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Imagine giving Konami the benefit of the doubt.
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I have resevations because this is Konami we're talking about and Gousotsu was a trainwreck and not the fun kind. No opinion on Ciconia yet.
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I just feel kind of confused and numb, 4 different games but still no word from Hiroyuki Owaku, the writer behind 2 and 3?
I'm not even sure how to feel, maybe the remake of 2 will turn out alright, maybe not.
However a Silent Hill from the Higurashi guy does sound pretty cool, but it also kind of feels like modern gaming culture doesn't even deserve this series, do you know what I mean?
Silent Hill is finally back but I'm really not sure how I feel about it, very cautiously optimistic at best.
I'm not even sure how to feel, maybe the remake of 2 will turn out alright, maybe not.
However a Silent Hill from the Higurashi guy does sound pretty cool, but it also kind of feels like modern gaming culture doesn't even deserve this series, do you know what I mean?
Silent Hill is finally back but I'm really not sure how I feel about it, very cautiously optimistic at best.
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All of these got a very "hmm" reaction from me. 2 remake looks okay, not big on James' new voice or face. Yamaoka and Ito working on it is a good sign but I'm still extremely wary. F could be interesting, the Japan setting feels weird though. And while I'm a fan of Higurashi and Umineko, I do also have some issues with Ryukishi's writing.
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I will agree with a lot of people here that Silent Hill F looks the most interesting. It doesn’t look at all like silent hill, but as it’s own thing it’s definitely piqued my interest.
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I like the visuals for SH2 Remake but... I don't know, im not even cautiously optimistic, i just feel like i'm being set up for disappointment
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Also fucking JJ Abrams trying to co-opt and ruin another franchise...
Also fucking JJ Abrams trying to co-opt and ruin another franchise...
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Here's a concern for Silent Hill 2 Remake, the original game and it's town are pretty short and small by today's standards, I can see them greatly expanding everything, but Silent Hill is supposed to be a small town and what was cool about locations like Brookhaven, even in "nightmare" form is the layout followed what an actual hospital would be like.
Things only started to get really supernaturally expanded with the prison, but that was just one area of the game, to contrast with the others feeling more grounded, but I can see them expanding everything and making everything more "game level" if you know what I mean than "real world place warped into something horrifying"
That's one thing that was cool about those old survival horror games is how the locales were designed to be more like real world with places with less "cut and paste" than usual game design.
Thankfully RE2 Remake managed to expand it's locales in ways that made sense and didn't stray too far from the original, but that's another developer entirely (but it shows that it can be done)
But there's a million little details in SH2 that they could easily forget to add that add a lot of flavor to the original game, stuff like finding the tourist brochure in the apartments or even the "results" screen and the music that plays during it.
That said, I'm going to be optimistic and say, could SH2 Remake introduce to a whole new generation of gamers that games can be more than dumb streamer fodder and can actually be works of art?
I guess at the end of the day it is cool to have this ip back.
Things only started to get really supernaturally expanded with the prison, but that was just one area of the game, to contrast with the others feeling more grounded, but I can see them expanding everything and making everything more "game level" if you know what I mean than "real world place warped into something horrifying"
That's one thing that was cool about those old survival horror games is how the locales were designed to be more like real world with places with less "cut and paste" than usual game design.
Thankfully RE2 Remake managed to expand it's locales in ways that made sense and didn't stray too far from the original, but that's another developer entirely (but it shows that it can be done)
But there's a million little details in SH2 that they could easily forget to add that add a lot of flavor to the original game, stuff like finding the tourist brochure in the apartments or even the "results" screen and the music that plays during it.
That said, I'm going to be optimistic and say, could SH2 Remake introduce to a whole new generation of gamers that games can be more than dumb streamer fodder and can actually be works of art?
I guess at the end of the day it is cool to have this ip back.
