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[Mozzarella]

Honestly not bad, looks immersive and good to play.
Silent Hill was Always a ripoff of Resident Evil so i dont mind that lol but game looks nice and i will buy it.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Never get your hopes up for a Bloober Team game. All their games get around 70/100.

On the plus side, their games are usually budget priced. So the game probably isnt $70 US/$90 CDN.

 

[Audiophile]

Visuals look really, really nice in some place and really poor in others. Framerate is somehow worse than Silent Hill 1 on PS1 though,

 

[Gambit2483]

It is for games like this that we need a PS5 Pro!

More power can't fix bad art.

 

[Badlucktroll]

it looks ok in the sh transmission stop rippin on it lol

 

[MDSLKTR]

Looks phenomenal in the stream, haters.

 

[adamsapple]

Never get your hopes up for a Bloober Team game. All their games get around 70/100.

On the plus side, their games are usually budget priced. So the game probably isnt $70 US/$90 CDN.

 

[SenkiDala]

Fuck's sake, what happened here? The game looked so damn good in the announcement trailer.

They don't understand what SH2 is... Like they didn't understand Blair Witch... It seems that Bloober remains incompetent at making at least descent games. It looks below the average like all their past productions. Who the fuck at Konami decided to give them this masterpiece to remake ?

Asking Bloober to remake SH2 is like... I dunno, asking the Jonas Brothers to recompose the 4 seasons of Vivaldi, that's out of their reach.

Just pathetic...

 

[indigo-cyclops]

Good, don't have to bother paying full price for this trash

 

[Flabagast]

Gameplay segment shown at Transmission was not bad imho

 

[Oppoi]

Sony will make a fortune with all these games.

 

[RedPyramidHead]

 

[adamsapple]

Gameplay segment shown at Transmission was not bad imho

Sounds encouraging, will check it out. The SoP trailer was terrible.

 

[Badlucktroll]

Gameplay segment shown at Transmission was not bad imho

yeah it looks fine….like the resident evil remakes or something

 

[Northeastmonk]

48 hour early access for $80 USD. I don't get the masks. I will say I'm tempted as a fanboy of this franchise, but some of their design choices are questionably bad. Blooper isn't even close to Team Silent's characters and they were on much older hardware. It's crazy.

 

[Doom85]

Honestly not bad, looks immersive and good to play.
Silent Hill was Always a ripoff of Resident Evil so i dont mind that lol but game looks nice and i will buy it.

This, the complaints of "they made it like RE!" are confusing to say the least.

And while it doesn't look like a modern gen game, so? Weren't a ton of people on Gaf saying graphics should stop being overly focused on as it makes game development go on too long and the budget too huge? Where's the consistency? Just give me a creepy atmosphere, lots to explore, and don't change the story/characters, and everything indicates they're doing that.

 

[adamsapple]

 

[HeWhoWalks]

Silent Hill was Always a ripoff of Resident Evil

Funniest thing I've read all day!

There's a difference between being an inspiration/competitor and a ripoff. Go back and play the original of both series'. One had 3D backgrounds, deliberate lack of combat, and darker themes by a country mile.

 

[March Climber]

The most important thing about the trailer was that it confirmed the crosshair can be turned off for maximum difficulty and immersion.

I agree about the gameplay livestream being a much better watch.

 

[Magic Carpet]

I've never played Silent Hill before. I will use this to judge all the hype I've ever heard for the past 20+ years.
It better be good.

 

[Hohenheim]

Gameplay shown at transmission looked good, except for the terrible frame rate / stuttering. I'm sure it won't be like that when released though. That would've been the real horror of the game.

 

[adamsapple]

I've never played Silent Hill before. I will use this to judge all the hype of ever heard for the past 20+ years.
It better be good.

Don't let this be the first time you play an SH game. Play the PS1 and PS2 games first, for the love of god.

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

It continues.....more western dev manification of females

 

[Doom85]

I'm not seeing any weapons/items locked behind the deluxe edition, so nothing worth complaining about in my book. Oh no, I'll miss out on three masks I would never use, how will I survive?

 

[Perrott]

You guys are fucking insane if you think this game looks bad visually.

The gameplay demo looked breathtaking, a true next-gen and UE5 showcase.

 

[{insert code here}]

What the fuck have they done to Angela !!!!

Ya know, i could post the side by side of her and that Sony employee but i wont.

 

[adamsapple]

I'm not seeing any weapons/items locked behind the deluxe edition, so nothing worth grilling about in my book. Oh no, I'll miss out on three masks I would never use, how will I survive?

This doesn't seem like the kind of game to pull off Ubisoft style early access shit, just a bit off-putting seeing those charts.

 

[apocaliptic]

What the fuck have they done to Angela !!!!

After the mass suicide of women because of Stellar Blade, do you wanted another game to do that?

 

[keefged4]

..Okay I have hope for this now. It looks pretty decent. Not as bad as initially thought.

 

[FoxMcChief]

You guys are fucking insane if you think this game looks bad visually.

The gameplay demo looked breathtaking, a true next-gen and UE5 showcase.

 

[Shakka43]

Gameplay shown at transmission looked good, except for the terrible frame rate / stuttering. I'm sure it won't be like that when released though. That would've been the real horror of the game.

Lets just hope it has a performance mode. The Medium didn't run that well either so that part is a bit concerning. Gameplay, visuals and game direction all look fine.

 

[Iced Arcade]

lol no thanks

 

[adamsapple]

Ok, the footage in the Transmission is better than this SoP trailer. A little less disheartened now.

 

[Coconutt]

You guys are fucking insane if you think this game looks bad visually.

