I started Silent Hill:Homecoming today. I have played and conquered Silent Hill 2 and 4. I don't know why I play these games. They scare the crap out of me. Almost immediately I get tense. It's ridiculous because I know the Silent Hill m.o. - the games starts in Uber-Creepy mode (Hospital, no lights, bleeding walls, wobbling nurses) and goes just long enough to freak you out before it goes into the normal story and begins to set things up.
( plot spoilers and my guess at what's really going on )Side-note, the game is a lot easier to play with the volume turned down on the TV (subtitles turned on, obviously) and Avril Lavigne blaring through the speakers.