It started long before me... I never saw it coming... The distance, the promise... A state of isolation... And in my darkest nightmare... Things that I can't remember... The answer, is drowning, this pain will last forever. My father... His duty... His orders... My brother... The promise... The breaking... Rejection... Deception... Reflection... Conception... The missing... The torture... The madness... The sadness... Can this be? Or is it? The shadow cast before me... A walk inside your circle... Protect me... Correct me... You got your orders, soldier... Inside my head is humming... Sometimes I hear them coming... The power... Believing... The hate I hate believing... Where is this? It can't be... Who are you? I know you... You wouldn't... Or would you? Don't fight me! Ignite me! My trigger... Your finger... Your darkness... I know it... Come forward! I've seen it! I mean it! Your power, is over! I've come to change the order! My training, is perfect! I'm back, again... Your promise, is broken! I drank your sacred water... My mission, is holy! I'm back. My father... His duty... His orders... My brother... The promise... The breaking... Rejection... Deception... Reflections... Conception... The missing... The torture... The madness... The sadness... Can this be...? Your power, is over! I've come to change the order My training, is perfect! I'm back, again! Your promise, is broken! I've drank your sacred water... My mission, is holy! I'm back. The hate I hate believing... The hate I hate believing... I never saw it coming... I never saw it coming... The hate I hate believing... The hate I hate believing... I never saw it coming... I never saw it coming... You have your orders, soldier...
And here I am, replying to a video posted over a decade ago . . . This is such a great song, but also an unfortunate reminder of how some things can be lost in development. Much of Silent Hill's music was created based on game scripts, including vocal tracks. While this wasn't a problem in Silent Hill 1-4, Homecoming was rushed and unfinished (as both Microsoft and Konami wanted it out on the 360 as quickly as possible), so much of Alex's underlying story was left on the cutting room table. This regrettably means that aspects of this song don't fully "click," as it was written and composed prior to the game being rushed out the door. The biggest thing that the song alludes to is that Alex was meant to be an unwitting pawn of the Old Gods. A "soldier," if you will, and his purpose was to destroy the sect that failed. Since the Otherworld amplifies delusions, Alex's own personal struggles became the means through which he was manipulated. Travis Grady (of Silent Hill 0) played the part of a ferryman. Much of this was to be covered in the first "level" of the game, wherein you played through the military operation that Alex was supposedly wounded during. During this sequence, Alex receives communications from his superior officer that hints to the nature of Alex's upcoming mission. Much of this has been surmised from unused but recorded dialogue, which the game has *a lot of*. I don't know if the original opening would've been too much, but I feel like the game, given a little more development time, could've been far superior to the product that was released.
He is like Maria on SH2, he was born from a wish, The Soldier is the monster version of Alex the teen, he appears to revenge the kids, and himself. Now the subplot probably has to do with the abuse, the same subplot of The Shining, not a big surprise with Overlook prison. This explained why the final boss is Lillian and Josh, but not Adam. BC like Jack on The Shining, Adam was a very bad man, and lead his family into destruction, and not bc of the ritual, more like the abuse. Put Alex like a pariah, and probably abuse of Josh. This makes Lillian in silence, but constantly scream inside. A reverse plot of Laura Palmer of Twin peaks, what if Laura is a teenage boy, and he still can't protect his brother for the hands of his father. Therefore Alex failed to his mother, and his brother, he should do more to protect them from Adam. This explained the concept of Hellhouse, Robbie the rabbit like the bear man on The Shining, and also The Boogeyman, or the faceless man. The plot still needs to be more polish, will be easier that Alex was in a sort of The Order's School, and he learned how to fight, since he is in training to be a soldier of The Order, so we can see him as a renegade soldier, which somehow that's the real plot (the soldiers of the order fight exactly like Alex in the game). Alex is against his will in a hospital after a breakdown, but then, why they gonna make him a lobotomy?, nonsense at all, unless his story will be similar to Stanley SH3, and he knew a lot about the order, that's why he is there in a sort of lockdown, probably they are using White Claudia, to keep him crazy, and ready for lobotomy. After that, he won' t be a problem anymore. Too bad this plot wasn't use by the director of Revelations movie, Alex could work better as a love interested of Heather, and also a renegade soldier of the order, better than Vincent. Sh1 to sh3 are almost perfect games, but the big irony is SH4, and SH5 are the ones that need a big remake. Orgins should be on this list too, after a remake of SH1 OC.
