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[Kacho]

The deed is done.

Day 1 Bloober game. What a time to be alive.

 

[DeepEnigma]

it really came out in the last DF direct, he had this weird laugh during Olivers segment when talking about the Horizon Zero Dawn Remaster and nothing was funny

It's called, insecurity.

 

[RagnarokIV]

haterz: Bloober sucks lolomg silent hill ruined, wtf woke

Bloober: You fool! This isn't even my final form!

Say hello to my new transformation - blÜBER

 

[mckmas8808]

85-89 %

Bloober redemption arc

WOW!!!! You were so right! How did you know it was coming?

 

[adamsapple]

Is it that time for me to go again?

 

[Chuck Berry]

Cool never played the original and I'm not a new gamer - just missed it. Lets go.

Same boat. Played the original on PS1 way back when it first released. Grabbed SH2 for original Xbox sometime in college, played for five minutes and never touched it again for whatever reason. Im sure it was probably the controls and jank. Ah to be so young and dumb.

 

[Caio]

88% on Open Critic right now, OMG !

 

[DeepEnigma]

88% on Open Critic right now, OMG !

 

[bundylove]

Now what.

Do i want to wait for a the pro to play this?

 

[Hoho for breakfast]

Damn another game to buy already. Probably also buying Black Ops and Life Is Strange...r at release too if they're good.

 

[Kacho]

Now what.

Do i want to wait for a the pro to play this?

Bro, it’s October. Spooky season is upon us. Dont wait.

 

[mckmas8808]

They have been king of third party releases. FF7 Rebirth, Helldivers 2, and Silent Hill 2 could all contend for GOTY, and Astrobot(first party) is probably winning it. Not to mention Rise of the Ronin, which is probably my GOTY, even with all its quirks

Not to be "THAT GUY" but Helldivers 2 is a 2nd party game. I agree with your point though.

 

[Hookshot]

Very surprised I figured bugs and jank would drag the score down but the devs apparently haven't botched it.

 

[mckmas8808]

Gotta say too that it's very curious how this 2024 looked so bad for PS5 back in January and it ended up being the best year up there with 2022, pretty much everything overdelivered, HD2, Stellar Blade, SH, FF Rebirth, Astro Bot, even it got a ninja last hour console exclusive with Wukong, wait and see Lego Horizon getting nice reviews too lol.

Love this post! It's not talked about enough how Wukong has become a console exclusive due to MS' mistakes with Xbox. And when the PS5 Pro drops and SH2 Remake and Wukong gets patches, the delta will only grow. I'm curious if Bloober will try to get hardware raytracing in SH2 for the Pro....

 

[Arsic]

Haters on suicide watch. Digging up duchovony memes to help their narrative.

I’m so moist. Anus quaking to let this one in.

 

[March Climber]

Haters on suicide watch. Digging up duchovony memes to help their narrative.

If it crosses the 90 score threshold prepare to see the salt mines open.

 

[mckmas8808]

Now what.

Do i want to wait for a the pro to play this?

YES!!! That's what I'm doing too. Hopefully the Pro patch drops before the end of the year.

 

[Shrap]

The Medium was actually pretty good, technical issues were it's problem.

nah, the medium was garbage and was a big reason as to why I had little faith in this being any good.

Looks like this is the first game they've made with actual good gameplay.

 

[DavidGzz]

It's like he don't know PCs support most controllers now and they have HDMI out.

And nekkid nurses within a few hours of launch.

 

[Flabagast]

Does any review speak about how hard hard riddles setting is ?

 

[Arsic]

I’m not sure if I’m getting pc or ps5.

3080 vs ps5.

I think couch mode for this is ideal.

 

[Senua]

I have a high end PC, but I’m still buying it on PS5. Some games just feel like they have to be played on a PlayStation. This is one of them. GT games are another.

Only on gaf

 

[//DEVIL//]

Honestly didn’t expect his high score. Impressive

 

[Shakka43]

Glad I preordered at 20% discount. It is reviewing pretty well.

 

[Flabagast]

comparison between performance and quality

Pretty big difference on lighting and fog apparently

 

[Caio]

comparison between performance and quality

Pretty big difference on lighting and fog apparently

Play it on PS5 PRO, Quality at 60fps with better lighting; problem solved !

 

[Chuck Berry]

Anus quaking to let this one in.

Tag checks out

 

[NeverYouMind]

Why do I get the feeling that the User Score is going to be considerably lower?

 

[Fabieter]

Why do I get the feeling that the User Score is going to be considerably lower?

Probably because you know the gaming community really well.

 

[Luipadre]

comparison between performance and quality

Pretty big difference on lighting and fog apparently

Yeah definitely playing quality mode on this one

 

[Ulysses 31]

Why do I get the feeling that the User Score is going to be considerably lower?

Reality's coming.

And once here:

Spoiler

 

[Unknown?]

Only on gaf

Nah, it's true. Just like fighters are best played on console/arcade. RTS and simulators are best on PC. Certain genres are better on different platforms.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Nah, it's true. Just like fighters are best played on console/arcade. RTS and simulators are best on PC. Certain genres are better on different platforms.

Yup.

Fighters/action games best played on PS

RTS/Simulators best played on PC

Kids games are best played on switch

Bad games are best played on Xbox

 

[Arachnid]

Time for me to eat crow I guess.

