You finally catch up to Josh, but after some dialogue it's obvious that he isn't as interested in his brother as he is in finding his lost stuffed Robbie the Rabbit (the creepy mascot of the Lake Side Amusement Park). Once clear of the bathroom, you continue to chase Alex's brother through the Otherworld while fending off overly sexualized zombie nurses and giant insects known as Swarm. Don't let it get to your head, though enemy AI has been significantly improved to compensate for your higher degree of combat prowess, and it's also not uncommon to fight multiple monsters at once. You can even perform evasive ducks and rolls and follow these up with counterattacks. Attacks come in weak and strong varieties that can be strung together in combos to stun or incapacitate aggressors, who can then be taken out with a powerful coup de grace. Though combat in Silent Hill was in the past very stilted and basic, Homecoming has made vast improvements to this experience-Alex was a soldier, and his familiarity with battle definitely gives him an edge over previous series' protagonists. Once it's done, you find yourself in a very different version of the hospital, and you're immediately thrown into battle with one of the series' trademark nurses. The world begins to change as rust and rot creeps in and paint peels off and flies upward. While in past Silent Hill games the transition to the even more hellish Otherworld took place off camera, usually when you were incapacitated in some way, Homecoming makes it an entirely real-time shift that borrows heavily from the 2006 Silent Hill film. Upon securing the weapon, Alex begins to feel lightheaded, and an air-raid siren can be heard in the distance. You chase Josh into a bathroom, but instead of a younger brother you find a knife oddly embedded into the shattered mirror. Luckily, the six-digit number can be conveniently found written across an x-ray, and after tracking down the errant half the door is opened, and Josh takes off down the hall. Alex is determined to save his brother, but with a locked door between the two the only thing you can do is try to find the security code.
#SILENT HILL HOMECOMING FREE#
Finally left alone in an operating room, Alex is able to break free of his bonds just as an unseen foe runs a nurse through with a massive and unwieldy blade in the hallway.Īfter wandering the halls, you find Alex's little brother, Joshua, drawing just out of reach behind a locked door. He is pushed, struggling the entire way, through the sinister hospital, and along the way bears witness to a number of horrifying sights.
#SILENT HILL HOMECOMING SERIES#
Alex finds himself strapped down onto a gurney inside of the Alchemilla Hospital (a location that fans of the series will no doubt recognize). The game begins quite literally inside of a nightmare. We recently had the chance to play through the first few hours of Silent Hill: Homecoming, and we've gathered our impressions together in one place about this, the most atmospheric Silent Hill yet.
It first and foremost refers to the return of protagonist Alex Shepherd to his hometown of Shepherd's Glen, but it also in many ways signifies a return to the roots of what Silent Hill itself is meant to be-a really, really creepy place. The titular homecoming of the upcoming Silent Hill game holds a number of meanings.
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