Some songs of this game reminds me the last grade of the high school (in 2008, release year of this game), in that epoch I liked a pretty girl and these songs brings me that nice memories. Also brings me some nostalgia.
I watched a walkthrough of this game a few years ago (due to not owning the console for it) and I must say: the story was insane. So many twists and turns and I still have more questions than answers to what happened.
@@DiamondFoxdie You're the first person that I've ever kind of met that has played it. What gets me: Alex doesn't make much reaction to the things going on. Except a few times.
@@bridgetmcqueen8094 Yeah, sometimes he kinda lacks emotion, looks like an empty shell, it makes him harder to connect with. But i loved playing it, even with it's limitations.
For understand this game, you need to watch Donnie Darko, they focus in this movie, apparently, that's the key of this game, since Josh wasn't the sacrifice, Alex needs to live in this new reality, to face the truth, that his own sacrifice will save a lot of people, therefore he embrace this second chance to do things right, and be a hero for his brother, and the town. A soldier will sacrifice for his squad, in this case his family.
there is not a single silent hill game i dislike, i am quite a fan of the series and i trully don't see why people have such a hate for homecoming and downpour, they are all great games.
G Studios Most of the hate for Homecoming comes from the fact that it tries too hard to be SH2. Personally, I think it uses the same recipe in a different way, and dont hate it, but I definitely see its flaws.
It's mostly because plot consistency just flies out the window after the Room, but it's not fair to keep people from enjoying games that you find enjoyable.
"A soldier's got to have his gun..." -Curtis as he gives Alex his first gun in the game whilst this track plays in the background PS. Seriously, has anyone played Homecoming? The guns are basically the Big Fucking Gun 9000s of the Silent Hill universe in this game.
Probably he knew Alex wasn't a soldier, but also the concept of the song as a soldier isn't about guns, and combat. The key is the sacrifice, "my mission is holy" bc the town brought him back to life, "my training is perfect" yeah bc he can't be defeat till his mission is done, "I come to changer the order" yeah, but not in the way he thinks, he is get back to embrace his fate. SH is showing him what is gonna happen if he skipped his sacrifice, therefore like Donnie Darko, he understand his mission, he needs to let this world in that bathtub by his father, bc in that way his brother will live, and all the town will be safe. Very sad game, but Alex is indeed a soldier for that. Double Helix doesn't want to let him go, bc he is a great character just like Donnie. but that's why Alex is gone in four endings, and also the town showed him two graveyards, as a hint of his real destiny. The town also allowed him to make amends with his family, before took the brave choice to save everyone by giving hs own life, a soldier behaviour. FS.
i love this song, and i love this game, it was the first game i played in the SH series and it's also my favorite so far, i haven't tried 2 or 3 because i don't have a PS2 but i do like the first
Never play the Silent Hill HD collection, It's an awful version with terrible voice acting (People say that the voice acting in the original version of 2 was bad but don't know that the characters are just supposed to sound off like they are)
ozzman123 heard that the silent hd collection is awful, I own it and I can't really tell what's so bad from it so if you really wanna play it, then you can easily get it from the PlayStation store
@@bloxdlust To put it simply, the creators LOST the original 2 and 3 games... So instead they used the incomplete beta. It's a glitchy mess. They might have patched it though...
@@rosyhobbit294 The Lucifer version the singer has more control of the situation. He knows he is going to win. That's not including the context of it. There is also a greater range of emotion.
“Guess who boys? My, My, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen any of you in the flesh…Perhaps we could call this my ‘triumphant return to the flock’ as it were? HAHAHAHAHAHA!” 😈 -Lucifer
More like a funeral, which that will be a good plot, their father already passed, but haunted them from the other side, that will be a more interesting dynamic similar to SH4, but kind of different. BC we gonna see all the crimes that Adam did to them.
