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Silent Hill 2 |OT| You promised you'd take me there again someday...
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GudOlRub
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Dude played Silent Hill expecting it to be Resident Evil and then proceeded to blast the game because it didn't play like Resident Evil
I wonder how much these people earn, I bet I could do their job better than them despite my degree having nothing to do with journalism or writing.
consoul
Member
Movie lore (from Gans' Silent Hill adaptation), not game lore.
Ito himself confirmed it's not ash in the games.
Harkonnen
Member
Yes, very good use of haptic. It was like as if I was in this room. Very unsettling.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
TheDuskwalker
Member
IGN's Alien Isolation review has been topped on the shit-o-meter.Dude played Silent Hill expecting it to be Resident Evil and then proceeded to blast the game because it didn't play like Resident Evil
I wonder how much these people earn, I bet I could do their job better than them despite my degree having nothing to do with journalism or writing.
TerribleAtThisGame
Member
For those not familiar with Blue Velvet by David Lynch:
Massive fan of this movie and never put the two together somehow.
Massive fan of this movie and never put the two together somehow.
saintjules
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Madflavor
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TerribleAtThisGame
Member
I've blown off several social engagements, cleaning the apartment and sex for this game the past two nights.
RagnarokIV
Battlebus imprisoning me \m/ >.< \m/
Arrived at the 3rd floor of the hospital last night. The hospital section is really scary, and games normally don't bother me that much!
TheDarkPhantom
Member
Ruined Area 
Dusktildawn48
Member
Think I'm about out of the hospital, how far am I? Guessing about halfway
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
I beat the game in 13 hours my first run with exploring. 0 deaths.
There’s a trophy to beat it under 10 hours.
There’s enough enemy variety, solid bosses, etc to make the combat feel good without becoming a slog.
RE7 combat for example was shit and done to death after 3 hours tops.
Enemy types:
Zipper head guys who melee
Zipper guys on floor
Zipper guys who only spew acid and blow up
Finger bangers on walls
Finger bangers on floor (take more shots to kill)
Floor suckers
Ceiling suckers
White nurse
Red nurse
I think that’s everything? Not counting bosses. 9 total for a short game seems rock solid to me.
Luipadre
Member
I finished the hospital and my PS says im 50% in so yeah, halfway
Arachnid
Member
It singlehandedly dropped the meta from an 89 to an 86. Fucking ridiculous.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
The Guardian can go eat worms. They’re wrong.
Diseased Yak
Gold Member
I hit a reproducible game crash (on PC) last night whilst finishing up the Woodside Apartments. If I loaded my save from the 1st floor and ran down a certain hallway, it would crash.
Started to get filled with despair but then I tried one last time and ran the opposite way, through a luckily available different route, and managed to bypass the issue and continue onward.
Started to get filled with despair but then I tried one last time and ran the opposite way, through a luckily available different route, and managed to bypass the issue and continue onward.
Nickolaidas
Member
Classic Angela modded in the game.
thismeinteil
Member
That's exactly how it worked in the OG games. And yes, that's how fog works in real life. You look towards the distance and you see it. You walk to the spot you were looking at and you can see around you, but where you were now looks foggy.
Pretty sure that's the movies' shitty lore, not the OG games' lore. It was fog and snow, not ash from some underground fire.
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Dr.Morris79
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I like it. It's got the aesthetic of the original, the music is actually on point (Not as good as the original score, but you can't have everything..) and the voice acting is.. pretty damn good
Good set of headphones, dark room, brown trousers. Perfect
I was a bit peeved CD Keys bummed me out of my 48 hour preview play due to tomfoolery but they threw me a ten pound voucher which went towards Dragons Dogma 2
All in all. It gets the 'Can't wait to get stuck back in later' award. More than I can say for a lot of the fully priced guff we've been getting these days.
