Silent Hill: Homecoming. Impressions

Hey, I was just playing through Silent Hill Homecoming today and realised that its really not scary. I think the older ones are much better, I suppose the Americans cant make games as scary as the Japanese. I have always thought the atmosphiere was what made it but silent hill HC just isnt. I was wondering what you guys think. What makes a game really scary?

I haven't played Homecoming, but one of the things I think is crucial for a horror genre game is the background noise. Even with okay graphics, if a game has scary tense music in the back, it can be a great game to play!

Well i like the whole Silent Hil series, and i thought that this was pretty scary.You should know though that i get scared really easy so you have to take that into consideration ha. It wasn't the best Silent Hill game but it will remain in my collection.

I liked the game and also there is no "scary" games.

^Dead space would beg to differ....

^Dead space would beg to differ....

lordlunch2

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^Dead space would beg to differ....

Darkslayer16

On-topic, I liked Homecoming a lot more than SH4. Couldnt even finish that one.

the game is not very scary....some decent atmospheric events and areas, but overall its decent.

Dead Space is NOT scary....not at all. Resident Evil for PSone was scarier.

The only game that is somewhat scary for 360, imo, would have to be condemned...everything else ive played doesnt even come close.

While there are plenty of videogames that are creepy and might make me jump if something happens suddenly, I have to say that none are truly scary to me and probably never will be until they can get to the point where the game would be photo-realistic. I can never get out of the mode of knowing that these are just videogame characters, whereas watching a movie I can be more easily scared since I'm watching "real" people. I give credit to games like Eternal Darkness, Fatal Frame series, RE Remake, Silent Hill 2, 3 and HC, Condemned and Condemned 2 plus Dead Space for creating great atmosphere.

I liked the game and also there is no "scary" games.

Darkslayer16

i disagree

but SH5 wasnt scary at all