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Homecoming just feels like a slideshow of spooks to me. Like your average AAA horror title set in Silent Hill. Not a bad game by any means and fun to watch speedruns of, but it doesn't capture the same dread and eerieness of SH1-4
TRIVIA: *At first when Alex gets off the stretcher, there's a clock in that room. It's the only clock in the game that seems to work, it wasn't even two o'clock in the morning yet. then there's an entity that's killing the doctors of the place, and when the protagonist tries to escape at 2:06 in the morning (time of the accident) something doesn't let him out of alchemilla. so the nightmare begins within the nightmare, from there time's stopped and everything takes place in alex's childhood in S.Glen in the 80's. you'll see objects from alex's childhood scattered around the scenarios, and also relics such as old cars and public heritages. in this case this game is timeless... (however there're endings where he actually escaped from alchemilla)* *When you arrive in S.Glen, next to Dr.fitch's office there's the city bank with 4 lights on, 3 of which're bright and the last one's almost off (symbolizing the 4 families). Suggesting that the bank's still active with secret meetings, throughout the game the building remains linked with people on the premises arguing who knows what. It's one of the mysteries of the game that everything's abandoned but the financial part of the city's still in full swing! kidnappings have become a kind of business...* *if you look at alex's house from the outside, it's empty giving the impression that the shepherds have moved but when you enter the house, it's fully furnished but completely abandoned (the mirrors still reflect no furniture inside). looking through the backyard in the kitchen part this becomes more apparent (giving a paranormal air of the house being an ancestral ghost of the city).* *the woman locked in the hotel can also be the manifestation of alex's mother living in the world of the dead and him living in the world of the living, both're separated by a hole in the door that looks like the mouth of a monster. the 3 memories illustrate "the day of the accident" and why his mother was catatonic, it's implied that she committed suicide with that old gun and alex's at his doorstep talking to her. there're layers of SH that you can only reach if you're dead.. (there're also indications that it was curtis who built the machine that Lillian is trapped in, then it's possible to see his mother's corpse smiling.. of relief perhaps)* *in the dr.fitch office there's an underground passage that leads to SH, this otherworld passage's the mix of a hospital and the institution that alex's in at the beginning of the game. some hallways're the same as the protagonist walks in the prologue. It's also more apparent that Alex's exploring the characters' minds and their memories\secrets...* *this game starts in the late afternoon and culminates in a red dawn, it's notable that there's a change of climate similar to the original games. it was the first time anyone came out during the otherworld outdoors, alex was the only protagonist who saw the parallel world from the outside.* *There're Alex's toys locked in the attic of the house (also in the audio of the tape, Alex's father tells him to "go down the stairs") implying that Alex was locked in the attic and forced to sleep alone there (a dark place full of spider webs and venomous animals) in the infernal version, there're 4 monsters that represent each member of the family (in the attic there're 3 schism which're the dead Josh, the catatonic mother and Alex crouched in the corner of the attic) and in the lower part of the house there're the more aggressive schism who is alex's father. What confirms this symbolism're the four mannequins that're in the same position (including one lying down and the other propped up in the corner).* *if you analyze the drawings and read the descriptions, it's understood that there's an urban legend in S.Glen related to the lake (that's why the docks gate's sealed) by an alleged man who threw himself into toluca lake years ago, this story was told to scare the local children and this collective fear manifests itself as the executioner that exists in the game. So in the part where alex's with josh at the lake, james's still decomposed there in the depths and on the other side of the lake's possibly the abandoned car with a dead body locked in back seat. James' wife belongs to the same family tree as Alex (The Shepherds) although they're not related (in a promotional diary: Alex's mother was invited to attend a funeral for a childhood friend, but the funeral never took place) There's a misterious tomb named "someone's wife" in the Dargento Cemetery, but this grave has never been used. (The shepherd family mausoleum is not found in S.Glen, only the other 3 families. However, there's an abandoned mausoleum in central SH)* *Next to Curtis' junkyard's an abandoned mine that possibly became a secret passage to SH in the final stage of the game. The lair was where people were taken to be tortured and killed by order. it's located in the basement of the church, the only sacred place in the city where it's not affected by the other world. In Curtis' warehouse, many belongings of everyone who lived in the city're hidden and also the special clothes that Curtis wore.* *There're x-rays in alchemilla that show injuries that the protagonist suffered at the end of the game (including the brother and the judge) means that this game's upside down: it starts at the end and ends at the beginning, if you reverse the acts, it's alex going from the day of the accident to the hospitalization in alchemilla in the prologue. crazy huh? (Travis was tasked with transporting the patient since he was familiar with Toluca County and worked at Brahms Station, Alex's parents lied to the city that he was promoted to the army so they wouldn't lose their last son) still characteristic the journey starts in a way and turns into a whirlwind.. there's a real pyramid involving judges, politicians, doctors and police forces\dynastic families (as if everything happens in our world and not just in a nightmare).* The layers of Alex personality are represented by fog (sadness) and coming from the other world (hatred esentment), how he feels at every moment depending on what is discovered evealed. This game is introspective as f00k!! more than it seems...
