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Post by toei on Oct 21, 2022 4:46:04 GMT -5
Xeogred That's funny, I got the feeling the SH2 remake was being made by a Western team just from watching the trailer. It felt off. I don't like the floaty camerawork, but beyond that, none of the atmosphere seems to be there. There's a layer of "what the fuck is really going on" in OG Silent Hill that seems to have been replaced by a lame tacky modern American horror vibe (there's great American horror, obviously, but I'm referring to a specific brand of soulless horror that's been mainstream for the last 20 years or so).
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Post by Ex on Oct 21, 2022 9:58:00 GMT -5
I'm just bummed to find out that Ada Wong's RE2 Remake voice actress is being replaced... It's been 18 years since the voice recording sessions were done for original RE4. Is she even still in that line of work? I'm referring to a specific brand of soulless horror that's been mainstream for the last 20 years or so You're not wrong. "Soulless" fits the overwhelming majority of USA films in the past decade at least, regardless of genre.
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Post by Xeogred on Oct 21, 2022 11:11:02 GMT -5
lol, could be the biggest concern here. Bloober don't seem very well known for subtlety... which eh, is kind of Silent Hill in a nutshell. Yeah, some of the games are outright gruesome and evil visually (SH1/SH3 for sure), but it's all supposed to be metaphorical/psychological in many ways. I still get the vibe some of the Western SH teams think "Oh yeah SH is just supposed to be gory and gross to look at, just for shock value!" ugh.
Ex : Off the top of my head...
RE2-RE4 is the same Ada VO. RE6 is a new one. RE2R is a new one. RE4R will be a new one. And probably some changes in between with those CGI movies that sometimes did and did not have the same VO's from the games.
Although she only says like three words in one of these new trailers, it was definitely jarring. I still think the original VO might be my favorite. Ada is supposed to be a highly sensual, confident, mysterious femme fatale. And she's just one of my favorite videogame characters in general, so I'll be irked if this new VO doesn't stick the landing. But yeah, early to say.
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Post by toei on Oct 21, 2022 11:56:54 GMT -5
Xeogred That's what the default style of horror is, basically. You give Silent Hill to any rando Western dev/producer and they'll look at it like "what's the monster in Silent Hill? Pyramid Head? Ok, how about this: first day of school, these girls are cyberbullying this other girl. All of a sudden, the main bitch gets a text from Pyramid Head and she's like, "Pyramid Head? Like, the creepypasta?" and it links to a TikTok, and it's like, Pyramid Head decapitating their friend Stacy. Then it comes out of the phone and fucking kills all of them and their moms, and their guts splash on the screen and spell out the title: SILENT HILL RETURNS: THE MOTHERFUCKENING." I never really play remakes, anyway, so I don't care.
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Post by Ex on Oct 21, 2022 12:02:31 GMT -5
SILENT HILL RETURNS: THE MOTHERFUCKENING Otherwise known as: But yeah, 4 simultaneous SH projects going on now: At least none of them appear to be pachinko simulators. 🤷♂️
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Post by Xeogred on Oct 21, 2022 12:23:11 GMT -5
I'm just kind of baffled by Konami's game here.
Horror games have never been massive blockbusters with rare exceptions like Resident Evil. Thing is, Capcom has been on an incline over the last gen or two with positive PR, good marketing, sales, and years already in the tank with this new RE era. Even though RE never dipped, RE5-RE6 are still some of the highest selling in the franchise when they were the ones that got bashed the most in reviews. People eat this series up and for good reason usually.
Of all things Konami allows to have some AA or AAA level projects in again, it's their horror franchise? lol. I'm not even sure if the Team Silent games ever sold crazy good either. Might be a case of like Super Metroid, where the universal praise is at the top of the mountain but when you look at the numbers, they maybe just barely got by to greenlight some sequels. The way Konami killed Team Silent overnight back in the day makes it seem like it was never a priority... until now in 2022 suddenly? lmao
It's just so hilariously confusing. I'm glad and I keep saying I hope these are all good and it's worth it.
Maybe the fate of Konami getting serious about gaming rests on Silent Hill now. I'm just skeptical it'll work out to whatever they're hoping for.
I don't really want any new Kojima-less Metal Gear's either. But I would have been cool with an MGS1 remake. Castlevania wise they dropped Iga off years ago, not sure who else could steer that ship now. Suikoden they never truly cared about lol. Glad they're doing ports/remasters at least for some of these things, but yeah.
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Post by Ex on Oct 21, 2022 12:38:20 GMT -5
At any rate, you'll need a PS5 to play two of those games.
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Post by Sarge on Oct 21, 2022 12:46:26 GMT -5
I've done a shockingly bad job keeping up with modern release schedules. But I'm hoping the new Star Ocean is good, and I'm hearing the new God of War is indeed good. More of the same, with some extra polish, but since I enjoyed the 2018 entry so much, I'm down for that.
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Post by Ex on Oct 21, 2022 13:12:52 GMT -5
hoping the new Star Ocean is good I'm tentatively leaning towards it'll be highly decent, based on video I've watched. Did you ever pick up a copy of Tales of Arise?
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Post by bosh on Oct 21, 2022 14:02:03 GMT -5
Early next year is going to be some great gaming time. I don't think all will deliver and be phenomenal, but looking forward to below:
- January
- Fire Emblem Engage (I don't think it will be as good as previous title, but gameplay should still be solid)
- Dead Space (Actually not played the series yet)
- Forspoken - Don't really have any expectations this will be good but probably worth a rent at least.
- February
- Yakuza Ishin Remake
- New FF concert game (3DS one was a banger)
- Kirby Game
- Octopath II - Still need to play 1st game so this will be down the road
- March
- Catch up from above
- April
- Resident Evil 4 Remake - Looks fantastic
- May
- New Zelda game
Then we have FFXVI later in year, SH2 remake which should be good (Not been a fan of other Blobber games, but they are at least using a great game as a template).
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