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I'm playing through all the DOOMs before I get to the Dark Ages (currently on 64). After hearing much about the game I'm not really in a hurry to pick it up. Probably gonna get it digitally at a discount since the disc has practically nothing on it.

As of last night I extended the list to include Wolfenstein, Heretic, Quake, and some American McGee games to bide out more time for a sale.

Soul Sacrifice wasn't anything special but it was a lot of fun. I recommend it if they ever throw it onto the PS Store.

I'm thinking the reason we haven't seen any sales data is likely because the sales are somewhere under 3 million, which would only look bad for Ubisoft after boldly announcing the game reached "3 million players". And since the game's momentum died before 4 million players, they had to stop with the weasel milestones. Granted AC games have legs and will undoubtedly sell more as the game starts to get significant discounts.

This article reads like it came from another universe lol

Hey... I know the situation seems hairy now, but as the head actress, it's best to not wig out over these haters bald-face lies. Years from now you'll see that they all scalped the game anyways, so use this as an opportunity for growth 😁

I'm currently over half way through the game. There's definitely a lot of imagination in the world and characters, but yeah the actual gameplay experience is extremely shallow. Not worth the $40 price tag if you ask me. Wait for a sale or watch a longplay on YouTube to see if it strikes you.

I've played up to the first boss. This game is ***** awesome

Reminds me of that list of top 10 or something iconic video game characters of all time that featured Lara Croft at the top and like 2 or 3 characters from Baldur's Gate III lol

I think this guy might like Eve from Stellar Blade

Looks cool but I wish they'd call these new games something else if their settings don't have anything to do with the town of Silent Hill or its history.

Not really seeing the controversy here with the information given. The actress for S11, who is on strike, refused to reprise the role so they recast her.
The actor for Lycaon claims he was available the entire time, but the character's gone unvoiced for the last two updates before being recast, so obviously we don't have the full story there.

I understand a lot of people are quick to jump to a company bad, little guy good stance. And that's not a terrible thing, you probably ought to be skeptical of corporations due to their capacity to manipulate and exploit said little guy. But context should also matter, and in scenarios like these where the actor says one thing and the company says another it's probably best to reserve judgment or at least add a qualifier to it until we have a more objective story on our hands.
If for nothing else, you'll take less risk looking like a fool in the future, or a reactionary, virtue signaler etc

I'll actually start having her on teams now ever since Qingyi basically replaced her in 1.1. They need to do the same for Billy.

Jokes on you Crapcom, I'll just delete my whole save file and start my character from scratch, you sleazy *****.

@TheDudeKenobi I get it, it can be annoying when someone is flippant about something they don't even really engage with. But if someone doesn't like seeing Spike in Fortnite where else would they voice that other than the announcement of Spike coming to Fortnite, y'know?

Hey, at least Spike actually uses a gun in his source material. Not like seeing Spider-Man blast people with an assault rifle lol

@TheDudeKenobi Not really no. I'm not opposed to crossovers, but I don't like how Fortnite does it where iconic characters are just plastered over the player avatar and don't retain any of their characteristics.
Game itself is fine though, I wasn't really into it but I didn't hate what I played way back. I replied to your comment because I think the whole 'evil negative gamers' narrative that's been going around the last year or so is really bad.

@TheDudeKenobi
Well it's plenty warranted to the people who dislike the thing,
and the choice is yours to engage with dissenting opinions on a topic. But "let people enjoy things" essentially just means "I don't want you to voice that opinion unless it aligns with mine".

@beltmenot Or what? Are you going to call the reaction police? People can't control what they don't like, and you don't get to decide if their feelings for something are warranted or not.

@TheDudeKenobi Do you need something to be universally praised in order to enjoy it? Let people not like the things they don't like!

Disappointing but not a surprise, the game's been drastically babified since World. They're still fun for what they are at least, I'm sure WIlds is no different.

Now's a better time than ever for AA successes. Smaller budget games with a lower price tag in a period where AAA games are consistently tripping over themselves.
Just, you know, actually try to sell the damn games rather than cripple them out the gate with poor marketing.

@Sarcasmatwork No problem. Bring back "pwned" too while you're at it.

