Silent Hill: Homecoming

About Silent Hill: Homecoming

Silent Hill: Homecoming was developed by Double Helix Games and published by Konami in 2008. Konami still sells it on the Xbox store, where the Xbox 360 version plays on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S through backward compatibility.

Alex Shepherd returns to his hometown of Shepherd's Glen to investigate the sudden disappearance of his brother. The search leads him from Shepherd's Glen to Silent Hill, where he must face the darkest of horrors, unravel the mystery behind his nightmares and confront the evil in the town's empty streets, while, as the store puts it, struggling with his own grip on reality.

It keeps the series' fog, rust and sirens, its nurses and its otherworld, and puts more weight on close combat than the early games, since Alex is a soldier. Critics were divided at the time, but it remains one of the few Silent Hill games you can still buy.

It suits Silent Hill fans who have played the remake of Silent Hill 2 and want more of the series on a modern Xbox.

How to play Silent Hill: Homecoming

1. Buy it on the Xbox store; it plays on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.
2. Explore Shepherd's Glen and Silent Hill as Alex, searching for items and the way forward.
3. Fight the town's monsters with the weapons you find, dodging and countering their attacks.
4. Follow the trail of your missing brother into the otherworld.

Tips

• Learn to dodge: enemies punish careless attacks.
• Search rooms thoroughly; health items and ammunition are limited.
• Listen for the radio static that warns of nearby monsters.

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