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Posted by Wweyland
 - Mar 02, 2024, 02:32:24 PM
Playing Plants Vs. Zombies 2. Seems there is no way to remove the annoying ads, even by paying.
Posted by Stitch
 - Mar 02, 2024, 01:43:11 PM
Played the prologue of Aliens: Dark Descent last night since it's on sale
Posted by Kimarhi
 - Mar 01, 2024, 10:57:20 PM
FFVII rebirth.  So much nostalgia.  JRPG's don't have the freedom of choice about character backgrounds, alignments, own physical features etc that American ones do, but this one so far is loaded with stuff to do.  Haven't even left the starting area yet and have played six plus hours.  I can already tell its going to take me forever to get finished because I keep getting sidetracked, but then my body won't let me play forever like it used to. 

Posted by Nightmare Asylum
 - Feb 27, 2024, 03:01:23 PM
Quote from: Wweyland on Feb 27, 2024, 02:56:06 PMThe hype for Helldivers 2 is through the roof. Was there even a Helldivers 1? Never heard of it.

Never played the first one, but it was a top down shooter that released almost a decade ago. Seemed to have a small but loyal fanbase, but nothing compared to how the massive success that Helldivers 2 has been right out the gate.

Anyways, on that note, Helldivers 2 remains the game I'm currently playing. :laugh:
Posted by Wweyland
 - Feb 27, 2024, 02:56:06 PM
The hype for Helldivers 2 is through the roof. Was there even a Helldivers 1? Never heard of it.
Posted by Darkness
 - Feb 27, 2024, 01:58:58 PM
Finished the 2013 Tomb Raider game.

Going to start Rise of the Tomb Raider tonight. I'm also playing Monster Hunter Rise.
Posted by Stitch
 - Feb 26, 2024, 08:46:39 PM
Posted by xeno_alpha_07
 - Feb 25, 2024, 07:05:20 PM
Besides the Dead Space remake I'm also playing Dead Island 2. 
Posted by Wweyland
 - Feb 25, 2024, 03:09:53 PM
Eagerly anticipating the Dark Forces Remastered in 3 days
Posted by Local Trouble
 - Feb 24, 2024, 06:35:58 PM
Quote from: Local Trouble on Oct 26, 2022, 08:17:41 AMI have never played a Silent Hill game.
Posted by PredBabe
 - Feb 24, 2024, 06:20:47 PM
Quote from: BlueMarsalis79 on Feb 14, 2024, 12:05:02 PMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHnbq-TrS6c
Still nothing good since Shattered Memories or the original three imo tbh

I gave this video a watch after completing The Short Message this AM and couldn't agree more with his criticism of the story."Dahlia's pubes" got me...  :laugh:

The look and feel of the game was great... it's just that story. Yeesh.

I did like the backstory of Kettenstadt and also felt intrigued by the witch concept. But the constant focus on mental health and teenage drama was just a weak approach for a new installment. Rather than allowing players to piece things together for themselves, they were very in-your-face with the main character's story and left little for the imagination.

I can't help but feel annoyed that they also took things from the very promising P.T. demo and slapped it in this poorly thought-out SH game. 

 

Posted by Wweyland
 - Feb 24, 2024, 08:17:13 AM
Playing UNO cards with the kids on a trip. Nice game!
Posted by PredBabe
 - Feb 23, 2024, 12:41:46 PM
Quote from: Acid_Reign161 on Feb 14, 2024, 01:40:07 PM
Quote from: BlueMarsalis79 on Feb 14, 2024, 12:05:02 PMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHnbq-TrS6c
Still nothing good since Shattered Memories or the original three imo tbh

I'm going to be honest, I really enjoyed 'The Short Message' for what it is. Sure, it's no 'Silent Hill 2' (I mean, what is? That game is still probably up there as contender for my personal 'best video game ever'), but I loved the visuals, Ito's monster design was on point, Yamaoka's soundtrack (particularly the end credit theme) was the first time I've found myself listening to the tracks on repeat since the Team Silent era, and it took enough nods from P.T. to satisfy me (albeit nowhere near in the same league). A criticism for me would be the voice acting; they should have given us original language options with subtitles to remedy this (but then it also harkened back to the PS2 era of voice acting; I'm sure it wasn't intentional, but it still aided the SH vibe for me). I'll be more than happy to play through it again.

For me, I feel only Japanese devs seem to be able to make Silent Hill games;

Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 3, Silent Hill 4: The Room, P.T., and Silent Hill: The Short Message' are all "true" Silent Hill in my eyes (and of all the upcoming projects, 'Silent Hill f' is the one that has my attention the most) 😊

The western games, Silent Hill: Origins, Silent Hill Homecoming, Silent Hill Shattered Memories are all carried by Yamaoka's soundtracks (with Downpour not even having that and feeling even more sub-par generic survival horror). I can enjoy them, in the same way I can enjoy watching 'The Grudge' 1-4 whilst happily never considering them 'Ju-on', or watch Legendary Picture's Godzilla whilst knowing it'll never be Toho, if that makes sense? Shattered Memories aside, they feel like they belong in the Silent Hill movie universe.

It'll be interesting to see how Bloober's Silent Hill 2 remake turns out (I'm optimistic!) - I really enjoyed Bloober's 'The Medium' and 'Blair Witch' but acknowledge they aren't exactly the best in the writing department. However, with SH2, there is heavy Japanese input (story already written, Ito using his original intended monster designs, Yamaoka's iconic soundtrack) - all they have to get right is the visuals and gameplay, something (I feel) they are good at.

On a side note, I also feel 'The Short Message' ties to Silent Hill f in the same way P.T. would have to 'Silent Hills'; the whole backstory of the protagonists grandmother 'The Witch' who travelled from Japan to Germany? I'm guessing that may well be the protagonist of SHf, since it looks set in 1960s Japan (also the shared themes of Sakura in the monster designs to flowers in SHf) - I'd like to see it all come together. 😁

I'm in the middle of playing SH: The Short Message as well and so far I do enjoy the look and feel of the game. It's scared me a few times now but I'm also a chicken when it comes to this style of game where all you can do is run and hide from the monster.
The story, however, is pretty cringe and makes me thankful it was free. Not up to the quality of P.T. in terms of a gripping and unsettling story.
You may be onto something about The Short Message having some relation to SHf though as they do have some similar themes.

Despite my feelings so far on The Short Message's story, I'm still optimistic about the SH2 remake and hoping for its success. It would be nice to see all 4 of the original games be given the remake treatment if it does turn out great. I know I'd love to see SH3 and SH4 in updated graphics and gameplay.   


Posted by xeno_alpha_07
 - Feb 23, 2024, 11:16:34 AM
Dead Space Remake.

Starting playing this and I'm enjoying it  :)
Posted by SM
 - Feb 23, 2024, 01:08:33 AM
Nah.  He's too busy with his friends on Fortnite.
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