toddhunter
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To me it will have a big effect on the atmosphere, which is a pretty big deal for a silent hill game. If you are fresh to them, may not be such a big deal.
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Silent Hill Downpour |OT| Rain, Rain, Go Away
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To me it will have a big effect on the atmosphere, which is a pretty big deal for a silent hill game. If you are fresh to them, may not be such a big deal.
RedAssedApe
Banned
I don't really ever really remember this series getting any real marketing push from Konami. I always sort of thought that it was one of those word of mouth series that didn't really put out many ads outside a few trailers and print ads. Am I wrong? Its been so long...
RomanticHeroX
Member
All these nits aren't going to pick themselves.
kunonabi
Member
Problem is the new VA for SH3 are terrible and have a different take on the characters that does clashes with how they were originally. Heather is coming off as a different character than her original incarnation and not for the better. Think Luke screaming at the end of The Empire Strikes Back's 1st special edition only much, much worse.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
I haven't heard Douglas's new VA myself, but I noticed some people complaining about him sounding drunk, slurring his speech.
I remember commercials for SH2 being EVERYWHERE, on a wide variety of channels. I also remember the commercial being pretty damn good at presenting the game.
But that was over 10 years ago and I was like 17 or 18 so I don't know I could be wrong.
RedAssedApe
Banned
You could very well be right. Silent Hill 2 came out during my junior year of college. I didn't watch much TV during that period. This is the only thing I could find on Youtube but I don't remember this commercial at all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X87AkUOOTGs
kunonabi
Member
He really does and it is incredibly distracting. You always felt kind of bad for Douglas in the original but he comes off as such jerk now. I'm not sure how late game Douglas is going to be effective if he sounds like that the whole time. Heather is far a bigger issue though.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
Found the video in question. I actually don't think Douglas sounds all that bad, but Heather just sounds all wrong. She sounds like a mid to late 20s woman, not a 17 year old girl.
RedAssedApe
Banned
Kind of like how SH2 Maria and Mary sound too old now.
Snapshot King
Member
They've also removed fog effects and the grain filter entirely from SH3 as well as some ground textures.
kunonabi
Member
The filter isn't even optional? What the hell are these people doing? I mean did they just hire the cheapest and most incompetent people imaginable?
timetokill
Banned
There's plenty of those types within Konami itself.
"We found some kind of filter that was making everything grainy and ruining the nice clean visuals of the game. It was probably some kind of bug, so we fixed it. We also reduced the amount of fog to increase visibility so you can see the things that are making noise around you!"
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
I think someone mentioned that the guys porthing SH 2 and 3 for the HD collection were actually mobile game developers. Although it seems like Hijinx Studios have worked on console games too; http://games.ign.com/objects/143/14340291.html
I honestly think Konami didn't want to spend much on the HD collection, so they just found someone who'd be willing to do the port job for cheap.
Or PC versions.
They removed the fog from SH 3?
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
The PC version of SH2 was missing some effects IIRC, and doesn't support mouse (although I think there might be a patch for that), but SH3 for PC is fine, yeah.
I want to vomit. How could they do this.
toddhunter
Member
And also plot relevant if you think about it, intentional or otherwise.
Snapshot King
Member
Oh. Oh wow. That never hit me until just now. WOW.
RedAssedApe
Banned
Care to explain?
Maybe its the opposite of the old silent hill games. Beat the game and you get the option to turn on a grain filter.
Silent Hill 3's character models still hold up well against the current generation. I wish I could see what Team Silent could concoct these days. SO GOOD.
rapid32.5
Member
the fuck ? +1 PS2 console sale confirmed, I have had enough with this HD joke collection.
brandonh83
Banned
Been watching some walkthroughs of the first 30 minutes or so, basically all the stuff we've already seen, but seeing it in better quality... gotta say I think it looks fantastic. Especially the otherworld. The creativity going on is godlike.
brandonh83
Banned
Yeah. I just watched like... basically up to where the stuff featured in the media "ends" like right after the Devil's Pit stuff and so on.
RedAssedApe
Banned
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Playing through the game a second time, I didn't do a sidequest I did the first time and some really weird but somewhat funny, yet terrifying game element has now come into gameplay.
Very minor spoilers.
I also did some research online for a few hours and managed to do my first ever game rip, so I'm happy even if I'm buying the official soundtrack anyway. Silent Hill games never have complete soundtracks released so a lot of the music can only be obtained by gamerips.
