A triple-a game company not taking sexual assault seriously? Say it ain't so

@nobodyinparticular9640

27 күн бұрын

That's odd indeed, these corporations should be experts on the subject 🤔 After all, they constantly abuse and act inappropriately towards their employees

@nathanaelgazzard7989

27 күн бұрын

Zing!

@Foxhound94

15 күн бұрын

😂

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Team Silent made Silent Hill 2 in a cave WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!!

@chinghamburger2200

27 күн бұрын

Well I'm sorry, I'm not team Silent

@edwardblangsted4540

27 күн бұрын

Bloober: well sorry, but we're not Team Silent

@kentalacrucia

27 күн бұрын

​@@chinghamburger2200then they shouldn't be fucking touching it!

@Vesperitis

27 күн бұрын

They made Silent Hill 1 in a cave without the box of scraps.

@GrimReader

27 күн бұрын

Boooo Marvel soy

It's "Fuck Konami" time

@samtinkle9076

27 күн бұрын

H I T T H E L E V E R

@Mad_Alchemist

27 күн бұрын

It's been "Fuck Konami" time since they betrayed videogaming for Pachinko machines. At this point, we're just beating a dead horse's ass.

@Rubberman202

27 күн бұрын

Dude, I thought I already commented on this video for a second.

@Dr170

27 күн бұрын

It's a Fuck Konami Life

@Elwaves2925

27 күн бұрын

Taking a different meaning, I definitely wouldn't recommend 'fucking' Konami. You have no idea what diseases would infect you but you're guarranteed to get at least one.

Just sayin', a shambling Uncanny Valley approximation of something I'd recognize from days gone by brought to life by an inability to let go of the past and move on is something that should be in a Silent Hill game, not a descriptor of the game itself.

@hornylink

27 күн бұрын

Silent hill 2-2

@austinreed7343

27 күн бұрын

That's actually a good idea for a true SH6.

@JesseWFDusk

26 күн бұрын

​@@austinreed7343 You mean a true Silent Hill 5.

@AdamTohrst

26 күн бұрын

The real Silent Hill was the games we made along the way

@austinreed7343

26 күн бұрын

@@JesseWFDusk Yep. Silent Hill 5 going the meta route as a goodbye to the IP.

You think this is the fate of every great story, eventually? That it'll be legally owned by people who don't understand it, but still want to beat its corpse hoping gold bars fly out?

@minhkhangtran6948

27 күн бұрын

Ah, the Simpsonification of everything we all known and love.

@danielgehring7437

27 күн бұрын

That's a fascinating theorum. I'll try to make sure to credit you if it gains popularity. You want it called 'the Twitchy Principle' or 'McExorcism's Law'?

@thewraithwriter22

27 күн бұрын

Considering that before Nightdive existed, System Shock was owned by an insurance company, yes.

@KSignalEingang

27 күн бұрын

Well, eventually there's public domain, so we might get a good Silent Hill in 60 years or so.

@Dan016

27 күн бұрын

"You either die a hero or live long enough to become... Whatever the fuuuuckkk this eldritch horror is" - Bobby Kotick (oddly said while smacking his lips grotesquely while his greed boner be Poppin)

I am.... never going to get over seeing the Clockwork Orange characters in Space Jam. What the actual fuck are we doing.

@tjenadonn6158

26 күн бұрын

Pop culture has become a parody of a parody of a parody.

@r0bw00d

26 күн бұрын

As opposed to fake fuck?

@aidensnow5017

23 күн бұрын

When creatively dry business majors have control over artists without knowing the first thing about their creations:

@tea4nihilists

23 күн бұрын

@@aidensnow5017 I'd bet money it's exactly that

For buying a remake of one of the most iconic horror games ever made in advance, you gain the "reward" of making the entire game not even remotely scary

@_hank9508

27 күн бұрын

Even publishers don't want you to preorder anymore.

@GmodPlusWoW

27 күн бұрын

Exactly. That kind of stuff is a post-completion reward, not something you get before you've even started the game for the first time.

@NotGobs

26 күн бұрын

who’s gonna tell him about extra content in ps2 horror games

@foomp

26 күн бұрын

I don't think it's that big of a deal given that I find it hard to believe that someone that has no idea what SH2 is about would spend the extra money on. That sort of person would probably 1) not realize it's a horror game they're buying and 2) not pay a single moment of attention to the story anyway since they're so oblivious to things.