Bloober getting SH2 was genuinely one of my worst case scenarios in gaming. I used to actually joke about the horror of it back before they were revealed. I talked tons of shit basically all through development after the reveal, up until the story trailer that actually looked good. Thank FUCK they pulled it off. Definitely thought this would end up around the 6-7s originally, but they proved me wrong.

 

[Terenty]

As one great man once said:

never believe a journo

 

[Shin-Ra]

comparison between performance and quality

Pretty big difference on lighting and fog apparently

Neither mode is stable, performance mode drops well below VRR range.

Here we go again.

 

[mckmas8808]

How can most people think this game will score between an 80-89? I'm kinda shock by GAF at the moment.

BTW


I've never been happier to be wrong all year! I was expecting mid 70s.

 

[Unknown?]

BTW


I've never been happier to be wrong all year! I was expecting mid 70s.

You're doing it wrong, gotta double down and say any other points of view are by bigots.

 

[Bartski]

I need some spoiler-free info on how hard are the puzzles on hard. SH3 hard, or in-game knowledge only just no clues given?

 

[Flabagast]

I need some spoiler-free info on how hard are the puzzles on hard. SH3 hard, or in-game knowledge only just no clues given?

Eurogamer says that standard difficulty for puzzles is maybe a little too easy, but dont know about hard yet

 

[Bartski]

Eurogamer says that standard difficulty for puzzles is maybe a little too easy, but dont know about hard yet

I've only listened to the gamespot review in the car, dude said he had 30 medkits and 3 digit ammo at some point and never died on normal. So it's 100% hard for combat on first playthrough. But I for puzzles - no idea, I recently played SH3 and puzzles on hard were just impossible without out-of-game knowledge on random things like Shakespeare. Or google.

 

[adamsapple]

comparison between performance and quality

Pretty big difference on lighting and fog apparently

Yeah.... this is making me lean towards playing on Quality mode.

Performance is missing entire swathes of effects among other cut-backs (Shadows are completely absent in interiors etc) and the performance is dropping below the 48hz VRR threshold. At least the Quality seems like it sticks to the 30.

It's FF16, again.

 

[mckmas8808]

comparison between performance and quality

Pretty big difference on lighting and fog apparently

Ah man! Thanks for this. 100% need that Pro patch now!

 

[Senua]

Nah, it's true. Just like fighters are best played on console/arcade. RTS and simulators are best on PC. Certain genres are better on different platforms.

Please explain how Silent Hill 2 remake is better played on Playstation 5 over a "high end PC"

 

[Luipadre]

Yeah.... this is making me lean towards playing on Quality mode.

Performance is missing entire swathes of effects among other cut-backs (Shadows are completely absent in interiors etc) and the performance is dropping below the 48hz VRR threshold. At least the Quality seems like it sticks to the 30.

It's FF16, again.

Quality 100%. This isnt a fast paced game and performance mode losing a lot of atmosphere. Gladly replay it on the pro if it gets a patch tho

 

[Ulysses 31]

Quality 100%. This isnt a fast paced game and performance mode losing a lot of atmosphere.

But the 30 fps stutter on a lot of modern TVs can diminish the experience...

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

As ALWAYS, I'll always gladly eat a fat plate of crow. I actually love videogames so I never hate on shit just to do it. I just thought their other output ranged from pure trash to barely mediocre so yea. I'm glad they seemed to have pulled through and put in the work.

That being said, Alan Wake 2, and many others, were a critical second coming of Christ that to me glaringly weak so I'll have to wait til I pick it up to start flogging myself just yet.

That being said again...it's nice to see a SH title not instantly go in the 6/10 bargain bin. Hope this shit sells well and they get to maybe flex fully on their own title.

 

[Killer8]

I liked the original game. The remake probably won't impress me as much, but I still couldn't understand why so many people hated it. The remake will allow you to experience the story from a new perspective, and for a true fan that's always an interesting idea. Just being able to explore the Silent Hill map with UE5 graphics makes me want to play the remake regardless of the ugly female design (Angela).

The improvement was massive in the last 3-4 trailers. Made the continued anger over the game seem very odd to me.

Kudos to Bloober and Konami for not letting the negativity stop them from making the best game they could.

You can pinpoint the exact moment the hate train rolled into the station: the January combat reveal trailer. Not only did it look rough, it was also a boneheaded decision (made by Konami) for a game series which has traditionally focused on story over combat.

The problem is that the trailer was a blip. The reveal trailer and everything since that has been great. But people already decided at that point that every fear they had about Bloober was confirmed and the game was going to suck. It's partly Konami's fault for thinking that trailer was acceptable, but it was also a premature over-reaction from gamers to a game still deep in development.

Throw in the Sweet Baby Inc controversy emerging around the same time, and an unfortunate instance of Angela's character model not looking great in certain lighting conditions (which you can find in every game ever made), and Bloober had an uphill struggle to prove themselves.

 

[Kacho]

Looks like this is the first game they've made with actual good gameplay.

Yep. Nice to see Bloober made an actual game for once and not a walking sim. If they have the ability to take older games and do them justice with a remake, then let em' at it.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

Are we pretending that modern day game journalists have any kind of integrity or critical thinking ability that puts them above an average Reddit user? I highly suggest playing the game yourself before claiming that Bloober is "redeemed" or whatever.