Silent Hill Homecoming is the series first outing on the next generation machines, is it set out to beat Resident Evil 5?

The story follows our main character Alex Sheppard, he is an US soldier who gets injured and sent home where he stays in hospital, while there he has nightmares about his brother. He goes home to try and save his brother and uncover the mysteries that plague his hometown. The story is quite good I thought but it didn't really flow well and it was quite slow for anything to happen.

The gameplay has definitely been refined from previous outings, your main character no longer moves like a tank and he can beat the cr*p out of enemies pretty easily while dodging their attacks, while this is good it sort of takes away from the games atmosphere as each conflict is more fun than a desperate struggle to survive.

It isn't as fluid as a regular action game but its good enough. There are also quite a few puzzles for you to solve which involve fetching items and a bit of brainpower.

The graphics I thought were quite impressive everything looks detailed and the lighting makes everything look sinister and intimidating, the enemies which include zombie nurses and the even the legendary pyramid head look great too. The music in the game is worth a mention as it really fits the tone of the game and adds alot to the atmosphere.

Despite all of this the game failed to really scare me which is a little disappointing, it seemed to rely on the Doom 3 tactic of monsters jumping out at you to many times.

If the story was paced better and the gameplay tweaked to make it play slightly more like Silent Hill game this would be very good, its still worth a look for fans of the series or if you want to play something different.