...But don't think I didn't notice the slight touch of the woke though. Maria's ugly and old as fuck. And I know full well that was the purple haired gorgon in the corner that wanted it that way
Good set of headphones, dark room, brown trousers. Perfect
I was a bit peeved CD Keys bummed me out of my 48 hour preview play due to tomfoolery but they threw me a ten pound voucher which went towards Dragons Dogma 2
All in all. It gets the 'Can't wait to get stuck back in later' award. More than I can say for a lot of the fully priced guff we've been getting these days.
...But don't think I didn't notice the slight touch of the woke though. Maria's ugly and old as fuck. And I know full well that was the purple haired gorgon in the corner that wanted it that way
Ulysses 31
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It's also curious how only she got such a big outfit change while the rest didn't......But don't think I didn't notice the slight touch of the woke though. Maria's ugly and old as fuck. And I know full well that was the purple haired gorgon in the corner that wanted it that way
delfrickintree
Banned
Aggressive consumerism. The perfect bioweapon
Pandawan
Member
Is Silent Hill 2 selling well?
Only 23k concurrent players peak on Steam( 170k estimate owners( It is so sad if such a great game will flop.
I also do not understand how such a popular game in terms of viewrship can sell so bad? 200K+ concurrent viewers on Twitch on the first 3 days, 11 million views of the first trailer, and only 170k copies sold on steam on the first few days(((( sad
Also how accurate are these by PlayTracker, Gamalytic, VG Insights estimates are usually? Epesially on the first days? Do they have enought info or they are really analizing and guessing? May it be that they are wrong by saying 170 while in reality is much more?
Anyone tracked other games sales estimates on realese days? Were there examples of them saying low estimates on the first days and greatly increaing them over the next month?
Dr.Morris79
Member
Yep. They just couldn't help themselvesIt's also curious how only she got such a big outfit change while the rest didn't...
Well well well...
Having just looked up the VA for maria, guess what?
It's a self insert it seems
Obviously not one for one. But that's her alright
Same mouth shape too.
Ulysses 31
Member
Hit Detection(SBI clone) was involved with the game so who knows how much word of that affected sales.
GymWolf
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I have a question, i'm reading around that to get most of the special endings you have to do very specific things that would not come natural without a guide.
My question is, if i don't wanna use guides and just play the damn game as it comes, is the "casual" ending complete shit or it is still a good ending that explain stuff etc??
My question is, if i don't wanna use guides and just play the damn game as it comes, is the "casual" ending complete shit or it is still a good ending that explain stuff etc??
Ulysses 31
Member
You'll have to inspect Mary's items in your possession before the penultimate boss fight or else you'll likely get the suicide ending instead of the Leave ending.
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Bartski
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all endings are great. If you play on hard it's most likely get "in the water" due to the time you'll be spending at low health
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GymWolf
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Oh ok, if even the bad ending is still good and explain stuff then i don't need the good ending.
So the "in the water" is the ending you get when you ignore all of the obtuse requisites right?
Ulysses 31
Member
What are you smoking? The In Water ending is the last ending you'd want for a first playthrough.
Bartski
Gold Member
I don't understand this opinion at all but I'm not gonna be talking spoilers here
Correct. Game apparently works just like the original where it grants you points for certain actions that unlock one of 3 primary endings. "in the water" is like the bad ending but nothing wrong with that with this kind of story.
GymWolf
Member
Oh yeah i don't care about the bad ending, i just don't want some abrupt shit that explain nothing.
To quote ivan drago, if james dies, he dies.
Bartski
Gold Member
the abrupt shit is secret endings that are NG+ only. Enjoy
Ulysses 31
Member
What's so hard? In one James commits suicide and in the other James accepts what's happened and leaves SH with Laura to go on with his life. You don't see one of those 2 as the depressing option?
Depends what you're expecting an explanation for though. Silent Hill itself remains an Eldritch phenomenon regardless.
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Arachnid
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I've never understood people who disparage others like that on this topic with some snarky comment that misses the mark. Do they understand that meta/reviews does actually influence sales and general public perception? People want the games they like to succeed. Therefore, it makes sense to care about that number.
GymWolf
Member
I mean i don't expect a wall of text explaining everything, but maybe something that help unravel this web of misterious stuff that is happening...