@Gammera2000

26 күн бұрын

​@@foompI don't think those types of customers really exist nowdays. Not amoung people who preorder games.

The annoying thing is, if the game doesn't sell then Konami will think people aren't bothered about SH anymore and then just sit on the franchise, because as expected they always miss the point.

@lucasLSD

27 күн бұрын

It's better this way anyway, Konami isn't healing, they aren't building teams and fostering internal talents, they are only hiring third parties to churn out games from their massive IP bag. It would be better to just stay on their pachinko lane.

@ChristopherSadlowski

26 күн бұрын

They already think the public doesn't want Silent Hill, that's why they're doing a remake. They cancelled the game that was supposed to grow out of PT for...reasons. Some MBA chud probably did some "focus group" bullshit, most likely mandated to find any reason to not spend the money on a new game in the franchise, because shunting a remake of an already existing game to a third party was cheaper. So if this flops they could say, "see, we were right!" Or if it does well they could say, "see, no one wanted PT, they just wanted remakes!" This constant churn of making things that already exist and that, in many cases, I already played and don't want to play again with better graphics, has pushed me to largely not buy anything anymore. Gamers™️ are killing the medium for me because they're not very smart and they don't know how to articulate what they actually want. There's also the racism, misogyny, and homophobia that's poisoning the groundwater too...

@Dante3214

26 күн бұрын

@@ChristopherSadlowski The online space leans right for a lot of reasons, but gaming especially. The worst parts of being online often come from that type. Billionaires fund youtube channels and news orgs that target that demographic

@DivisorOfZero

26 күн бұрын

@@Dante3214 Yeah it's a crying shame too because a lot of games messages are about the exact opposite. And you know it's the people who whine about graphics/realism being the end all peak of gaming... those are people who are ruining it for the people who really care about Video games as a medium to tell a story, to have a deep experience, to be the art it truly can be. I have learned so much from the games I have played because I'm open to truly living in the experience and trying to understand what the devs wanted to say.

@austinreed7343

26 күн бұрын

They could easily pull out the franchise out of absolutely fucking nowhere though.

As an old, I share Steph's indignation that all of this supposedly "premium" content is just stuff that'd you'd get for free as a gag back in the day. Stop preordering! It's not worth it!

@vetreas366

27 күн бұрын

But then I'm missing out!!! Welcome to the age of FOMO!

@mileshill7196

27 күн бұрын

Give it up. Nobody is listening. Gaming is dead and we killed it.

@GmodPlusWoW

26 күн бұрын

@@mileshill7196 *_Cancerous anomaly detected._*

@Kragoth86

26 күн бұрын

As a certified old myself, I can remember unlocking things for..........god forbid..........actually playing the game. I remember cheat menus in Blitz (big head mode anyone?), the bonus costumes in RE2 and Colt S.A.A. for Claire. I mean hell, Star World in Super Mario World as an extra challenge as a in game secret. Everything I have mentioned and more would be carved out and sold separately now. There was a video I watched a while back where the is a growing trend reemerging of people playing older games, really anything before 2010ish? the BLUF was the simplicity of it all. You got what you paid for and that was it. I myself spent the last few days playing through Strife again because its fun as hell for me.

@HealyHQ

26 күн бұрын

@@mileshill7196 Nah, indies are still keeping it alive and well.

I was disappointet when I realized those James costume showcases were just silly in-game costumes and not actual physical figurines. As expected from a "deluxe" thing, including the dreaded "early access".

One thing I never noticed about the Silent Hill 2 nurses until recently: their heads are supposed to be turned backwards and their faces are hidden by their headware. Because James isn't interested in another woman's face.

@666vampirus

27 күн бұрын

Oooooh, so that why they have no face.....

@Taurusus

27 күн бұрын

Any chance you can point me to some original art or something to support this hypothesis? I don't trust third party sculpts and everything else I'm finding is deviantart and cosplay so I'm not sure where to land on your theory, it just looks like they've all got bandages on, which is what I'd always assumed was the intent. Frankly, I'd never heard the term "Bubble Head Nurse" before today.

@cheezemonkeyeater

27 күн бұрын

@@Taurusus According to the wiki, it was in the designer's notes.

@Kragoth86

26 күн бұрын

I thought it was because James viewed them as objects and not as people. The face being removed adds to them not actually being a person.

