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Silent Hill: Homecoming
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Ultra-violent; only for adult survival horror fans.
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Silent Hill: Homecoming was written by Harold Goldberg
Parents need to know that this game is sometimes scarier than anything in the Saw movie series. Although horror movie-loving adults will relish it, this game is full of unapologetically gory and bloody scenes, especially when you fight with a knife. It contains psychological and physical terror, torture, blood, guts, screams, and insidious, insane laughter. Zombies are sometimes unclothed and bloody, and the language can be quite explicit. It earns its M-rating, and can even make adults squeamish. This game was not created for kids to play.
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What’s the Story?
Make no mistake and beware. SILENT HILL: HOMECOMING isn't for kids. This is a horror survival game full of psychological and physical terror, torture, blood, guts, screams and insidious, insane laughter. In fact, the tale about protagonist war veteran Alex Shepherd searching for his lost kid brother in ultra-creepy, mist-laden environs will make some adults squeamish. Really.
While the game has some new developers who live stateside instead of in Japan, the game mechanics are pretty much similar to those in previous iterations of the series. As you search for clues and solve puzzles, you use buttons to attack and slash, pick up items (like first aid for your inventory), shine a flashlight, and check out a map to see where you are in the Silent Hill universe. New within Homecoming is the ability to dodge, strafe, and roll out of the way of the many monsters and bugs which constantly shiver your timbers. Yet because of the strength and speed of some beings, you wish you could move with more alacrity.
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The point of all survival horror games is to create a hopeless, almost depressive mood that is filled with violence. In fact, if you don't have mood in this genre, you've failed. The first moment of the game isn't scary, though. You're tied to gurney, being pushed through a dark, dank hospital. You see scenes of torture in rooms and you're screaming. It's too over the top, though, fake-y. Once you're left alone, you break your bonds and begin to search the lonely rooms, and that's when the suspense and tension builds. The game gets more difficult midway through when save points and first aid become less available.
But the suspense flows more than it ebbs. Within a few hours you're exhausted, almost as if you've sloshed through the buckets of blood and the violence that's been laid upon you (along with the slicing and cutting you've been forced to commit to stay alive). Admittedly, gamers who play horror-oriented offerings have seen pretty much every monster clone imaginable. Demons like Lurkers, Smogs, and Needlers have been seen in some form elsewhere. But the crazed, blood-soaked Pyramid Head, who made his first appearance in Silent Hill 2, is somewhat unique, dragging his heavy sword as if it were a psychological burden as he limps along. But it's not the monsters that make the game work; it's the terrifying, tension-filled steps that lead up to the meeting. That's where Homecoming shines.
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Released on 09/30/2008, price $59.99, not online enabled
ESRB rating: M (for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language, Sexual Themes.)
ESRB rating: M (for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language, Sexual Themes.)
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- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
should only be watched by ages 10 +
- I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
LOVING IT
This game is awesome, but it actucually is not too bad if your child is used to PG-13 movies it is OK.
- I rate this title on for age 14 and give it
Love creepy games like these
This game would be more for the older teen or adult audience/players. Even though I've played multiple horror/survival games, the Silent Hill series still freaks me out, even when playing in daylight with people around. I think a small child would have nightmares from it. ( This next bit is my own opinion, so it could be true for some and not others.) It's not just the creatures... they're not even half of it. The feeling of terror mostly comes from the atmoshpere. Rusting walls, foggy graveyard, and (known especially to the fans) the screeching of metal being dragged across the floor by the pyramid head. Even the music can make you cringe (though some of the tracks are actually nice to listen to). Not to mention things that pop outta nowhere. Haha even the fear of dying and starting over gets extreme just because you don't want to do it again. Even though I'm stubborn with judging age with games, this one falls in with a matured audience that can handle extreme feelings of tension and fear. Totally in love with the story line and characters, hence why I keep (slowly) advancing in the game.
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give it
hint
heres a hint when you see me pull out your best wep and prpare to fight to the death!!!! and trust me youll know when you see me trust me ! ! ! -----
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