ever.
I suppose the Shepherds are related to the Marstons? I mean, if Josh drowned that quickly. 😂
YES!!!! Been waiting for this upload. Thank you for your hard work and great stuff as always
This was the third silent Hill game I played. I honestly really enjoyed it.
I don’t think this game measures up to the first 3 games in the series but it’s not bad. I would rate it ahead of Downpour and maybe even 4.
I think I'm one of the few people who actually really enjoyed this game. For me it gets by on the visuals, level design, and atmosphere alone.
Wish they could reform team silent, but at this point I'd take any new game.
Oh and Shep looks like Shepherd from Stargate Atlantis.
The worst game? hell no, that has to be shattered memories. This one wasn't great, but still a decent game imo.
This game isn't bad! I played 1-4 before this, but it still was good, it was a good horror game but bad silent Hill, it should've had more ties to the main story, and the enemies should have relation with your character. But you should try this on console dude. Good experience.
Hate this game all you want, just know that the soundtracks are still as lit as the first 4 games
It has a very interesting storyline and have a good twist in the end. However the cult army part I felt unecessary. It should supposed to be battling your own demons. Just like in origins. For me travis story is just enough and linking it to alessa's back story is uneccesarry. Thou it really has grown on me.
The monster at 33:06 i thought it was like the representation of james from sh2 with her wife on his back since there is a trophy when you kill him that says "shades of james"
Despite it`s "flaws" i`m gonna find some spare time at night this winter to play this game. You simply can`t play SH during hot summer days. And yes, my hometown is a foggy one too. :)
I agree that PH wasn't supposed to be in HC but if we put that aside, PH is actually has purposes in HC. This was raised by GamingMuse. PH is guiding alex throughout the game, being an executioner and punisher. It punishes and bringing justice for alex that was feeling guilty and unable to punish as well as forgive himself or others. That's why he became a PH in one of the bad ending because he can't forgive others, punishing himself or others as well as feeling guilty. Moreover, alex fulfilling the role of PH itself, by collecting important items belonged to the 3 founder's family, he reminding those parents who had sacrificed their son and bringing them to "justice". Hence, it made PH as Alex "monster" in the game. He killed the tormented souls of the sacrificed children as an executioner. However, we all agree why PH? Some said PH has many and with many forms but do visit the GamingMuse for more clarification. There is theory or speculation about Alex was dreaming the whole time because he was woked up in SH after black out or faint every time when he found key items for the 3 founder's family. After he finished those business in SH, he woke up in shepherd's glen once again. Also in many bad endings, Alex woke up and ended up in other places and we could tell all that was happening during the game was just a dream. This is just a theory though, maybe he was just being teleported or summoned by SH just like in the predecessors. Anyway, nice series and video. Your voice is very soothing and suited for voice narrator.
this is the best silent hill game . for me .
I am inspired to make a game of Silent Hill one day bring back the true psycological horror.
Could you through references to all the games in :)
Too bad P.T. and Alison Road never got made. They both looked so good too.
I've paused the video just to say thanks man. I really REALLY appreciate your endearing hard work and effort you're putting into completing this series. Or even keeping it alive for that matter.
Stay blessed my dude 🙏
I know, it's channel's like these that will keep Silent Hill in the popular culture until Konami lets go and sells it for something around 200 Million.
I played the PC version as well years ago. It was so glitchy that it's became unfair. During my playthrough, the boss Scarlet Doll and Asphisinx something have infinite health. I needed to restart the battle for the second time and pick a different choices in the conversation to correct this glitches. It's so frustrating.
"the protagonist releases himself" well wouldn't be any worse
"After satisfieing himself" seriously is this entire video one huge innuendo?
About the UFO ending ... The fact they brought it back is enough to show the creators of Homecomming had no idea about Silent Hill. The UFO endings follow their own continuity throughout the games. In SH1 Harry gets abducted with Aliens. When the Aliens return in SH2 they bring Harry with them who talks to James before he is abducted as well. In SH3 The Aliens visit Harry and James is also there. They have enough of the towns shenanigans and burn it to the ground. And that's in my opinion the reason there is no UFO ending in SH4. Because in that continuity the town is destroyed in the end of the previous game thus no SH4. And it's so ultimately lame. Just ofe one for the sake of having one.
