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[The Saint]

The thing is, she does look like a female, and she looks more than fine IMO. It helps that she was modeled after the voice actress. The differentiation between all the character's looks make them feel very believable and more real, especially more so than the original. Again, also helps that they were modeled after the actors and actresses...

To each their own, but I don't get the whole obsession with wanting to change her and/or Maria's looks. Or being unhappy with how they look, feels so odd to me personally...

I am actually fine with the way the characters look in this game. Only way I would be pissed with ugly female characters is if it were a JRPG or other type of Eastern made game. It works for Silent Hill because despite it being Japanese, it's not the sort of game that calls for it, outside of Maria. These people have been in silent hill for what, 2 or 3 days? with horrors we can only dream about? Not to mention trauma they had outside of Silent Hill in their lives. None of these characters are going to look their best given the circumstances.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

I finally dialed combat down from Hard. Flesh Lips was brutal and I feel like once I hit the Otherworld after, I was just too exhausted to keep going on Hard against the nurses. At some point it feels like every enemy is a mini-boss on Hard...around every other corner.

Spoiler: Hospital Spoiler

Man, getting dragged to absolute hell after Flesh Lips is some cruel shit. I was already shot and anxious as fuck from that boss fight.

 

[decisions]

Can anyone tell me if there is an optional puzzle in the Blue Creek Apts? I got a Strange Photo titled

Spoiler

Forever Together that has a blurry picture of Room 208 on it. I went back there after completing the clock puzzle and it was still locked. But when I walked away from the room there was some super creepy banging on the door

. Just wondering if there is any more to this?

 

[ElCasual]

Can anyone tell me if there is an optional puzzle in the Blue Creek Apts? I got a Strange Photo titled

Spoiler

Forever Together that has a blurry picture of Room 208 on it. I went back there after completing the clock puzzle and it was still locked. But when I walked away from the room there was some super creepy banging on the door

. Just wondering if there is any more to this?

Yes they are more photos in the game. I just found one before the first puzzle.

 

[Terenty]

Why do women have such big heads in the game? James looks normal, but Maria and Angela have disproportionately large heads

 

[REMAINSILLY]

Why do women have such big heads in the game? James looks normal, but Maria and Angela have disproportionately large heads

It's a manifestation of James' desire to get a LOT of head. The bigger the head, the better the head.

 

[Hoho for breakfast]

Only going through the first area like 2 hours in but if it keeps up this be in the running for my GOTY. Love it so far.

There's some really great things about this game imo already:

1. combat feels great and is (so far) the perfect difficulty on default
2. the map is very good and extremely useful. I love how it fills in.
3. breaking the glass is so satisfying

I've also just started Alan Wake 2 and while AW2 has much better graphics I'm otherwise liking this game more so far. Still very early in both and enjoying both though.

 

[Exentryk]

2. the map is very good and extremely useful. I love how it fills in.

Yes this is indeed a very awesome feature. Also love the little animation that James does of taking notes on the map.

 

[dok1or]

I finally dialed combat down from Hard. Flesh Lips was brutal and I feel like once I hit the Otherworld after, I was just too exhausted to keep going on Hard against the nurses. At some point it feels like every enemy is a mini-boss on Hard...around every other corner.

Spoiler: Hospital Spoiler

Man, getting dragged to absolute hell after Flesh Lips is some cruel shit. I was already shot and anxious as fuck from that boss fight.

I love it on hard. Nurses? Stealth is best; when they go in "limbo" shaking head come frome behind and they will fall on floor to finish them

Here is video Flesh Lips on hard. Second try.

 

[xrnzaaas]

This is a little OT, but anyone know if the physical release was limited? I've seen it disappear from local stores already and the prices for remaining copies are already over 80€.

Or maybe they didn't manufacture enough copies and the physical sales were better than expected?

 

[Nankatsu]

Please tell me the flashlights have unlimited battery.

I just got it and pissed myself with the jumpscare right after

 

[SkylineRKR]

This is a little OT, but anyone know if the physical release was limited? I've seen it disappear from local stores already and the prices for remaining copies are already over 80€.

Or maybe they didn't manufacture enough copies and the physical sales were better than expected?

You are correct. Its sold out everywhere over here too.

 

[ThisIsMyDog]

Please tell me the flashlights have unlimited battery.

I just got it and pissed myself with the jumpscare right after

 

[dok1or]

Please tell me the flashlights have unlimited battery.

I just got it and pissed myself with the jumpscare right after

Sometimes when enemy is close it turns off and again on

 

[Needlecrash]

Sold the PS5 version. Having a much better time on PC. Stuttering is a little annoying, vibration is missing but I'll deal.

So far so good tho!

