History VideoGame / SilentHillHomecoming

** [[Unlike the others Judge Holloway revels in the killing. When the sacrifice is shown, the other members of the Founders are depicted as grief stricken, and horrified to have to do this. She is absolutely beside herself, and is grinning ear to ear while she strangles Nora to death.]]

** [[Alex giving Judge Holloway her necklace back allows her to figure out that Elle stole it from her. This is the final straw and she orders Elle's death.]]

* [[spoiler: BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible: Everyone but Wheeler and Alex knows something about whats going on in Silent Hill, but refuse to give any helpful advise to Alex. Justified with Judge Holloway, as she has already defected to The Order. However, the most ridiculous example is her daughter Elle. It shown that the surviving child is inducted into The Order, and they had been living in the fog for four years. Meaning Elle must have some idea of what's happening, but sits on whatever she knows. Now think about all the times you have to rescue her.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Judge Holloway]] is killed with [[spoiler:her own electric drill]].

* TheUnFavorite: Alex, had a horrible childhood. By fathers own admission "He reduced fatherhood to a chore, fed him clothed, him, and put him to bed, on routine. Then when God blessed me with a second son, he might as well have been a stranger sleeping in our house. I treated the dog with more respect." The reality was far worse, as Adam was both physically and mentally abusive in a variety of ways. He is shown in flashbacks to explode at Alex for the slightest of reasons, and make up rules on the spot just to lash out. Adam had such little respect for him, he never even gave him a full name, just dubbing him Alex for convenience. Finally forbade Josh and Alex from becoming friends, deliberately driving a wedge between them. His mothers wasn't much better as she silently tolerated everything. [[spoiler: This was because Alex, was chosen as the sacrifice for the Shepard Family, and they didn't want to get attached. Still they never even told him why, or what he was. Meaning one day they were just going to drown him and call it good.]]

** [[Alex giving Judge Holloway she necklace back allows her to figure out that Elle stole it from her. This is the final straw and she orders her death.]]

* [[spoiler: BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible: Everyone but Wheeler and Alex know something about whats going on in Silent Hill, but refuse to give any helpful advise to Alex. Justified with Judge Holloway, as she has already defected to The Order. However, the most ridiculous example is her daughter Elle. It shown that the surviving child is inducted into The Order, meaning Elle must have some idea of what's happening, but sits on whatever she knows. Now think about all the times you have to rescue her.]]

* [[spoiler: UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Alex, overlaps with SpannerInTheWorks. When the founders left Silent Hill to found Shepard's Glenn, The Order made them swear to perform a human sacrifice every 50 years to appease their god. In the case of the Shepard Family the oldest was sacrificed, Alex. However, when Alex accidentally kills his brother Josh, his parents cannot bear to lose him too, and refuse to sacrifice him. This breaks the pact, and causes Silent Hill to invade Shepard's Glenn; triggering the events of the game.]]

* [[spoiler: UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Alex, overlaps with SpannerInTheWorks. When the founders left Silent Hill to found Shepard's Glenn, The Order made them swear to perform a human sacrifice every 50 years to appease their god. In the case of the Shepard Family the oldest was sacrificed, Alex. However, when Alex accidentally kills his brother Josh, his parents cannot bare to lose him too, and refuse to sacrifice him. This breaks the pact, and causes Silent Hill to invade Shepard's Glenn; triggering the events of the game.]]

* PortingDisaster: The PC version is the most glitchiest version of the game.

The main character this time around is Alex Shepherd, a [[BadassNormal Special Forces soldier]] who has been discharged from the hospital and sent home after being wounded in battle. Arriving in his hometown of Shepherd's Glen, he finds that all is not right with the world: the town is covered in fog, people (including his younger brother Josh) are disappearing, his father has left to look for his brother, and his mother is catatonic. The dark forces of Silent Hill soon infect the town proper, transforming it into a nightmarish otherworld where Alex must struggle to survive against hordes of monsters and waves of increasingly obtuse symbolism...as well as a group of mysterious cultists who seem to bear a grudge against him.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The Australian release of the game (after initially being [[BannedInChina banned]]) had several scenes altered in an attempt to make them seem less violent. During the torture scene, a hospital bed is placed in front of the camera, obscuring [[spoiler:the drill penetrating Alex's leg]]. Shortly after, when [[spoiler:Alex shoves the drill through Judge Holloway's jaw]], the screen is changes to black with only the sound left intact. In addition, when [[spoiler:Holloway]] falls to the floor, the drill is missing entirely. Also, when [[spoiler:Adam]] is killed by the Bogeyman, the gory remains vanish altogether.