I agree. I used to hate Homecoming but playing it and seeing the potential the game had, only for it be rushed makes me nit only appreciate it, but I give Double Helix a lot more leniency
Thats why Silent Hill 2 remake is too important, bc if this game is a success, the saga will return, and the sequel of SH2 could be make, and that's SH5, the story of Alex Shepherd but by Team Silent. Konami could contact Owaku for the plot, and Yamaoka could make the lyrics again. This time Masahiro Ito will make the monsters, and no more PH.
I remember how I got SH - Homecoming as a birthday present from my mom when I was 10. It was the first game I owned on my Steam account back then. Good memories, maybe I should replay it?
I got Homecoming right after I got my PS3 GTA V bundle about a decade ago. I actually enjoyed it, kinda scary at times, especially the graveyard and junkyard areas. Good times.
FS, since the OG Team was working in a soldier game, before Konami merge the studio with MGS4. As a fans we never knew how much of the OG game is part of Homecoming. Tomm Hulett was never clear about this I remember that the look of Alex was done by Team Silent. But I don't know if the name was also part of their ideas. That's the importance of SH2 remake, bc if the game is a success, the saga will be on, and maybe they will release SH5, the OG story of the soldier. Konami could contact Owaku for the plot, don't forget SH5 is a sequel of SH2, that means SH5 should be next, after this remake.
@@kellustzall3057 Can it be this be? or is it? I believe it's expressing doubt about what they are experiencing. Can it be? or is it that? I think it did what it was supposed to do, in that it really doesn't explain anything other than the feeling of disorientation.
I will admit, the combat and music was great. But I can say, when put up against Silent hill 2 and 3, it cant compete. Not saying it wasnt good, but it wasnt The best like some say.
That's bc the message wasn't very clear, SH bring back Alex not to be a GIJOE, going deep down in the concept, he needs to be a soldier by sacrifice, if he wants that his brother is alive, he needs to give his own life in the bathtub, which is one of the endings of the game, and in that ending is the only one where Josh is still alive. This concept is probably borrow from Supernatural, one time Dean gave his life to save Sam, bc his brotherhood was very strong. So Alex was indeed a soldier after all, he was very brave.
A Alex le paso lo mismo que a James, ambos se olvidaron que fueron los culpables de sus muertes y su mente bloqueo ese acontecimiento y ambos.Fueron a silent hill para buscar respuestas y se encontraron con su verdugo piramid head,que les hizo recordar a base de tortura psicologica lo que habian hecho.
Así es silent hill en pocas palabras es un purgatorio , muchas personas caen presas no solo ellos...pero lo más fuertes y los que son capaces de luchar consigo mismo son los que salen de este pueblo perdonandose a si mismo
No exactamente, la clave de Homecoming es el soldado como un sacrificio. Los devs se inspiraron en Donnie Darko. Cuando Alex tiene el accidente con Josh en el lago, evita su propio destino, y esto crea un universo tangente, que empieza a destruir su pueblo, Para poder detener esto, Silent Hill regresa a Alex al pueblo, y le da habilidades de soldado, pero el plan del pueblo, es que Alex haga enmiendas con su familia, para entender porque es necesario su sacrificio. Lo que lo convierte en un soldado ante los ojos de su hermano, y de su pueblo. Alex siempre pensó que ser un soldado era saber de armas, y de combate, pero se le olvido que un soldado también sabe lo que es el sacrificio, y esto se lo explica Silent Hill a través de su viaje, para salvar a su madre, y a su hermano, Alex debe dar su vida a cambio. Muy distinto al concepto de SH2.
@@Qunarr You know what you might actually be right. I played this game with very low expectations and the first hour was actually really promising. It's also a nice return to Silent Hill since 4 pretty much ditched the whole rural creepy town to an urban city feel which is all fine and dandy but I dunno I prefer the rural setting.