The gameplay demo looked breathtaking, a true next-gen and UE5 showcase.

 

[Superposition]

What the fuck have they done to Angela !!!!

What the fuck is this?

 

[Vick]

You guys are fucking insane if you think this game looks bad visually.

The gameplay demo looked breathtaking, a true next-gen and UE5 showcase.

Visually, when it comes to the Gameplay Demo I agree.

Gameplay animations are behind PS2 games though. Not the mention the rest of the game, every aspect of what concerns authoriality and sense of dread in particular, in comparison to the original.

https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/257026897/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1717109160

 

[Audiophile]

Hopefully the film comes through. Same director as the first movie which I really liked.

 

[Draugoth]

 

[TheInfamousKira]

Angela looked like Sandy Cheeks, but otherwise....

It gives you a good idea of what their deal is - use Silent Hill 2 remake and the movie to tie into each other demographic/sales wise and try and make movie goers who aren't gamers cross over and vice versa. Someone figured out how to weaponize the Naughty Dog trick. Maybe.

From an appearance and gameplay perspective, yeah....this looks good. Looks like it plays solid, isn't horrifically combat focused, has a behind the back third person camera. I think it's gonna be a killer title.

^ is what I'd say if this came out two or three years after the PS4 launch.

That said, I'd rather have a title that emulates widely accepted game design from 10 years ago than a large majority of whatever the fuck they're doing in contemporary games. It might be a "wait for the Thanksgiving psn sale," style of "I'd rather," but I digress.

 

[Mr.ODST]

I'd rather play SH2 HD remaster than this PS3 graphic looking shit.

Honestly Bloober was not the one for this, looks worse each showing

 

[Doom85]

Hearing the director talk about the Silent Hill 2 movie:

-assumed he would have to explain the game to the production team, set designers, makeup, etc., only for many of them to be fans of the game themselves
-minimal CGI apparently, pretty much all the creatures will be played by dancers and acrobats and such
-Akira Yamaoka's music will be used for the film just like the original film

 

[Clear]

Stream quality on the transmission was bloody awful, but I have to admit the game looked in good shape.

Atmosphere was right, the redone VO was spot on and the facial animation was way better than I expected.

 

[March Climber]

It gives you a good idea of what their deal is - use Silent Hill 2 remake and the movie to tie into each other demographic/sales wise and try and make movie goers who aren't gamers cross over and vice versa. Someone figured out how to weaponize the Naughty Dog trick. Maybe.

From an appearance and gameplay perspective, yeah....this looks good. Looks like it plays solid, isn't horrifically combat focused, has a behind the back third person camera. I think it's gonna be a killer title.

^ is what I'd say if this came out two or three years after the PS4 launch.

Animation wise, I'd agree with this take. Otherwise, I think the PS4's jet engine would burn up at the amount of volumetric fog I saw in this slice of gameplay.

 

[Msamy]

They did a good job

 

[Shin-Ra]

Players of classy psychological horror games love that FOMO play TWO DAYS EARLY! shit.

 

[FF:Enhanced_Reality]

Funniest thing I've read all day!

There's a difference between being an inspiration/competitor and a ripoff. Go back and play the original of both series'. One had 3D backgrounds, deliberate lack of combat, and darker themes by a country mile.

People said then when I was a kid. They're two very different games. They shared fixed camera angles and horror themes. But that's all. RE could be considered a rip off of Alone in the Dark. Would you say Galerians is a resident evil rip off or Dino crisis? No. They share similarities because of the technology at the time and how games were made. But the identity and concept of each game couldn't be further apart.

Resident evil is good violence and gore, body horror and plenty of shock. Silent hill was always playing with your mind. Using sound and atmosphere to terrify you.

I have to say though, I'm pretty fucking mad there isn't a physical collectors edition.

 

[Doom85]

So zero info on Silent Hill Townfall and Silent Hill F. Disappointing, but I'll let them cook. The former, I've not played their indie games but they're supposed to be quite good, and the latter is being written by the Higurashi writer and that guy knows him some damn horror.

 

[HeWhoWalks]

People said then when I was a kid. They're two very different games. They shared fixed camera angles and horror themes. But that's all. RE could be considered a rip off of Alone in the Dark. Would you say Galerians is a resident evil rip off or Dino crisis? No. They share similarities because of the technology at the time and how games were made. But the identity and concept of each game couldn't be further apart.

Resident evil is good violence and gore, body horror and plenty of shock. Silent hill was always playing with your mind. Using sound and atmosphere to terrify you.

I have to say though, I'm pretty fucking mad there isn't a physical collectors edition.

 

[Doom85]

People said then when I was a kid. They're two very different games. They shared fixed camera angles and horror themes. But that's all. RE could be considered a rip off of Alone in the Dark. Would you say Galerians is a resident evil rip off or Dino crisis? No. They share similarities because of the technology at the time and how games were made. But the identity and concept of each game couldn't be further apart.

Resident evil is good violence and gore, body horror and plenty of shock. Silent hill was always playing with your mind. Using sound and atmosphere to terrify you.

I have to say though, I'm pretty fucking mad there isn't a physical collectors edition.

Pretty sure most of us are talking about the general control scheme when saying the original SHs were like the original REs, and those saying the SH 2 remake looks like the new REs (due to being fully third person now). The differing elements of the two series weren't really what most of us were even talking about.

 

[Muffdraul]

After the reception of the first gameplay footage months ago, I seriously expected them to re-do the gun sound fx. They still sound like water balloons filled with tapioca pudding being thrown at a brick wall.