Like you do say at the end, the combat is nowhere near as frustrating or as hard as it is if you understand it.

I do wish we would have seen a:

“Ok everyone…I realized these smogs I’ve been treating as one of the hardest enemies die in two shots from the handgun if you shoot their neon colored “bullseye” (lungs) as they open their ribs and take 6 seconds to attack you..”

part almost, lol.

But anyways, Homecoming does have a good deal of call backs and background stuff to analyze. Also has a lot of explanation through not so blatant things like the pictures and notes that you would need to study to make the connections.

Or watch videos that explain all that stuff like the Shesellssheshells ones for homecoming I suppose, lol.

Still, it does make you appreciate the little details like “Asphyxia” s design being explained through a photograph you might/might not pickup, along with the obvious “hands reason”. Which you would probably never think to deeply about.

(also uploaded the titlecardcard and sent you the link)

The cross on the right is supposed to be the Cross of the Apostles a symbol of the devoted and the Golden Dawn on the right witch is often related to heretics(Remember that Lucifer is also the light bringer the Golden Dawn is his sign) and they are both inside the circle with the Cristian cross in the middle, This symbiosis the two opposites of the same religion.

The other two are the Norse symbols for Mjölnir witch stands for destruction and Yggdrasil witch is the symbol of creation. The top two are not bound in the circle symbolizing that these two forces are not influenced nor related to the religious sects that are involved.

So it means in short terms that the forces of Silent Hill answers to no one?

That’s all i can get out of that book.

I don’t know the symbol they are in though.

I think it’s also mindblowing how there is a lot of criticism on Silent Hill Downpour, since I think that one like Homecoming is actually quite well done.
Murphy actually is my favorite protagonist to this date !
Now I think of it.
The later Silent Hill protagonists are all in a way victims, while for example James, appears to be a victim at first, but in reality is quite the opposite.
Perhaps that difference is actually something that people react better to ??
(I can’t really imagine this is the case, but it sort of crossed my mind.)

What blows my mind is the Origins bashing. That game is as close to Silent Hill 2 as you can get, and they still say it sucks, for reasons they won’t specify.

Alex’s story is one of the most brutal in the series. His whole family and whole TOWN suffered a horrible fate. :-\

Thanks a lot for your support!

I’ve read a lot of critique coming from many of the silent hill fanbase over the past few years, but in all honesty it seems almost as if in the eyes of many of these people, Team Silent is holy, and any other developer attempting to create a silent hill game might as well stop immediately, since it’s “probably going to suck and the developers don’t get the meaning of the series and it’s deeper concepts anyway.”

In other words, many within the silent hill fanbase are unappreciative of new takes and ideas on these games, whenever team Silent is not involved.
To me this is an indicator that the silent hill fanbase in reality is quite a bunch of close minded people, pretending to be open minded and intelligent about this series, while in reality they are nothing more than arrogant and snobbish about the subject matter.

I can say this; I’ve been a player of silent hill games since the very beginning, and I have always loved how all these games were very different from one another.

Every game had very deep themes of psychological horror, that each time was presented differently.
It’s true that some of the themes return in each game, and for a veteran in the series I guess its easier to look out for clues on what each story is going to be about in some way. But having that said, I think it’s just brilliant how all of these games just leave room for interpretation.

About Homecoming:
Alex is probably one of the most messed up people you play with in the entire series.
His story is one of deep psychological trauma, and while playing through it I was just blown away with some of the revelations in the end. I thought this story was going to be about something else entirely, but the plot twists are very well done and make this story a very deep and “mature” gaming experience.
I just want to thank Double Helix for making this game. And thank you LotusPrince, for giving this game a chance, and forming your own honest opinion about it !