Silent Hill: Homecoming for PlayStation 3 Reviews by Gamers

To anyone that base their gaming experience solely on the reviews of IGN or OXM...I feel so sorry for you. you are missing out on one incredible game! I read the reviews and was pretty discouraged about the game but I decided I would buy it anyway because I am a servival horror fanatic and there has been such a massive shortage of the genre this year.

I gave the game a 9.0 because its not perfect but everything the critics complained about in the game was not valid reasons for such low scores. The new battle system makes for the best gameplay silent hill has ever seen. even though you are fully capable of defending yourself this time around, the monsters in this game can easily cut you down to size in a matter of seconds if you are not careful and sometimes even when you are careful. One reviewer complained that the Alex's aim in the game is rock solid. This is true however there is no auto aim for firearms in the game so in all honesty his aiming truely depends on the individual playing.

All I have left to say is that if you are a fan of the silent hill or survival horror genre, you owe it to yourself to play this game. for those of you who hated silent hill because of the poor battle system, you will be pleased to know that this new version has fixed everything you hated about the old silent hill battle system.

Graphics: 8.0
Sound:10.0
Controls:8.5
Gameplay:8.5
story:8.0
fun factor and challenge: 9.0

The story is just the same as any other Silent Hill, but this time they took some details from the movie which made the game just a bit different. One good thing about this game is the fighting skills, looks like this time they took some more time working on the body movements.

One thing I have to say is that the riddles are not as hard as they used to be, I remember that on Silent Hill 1, 2 and 3 the riddles were a pain in ars, but on this game I guess they made it easier so more people would play it.

One bad thing is that they added the INVERT feature but it just won't work, and I heard Konami won't fix it so if you use the invert feature then don't even bother renting the game, 'cause I know it would be really hard to get used to something you just don't like.

The graphics are ok, some people will get confused thought, I've heard that the game didn't have good graphics, but believe me, it does, the problem is that the fog make the game look as if it was on PS1, but you can tell it has good graphics when the fog is not around.

The game is good, you'll like it, try it. Some parts of the game are really spooky.