![]() In the flashback, young Alex opens the door to his father's hunting room, causing his father to turn around and scold him fiercely. While investigating the basement, Alex comes across a room that his father, Adam, uses to butcher the animals that he hunts, prompting him to have a flashback. He suddenly hears a noise from the basement and heads toward the sound. Alex notices his father's revolver on his mother's lap, and he takes it from her before leaving. After telling Alex that she misses Joshua and that his father has gone to look for him, Lillian refuses to speak to Alex any more. Alex finds his mother, Lillian, in a near catatonic state. Alex comments to himself about his parents' behavior, feeling that his parents had always favored his brother over him. Margaret Holloway seems surprised to see Alex and tells him to go see his mother.Īrriving at his childhood home, Alex notices many pictures of his parents with Joshua which, oddly, do not feature himself. ![]() Shepherd's Glen is, in fact, named after Alex Shepherd's own ancestor. Both Alex and Margaret Holloway are descendants of the four families that founded Shepherd's Glen hundreds of years ago those families being Shepherd, Holloway, Fitch, and Bartlett. Alex encounters Margaret Holloway, a judge and the mother of his childhood friend, Elle Holloway. Having been dropped off in his hometown of Shepherd's Glen, Alex discovers that the town is not the same as he left it thick fog covers the town, all the streets are in a state of heavy disrepair, and almost no people can be found. Arriving at Shepherd's Glen, Travis says "Good luck, soldier." This, along with Alex's military jacket and the sounds of warfare heard in the beginning of the game, imply that Alex is a soldier returning home from war. Upon awakening from a nightmare, a startled Alex realizes that it was only a dream as he sits in the passenger seat of an 18-wheeler driven by Travis Grady. During its descent, Alex hears the screeching of metal, and the elevator car shakes violently before a huge blade is thrust through the door towards him.Īlex arrives in his hometown Shepherd's Glen. Further progressing through the hospital, Alex follows Joshua's trail into an elevator. However, Joshua runs away and continues to do so whenever Alex gets close to him. Upon request, Alex retrieves a rabbit doll for his brother. Through the blurred glass of the double doors, Alex watches in horror as a mysterious assailant impales the doctor with a giant blade.Īlex offering the Robbie doll to his brother.Īfter breaking free from his restraints, Alex ventures further through the hospital and encounters his brother, Joshua Shepherd, drawing with crayons. Once wheeled into a room and left alone, Alex struggles with his restraints as the doctor leaves the room. The game's protagonist, Alex Shepherd, is bound to a gurney and being wheeled through a dilapidated hospital a silent doctor pushes him down a dimly lit hallway, and they pass by rooms in which doctors are committing strange and horrifying acts upon patients including dismemberment, strangulation and live burial. ![]() Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.Īs the game begins, the echoes of heavy artillery and explosions are heard. Alex searches through the town for his missing brother while uncovering the causes behind the strange events and the dark secrets of the neighboring town of Silent Hill.īefore playing the game, it is recommended that the player reads three diaries written by Alex, Elle and Wheeler which provide backstory to the narrative. He finds his mother in a depressive, near catatonic state. Alex returns home only to find that his father and younger brother, Joshua, have vanished without a trace, as have many others throughout the town. The story follows Alex Shepherd, a young man who returns to his hometown of Shepherd's Glen following a supposed military discharge and time spent in a hospital for combat related injuries. The Japanese release of the game was canceled altogether. The game was initially banned in Australia, but was subsequently released with the MA15+ rating and censored graphics. The Xbox 360 version is also available as a digital download for the Xbox 360, as well as the Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S via backwards compatibility. All versions were simultaneously released in Europe on February 27, 2009, including an European retail PC version. The game was released on Septemfor the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in North America and on Novemfor the PC on Steam. The game was developed by Double Helix Games and published by Konami. Silent Hill: Homecoming is the sixth installment in the Silent Hill survival horror series.
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