TerribleAtThisGame
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The "your self worth" thing is one of those armchair psychologist gotchas popularized in the last few years. People see others use these catchy, super smart expressions and regurgitate them ad nauseam. I have a feeling none of them ever stop to consider how absurd the actual statement is in context. I recently called an artist's latest album terrible and had the self worth line thrown my way for having "tied my self worth to elitism and gatekeeping". It's...just a shitty album...
The internet makes everything out to be worthy of psychological dissection when in reality we just all kinda say and do shit that feels good/fun/engaging at the moment. It's not that deep.
delfrickintree
Banned
Not you specifically, but this kind of attitude is why some fans are hesitant or stalwart against modernizing classic things. Newcomers want to be spoonfed concepts that have been nuanced and developing among the community for a long time. Then its invaded and the whole culture changes. Sure it can be argued that new life is breathed into and more attention could be positive for further games. But I wish people introduced to new communities would be humble and listen/watch and learn. Instead we get people conditioned to commodity things before moving on to the next viral happening.
Also as some have pointed out, modernized renditions DO tarnish originals whether someone uses that cheesedick argument "the original always exists unaffected."
TheDuskwalker
Member
Finally got my copy and installing now.
Auto_aim1
MeisaMcCaffrey
Bro come on man, I just unlocked the elevator. Fucking hell it's really creepy.
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
I like this post. It's kind of akin to like....Blind Guardian releasing a thirty minute album of straight power chord radio hits because "it will get the music out to more and varied people,"
Like, nah. You're just taking a piece of medium-challenge medium and dumbing it down and making its subtleties yellow paint obvious, turning it into entry level work.
We NEED Breaking Bads and Evangelions in media. There needs to be a higher tier of complexity available to interested consumers. Making something for everyone ends up alienating everyone.
Granted, I'm down with SH2R.
Bartski
Gold Member
I still see nothing wrong in the "depressing option" as it perfectly concludes the story, and so does "leave". I did find the latter more uplifting I'll give you that.
all primary endings do, with a different final outcome
GymWolf
Member
Well i just asked if the ending i get without following a guide is gonna be decent or an abrupt one, because believe it or not, not everyone replay games more than once and not everyone want to follow a guide when they play a game, especially when the requisites to get the special endings are obtuse and not "natural" like in this case, i'm even ok with the bad ending if it is still somehow of a closure and not an abrupt one, i just wanna be sure to have a decent ending without following a guide.
But maybe i misunderstood you.
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FrankWza
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kittoo
Cretinously credulous
Concurrent was indeed a bit lower than what I thought it would be, especially since the game didnt even release on Epic etc. I expected highest to be around 40-50k.
At the same time, there was a 2 days early release thing also- which wouldve dispersed the numbers and reduced highest concurrent a bit. This is also more of a PlayStation game so its success depends more there I would assume. Finally, Silent Hill was never a sales monster.
In summary, a bit disappointing but lot remains to be seen- for how long it remains in top sellers and what kind of legs it has, how it sells on PS5 and finally- what was the budget and what Konami was expecting. We will get to know in a couple of months when Konami or Bloober give a statement regarding sales.
Edit- Controversial but I also feel that, purely from a sales point of view, adding Denuvo mightve helped PC sales. The game was available to pirates 2 days before official release (due to early release). I am not claiming how big the jump wouldve been, but some for sure.
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Exentryk
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First time playing Silent Hill, and right off the bat, the atmosphere here is amazing. The opening was cool and the voice acting is great as well. The star of the show has to be the audio though. Even if you are just walking along a path with nothing happening, the audio can still make it all interesting. Once you get further along though, the audio truly elevates this game. Definitely get a good pair of headphones to experience this.
In terms of gameplay, the character's movement is a little stiff (generally the animation work is poor). The combat is okay, but dodging doesn't feel as responsive when trying to cancel attacks.
Overall, having a good time so far.
In terms of gameplay, the character's movement is a little stiff (generally the animation work is poor). The combat is okay, but dodging doesn't feel as responsive when trying to cancel attacks.
Overall, having a good time so far.