Silent Hill: Homecoming
Silent Hill: Homecoming is a video game that consists of 10 releases
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The gameplay is basically focused on the exploration, the fighting mechanics, and the plot. The player advances through the story resolving puzzles, searching for items and clues, and selecting responses when branching conversation trees appear during certain encounters in the game.
The game utilizes Alex's military training, in the form of gameplay mechanics, such as evasive maneuvers and grapples. Alex and his enemies also have real-time wounds appear on them as they take damage. Objects in the world also have realistic physics; so, if Alex bumps into a table, the table and the objects on it will move. This sort of carelessness will alert enemies to Alex's location. The game employs new fighting mechanics, including the abilities to dodge enemies and analog swing weapons. Homecoming was also drastically updated in the visual aspect of the game.
In adition, the game has five endings and bonus costumes, which can be unlocked finishing the game once under any difficulty setting.
This installment of Silent Hill sees a new character, Alex Shepherd, returning home from military service to find his family in disarray. To save his brother, Josh, he must enter the macabre town of Silent Hill.
Overview
Silent Hill: Homecoming is the fifth console installment of the Konami's popular survival horror series (sixth installment over all). It was officially announced on July 11, 2007 and was released in September 2008. Homecoming is the second Silent Hill game to be produced by a Western developer for home console; the first being Silent Hill Origins for the Sony PSP. It was developed by Double Helix for the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3. The PC version of Silent Hill: Homecoming is set to be Steam-exclusive, with no retail box version available.Gameplay
You take the role of Alex Shepherd, a Special Forces soldier returning to his hometown of Shepherd’s Glen after a brief tour of duty overseas--only to find his father and younger brother missing, and his mother almost in a coma. Alex begins an adventure in the search for his brother between his hometown and the fog-covered supernatural town of Silent Hill.The gameplay is basically focused on the exploration, the fighting mechanics, and the plot. The player advances through the story resolving puzzles, searching for items and clues, and selecting responses when branching conversation trees appear during certain encounters in the game.
The game utilizes Alex's military training, in the form of gameplay mechanics, such as evasive maneuvers and grapples. Alex and his enemies also have real-time wounds appear on them as they take damage. Objects in the world also have realistic physics; so, if Alex bumps into a table, the table and the objects on it will move. This sort of carelessness will alert enemies to Alex's location. The game employs new fighting mechanics, including the abilities to dodge enemies and analog swing weapons. Homecoming was also drastically updated in the visual aspect of the game.
In adition, the game has five endings and bonus costumes, which can be unlocked finishing the game once under any difficulty setting.
PC System Requirements
Minimum System Requirements
- OS: Windows XP/Vista
- Processor: Pentium 4 @ 2.8 GHz (3.2 GHz for Vista)
- Memory: 1 GB
- Hard Drive: 10 GB Free
- Video Memory: 256 MB (nVidia GeForce 7800 GT/ATI Radeon X1950)
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
- DirectX: 9.0c
- Keyboard & Mouse
Recommended System Requirements
- OS: Windows XP/Vista
- Processor: Pentium 4 @ 2.8 GHz (3.2 GHz for Vista)
- Memory: 2 GB
- Hard Drive: 10 GB Free
- Video Memory: 512 MB (nVidia GeForce 8800 GT/ATI HD2900)
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
- DirectX: 9.0c or 10
- Keyboard & Mouse
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| Original US Release |
Sept. 30, 2008
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| Aliases |
Silent Hill V Silent Hill 5 SH5 |
| OFLC |
OFLC: MA15+
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| CERO |
CERO: D
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| ESRB |
ESRB: M
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| BBFC |
BBFC: 18
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