* CallBack: This game has some references to Silent Hill 2, not counting Pyramid Head. Killing a Siam you get a trophy called "Shade of James". Siam looks like two people having sex, and James had major issues with his suppressed sexuality. Killing a feral, a dog like monster, you get a trophy called "Eddie's Legacy". Likely a reference to Eddie Dombrowski who killed a dog. Also the woman you meet in the hotel may be a reference to Mary, James' wife. If you ask who would leave her there, she says not to blame whoever left her. She continues to say its hard to watch someone die, Mary from Silent Hill 2 was dying and her husband suffered watching her die. And finally, if you choose not to forgive Alex's father you get the trophy "Angela's Choice". Angela murdered her father for all the abuse he heaped on her,thus she didn't forgive him.
** Also The boss Scarlet, who is a doll, is likely a reference to Alessa's doll Scarlet that you find in Alessa's room from Silent Hill 3.

* ClusterFBomb: Not to a ridiculous extent, but Alex is definitely the most foul-mouthed ''Silent Hill'' protagonist so far - not that anyone can blame him.

* CreepyChild: Josh, Alex's missing brother who's always running away whenever he sees him and acts rather hostile to him during the few times he speaks. Of course, this being a Silent Hill game, we can't always trust what we see to be real; by most accounts, every time we see Josh in a flashback or some such, he's a pretty nice kid. The Josh we see in game is a manifestation.

* DownerEnding: The "Drowning", "Bogeyman" and "Hospital" endings do ''not'' end well for Alex.

** Shine a light on the nurses, look at their stomachs. [[spoiler: They're pregnant, foreshadowing the final boss, which is pregnant with Josh's corpse.]]
* GameBreakingBug: So, so many glitches and bugs are found in this game, especially the PS3 version. These range from amusing to making the game {{Unwinnable}}, and aren't fixed upon resetting the game, forcing you to either reload an earlier save, or start the whole game over. Here's just a few found in the game:

** And then we just have fun ones like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJaN56_jRgw&t=592 this,]] where [[spoiler: shoddy pathing and collision detection results in two hell-hounds stacking on top of one another and rocking out]].

* [[spoiler: HidingBehindReligion: Judge Holloway cares very little for her faith, and more about the power it brings her, and how it allows her to exercise her sociopathic desires. For example through the order, she rules Shepherd's Glen like a despot and murders, or has murdered, anyone who crosses her. She even attempts to have Elle killed, because she won't obey her.]]

** Also, [[spoiler: Mayor Bartlett and Doctor Fitch were forced to sacrifice their own children as part of the pact. Judge Holloway did the same, however unlike the former two, she didn't seem to feel any guilt about killing Nora.]]

** The "good" versions of these medals are the three that [[spoiler:Adam]] was listed as receiving during his military service. It seems to have been done for the sole purpose of contrasting [[spoiler:Adam]]'s excellent military service record with [[spoiler:the lousy way he treated his family (particularly Alex)]]. 'Heart of Darkness' for [[spoiler:allowing the townspeople of Shepherd's Glen to be kidnapped, killed and brainwashed by the Order)]]. 'Vile Acts' is for [[spoiler:treating Alex poorly)]]. And 'Fallen Star' is for [[spoiler:failing to sacrifice Alex)]].
** The puzzle also relates to [[spoiler:Alex]] and his actions. 'Heart of Darkness' for [[spoiler:allowing others to suffer because of his actions)]]. 'Vile Acts' is for [[spoiler:killing Joshua)]]. And the Fallen Star is for [[spoiler: not fulfilling his role as the sacrifice)]].

** Good Ending: [[spoiler: Alex defeats Amnion, is reunited with Elle, and leaves Silent Hill.]]
** Drowning: [[spoiler: Alex awakens in the bathtub in his house. His father walks in and pushes him under, reassuring him that with his death, Joshua can carry on the family legacy.]]
** Bogeyman: [[spoiler: Alex awakens strapped to a chair and is transformed by two Bogeymen [[AndIMustScream into one of them]].]]
** Hospital: [[spoiler: Alex [[AllJustADream awakens in the mental hospital, where he is told he must accept reality and responsibility for his actions]], then he is administered electroshock therapy. It is revealed that he is the patient in room [[ArcNumber 206]].]]
** UFO: [[spoiler: Alex defeats Amnion, is reunited with Elle, and they are abducted by aliens.]]

* NeutralFemale: Due to the particulars of gameplay, the only thing Elle will help with is lifting gates. Alex can be swarmed by [[spoiler: cultists]], and she will just stand by.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhN_nJnKqIY Needler]] - Fleshy, insectile creature with legs and arms replaced with sharp blades to walk around. A shark-mawed head rears between its double- jointed limbs.

* TooAwesomeToUse: Averted thanks to the inventory limitations. Because you can only carry a loaded clip and two clips in reserve for each of your guns, you'll end up passing up ammo if you don't actively use your firearms. Ammo is still scarce though, so it make sense to use melee weapons when you can.

* UnusableEnemyEquipment: Alex is unable to pick up the weapons wielded by [[spoiler: the Order's soldiers.]]

*** Judging by the look of, and notes in, the penultimate area it is safe to assume [[spoiler: they where all killed by the order in a desperate attempt to appease their god.]]

* InfantImmortality: Averted ''hard''.