@Romans12 I'm still playing through the first game but I imagine the sequel works the same way. The game automatically makes a save of its own whenever you start and finish quests. And you can make manual saves by sleeping in any bed that isn't owned by an npc, or save on the spot using a specific consumable item that you can either buy or brew yourself with alchemy.
Losing hours of progress is pretty tough to do, just like any game you're gonna naturally have consistent autosaves from quests and your own manual saves between them.
Most I've ever lost is like 20 minutes of time spent meandering in the woods before getting ganked by a random encounter.

Still trucking through the first KCD and absolutely loving it. Not at all bored with the world and mechanics either, so I'll likely jump into the sequel immediately after.

So much potential wasted on a garbage live service model. I'm sure we'll be seeing a new Smash Bros. soon anyways.

Not surprised in the slightest due to its positive reception. But SH2R is not a good game and an even worse remake. I've made no secret of my hatred for this game in previous articles lol.
Rest assured I am malding and seething over the inevitable botched remakes of SH3 and possibly SH1.

Considering the Remake writers don't understand anything else about FFVII it's no surprise they'd be wrong about this too lol.

Normally I'd urge people to not buy the game if they want to protest against censorship... but uh... the people already seem to be ahead of the curve on that one lol.

I'm kingdom coming after those beastly Cumans. Kunesh is next. Jesus Christ be praised!

Bad game doesn't meet sales expectations, bad company loses money. The world makes sense, even if just this small moment.

Way to shoot yourself in the foot right out of the gate.

As someone born in 1772 I can confirm we are in a golden age of gaming. Stick with hoop was always mid and anyone who says otherwise is just clouded by nostalgia.

@8bit4Life Same here, I've heard nothing but good things about the first game so I bought it in anticipation for the sequel. I've only put a couple of hours into it so far, but it leaves a hell of a first impression. Looking forward to getting back to it when I'm finished unlocking all the extra modes in RE2.

How tf are they gonna enforce this??? I assume they're referring to partnerships with youtube channels or something, cause I have no clue how they'd stop someone from buying and playing their games.
So silly, the only way to stop the internet bullies is for you to log off. Simple as.

@rusty82 See the two comments above for my thoughts.

@Deljo All in all I believe Konami weren't interested in remaking SH2 so much as they wanted their own version of RE2R. And by some combination of poor concepts and poor choice in developers, they created a poor man's version of both.

I don't think it holds up to the high standards Team Silent set, I don't think it compares to the qualities of RE2R (that sets itself apart from its own source material despite not being a great remake of it). And I don't find it to be a good game in its own right.
I'm glad people are enjoying what I couldn't but I am expecting reception of this game to sour after the honeymoon period ends, similarly to RE Village. But for me the best thing I can say about it is that it wasn't the worst Silent Hill game to release in 2024.

@Deljo Two major issues really killed it for me.
1) The remake is extremely padded and it ruins the pacing. Average first playthrough is around 15 hours (an hour short of my own playthrough) which is nearly three times the runtime of the original. You'd think that would mean there's a substantial amount of new things to experience but there really isn't, it's just longer treks between major events in the story.
A whole lot of meandering through linear segments where you squeeze through one of four variations of little gaps in the walls. And an EXTREME emphasis on combat, that - while technically more engaging than the original - is not nearly polished or variable enough to justify how much more prevalent it is in the remake.
For reference, I was nearly three and a half hours into the game and I was extremely fatigued with Wood Side Apartments. Not Blue Creek, WOOD SIDE! Everything was such a tedious slog that by the time I did actually reach Blue Creek I could only groan, knowing I was only halfway through the whole level. A feeling that came in waves throughout the whole game and had me tempted to quit on multiple occasions. In summary: Between exploration and combat this game does not respect your time, and doesn't have many new ideas of its own to differentiate it from the original nor make use of its extended runtime.
2) The story of SH2 is overall weaker in the remake. I won't go into specifics to avoid spoilers for others reading who may want to play it for themselves, but the remake suffers from bad direction in its cutscenes. The script is mostly the same from the original (with a couple of nice if unnecessary additions, a few changes/removals, some understandable and some appalling) but camera angles are mostly flat in the remake, leading to many cinematics looking very dull. And Bloober Team could never quite replicate Team Silent's perfect atmosphere, it was always lesser, either by a bit or by a lot, which was a shame, but not unexpected.
The REAL problem was the voice direction, particularly for Maria and Mary, who sound terrible in the remake. The voice actress sounds like she's reading her lines half-heartedly off the script, and it really sucks the emotion out of every scene they're in. And whenever she does emote it sounds incredibly hokey, like amateur theater acting.
The only performance I have full praise for is James. I wouldn't call it superior to the original (for story reasons) but the new VA was great enough in his own right and something new to appreciate. The other characters I'm neutral on, with Angela being the most mixed in the game.
In summary: the cutscenes feel like Bloober Team were working with a transcript rather than referencing the original material, with voice acting being the biggest sour spot. I recommend giving a few of them a look to compare for yourself to see if you might disagree (eg James and Angela's convo in the graveyard for one I'm neutral on, and Maria's argument with James in Brookhaven for one I think completely misses the mark)