@latinojackson9694

26 күн бұрын

Yeah so that's absolutely not true, they don't have faces at all

If anyone can find a way to frame abusers as sympathetic (like Abstract Daddy) and blame a victim of sexual abuse (like Angela), it's Bloober Team. I looked on Ebay for the PAL version of Silent Hill 2 and the first result is €99.99 (plus €15.99 shipping from Portugal). Until the OG PC version comes to GOG (which you can add the Enhanced Edition mod), piracy IS the only ethical option people have. If Konami can bring back musician Akira Yamaoka and monster artist Masahiro Ito but not the original game's director Masashi Tsuboyama, character designer Hiroyuki Owaku or writer Takayoshi Sato on board to tell off Bloober Team's top brass and staff whenever they do something stupid, then why should we support the official release?

@Jack_Slate

25 күн бұрын

Konami couldn't even get the original VA's for the "HD" edition. Unless they didn't even try?

“Silent Hill, sponsored by Red Bull! There’s a monster in there that represents a lack of Red Bull.” -Patrick “Pat Stares At” Boivin

@ennayanne

27 күн бұрын

I know him as pat from two best friends play 😔

@DarthLego46

27 күн бұрын

@@ennayanne Want to feel old? The post-2BF rebranded podcast Castle Super Beast has now officially lasted longer than the Super Best Friends Cast.

@thewraithwriter22

27 күн бұрын

​@DarthLego46 That can't be true. _Oh fuck_

Maria wasn't even that sexualised, I do not understand the need to cover up??? She's not running around silent hill hellscape in a sparkly string bikini or something, it's just... A casually sexy lady???? I'm so confused.

@nobodyinparticular9640

27 күн бұрын

You can't be sexy anymore now It's illegal and offensive or something smh Not being serious or defending these decisions there, just attempting to joke about it, mh...

@Fullmetalnyuu0

27 күн бұрын

You can't wear leapord print anymore, because of woke

@xXluluchanelXx

27 күн бұрын

as an LGBTQ+ woke human who is the source of all the gaming industry's woes, I can't wait for my apology for being blamed for suits making dumb decisions based on what was popular five years ago. I definitely won't be holding my breath

@GangsterFrankensteinComputer

26 күн бұрын

I'm betting you'll get her OG costume when you buy the Born From a Wish DLC lol.

@pathetic2399

26 күн бұрын

You cant be even kinda sexy anymore. lol

"In my restless dreams... I see that town... *(Unlock additional content with premium deluxe edition)* "

@klisterklister2367

26 күн бұрын

Subscribe to get the next thrilling installment!

I know this wasn't mentioned, but the fact that you can also get a cardboard box head cosmetic too just hammers the point home. "This is our most iconic and infamous character, let's just ignore the subtly of what pyramid head is and slap the main character with it IN CASE THEY DONT UNDERSTAND"

@ninjatoriumnova2483

26 күн бұрын

To be honest, he's already been butchered by other Silent Hill media that started including him because "LOOK! It's the guy you know!", despite the fact that he is intrinsically tied to the plot of SH2 and makes absolutely no sense in the other entries. Same thing with SH2's nurses, too.

@Gammera2000

26 күн бұрын

​@@ninjatoriumnova2483They just wanted Pyramid Head to be like their Jason Vorhees.

@wadespencer3623

17 күн бұрын

@@Gammera2000 ...oh man Jason would have a TERRIBLE time in Silent Hill. Bet his would actually look quite a bit like Downpour, what with his water thing.

As soon as I saw what they did to Maria, I knew things were bad over there at Bloober.

@Peasham

27 күн бұрын

You mean not making her look like she's 40 years old despite only being 19, right? Right?

@jimballard1186

27 күн бұрын

For me, it was how heavily the trailer focuses on Angela. I am full of dread they're going to be really, *really* disrespectful about her plot twist.

@Peasham

27 күн бұрын

@@jimballard1186 It's Bloober, they're gonna say it's her fault.

@aceflibble

27 күн бұрын

I fully expect them to make her more of an asshole. Given the orginal game also indulges in some victim-shaming (note: shaming, not blaming), I would hope any GOOD developer WOULD change Angela's writing to be more sympathetic (Eddie's too)... it's just that Bloober are not that good developer.

@shis1988

27 күн бұрын

​@@Peasham wait how old is James?

apparently the angela model wasn’t finished in time for the trailer so there were two different models used the game releases in four months. this is gonna run sooooooo smoothly and not be buggy at all

@bryanmoberg8408

26 күн бұрын

yeah, the last trailer saying "in development" implying it being far enough off they couldn't nail down a year, then this trailer having a release in 4 months is...worrying, to say the least.

