TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
It's not a matter of prettier or more attractive.
Angela is an established character. She's not fat.
I expect Eddie to be a 220 lb bearded 6 foot chad.
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Silent Hill 2 Remake releases October 8th 2024! | State of Play
It's not a matter of prettier or more attractive.
Angela is an established character. She's not fat.
I expect Eddie to be a 220 lb bearded 6 foot chad.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Y'all are fucking killing me here
Pop
Member
Western devs need a reset. Too much poison in the industry
TerribleAtThisGame
Member
This motherfucker took it so far he went full Silent Hill subtitle fontLast ones i swear.
They pretty much changed all the characters to some degree, when you try and change her from the chubby version, you are changing her to be more attractive, which as I hinted at in her character story, well....
Also I can't say she's 'fat', but I suppose being a bit chubby(I'm not even sure about calling her that either, just really seems more as weird/'unique' face modelling) counts as someone being 'fat' to Americans? I dunno, I'm clocking her as 'chubby', and as a chubby nondescript, teen it seems to fit her better and I can't seeing how adding more weight is actually detrimental to her character. I guess they could make her more anorexic and depressed, but I suppose that'd be a bit too on the nose.
Ulysses 31
Member
Better than the old in-game model sure, better than the CGI version(acting/attitude wise), still questionable since we've seen so little of the new version so far.
WoodyStare
Member
For a second I thought this was just a screenshot from Twin Peaks.Last ones i swear.
EMR
Member
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
Again, my dude. It's not a matter of attractive or ugly, or better or worse. It's about respecting what came before. Angela always struck me (and others) as kind of a frumpy dumpy chick who was soft spoken but kind of...slow sounding. I'll just say it: she seemed like the mid 90's Americana stereotype of a chick growing up in a white trash home. Intentionally so. There's an aesthetic that's hard to put words to, she felt like a character you might see in something along the lines of Natural Born Killers or some shit. Now it looks like the worst thing her father did was tell her to stop self inserting herself as Mary Jane in her Spider-man games.
Canon SH2 Angela is a broken, meek runaway wanderer who is not unfamiliar to violence, both giving and receiving. She's not Humpty Dumpty. This is a good example of an "Abby wouldn't be a gorilla in a realistic post apocalypse," deal.
sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
HZD crossover to SH2.....fat ass aloy as a guest boss battleState of Shit tradition.
Dr.Morris79
Member
How do you take one of the best stories in gaming then hire a 'sensitive consulting' firm to 'fix' it?
U wot m8?
The fucking gall of these cunts to even consider they 'know' better
Fuck right off.
Denton
Member
Man, I will not miss that shitty camera of the original
Audiophile
Member
Would be nice if they could pull the camera back a bit too.
SolidQ
Member
Audiophile
Member
Asian Jank > Euro Jank
Badlucktroll
Member
so they added some chub to angela. in game whilst playing it probably makes her more pathetic. i wonder if they converted eddie into a big hispanic or black dude
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
tommib
Banned
deriks
4-Time GIF/Meme God
Well, Silent Hill has a lot of stuff inspired on Twin Peaks, so...
Yeah, Twin Peaks and Jacob's Ladder are the major sources of inspiration.
DarthPutin
Member
I liked gameplay trailer from Konami thing much more.
TerribleAtThisGame
Member
It's that lush, fluffy 80s hair. Who wouldn't be swept up in its glory?
EverydayBeast
ChatGPT 0.1
Game looks strange, according to NEOGAF silent hill is the holy grail of horror games, but how much of a difference will it make if I haven’t played the first silent hill?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Won't make a difference, 2 is standalone. It will be beneficial but you can enjoy SH2 on itself 100%.
MiguelItUp
Member
SH1 and SH2 are not related at all. SH1 and SH3 connect in various ways. SH2 is a stand alone.