* VolitionOfCommonSense: Special mention must go to a guy who comes home to an empty house, finds his mother in a BSOD state, goes down to see what she was after in the basement, is soon in knee-high water and ''getting attacked by a corpse-like monster with teeth for a face'', and then decides his most pressing mission at the moment is... figuring out how to pump out the basement. He even keeps his eye on this goal after getting attacked by ''two more'' similar monsters outside.

* ClusterFBomb: Alex doesn't swear all the time, but he's definitely the most foul-mouthed ''Silent Hill'' protagonist so far. Who can blame him, really?

* TooDumbToLive:
** Special mention must go to a guy who comes home to an empty house, finds his mother in a BSOD state, goes down to see what she was after in the basement, is soon in knee-high water and ''getting attacked by a corpse-like monster with teeth for a face'', and then decides his most pressing mission at the moment is... figuring out how to pump out the basement. He even keeps his eye on this goal after getting attacked by ''two more'' similar monsters outside.

* DeathByFallingOver: [[spoiler:The entire game is kicked off because this happens to Josh]].
** Though, watching the cutscene closely shows that he seemed to have hit his head on something on the way down.

* InfantImmortality: This trope couldn't be averted any harder.

** [[spoiler:Judge Holloway]] is the only one who manages to get away before being killed by the monster summoned by [[spoiler:her daughter's locket]]. However, [[spoiler:she gets killed by Alex]] in an extremely brutal fashion.

* MythologyGag: Just as you get into the Shepherds' backyard, you see a little abandoned doghouse, and Alex will wonder where the dog is. Guess what the next enemy type is.

* AbusiveParents: It's blatantly obvious that Alex's parents [[ParentalFavoritism loved Joshua more]] and constantly treated Alex like dirt. [[spoiler:This is because Alex was to be sacrificed and they didn't want to become attached to a doomed child.]] Many of the other parents could also qualify, although [[spoiler:they don't really have a choice about killing their kids]]. [[spoiler:Judge Holloway]], however, is perfectly happy to hurt both her children.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The Australian release of the game (after initially being [[BannedInChina banned]]) had several scenes altered to make them seem less gruesome. During the torture scene, a hospital bed is conveniently placed in front of the camera, obscuring [[spoiler:the drill penetrating Alex's leg]]. Shortly after, when [[spoiler:Alex shoves the drill through Judge Holloway's jaw]], the screen is changes to black with only the sound left intact. In addition, when [[spoiler:Holloway]] falls to the floor, the drill is missing entirely. Also, when [[spoiler:Adam]] is killed by the Bogeyman, the gory remains vanish altogether.

* AdaptationDistillation: More accurately, a distillation of what worked in a previous adaptation. The "flaking off" effect used in the Silent Hill film adaption to depict the transition to the Otherworld was lifted to be used in this game, as were a few GasMaskMooks. The Bogeyman also resembles the film's version of Pyramid Head.

** The final boss of the game is a horribly twisted version of this trope, [[spoiler:most likely symbolising Josh's love of spiders]].

** Good Ending: [[spoiler: Alex defeats Amnion, is reunited with Elle, and leaves Silent Hill]]

** Bogeyman: [[spoiler: Alex awaken strapped to a chair and is transformed by two Bogeymen into one of them]]
** Hospital: [[spoiler: Alex awakens in the mental hospital, where he is told he must accept reality and responsibility for his actions, then he is administered electroshock therapy. It is revealed that he is the patent in room [[ArcNumber 206]].]]

** Also, Alex [[spoiler:ends up drowning Josh over a family ring, and after that the peace of the town is ruined.]] Another reason why Alex's dad hates him.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKjgP0U5Fx4#t=1609s The entire Hell House segment]] is glitched to all hell.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA30AIHIKqk#t=3618s It's possible to go out of bounds at any time.]]

** And then we just have fun ones like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJaN56_jRgw#t=602s this.]]

** Alchemilla Hospital, which in the time gap since ''VideoGame/SilentHillOrigins'' has evidently become more of an [[BedlamHouse asylum]] than a medical hospital.
*** While the hospital does admit patients with psychiatric illnesses, it is not a psychiatric hospital. Alchemilla only appears as a mental asylum in Alex's nightmare. In the real world, it's still an emergency department.

** Hospital: [[spoiler: Alex awakens in the mental hospital, where he is told he must accept reality and responsibility for his actions, then he is administered electroshock therapy. It is revealed that he is the patent in room [[ArcNumbers 206]].]]

* NeutralFemale: Due to the particulars of gameplay, the only thing Elle will help with is lifting gates. Alex can be swarmed by [[spoiler: cultists]], and she will just stand by.

* DarkerAndEdgier: This is the goriest of all the Silent Hill games, and the boss monsters are significantly more disturbing. Considering that Silent Hill is a champion of nightmare fuel, this is saying something.

->''"So difficult to remember.''\\

->''The warm sunlight dancing on the water, the smell of cotton candy in the air, and the sound of wind blowing through the trees."''\\