75% of the plot is actually about the Shepherds Glen sacrifices not being met and the consequences of it, all the bosses are tied to that plot. Josh is just an explanation for why he was in a mental hospital. He already broke mentally. It happens to be similar to simply HOW Silent Hill operates. James is not the only person called to the town to clear a mental block. Being called to the town to tackle guilt isn’t exclusive to James. The community needs to see more than just SH2 in things. FFS
Always happy to see ya running some more SH, Ec. In regards to the whole "it's a good X, but a bad Y game" thing I can definitely understand that in various situations. Like I have a LOT of fun with Resident Evil 6, but I firmly believe it's a terrible RE game and should have been its own standalone product. For Homecoming though, I think it's a fine enough SH game (you can definitely tell they tried with it), but it's HORRIBLY marred by glitches, questionable mechanical design, and some messy narrative decisions. I would unironically rather see Homecoming get a remake than 2 since it has so many imperfections to fix yet a good core, whereas 2 is... well, it's 2. It doesn't really need any help lol
The beginning of this game kind of reminded me of Outlast series in general, especially trials. I feel like this is where outlast could've gotten their inspiration.
Homecoming is a game that could've been good if different people were in charge of the narrative, the gameplay is not great either but the writing is what really sinks this as a silent hill entry. The fact it's just a glorified "movie silent hill" game that's also kinda derivative of 2 sucks. But even without all that what they put in the story, and even hearing about what they *planned* to put in, just shows how baffling the direction of this one was.
Played through SH Homecoming on pc cause I couldnt get a copy for console and goodness I was annoyed with the game freezing when I'd move to a new area of the map
Ehhh depends on what merit. Gameplay Homecoming is better but as a sum of its parts Downpour is by far more interesting. I say this as Homecoming being a personal favorite
Homecoming just feels like a slideshow of spooks to me. Like your average AAA horror title set in Silent Hill.
Not a bad game by any means and fun to watch speedruns of, but it doesn't capture the same dread and eerieness of SH1-4
I like it
15 years later and this game is still fun
It is a nice game
TRIVIA:
*At first when Alex gets off the stretcher, there's a clock in that room. It's the only clock in the game that seems to work, it wasn't even two o'clock in the morning yet. then there's an entity that's killing the doctors of the place, and when the protagonist tries to escape at 2:06 in the morning (time of the accident) something doesn't let him out of alchemilla. so the nightmare begins within the nightmare, from there time's stopped and everything takes place in alex's childhood in S.Glen in the 80's. you'll see objects from alex's childhood scattered around the scenarios, and also relics such as old cars and public heritages. in this case this game is timeless... (however there're endings where he actually escaped from alchemilla)*
*When you arrive in S.Glen, next to Dr.fitch's office there's the city bank with 4 lights on, 3 of which're bright and the last one's almost off (symbolizing the 4 families). Suggesting that the bank's still active with secret meetings, throughout the game the building remains linked with people on the premises arguing who knows what. It's one of the mysteries of the game that everything's abandoned but the financial part of the city's still in full swing! kidnappings have become a kind of business...*
*if you look at alex's house from the outside, it's empty giving the impression that the shepherds have moved but when you enter the house, it's fully furnished but completely abandoned (the mirrors still reflect no furniture inside). looking through the backyard in the kitchen part this becomes more apparent (giving a paranormal air of the house being an ancestral ghost of the city).*
*the woman locked in the hotel can also be the manifestation of alex's mother living in the world of the dead and him living in the world of the living, both're separated by a hole in the door that looks like the mouth of a monster. the 3 memories illustrate "the day of the accident" and why his mother was catatonic, it's implied that she committed suicide with that old gun and alex's at his doorstep talking to her. there're layers of SH that you can only reach if you're dead.. (there're also indications that it was curtis who built the machine that Lillian is trapped in, then it's possible to see his mother's corpse smiling.. of relief perhaps)*
*in the dr.fitch office there's an underground passage that leads to SH, this otherworld passage's the mix of a hospital and the institution that alex's in at the beginning of the game. some hallways're the same as the protagonist walks in the prologue. It's also more apparent that Alex's exploring the characters' minds and their memories\secrets...*
*this game starts in the late afternoon and culminates in a red dawn, it's notable that there's a change of climate similar to the original games. it was the first time anyone came out during the otherworld outdoors, alex was the only protagonist who saw the parallel world from the outside.*
*There're Alex's toys locked in the attic of the house (also in the audio of the tape, Alex's father tells him to "go down the stairs") implying that Alex was locked in the attic and forced to sleep alone there (a dark place full of spider webs and venomous animals) in the infernal version, there're 4 monsters that represent each member of the family (in the attic there're 3 schism which're the dead Josh, the catatonic mother and Alex crouched in the corner of the attic) and in the lower part of the house there're the more aggressive schism who is alex's father. What confirms this symbolism're the four mannequins that're in the same position (including one lying down and the other propped up in the corner).*