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SH2remake trailer looks like shit. Instead of stoic, disturbed, melancholy and dread we get James basically crying from the first scene onwards. Anons spoke in hushed tones about how Bloober being given an SH project was rumoured forever and were proven right. We'll see how it turns out and I want to be wrong, but so far it looks very unpromising. Doesn't help that the voice acting sounds like generic AAA mush totally lacking the strange unprofessional quality that Guy et al were able to churn out.
Konami finally got off their asses when they saw Capcom printing money with their (mostly) good remakes and decided the best course of action was to hand the keys to their most beloved horror title to a studio that no one likes.
Konami finally got off their asses when they saw Capcom printing money with their (mostly) good remakes and decided the best course of action was to hand the keys to their most beloved horror title to a studio that no one likes.
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SH2 remake looks meh, it could go either way says the optimist in me, but knowing Capcom it'll probably be shit, they did fuck up the HD version back then after all (and the whole series). Glad to see my man Akira Yamaoka on the music tho, so I'll probably check it out just for that (pirating if its shit, if it's alright I'll buy). Also I noticed the trailer started with the camera on the ground with a cockroach in frame, a nod to Silent Hills/P.T.?
I haven't seen the other stuff but apparently it's gonna be in Japan? I thought the whole point of Silent Hill was a Japanese horror style on a American location with inspiration from American horror, main ones being Jacob's Ladder and Stephen King, The original devs or at least some went on to make Siren which was in Japan, so it seems odd.
I haven't seen the other stuff but apparently it's gonna be in Japan? I thought the whole point of Silent Hill was a Japanese horror style on a American location with inspiration from American horror, main ones being Jacob's Ladder and Stephen King, The original devs or at least some went on to make Siren which was in Japan, so it seems odd.
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The only exciting thing shown at this:
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Another issue is the change from fixed camera to typical modern third person camera, that's going to change the feel a lot, especially in places like the apartments where the camera really made you feel claustrophobic.
The voice acting in 2 overall has a raw quality to it that while inconsistent and at times cheesy, serves the David Lynch vibes and has a more authentic feel to it than modern "professional" voice acting does.
That said, I'm going to choose to be optimistic and that maybe this will turn out to be a respectable update to the game, it will be nice to have SH2 out there again and readily available to a new generation of gamers.
Mary's reading of the letter at the end of the game is some of the best voice acting I've heard in anything, it feels raw and real in a way modern voice acting doesn't which is one reason alone why SH2 Remake pretty much can't be the definitive version of the game.
The voice acting in 2 overall has a raw quality to it that while inconsistent and at times cheesy, serves the David Lynch vibes and has a more authentic feel to it than modern "professional" voice acting does.
That said, I'm going to choose to be optimistic and that maybe this will turn out to be a respectable update to the game, it will be nice to have SH2 out there again and readily available to a new generation of gamers.
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What makes me more depressive is the fact that the majority are not even questioning whether or not they should even give a quick glance at this. To them there's just "oh ma gad, more Silent Hill?... Please more.... more more more give me more", which it was most of the comments in the live stream, not counting the spics and third world gooblers that were complaining that it was not going to come out on Xbox.
Also, the issue is not that it looks "professional or has good graphics", it's that it looks virtually the same as every other bloober game.
Umineko and Higurashi are one of the worst horror media ever conceived. I have no idea why would they ever fathom giving Silent Hill to that lolicon coomer. Even someone like Junji Ito would have been a better pic than him.
Also, the issue is not that it looks "professional or has good graphics", it's that it looks virtually the same as every other bloober game.
Umineko and Higurashi are one of the worst horror media ever conceived. I have no idea why would they ever fathom giving Silent Hill to that lolicon coomer. Even someone like Junji Ito would have been a better pic than him.
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Not the first time they've done this, remember the "Month of Madness?" They released the HD collection, Downpour, and Book of Memories all in the same month, and that worked out really well.
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My bad I'm drunk and retarded, fixed
Wasn't he supposed to be working on Silent Hills or something? It's a shame, I know some write him off as a generic mangaka but I would love to see some of his influence on a Silent Hill title.
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He was, yeah. I think it was creature or art design or something.