@dragonprism

26 күн бұрын

Releasing in 4 months with a physical version, to boot. Who wants to bet the physical version will just be a hard case and a steam code lmao

Art is dead, butchered, processed in a factory, and presented to us in breaded cuts resembling the animal it once was. The Dino Nugs of what once was. Well, the AAA side of things. The indie/AA side of game development hasn't forgotten the assignment.

@Dan016

27 күн бұрын

Kinda lowkey want Dino nuggies now with which dipping sauce? Can’t decide, spicy mayo? 🤔

@blatherskite3009

26 күн бұрын

Damn fine analogy there. I'm no veggie, but I've always thought that "breaded cuts resembling the animal it once was" is an especially questionable thing to do.

@0ptimuscrime

26 күн бұрын

The Dino nuggies are just content in its purest form, designed for consumption by the largest audience possible, designed to become content for creators and commentary channels, designed for earned media, designed for The Nerd Crew.

@mredbadger

23 күн бұрын

The AA industry is putting out some absolute bangers then having their studios closed down as a reward

So glad that in the year of our Lord (James Stephanie Sterling, thank God for them) 2024, we're still saying "Fuck Konami."

@MrBuch169169

27 күн бұрын

Current Year Argument 😉

@xXluluchanelXx

27 күн бұрын

@@MrBuch169169 can't wait for you to show up to my family's wedding anniversary saying "current year argument". the hell are you even saying? they were saying it's been a long time

@geoffok

26 күн бұрын

Fun fact: corporations don't get better.

Never played Silent Hill myself, but a friend of mine did. He doesn't talk much about his time with the OG Silent Hill series, but once trailers for the remake started to pop... Oh boy, he can speak for hours on how much those trailers messed up and disrespected the original.

@truehare

26 күн бұрын

The reason he doesn't talk much about the games is probably the same reason I don't talk about Silent Hill 2 to my son who loves survival horrors but hasn't played it yet: I don't want to spoil even a little bit of his possible future playthrough.

I remember horror games back in the ps2 era having silly costumes but they were bonuses for finishing the games, usually on the hardest difficulty something given after you’ve already fully absorbed the narrative and themes. They were also rewards for doing something really hard. Having it be a preorder bonus just feels dystopian.

@ChristopherSadlowski

26 күн бұрын

I wonder if the idea was, "the player has already been a little traumatized by all this dark shit we explored, so let's lighten the mood on subsequent playthroughs so they don't want to jump off the roof after round three"? I mean, at the time Silent Hill was DARK and touched on things that were considered completely inappropriate for the medium. Like all new artistic mediums it eventually matured to the point that really traumatic subject matter is fine to portray and more people are more aware of mental health stuff now, but back then this game was subversive. It could also just be that Japanese sense of humor I don't get. Either way there was most likely a point to the NG+ silliness in the original Silent Hill.

@Roadent1241

25 күн бұрын

Or a cheat code you took an hour to look up because your internet was crap back in the day where it took ten minutes to just load Google's homepage.

@aidensnow5017

23 күн бұрын

I don't see why this is so bad when it's clearly marketed towards established fans of the series... The ending is 20 years old, I can promise you anyone getting "spoiled" by that cosmetic is young enough not care and probably even enjoy it because of how hooked that generation seems to be on cosmetics and even view them as a status symbol in some instances.

@Vanilla_Dpad

20 күн бұрын

​@@aidensnow5017Costumes as status symbols are almost entirely in online games. You seem to not realize the issue is mainly with the fact that it can be used on first time playthroughs, they destroy the atmosphere of every cutscene, not ideal for an emotionally and story heavy horror game. There's so many things wrong with all this.

@orsonburnswell7085

19 күн бұрын

​​​​@@Vanilla_Dpad This argument reminds me of the easy mode/accessibility debate, it's just a difference between "git gud" mechanically vs thematically. What's the difference between silly costumes in a cutscene & skipping a cutscene entirely? Lots of ppl playing video games aren't doing it for the story. I don't have any right to dictate another person's playthrough or admonish someone for not engaging with the product they purchased in the way I would prefer. Especially when it involves an optional feature that has zero impact on my own experience.

Rule of threes, Stephanie has to use "Triple A'ness" in one more video, but to maximum effect.