*if you analyze the drawings and read the descriptions, it's understood that there's an urban legend in S.Glen related to the lake (that's why the docks gate's sealed) by an alleged man who threw himself into toluca lake years ago, this story was told to scare the local children and this collective fear manifests itself as the executioner that exists in the game. So in the part where alex's with josh at the lake, james's still decomposed there in the depths and on the other side of the lake's possibly the abandoned car with a dead body locked in back seat. James' wife belongs to the same family tree as Alex (The Shepherds) although they're not related (in a promotional diary: Alex's mother was invited to attend a funeral for a childhood friend, but the funeral never took place) There's a misterious tomb named "someone's wife" in the Dargento Cemetery, but this grave has never been used. (The shepherd family mausoleum is not found in S.Glen, only the other 3 families. However, there's an abandoned mausoleum in central SH)*
*Next to Curtis' junkyard's an abandoned mine that possibly became a secret passage to SH in the final stage of the game. The lair was where people were taken to be tortured and killed by order. it's located in the basement of the church, the only sacred place in the city where it's not affected by the other world. In Curtis' warehouse, many belongings of everyone who lived in the city're hidden and also the special clothes that Curtis wore.*
*There're x-rays in alchemilla that show injuries that the protagonist suffered at the end of the game (including the brother and the judge) means that this game's upside down: it starts at the end and ends at the beginning, if you reverse the acts, it's alex going from the day of the accident to the hospitalization in alchemilla in the prologue. crazy huh? (Travis was tasked with transporting the patient since he was familiar with Toluca County and worked at Brahms Station, Alex's parents lied to the city that he was promoted to the army so they wouldn't lose their last son) still characteristic the journey starts in a way and turns into a whirlwind.. there's a real pyramid involving judges, politicians, doctors and police forces\dynastic families (as if everything happens in our world and not just in a nightmare).*
The layers of Alex personality are represented by fog (sadness) and coming from the other world (hatred
esentment), how he feels at every moment depending on what is discovered
evealed.
This game is introspective as f00k!! more than it seems...
I'm glad you like homecoming and I have some good news about a recent upload
Thanks for the upload Ecdycis c:
Yeah it was a busier week
14:26 Killed me when that dog flew by your head. 😂
What that Dog doin
Ec you killed it yet again x thanks 👍😎😁 🎆💎
No prob
75% of the plot is actually about the Shepherds Glen sacrifices not being met and the consequences of it, all the bosses are tied to that plot. Josh is just an explanation for why he was in a mental hospital. He already broke mentally. It happens to be similar to simply HOW Silent Hill operates. James is not the only person called to the town to clear a mental block. Being called to the town to tackle guilt isn’t exclusive to James. The community needs to see more than just SH2 in things. FFS
I like Homecoming
Dude your girlfriend was just following the hate train. I love the game. Love the music. Love the story.
Always happy to see ya running some more SH, Ec.
In regards to the whole "it's a good X, but a bad Y game" thing I can definitely understand that in various situations. Like I have a LOT of fun with Resident Evil 6, but I firmly believe it's a terrible RE game and should have been its own standalone product. For Homecoming though, I think it's a fine enough SH game (you can definitely tell they tried with it), but it's HORRIBLY marred by glitches, questionable mechanical design, and some messy narrative decisions. I would unironically rather see Homecoming get a remake than 2 since it has so many imperfections to fix yet a good core, whereas 2 is... well, it's 2. It doesn't really need any help lol
2 is a lot older than people think, RE4 and Dead Space are also getting remakes so it's quite fitting
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The beginning of this game kind of reminded me of Outlast series in general, especially trials. I feel like this is where outlast could've gotten their inspiration.
Hard to say
Thank you for this
Happy you like it
Bonecoming
Bone
Homecoming is a game that could've been good if different people were in charge of the narrative, the gameplay is not great either but the writing is what really sinks this as a silent hill entry. The fact it's just a glorified "movie silent hill" game that's also kinda derivative of 2 sucks. But even without all that what they put in the story, and even hearing about what they *planned* to put in, just shows how baffling the direction of this one was.
Do you think this could be optimized further? :3
18:25 For pc port it would be F to coom. So we could pay respects and coom at the same time.
Oh no
Played through SH Homecoming on pc cause I couldnt get a copy for console and goodness I was annoyed with the game freezing when I'd move to a new area of the map
It's so awful on PC
On the list of "cursed PC ports"
great game honestly
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You’re sleeping on neir, although it is different from your typical style of games you stream
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Downpour is way worse than homecoming.
Ehhh depends on what merit. Gameplay Homecoming is better but as a sum of its parts Downpour is by far more interesting. I say this as Homecoming being a personal favorite