Very minor spoilers.
I guess doing this one side quest stopped this from happening my first playthrough, but now when exploring the town for some reason I'll hear a police car coming for me, only for a Police Car with barbed wire to spawn and a large pack of Screamers to stroll on out from it. It's kind of funny but also getting unnerving since that Police Car is relentless, I swear.
I also did some research online for a few hours and managed to do my first ever game rip, so I'm happy even if I'm buying the official soundtrack anyway. Silent Hill games never have complete soundtracks released so a lot of the music can only be obtained by gamerips.
toddhunter
Member
Yeah. Not a big fan of the cameos
No I think SH is at it's best when people make up their own interpretations of things
I think SH is at it's best when people make up their own interpretations of thingsSnapshot King
Member
Yeah. Not a big fan of the cameos
No
What cameo? I don't recognize that character at all and I've beaten every game in the series.
Its a joke, notice yellow, also poster is RACIST, they all look the same rite, THATS RACIST.gif
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Trust me, the racist jokes likely won't be able to apply much to this game. About half of the characters in the game are black.
toddhunter
Member
Well yes, chocobos at that age all do look very similar. I'm sorry if it is another one and I couldn't tell them apart.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
This might be a good time to mention since I'm uploading them right now that Silent Hill: Downpour actually has three vocal themes composed by three different artists for the game, just the one by Korn got all the publicity. You only hear them in the credits I believe though.
EDIT: Four technically, since I forgot Mary Elizabeth sang some for Intro Perk Walk. There's also a fifth vocal song, but I don't believe it was composed for the game and plays during an Otherworld session, but it's a very old classic showtune theme.
EDIT: Four technically, since I forgot Mary Elizabeth sang some for Intro Perk Walk. There's also a fifth vocal song, but I don't believe it was composed for the game and plays during an Otherworld session, but it's a very old classic showtune theme.
RedAssedApe
Banned
Yeah. Not a big fan of the cameos
No
I had to go back and look at the images to make sure that the chick wasn't originally there. Posted in FFXIII-2 OT for fun.
And screw you for the spoiler tag. LOL
These screenshots look rather good. I'm still torn about getting this game or not... I really miss a good horror game (last one I played was Siren: Blood Curse) but I think I'll wait for more reviews...
toddhunter
Member
If you can, make sure you play Amnesia the dark decent. Somewhat different style, but it is a very good (and scary) horror game.
Broder Salsa
Banned
Do they all talk like that black police man from homecoming? That was some hilarious stereotype shit.
Leon Belmont
Member
If we're gonna get that creepy ports that I saw in the comparision video... just one advice...DON'T BUY THE HD COLLECTION, we don't deserve that!
Acquiescence
Member
If I wasn't so amped for Downpour beforehand, Dusk Golem's impressions would've sold me on it anyway. Thanks for your write-ups dude; your contribution to the thread has been essential.
Japanese cover...
Japanese cover...
Erebus
Member
So many missing effects from SH3... Do not want.
Nemesis_
Member
If I wasn't so amped for Downpour beforehand, Dusk Golem's impressions would've sold me on it anyway. Thanks for your write-ups dude; your contribution to the thread has been essential.
Japanese cover...
Very nice.
Criminal Upper
Banned
That's one of the most awesome SH boxarts I've ever seen. Not subtle, but still. Eye-catching.
If I wasn't so amped for Downpour beforehand, Dusk Golem's impressions would've sold me on it anyway. Thanks for your write-ups dude; your contribution to the thread has been essential.
Japanese cover...
Judging by the writing, I think it's Korean and not Japanese... But it's nice anyway.
Acquiescence
Member
Makes sense. I was wondering why the CERO certificate was nowhere to be seen.
Timekiller
Member
So basically you've done just 4 sidequests out of 14 (Am i right? Can't find in the topic where i got this bit of info!), and then finished the game at around 14 hours? (Is it correct?)
Sounds impressive. I remember one of the best things about Siren 2 (ps2) being around 30-ish hours long, and for me that's the perfect game time for a dark game based on exploration and plot
I'm also wondering if running away from enemies would actually hurt the exploration and the investigation as you'd rush through the locations.
legacyzero
Banned
That's one of the most awesome SH boxarts I've ever seen. Not subtle, but still. Eye-catching.
Sweet jesus, someone get a minimalist custom cover available stat!
I must have it @___@