Silent Hill 2 Remake wound up being a supreme disappointment. I fell for the positive reception at launch and got burned big time when I actually got around to playing it.
But at the very least it got me to play the original Silent Hill 2 for the first time, and that game is indeed a masterpiece.
So as a palette cleanser I've been playing Resident Evil 2 and will play RE2R afterwards to compare, since I have a pretty high opinion of both.
Also dipped my toes into Kingdom Come: Deliverance and it did a pretty quick job of sucking me in. I'll probably be playing that game for months to come.

Lol Eve looking like a lost Mario brother with that nose in the first picture.

I think this misses the issue. It's not necessary to keep providing endless sequels to old IPs, we will likely never see another Jak & Daxter again and that's fine.
The problem is Sony is tasked with keeping up the variety of games their old library offered, which they've been struggling with for a long while.

Bummer, I was really hoping this would come early next year, but I suppose at the very least it'll be a better game by the time it finally is ready for the PS5 release.

Concord, y'know it got off to a rocky start, but it's wonderful to see the game flourishing now and I can't wait to see what Firewalk has in store for the game in 2025 and beyond.
I'd like to shout out Dragon Age: the Veilguard for having dialogue so cringe that it made me psychically react - like a full on recoil - that's no small feat, the writers ought to receive an award for their hard work.
And who can forget my personal darling and return of a survival horror classic, Silent Hill: The Short Message and it's incredibly subtle and moving narrative. Will be remembered for generations to come 👏

Looking forward to playing Astro Bot given it's outstanding reputation.
Unicorn Overlord is a masterpiece. Incredibly engaging strategy RPG with a knockout presentation from Vanillaware. It just barely got inched out of my GotY by Emio - The Smiling Man, which is a contender for one of the best narratives period.
Stellar Blade, Granblue Fantasy: Relink, and Zenless Zone Zero are all bombshell action games. They each have their individual flaws but they still get high marks.
Oh, and honorable mention to Crow Country for being a cute little survival horror gem that manages to emulate FFVII's pre-rendered graphics without actually being pre-rendered.
Even though I didn't play too much new stuff this year, 2024 was pretty damn good.

Nice, I was looking at this one just yesterday! Imagine an expanded version of this game where it includes a bit of everything from Falcom's library. Brandish, Popful Mail, Zwei, Gurumin, etc. And obviously there's a truck load of new characters to pull from every game after Ys Seven and Trails in the Sky the 3rd. I know there's already a few support characters from other games in this one, but they're not playable fighters.
Hell go crazy and make the next "this company vs that company" game lol, I wanna see Adol fight Ryu Hayabusa in Falcom Vs Tecmo!

Breaking: Shill site covers the latest in two shills heated shill-off on whether or not the monkey man was indeed coping, seething, or malding. Stay tuned for more info!

@premko1 You beat me to it lol

And that was the sound of the last pearl in the world being clutched. We're out of pearls.

Now I don't just have to worry about buying a psychical copy relatively early lest they be turned over to second hand sellers that balloon the price... NOW I also get to flip a coin on whether or not Falcom will make it redundant with new version two years later. COOL!!

Yosuke's like, "Dude wtf, why are you ***** here man, you're so old, where's your wife, go home to your family, dude."
Chie proceeds to point and laugh at laugh at me : (

Which event has the superior commercials though... 🤔

@nessisonett I'm upholding a standard to defend both despite not having strong feelings about the subjects of either, because censorship is abhorrent as a practice.
By all means though, continue with the moral grandstanding.