 

[Nankatsu]

Sometimes when enemy is close it turns off and again on

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

I love it on hard. Nurses? Stealth is best; when they go in "limbo" shaking head come frome behind and they will fall on floor to finish them

Here is video Flesh Lips on hard. Second try.

No I mean I did Flesh Lips on Hard. I figured out on my second tries that you can shoot the arm and he drops to the floor stunned each time. That helped greatly.

It's not even the game being too "hard", just the combination of how fucking oppressive the sound design and environment is, how dark everything is AND the difficulty finally rekt my ass lol.

 

[Nankatsu]

This was probably done in the original, but the first contact with pyramid head is so fucking well done.

It's a legit I'm coming to get you. If those bars weren't there... And the way they handle the lightning and the breathing effect you start to hear in that area. It's like the son of a bitch is right behind me.

 

[simpatico]

I see there are mods now that fix Angela's GigaChad jaw. Get them now before Nexus bans them.

 

[metareferential]

It's a manifestation of James' desire to get a LOT of head. The bigger the head, the better the head.

That's why pyramid head exists.

 

[tommib]

I see there are mods now that fix Angela's GigaChad jaw. Get them now before Nexus bans them.

She looks like a depressed version of the voice actress to me:

 

[fart town usa]

The Japanese voice actors are great. Maria especially. It lends incredibly well to the J-Horror vibe. Highly recommended.

I'm at the Hospital and still on the fence about certain things, but I will save those thoughts until I've finished the game.

 

[ElCasual]

She looks like a depressed version of the voice actress to me:

 

[Kacho]

Is there an estimate on the budget for this game?

 

[AV]

So, just finished up with this, 13 hours.

Boy was I wrong before, I had a really great time with this. When it was inevitably announced, as somebody who doesn't love the original, I thought they'd do something to butcher the story that the diehard fans of the original love, and that newcomers wouldn't "get it". Instead, they do nothing to ruin the original's story, and in fact the new endings they've added fit perfectly and wouldn't be amiss in the original game. The updated gameplay and VO transform it into something that frankly - for me at least - is better than before, and fans of the modern Resident Evil remakes should have a good time with this.

The atmosphere in the game's incredible. Extremely creepy in both visual and sound design, if you're not a horror person and you're checking out this thread to see if it's playable, I wouldn't recommend it - there's a lot of time spent in extremely dark environments with only a flashlight for company. If you are a horror guy, this is the perfect spooky Halloween season game, it's one to turn the lights off for and it's absolutely made for playing with good headphones.

If there's any criticisms it's that yeah, it's a little too long in the tooth and quite repetitive at parts. But if you've got 12-16 hours to blast through it, and can take a scare or twenty, I'd definitely recommend it.

 

[AV]

This is a little OT, but anyone know if the physical release was limited? I've seen it disappear from local stores already and the prices for remaining copies are already over 80€.

Or maybe they didn't manufacture enough copies and the physical sales were better than expected?

In the UK, I can sell it on eBay for more than I paid for it, on Amazon it's out of stock for a few weeks and they bumped the price up. Wild.

 

[Gonzito]

Papis they finally released a mod to remove the fake lighting behind James

Absolutely essential for me

No Sweet FX Lights

Disables the spotlights that follow James and Maria.

www.nexusmods.com

 

[dok1or]

Papis they finally released a mod to remove the fake lighting behind James

Absolutely essential for me

No Sweet FX Lights

Disables the spotlights that follow James and Maria.

www.nexusmods.com

HAHAHA, terrible.

You are controling shadow and Maria is black in shadow; its not how dark and shadows work

 

[Gonzito]

HAHAHA, terrible.

You are controling shadow and Maria is black in shadow; its not how dark and shadows work

This is how the game should look, when you use the flashlight then there is enough light to see the characters back.

Try it before laughing

 

[dok1or]

Nope, that looks terrible.

This i NOT how it must look. THIS is disaster!

 

[Gonzito]

Nope, that looks terrible.

This i NOT how it must look. THIS is disaster!

This is because the flashlight is off, the modder is showing it so you can see that there is no fake light and the mod is working as intended. If you turn on the flashlight which you have 99% of the time, the character will have a realistic light around him without looking weird as the default fake lighting that makes no sense to have

This is how my game looks right now with the mod and a flashlight on, this makes sense. Having a fake lighting following you around makes no sense

 

[dok1or]

OK, if you like it, its fine.

I see crushed blacks, and that is all.

HDR, PS5 quality

 

[Gonzito]

OK, if you like it, its fine.

I see crushed blacks, and that is all.

I understand that you dont like it and it's fine if we disagree but I have seen many requests for this issue online and this mod will make some people happy, me included. That's why I shared it

I made the screenshot btw in a very dark area, because I am in the prison which is why its very dark

 

[keefged4]

This fucking game man. It's the first game in a long, long time I'm putting off finishing 100% because I don't want to be done with it. All the nay sayers and original version stans, I get it, I love the original too. But you cannot deny that this is special. It's not only my GOTY, But honestly I think my favourite survival horror game of all time. I absolutely love how bloober have handled it with so much respect. Eagerly await what they are going to do next.

