tommib
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Oh, I didn’t know that. Surprised about the game having a performance mode.
Going for quality here, anyway. I really don’t mind 30 fps in a game like this.
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Going for quality here, anyway. I really don’t mind 30 fps in a game like this.
Bartski
Gold Member
wtf melee looks perfect, attack and dodge with great visual feedback which is just about the complexity I'd want from it. No skating nor jittering over elevation, the gun sounds fine, almost feels like everything has had multiple passes of VFX tweaks and polish compared to that "combat trailer" I hated with every cell in my body. I knew I’d be playing it at launch anyway, but now I’m hyped, and I haven’t even touched the previews yet, which, at a glance, all seem to share the same sentiment.
thismeinteil
Member
The game flopped horribly. Just let it go, man. It's Joever.
Skifi28
Member
Yeah, unless we get a 60fps mode on the Pro with all the visual goodness, I'm defnintely thinking 30 for this considering the RT lighting and visuals/atmosphere are half the game.
kunonabi
Member
She's sounds obviously evil/sarcastic the whole way through it. It's just a flat wrong way to do the scene.
Wait, what? In the shitter it goes then
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Bartski
Gold Member
Or just check the original and compare.
She does sound very different in the remake, more ominous. This could work. James on the other hand doesn't talk like an anime character / sound guy's scratch track but I'm pretty sure people will complain the living shit out of that as well
Looking strictly at mechanics - it seems like a similar step from original as RE2 Remake. Granted - one could argue SH2 was more yanky (gameplay wise) than RE2 PS1 - but that's a matter of taste.
But I expect this will be held to a much higher (possibly impossibly high) standard in every other (non gameplay) aspect - and that's a harder one to predict.
Eg. lots of people don't accept SOTC or DS remakes as 'true to original' even though they are generally well loved. And SH2 rabid fan legacy is far worse than either of these titles even.
I dunno - I was skeptical at first, but not all of SH2 was fixed cameras either, and there is something to be said for the 'looking behind the veil' effect that seeing these recognisable locations from a 'VR-like' perspective brings. I don't know if it'll get old fast - but I actually like the new lake-scene opening.
VeganElduderino
Member
that fog is soo sexy!
ricardo_sousa11
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Eddie looks very very strange
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Bloobs
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Eddie looks very very strange
He reminds me of a real life actor but cant place him
aliadiere25
Member
Looks better. I'll undoubtedly get it, but I don't think it'll hold a candle to the original.
bender
What time is it?
If you know the story behind how James' voice actor was selected, it was very intentional as is the performance. If you want to call it complaining, so be it but I'll write you off much like I did Troy Baker's and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn's flippant commentary. You'll still have more grace in my book as at least you didn't miss the mark on the redone voice work after levying such criticisms. There is something to be said about authorial intent and the whole of a project being greater than the sum of its' parts. Being beloved aside, remaking this was a daunting task for any developer. And speaking of that:
I'm not going argue that James controlling awkwardly was strictly a design choice as Konami could have borrowed some in-house chops to improve upon it, but happy accidents do happen. James should suck at combat after all, even if that runs counter to being fun. That's a tough balancing act. If you teak or modernize how James controls without adjust monster AI, does combat become too trivial and ruin atmosphere? I'd say that is a possibility. As would any changes to camera framing or perspective.
Modern Konami scares me as does Blooper Team. I'm not even sure who would have been the best to take on this type of project anyway. While I'm super skeptical of this project, I do hope for the best. In my dream world, this exists and they also do a port of SH2 to run on modern systems without tweaking. That would probably run into similar contractual issues like what happened with the HD Remaster of 2-3.
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TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
Kinda reminded me of TLOU tbh
Comandr
Member
John Candy.
Game looks like it's shaping up really well. Story trailer looked great. Japanese gamplay trailer looked a little rough still.
Bloobs
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Story trailer only has 30k views! This is gonna flop
Badlucktroll
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Itchy Tickles
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His fat shape went from 16:9 to 4:3, the reverse remake!Eddie looks very very strange
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Obviously AI has been adjusted here - encounters have more in common with TLOU than SH2 going by these videos, and there's definitely more of a sense of actual threat by the AIs (something that SH2 didn't really have).
That I agree mind you - my main point was that the series became popular on the back of yanky controls (even by contemporary standards) - not sure how they preserve that in the remake.
