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Old 04-05-15, 19:59   #5541
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He said it has a better story and more scares…
Dafuq? SH2 is one of the very few games that I would say is nearer art than mere videogaming. It's literally a modern masterpiece. Homecoming, on the other hand, is crass, generic Hollywood-ised ballbags.
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Old 04-05-15, 20:05   #5542
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One of these days I'm gonna have to get my hands on Homecoming and Downpour.

Are they worth the ~$20 used?
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Old 04-05-15, 20:11   #5543
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One of these days I'm gonna have to get my hands on Homecoming and Downpour.

Are they worth the ~$20 used?
No.
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Old 04-05-15, 20:38   #5544
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Never played Homecumming, but you couldn't pay me to try Downpoop again.
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Old 04-05-15, 20:46   #5545
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Homecoming is more action than horror from everything I've seen.
I have not played it personally but I know it's either you like it or you don't.

Downpour on the other hand actually has some playability and scares to it. The combat takes a bit to get used to… or for the most part you can run away from the monsters if you're out in the open. Frame rate issues can cause some minor hiccups but that's usually only in the beginning of the game. The story is actually pretty good I think! There's lots of really good and really strange places to go, puzzles to solve, and things to find! I recommend Downpour! It's definitely not as Silent Hill as it could be but it's pretty good in terms of a horror game.
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Old 04-05-15, 20:48   #5546
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I have a friend who just told me he thinks Silent Hill Homecoming is better than Silent Hill 2.
I don't even know how to respond…
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He said it has a better story and more scares…
That friend of yours probably prefers the more Hollywood-style aesthetics of Homecoming, because he's more than likely been conditioned to accept this kind of drivel as the best form of storytelling(whereas the Team Silent games actually required a bit of thought to understand the full picture of the plot), which I appreciated considerably more and can understand how the vagueness of the Team Silent games, can put your friend off wanting to get invested in them.

And this is coming from someone who's unfortunate first entry into the series WAS Homecoming. So I think it ultimately depends on what you want from a specific form of entertainment. Some like it intellectual, some like it braindead(of sorts). It all varies at the end of the day

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Old 04-05-15, 20:50   #5547
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This person shouldn't be your friend anymore.
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Old 04-05-15, 21:16   #5548
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My first Silent Hill was SH3 and I can say I really enjoyed Homecoming, it's not better then SH2 but it does have a lot of memorable scenes like SH2 does
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Old 04-05-15, 21:47   #5549
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That Silent Hills petition has hit 88k!
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Old 04-05-15, 21:57   #5550
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkYtflr1KsM

My favourite scene in the entire saga. Well, up to 4.
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