Some new information has surfaced on the Western-developedSilent Hill: Homecoming.Chief among them for me is the grim confirmation that Pyramid Head is indeed being recycled and crammed in to this new installment, something I was trying to pretend wasn’t real. As if that wasn’t lame enough, the fact that he’s the musclebound skirt-wearing version as seen in theSilent Hillmovie, and not the creepy smock-adorned version fromSilent Hill 2, suggests even more to me that this game will be a cheap disappointment crammed full of homages to the film more than anything else.
Pyramid Head, the nurses, the look of the Otherworld — all of it has been lifted directly from the movie, which is rather pitiful and creatively lazy in my opinion. I’ll stop bashing it before I sound like aFalloutfan or something, but I’ll just say that this is not a game I am excited for, and to say that about aSilent Hillgame is something that saddens me greatly.
Still, check out thenew shots over at ActionTrip, andalso be awarethat Konami has pushed the release date back to November. Maybe they found something else from previousSHinstallments to recycle and shoehorn in at the last minute. It has been confirmed that a PC version is in the works as well.
Also, f*ck the developers of this game for making me feel like a whinyDiablofanboy complaining about new games. If you’ll excuse me, I’m off to make a melodramatic online petition to continue mySilent Hill bitching in peace.