Good point
I appreciate your opinion, you did a fair analysis and gave your opinion straight and true to your knowledge and experience. I still love the game as much as all 8 of them. Others being introduced to the Silent Hill series through this game and I personally have a few minor gripes with it myself, but I can find beauty in this game more than I can with other horror games of today.
Really glad you finally got to Homecoming. And while you did have a somewhat mixed opinion, I hope you can see why some love it and how it has value to be in the Silent Hill franchise.
Loved your channel and the videos you upload.
Contrary to popular opinion, I loved silent hill homecoming and finished it.
I recently played through it again on the Xbox 360 and I didn’t experience any freezing and just a few frame drops. So my best guess is the PC version is just botched.
SHO : Old Tv effect
SHH : No old Tv effect
They ruined the atmosphere XD
In my opinion this was a fun game regardless of how the story was put together. Compare it to downpour and it would look way much better.
I love these shows! Are there other games series you are considering for History Of The Series?
Resident Evil, Fatal Frame, MAYBE Drakengard/Nier. Continue MGS and The Evil Within. For starters, let's say.
@@GrandGamingChannel you breaking down Resident Evil would be awesome.
You planning on doing the Silent Hill movies?
Well, I mention them in the last episode about SH. So, I think no.
Grand Gaming Channel fatal frame would be awesome
I wrote a concept album called "The Ghost in the Hall" and it was heavily inspired by the Silent Hill series.
I fucking love the SH movie but this game I could not finish. SH 2 and the room are my all time favourite
While Pyramid Head being there is partially fan service, he is also there to punish abusers, like he did to James in the second game. This is why he killed Alex’s dad but never actually harmed Alex(besides the dream sequence, but that didn’t actually happen).
Well he did hit his head before going into the water.
Honestly, this was the first silent hill I ever played. I enjoyed the game a lot since I didn’t play the other ones. Once I played silent hill 2 and 3, I realized why homecoming was inferior to the series, but it was still a damn good game in my opinion.
Holy shit. I started watching your Silent Hill videos after finding your channel today and got hooked and binged them all only to find you just uploaded another one
Say what you will about Homecoming, the soundtrack is AMAZING.
Home Coming was really fun for me. The battle mechanics made it so much harder than the others, but it was fun and more tense.
My favorite one along with 2
I don't understand the hate I'd say downpour was the worst
I actually like this game, despite it's problems. It's the best game made by Double Helix (I still think first season of Killer Instinct was horrible, until fixed by different studio), and they are hilariously incompetent. So so story, sweet monster design, passable combat that looks like Parkinson's disease. The worst SH? Downpour.
Alex is the most fainty protagonist of any silent hill game, maybe even any game ever.
M8 love ur sh vids can you please explain the world and lore of the series?
In my opinion, compared to other horror games, every Silent Hill is still the best horror game.
While Silent Hill 2 is the best everything ever.
I like the running gag of- **it was secretly aliens the whole time!**
while this game doesn't have such a subtle narrative or those complex dialogues, it remains one of the most atmospheric and themed.
there're good moments like the setting of sepherd house and when he meets his mother for the first time, the hotel, the descent to scarlet and the church're memorable. It's a shame these sections're so spaced apart..
apart from the fan service, this title's still a nostalgic SH to play, that vibe from the 2000s golden age of psychological horror!!
But still the asylum as a closure will be so much better, mixed the asylum, and The Order's lair will be more natural.
The creature design is the best part of this game.
I love this one so much… exept UFO ending lol
Old school silent hiller here I quite like homecoming and elles theme is lit. It’s Gorey and the idea of the story is great. It would be mega if they remade ALL parts and make them make sense as a whole. All the slight indifference, create a full in line series how it should be
I actually liked Homecoming, although the only nagging point with this game is that none of the character are likeable beside Alex
Just started watching your series of silent hill.I just want to say that keep up the good work.These are honestly very interesting to listen and best of luck brother for your channel.
I ain't gunna lie I didn't think it's was bad at all
I actually remember watching the original vid this summer.
This is either a reupload or a renewed version.
I’ll just say: the reason he’s good at combat is because he was in the army. Except he wasn’t. So he just imagined all of his skills into reality I guess?
There are some silent hill games I like more than others, but in the end I love them all
I appreciate the time for these videos. But its a constant complaint on how this game doesn't follow structure from previous games. It's a great game as a stand-alone story. Of course there will be different mechsnics and ways of story telling when you have different teams making these games. And let's not get too logical 'your father is hanging there, just cut the rope'. It's a game.