Likely - note how SH1 and SH4 were both released on PSN (both emulated, well before remasters) but 2/3 never made it across. Likely licensing prevented those, and remaster was the attempted workaround. Likewise SH4 is on GoG but none of the others, probably same reason.
bender
What time is it?
Guy Richi and crew relinquished their rights for HD (speaking of Troy Baker being a complete asshat and misunderstanding his own profession). Not sure if they'd be willing to do this again and they sure as shit shouldn't, but a robot can dream.
Johnny Concrete
Member
I was very skeptical about this, but as a big SH2 fan I’ll say that they fucking nailed the vibe. In the environments especially.
And seeing they added much more stuff to it is making this much more interesting to me.
SH2 is for me one of the all time greats when it comes to horror games, but there was also a lot of bullshit in that game. For instance the first Pyramid Head boss-fight in that tiny room.
Glad they were not afraid of changing some of that stuff.
And seeing they added much more stuff to it is making this much more interesting to me.
SH2 is for me one of the all time greats when it comes to horror games, but there was also a lot of bullshit in that game. For instance the first Pyramid Head boss-fight in that tiny room.
Glad they were not afraid of changing some of that stuff.
luca_29_bg
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I hate these unrealistic behaviors with all myself, especially after the last of us 2!
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Arioco
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Funny thing is I've been watching some previews and the game doesn't perform nearly as bad as we've seen in the official gameplay released today by Konami. I don't know what's going on. Was Konami so stupid as to get its footage from an older build of the game?
Esppiral
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Because that is AloyEddie looks very very strange
Pimpollo818
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I really like how much fatter he is. 'MERICAEddie looks very very strange
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Looks great to me.
Buggy Loop
Member
Not gonna lie, Bloober made a fucking great job for the environment and graphics. I want to play it.
Lionel Richie
Member
If it turns out bad, don't forget about the PC Enhanced Edition. Don't play a lesser version of this game because it's what is currently available, dig deeper and find the good stuff.
balls of snow
Member
The goat is flexing. Promise and Theme of Laura were my study music back in uni days.
Aenima
Member
Glad the game is shapping up to look like what i imagined a SH2 remake would look like. Much better showing than some of the previous trailers.
One thing im glad they got right is how thick the fog is in the street. Was always something i loved in the original, alot of thick fog and weird sounds to keep you on edge without knowing what you would find out.
Some character models and facial animations / acting, could be better, but overall the game looks pretty great.
One thing im glad they got right is how thick the fog is in the street. Was always something i loved in the original, alot of thick fog and weird sounds to keep you on edge without knowing what you would find out.
Some character models and facial animations / acting, could be better, but overall the game looks pretty great.
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Northeastmonk
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He isn’t exactly suppose to look normal. He is suppose to give off a creepy uneasy feeling, which both character models display perfectly IMO.Eddie looks very very strange
DeepSpace5D
Member
Day 1 easy. Even if I’m not the biggest Bloober fan, this is one of my favorite games ever and the visuals look very impressive. I love survival horror games.
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
Not really. The first, original pic of Eddie, looks unhinged. The second, remake, just looks like a fat bastard
They've missed the mark there.
Pasta la Vista
Member
A lot wrong with the line delivery and facial expressions from the side characters. James seems a bit better now though.
Personally, I don't think SH2 needed a remake. The first Silent Hill could have really used it more tbh. Not buying this.
Personally, I don't think SH2 needed a remake. The first Silent Hill could have really used it more tbh. Not buying this.
CityHunter1981
Member
As a huge SH fan, I was very scaptical about the game (and still am), but this trailer looked much better compared what they have shown before.
However I wonder about the following 2 points:
1. Maria‘s dress is not sexy enough for what she is symbolizing, but that was to be expected.
2. They decided not to show Angela‘s face in this trailer after the recent complains. They said they would not change it, but makes me wonder if they will tweak it and that’s why they are not showing it.
However I wonder about the following 2 points:
1. Maria‘s dress is not sexy enough for what she is symbolizing, but that was to be expected.
2. They decided not to show Angela‘s face in this trailer after the recent complains. They said they would not change it, but makes me wonder if they will tweak it and that’s why they are not showing it.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
After watching it again I think Maria's lines are definitely better delivered in the original, and it not a knock on the new actress, there is nothing wrong with her performance.
But in contrast, tone, delivery, facial expressions are much better in the original.
But in contrast, tone, delivery, facial expressions are much better in the original.
