Zero Punctuation: Silent Hill Homecoming

[Mechanoise]

I think I'm one of people you call: "First time poster, long time watcher"

I've been a strong fan of the Silent Hill series ever since the first game, and dreaded the idea of it becoming so mainstream that there was a possibility a trend of knock-offs could start leaking into the series.

I've not tried Homecoming yet because the UK has this strange fascination with delays upon delays. Their release dates are akin to the old Microsoft 'estimated time 'till...' boxes.

I promised myself not to watch this video because Yatzee is too accurate for his own good and that I may establish an opinion of the game before even playing it...as always, I couldn't help myself

I'm glad to see that Silent Hill Homecoming wasn't 'that bad', as Silent Hill 2 creates such a tough benchmark that it's hard not to compare it to its offspring, even when you know that it's not meant to be like Silent Hill 2, (despite Double Helix's hell-bent policy on making it the slightly different twin to that game ^_~).

I'll retain my gut feeling that Silent Hill Homecoming is not that good; so I might get a nice surprise when it 'eventually' comes out.

Another great review, another great laugh, I know you'll do it anyway but please keep up the good work!

 

[HadesWTF]

Oh and I would also like to say I still mark Silent Hill 4 onward as uncanon. Why? 4 had an amazing story but played like shit due to terrible design choice. I kinda consider it an okay game with a great story, but it feels like another series. Homecoming and Origins are just not canon for obvious reasons.

Oh and Heather was totally hot.

 

[Aptspire]

Agreed. It isn't quite the same .
Fable 2 is so freaking AWESOME!

 

[Fratboy]

lol, i love how in the "parallel universe" Yahtzee is smiling xD

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Do you think Yahtzee actually liked the game? I'm not quite sure...

Good to see the return of the end-movie.

And I'll buy a t-shirt the moment you put the proper music back. Nyah.

 

[Russian Redneck]

YES! I agree completely that "fans" are the bane of all video gaming things. Yahtzee, you are my hero!

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

YES! I agree completely that "fans" are the bane of all video gaming things. Yahtzee, you are my hero!

Irony Alert...

 

[mike1921]

Fable II next week, eh? I bought it, and it's already not living up to all the hype, but what else is new?

I think I've heard a smugness in your tone all the way from New Jersey and for that I hope he loves Fable 2.

Also, great review. And I wish I had the money to buy a Zero Punctuation T-shirt

 

[xitel]

Yeah, the end sketch was freakishly hillarious.

 

[Stabby Joe]

Strange, I was convinced you WEREN'T going to review this giving it being abit obvious as it was mentioned last week, though we would get trown of for a week or 2 maybe... sorry Ben...

I'll still play Silent Hill Homecoming... but by God we'll never get the SH2 treatment anytime soon if ever.

BTW: "Oh F**k off!" Classic.

 

[xishtarx]

Ah the ending, as good as the one with pain killer!

 

[ygetoff]

This one was very funny...but Yahtzee HAS to review Fallout 3 next week!

 

[Doctor Panda]

They say the trick to creative writing is sticking to what you know, and I'm willing to say this is great proof of that. Ever notice how the greatest points and jokes are made when he's talking about games he really knows a lot about? "Hardly suprising," you say, "isn't that the idea behind observational comedy?". So i says, "Yes. So why does he keep reviewing games he hasn't had enough chance to play or are of genres that he's unfamiliar with like Spore or any fighting game"

So go-go Silent Hill, Fable II, and all the other reviews of games he'd probably play anyway...

 

[Peircebm]

Best review ever perhaps? Please send this to Double Helix and Konami. They need a giant kick in the pants. Also, I laughed my ass off at the end. "I lost one of the three symbols I need to uunlock my door this morning." God, you are a genius!

 

[Shadow-Knight]

I hope he reveiws Dead Space or Fable 2 next week, that would be awesome.

 

[chaosd1]

"I lost one of the three symbols I need to unlock my front door this morning."

I applauded when I heard that. Seriously now. That was the best thing I've heard in a while.

 

[Vlane]

That last part was so damn funny. Great review Yahtzee!

 

[huntedannoyed]

Haha, "Leslie from the cleaners," I almost missed that bit. That was genius.

 

[HardRockSamurai]

Well, it's a decent Silent Hill game at least, but it doesn't really "feel" like a Silent Hill game. The Japanese Silent Hill games psychologically traumatized you, while all this American one does is give you little surprises every now and then. Boring.

 

[SimuLord]

So have any other developers released sequels to old games that Yahtzee liked a lot better when the original devs did them?

Fallout 3, perhaps? Or is Yahtzee not the Pipboy Avatar type?