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From Videogamesplus' blog: We have tested Silent Hill Home Coming on our PAL XBOX 360 and can confirm that it is NOT region free. -
That'd be the US one though? I ordered the Asian version.Last edited by Duckula; 07-10-2008, 13:57.Comment
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Ah, my bad for not reading your original post properly
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Its a really solid game and I can't really agree with the lower ratings such as IGN's.
I do understand what they say about the lack of tension so far. Controls for battling and dodging are simply too well done making the fights kind of easy. But is this a bad thing? Not everyone likes the wooden controls from old SH and RE games, they don't see that it adds to the tension. The tradeoff is that you seem to get more enemies onscreen at times.
So if you hated the old SH controls, but liked SH otherwise i'd say you might as well pick it up. Its far better than the Room, and I feel its actually up there with the original and 3. SH2 was simply the best for its extremely clever storyline.
RE5 is getting the same treatment, its being said that you can run 'n gun now. Will that also receive the same criticism?Last edited by saturn-gamer; 07-10-2008, 17:47.Comment
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I tried it last night and loved the controls. I can't really comment on the game as I only played for an hour or so but it seems to me they've got the atmosphere down solidly. I really liked how it started off so it will be interesting to see how the game plays out.Originally posted by saturn-gamer View Post
As for Resident Evil 5 they've added strafe controls but you still can't run and shoot apparently, you have to fire from one position.Last edited by mr_woo; 07-10-2008, 19:41.Comment
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Got a problem here guys. Got SH:H from VGPlus.ca US version, put it in my PS3 and its all in Black & White, is that something to do with the region? Im quite annoyed at this, is there a fix for this? Any help would be much appreciated.Comment
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Been really enjoying this far. Great atmosphere and I love the grain filter, reminds me of an old grindhouse film at times (though of course not that bad, a lot more subtle than that). Maybe it's just me but the sound design on this is great, you really need to play it on a surround sound kit. It's extremely freaky
The story's got me very intrigued so far as well, I'm definitely interested in what's going on. The combat so far has actually been fun also, one monster jumped out and made me ****e myself before I stuck a pipe in its head
Also, I am happy to say that the Akira Yamaoka music is brilliant so far from what I've heard.Comment
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You dont have your PS3 connected up through compo****e do you?Comment
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Myth is probably right, get yourself a proper rgb cable. PS2 ones work fine.
I bought mine on Ebay, so hopefully it will turn up tomorrow. I'm quite looking forward to this now judging from the praise in this thread. Do love the cover on the us version even with the ****e homecoming font.Comment
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Ive got the red white and yellow cable, that RGB? Got it hooked into a SCART adaptor. Ordered a NTSC - PAL converter, hope that might work. I love the cover on the US on, the Asian one looks brilliant!Comment
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That is indeed composite/compo****e your using Rob. You want to get an rgb scartlead, just make sure your tv can handle 60hz.Comment
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Ah ok, thing is the TV im on is a 10 year old TV so I don't think it has seperate RGB sockets, I'll see what this converter can do, hopefully it should be all ok.Comment
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I'm honestly pleasantly surprised so far. I'm a big Silent Hill so I had to get this no matter what but from a lot of stuff published before the game, including 'those' screenshots I really wasn't sure what to expect. It's actually turning out to be a pretty decent experience so far I've found. I'll be interested to see what you think of it when you play it, I generally don't find horror games to be that scary (and this is no exception) but there's been a few really good jump scares and the surround sound is really good at making me go '****in hell!'Originally posted by Zero9X View Post
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Is it Silent Hill 2 scary? I don't get scared by games or films. I'm too desensitised to that kind of thing, i appreciate these games for their atmosphere and art direction.
In Silent Hill 2 when you were in that Prison. You could feel the atmosphere pressed on you. The thing is imagine what its like if your a person who gets scared easily.I can't imagine what its like for them in that situation. I feel like i'm missing out most of the time. But i do feel the sense of pressure.Comment
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Im still absolutely loving this, just finished in the
. This part of the game has been excellent. Full of atmosphere and Silent Hill wierdness and another nice cameo
. This is where the combat got tougher too. at the begining of the game the Nurses seems pretty weak and redundant, in the
however, they became much faster, here they also introduced a new enemy. its incredibly fun to take down and can punish you heavily on a misplaced dodge or swipe. Boss in this level was class too. All kinds of gruesome and the combat made the boss fun to dispatch.
Overall this part of the game is showing Alex is not an overpowering killing machine and the tension and atmosphere is almost certainly there.
Lastly, is this game scary? Well with surround sound i've nearly messed myself up a few times. I love it, dont want it to end ever.Comment
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