March Climber
Member
I really miss when more games used to do the 'in-game map' thing. More devs should bring this back.There are definitely some changes to the Brookhaven layout:
Heimdall_Xtreme
Hermen Hulst Fanclub's #1 Member
James "Sinusitis" Sunderland
That was better
Borowski_1
Member
People should give Bloodber Team a break
Ok, face models are not perfect, but let the studio do its job., and then judge the final product
Ok, face models are not perfect, but let the studio do its job., and then judge the final product
RJMacready73
Simps for Amouranth
How in the hell can they not be embarrassed sticking the Silent Hill name to this low level effort, it looks awful
ShadowNate
Member
Looks like the mod creators of the Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition are excited about what was shown in the extended gameplay. I agree to a certain degree; I might not be as enthused, and I will wait for early reviews before I buy in.
dDoc
Member
I was disappointed when I saw the state of play trailer.
However compared to the original, graphics wise it's much better cmon guys.
But yeah graphics could have been better tbh.
Hopefully they nail the gameplay as the originals aged badly. Not too confident on that though
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Big Baller
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Maguro
Member
I've watched the trailer and can honestly say i'm kinda sick of the copy-paste Resident Evil 4 gameplay. I get it RE4 was beloved by many so much, that Capcom made RE2 and RE3 in the same way. And now Konami has to copy it because they want a piece of the cake.
But hear me out: When i grew up i adored Silent Hill 1 and 2 and played them some years ago recently again. And they still hold up pretty fine. To me growing up with these kind of survival horror games it was always about the morbid and dread atmosphere. When Resident Evil 4 came out i wasn't impressed but i played it anyway. I even bought the PS4 Version and it's an okay game. But the fact is.. to me the "over the shoulder camera" and more shooter focused gameplay takes away SO MUCH of the atmosphere these games had when they still had a fixed camera angel. I have no idea why people complain all the time about tank controls, i play these games and the characters are fine to control. Now the same happens to Silent Hill 2 and i'm kinda pissed about it. I don't care that the character models look like shit, i care about the atmosphere in these games that feels very different now.
But hear me out: When i grew up i adored Silent Hill 1 and 2 and played them some years ago recently again. And they still hold up pretty fine. To me growing up with these kind of survival horror games it was always about the morbid and dread atmosphere. When Resident Evil 4 came out i wasn't impressed but i played it anyway. I even bought the PS4 Version and it's an okay game. But the fact is.. to me the "over the shoulder camera" and more shooter focused gameplay takes away SO MUCH of the atmosphere these games had when they still had a fixed camera angel. I have no idea why people complain all the time about tank controls, i play these games and the characters are fine to control. Now the same happens to Silent Hill 2 and i'm kinda pissed about it. I don't care that the character models look like shit, i care about the atmosphere in these games that feels very different now.
Darius87
Member
lol no remake characters are way better looking old cg character models looks like plastic faces very pale and unrealistic not even comparable i don't know what's up with everyone but i much better like remake though cheeks must me reduced on that girl face.
James "Sinusitis" Sunderland
That was better
Nobody argues that tehnically the remake doesn't look superior. I mean...wtf!
But those who actually played the original (and actually paid attention to the story), are saying that the design, artistically, is way waay off (appearence, VA) in regards to the character's personality and everything surrounding their characterisation.
Valt7786
Member
I'm honestly wondering if thats why they haven't shown Eddie yet. SH 2 has a very white cast, if a sweet baby type of firm are involved then that just won't fly with them.
bishopcruz
Member
If we're going to discuss Angela's design, can we show anything other than the worst possible image of her? Literally every other shot of her looks different and while yeah, a bad shot can be good for the lols, she looks better, but still different in every other bit they showed.
Because if we want to use closeups that make a character looks strange then:
Either way it looks like the new design is based on the actress, like every other character we have seen so far in the game, and this wasn't an attempt to make her look "fat" or anything like that. Hell, her body seems normally proportioned
Because if we want to use closeups that make a character looks strange then:
Either way it looks like the new design is based on the actress, like every other character we have seen so far in the game, and this wasn't an attempt to make her look "fat" or anything like that. Hell, her body seems normally proportioned
NeverYouMind
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