Music/Game Reviews from TholurosDetectiveAgency

Silent Hill Homecoming Review Spoilers a plenty! After playing Silent Hill f, I had two choices: a) play Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 b) play another Silent Hill game. I looked at Clair Obscur and everyone praised it to the moon and back with outlandish obsession that deterred me sadly. I do have thoughts, but I cannot share them just yet because I haven’t played the game. So, in the end, I was so captivated by Hinako’s Silent Hill that I chose to play Silent Hill: Homecoming. I still have a few Silent Hills to play (e.g. Silent Hill 3 *gasps*) but the hate and general dislike toward Homecoming with occasional words of acclaim intrigued me. Silent Hill: Homecoming is the sixth entry in the franchise, released in 2008. Having played Silent Hill games for a long time, I think I knew what to expect. All the hallmarks are present: cults, foggy world, rusty otherworld, atmospheric chaotic beats, lovely melodic and vocal tracks, creepy hallways, superb monster design, cryptic puzzle...

  Silent Hill f Review Spoilers a plenty!           There are few games that would make me drop everything and play the game on the day of release. A main line entry, Silent Hill f, after 13 years of hiatus for a new intellectual property is one such game. It took many by surprise, and looking at the reviews, I can confidently say that it has been one of the more divisive entries. The hype and disappointment, which school you ascribe to, will calm down eventually and the feelings will flatten to a consensus for the worth and place Silent Hill f will claim in video game history. I think that place is golden, perhaps not fox golden, but certainly possesses a dahlia tone of gold and pink. There are moments I clung to dearly and yet there are aspects that I could not enjoy. Whether those aspects are eventually redeemed is up to the individual player and I think they were, for me. Story           First and foremost, this is a S...