Silent Hill: Homecoming video showcases new mechanics
by Alan Tsang 
{ Jun 27th 2008 at 9:30AM }
A French gameplay video of Silent Hill: Homecoming has been spotted at website Gamersyde. It's a bit long, clocking at over 10 minutes, and it is an extended version of a video from Konami Gamers' Day 08 last month. This one features some of the elements reported earlier, such as new combat mechanics and branching conversations. The combat, though supposedly more difficult than previous games, looks more fluid and less jerky. Another interesting note is that unlike his predecessors, it appears the player can actually hear this protagonist speak when he remarks on the environment around himself.
The game stars Alex Shepherd, solider who just returned from war, searching for this brother Josh in Silent Hill. In the video, Alex is dragged through a hospital strapped to a bed where he witnesses some rather horrific things -- he eventually is able to escape his bondage (by pressing X apparently) and though the ex-soldier finds his brother, his sibling appears unfazed by the grotesqueness around him. Scary indeed. The branching conversations featured at the end of the video and the buttons pressed in order to free yourself remind us of an earlier game on PS2, Indigo Prophecy. Take a look at all the killer nurses you can handle here.
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The game stars Alex Shepherd, solider who just returned from war, searching for this brother Josh in Silent Hill. In the video, Alex is dragged through a hospital strapped to a bed where he witnesses some rather horrific things -- he eventually is able to escape his bondage (by pressing X apparently) and though the ex-soldier finds his brother, his sibling appears unfazed by the grotesqueness around him. Scary indeed. The branching conversations featured at the end of the video and the buttons pressed in order to free yourself remind us of an earlier game on PS2, Indigo Prophecy. Take a look at all the killer nurses you can handle here.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jerses @ Jun 27th 2008 10:25AM
If like they read our post and try to make things right...still... graphics look awful.. hear me?
john lopez @ Jun 27th 2008 10:25AM
oooooooooo spooky O_o
mixel @ Jun 27th 2008 11:55AM
Looking perfectly decent. :D
I really hope they prove the haters wrong and it comes out ok. Maybe some of their ideas will spill back into the team Silent games - other than SH4 (and including it in some ways) the franchise is getting stagnant. New ideas and approaches can only be a good thing.
N00b @ Jun 27th 2008 3:20PM
Is it me or does the beginning look like the movie Hostel o_O?
the_culture @ Jun 27th 2008 6:01PM
I was thinking the same thing. Rather disappointing. I was hope for a return to Silent Hill 2 and its style. But here it looks like the developer's inspirations are Hostel and the SH movie. Blech!