 

[J3nga]

Downloaded it before they inevitably delete it for many types of 'isms. I have no problem with new Angela though, she's not a looker or anything but she doesn't need to be.

Looks weird TBH, someone made it to look to match their preferences and called it a fix. I had no issue with her looks and prefer her standard look over this "fix".

 

[dok1or]

Looks weird TBH, someone made it to look to match their preferences and called it a fix. I had no issue with her looks and prefer her standard look over this "fix".

Yes!

Developers invest so much time to make great model, based on real actor, etc - buuuuuuu, this is wrong, buuuuu.

Random guy on internet makes mod with face that is out of place - almost whole internet - YEEEEESSSSS, fucx you Bloober

 

[Halcyon]

I was not prepared for how much this game would feel like every nightmare I've ever had.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

I finally dialed combat down from Hard. Flesh Lips was brutal and I feel like once I hit the Otherworld after, I was just too exhausted to keep going on Hard against the nurses. At some point it feels like every enemy is a mini-boss on Hard...around every other corner.

Spoiler: Hospital Spoiler

Man, getting dragged to absolute hell after Flesh Lips is some cruel shit. I was already shot and anxious as fuck from that boss fight.

Came to my senses this morning before playing again. I was just being a bitch. Put it back to Hard before diving in again and took a few confrontations to really learn the nurses' combos and it clicked a lot more. Also been kneecapping Mannequins like crazy now and it feels so violent to beat them after.

I never expected to have nuanced combat that demands to be properly learned in a Silent Hill game, let alone by Bloober. Respect!

 

[SlimySnake]

Whats the best way to enable ray reconstruction in this game?

 

[J3nga]

Whats the best way to enable ray reconstruction in this game?

Enable Ray Tracing Ray Reconstruction

Enables RayTracing Reconstruction, making RayTraced reflections much clearer and with more detail.

www.nexusmods.com

 

[Bartski]

remember this?

Silent Hill 2 Remake May Have Playable Origin Story for Pyramid Head｜Game8

2023.11.10 A Silent Hill 2 Remake pre-order listing revealed that Pyramid Head will have his playable backstory. Learn more about the details of the pre-order listing, release date speculations, and what the fans think of this remake.

game8.co

 

[Exentryk]

Currently in Hospital v2 and it's such an amazing experience to see this changed environment that you just went through. It's a little hard to understand what's happening and why (though I have my theories), but I'll wait to see the ending before jumping to conclusions.

In terms of gameplay, it started to feel a little repetitive with just exploring the same map and killing the same enemies. I wonder if the game will be able to keep this gameplay fresh going forward.

The atmosphere is still outstanding, so can't wait to play more next weekend.

 

[Gaiff]

Beautiful weather, friendly locals, and delicious seafood. 10/10, I highly recommend vacationing to Silent Hill.

 

[luca_29_bg]

this is exactly why "leave" is nice but also kinda dodgy, and "in water" is the definite ending, or rather NG+ "serenity" being the extension of it - The body is there under a blanket when you start the game, you can see it through the window. It's deliberately ambiguous but canon according to Ito and the rest afaik

Spoiler

There is no a canon ending, all endings are canon, according to Masahiro Ito.

 

[Mr.ODST]

The PC stutters are doing my head in after 1 1/2 hours, but the graphics and atmosphere on my 3060 Ti is really really nice

 

[TheDuskwalker]

This funny thing happened on my replay.


She was doing her best.

 

[FF:Enhanced_Reality]

Just out of interest... I'm playing in PS5, but... Has anyone noticed if you go into the menu to change control layout it shows the image of an XBOX controller?

 

[luca_29_bg]

This is how you go in Silent Hill! Aahhahahahahahah i'm cryinggggg! XD

Spoiler: Nsfw

https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/mods/6880/images/121/121-1728856369-2132166250.jpeg

 

[Gaiff]

The PC stutters are doing my head in after 1 1/2 hours, but the graphics and atmosphere on my 3060 Ti is really really nice

Maybe try this?

Just want to chime in to say that installing the newest UltraPlus version (1.0.2), the PureDark DLSS Frame Gen mod, and the Unlocked FPS Cutscene mod will make the PC experience damn near perfect.


I'm now running the game maxed out, 4K DLSS Quality, and the game now runs at a virtually locked 100+ fps and stutters have been pretty much completely eliminated on my 7800X3D/4090 rig. Wonderful experience now.

 

[FeastYoEyes]

I absolutely hated the jump scare in

Spoiler: Late game

the prison bathrooms when the woman screams and bangs on the stall door.