@Sonichero151

27 күн бұрын

One more time and we all get a free McDonald's Ice Cream

What's funny about the Droogs thing (since you mentioned it again) is that WB has been doing all this s*** since the '90s! I happened to rewatch Batman and Robin from 1997 and sure enough the Droogs are hanging out in the foreground of a shot of a motorcycle street race scene!

@SlapstickGenius23

23 күн бұрын

My gawd! I’m still chortling on the certainty that WB has made such unnecessary crossovers on a big scale for so long, so I agree with you for the most part.

The real gag ending would be if Hideo Kojima was at the controls and the dog was sleeping.

I find the Slaaneshi real doll joke oddly fitting given how Steph described the monsters, as it’s essentially how daemons come into being in 40k. They are these beings of pure emotion that were born from the combined uncontrolled mental energy of the universe. And just like with Bloober, so often people miss the point of that 😜

@Roadent1241

25 күн бұрын

Should I Google Slaaneshi dolls or...?

@stingerjohnny9951

25 күн бұрын

@@Roadent1241 We are referring to sex dolls, and Slaanesh is the Chaos god of excess and debauchery sooooo…depends on your tastes. 😜 Steph is saying they look like something a Slaanesh worshipper would think is hot. Just excessively over the top with no subtlety over how depraved it is.

@Roadent1241

25 күн бұрын

@@stingerjohnny9951 Considering that's not really my thing, I think I'll just... Leave it here. Thanks.

@stingerjohnny9951

25 күн бұрын

@@Roadent1241 Happy to help! 👍

Considering this is the same studio that made The Medium and considering that game's ultimate message, them messing up the Silent Hill 2 remake was expected.

@Peasham

27 күн бұрын

The rare game I consider actually truly evil lmao

@aceflibble

27 күн бұрын

The problem with The Medium is the writing, and in this case, the writing was already done for them, two decades ago. So there WAS some vague, *vague* hope that maybe they would just slap on the polished presentation that a modern console can do, and it'd be fine. But... well..

@bryanmoberg8408

26 күн бұрын

presuming that's actually the message, the screen cuts to black before she fires the gun for a reason. A lot of you are far too uncharitable with your interpretation of that game. Her father being wrong is...kinda the point. She found another way, and until we get a sequel that confirms otherwise I'll maintain steph is wrong about the medium. (and if steph is proven right well...yeah, fuck that game)

@lactofermentation

26 күн бұрын

​@@bryanmoberg8408 Given their other output, it's not worth giving them the benefit of the doubt.

@Peasham

26 күн бұрын

@@bryanmoberg8408 The game goes out of its way to humanize her abuser and to state that she's the cause of her abuse and all the pain she's causing tf are you talking about lmao

It really says so much that the Dog/Mira ending was designed with the intent of offering players some relief after the first harrowing runthrough of the game, and now it's just jokey, gimmicky DLC. New players going through this one for the first time are probably going to have whatever joke ending there is this time round utterly ruined for them too.

@Jurglenuts

23 күн бұрын

It wasn't. You're grossly misinformed.

@Jurglenuts

23 күн бұрын

The entire existence of joke endings were that, jokes made by team sileny KCET and it began with 1's blooper reels, and stayed as a tradition where members would post sticky notes or ideas on joke endings, one of their favorites in SH1 or 2 being that the reason behind the crazy events was because of the sun or some absurd thing lol.

HIT THE LEVER!

@jasmith85

27 күн бұрын

JESUS!!!!

@dejavuman22

27 күн бұрын

WRONG LEVER!

@strangething77

27 күн бұрын

Good to hear it again.

I'm just waiting for a Metal Gear Solid remake with the tuxedo as a pre order bonus instead of a NG++ bonus...

@jamesrule1338

27 күн бұрын

Infinite Ammo and Stealth Cloak only available by pre-ordering the deluxe version of the season pass.

@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece

27 күн бұрын

And the best way to play it will just remain the PS1 version on an emulator... Luckily that's not a big problem because that version plays really well. And to modernize it you would have to pretty radically re-design it. I doubt that it's impossible. but at the very least it won't be the same game anymore. So the remake will always be doomed to be: "Something else" at best or much more easily: "strictly worse".

@AD3SPG

27 күн бұрын

They might paywall new game Plus period.

@Dan016

27 күн бұрын

@@AD3SPGwas about to say, similar to the escape from tarkov fuckery, yeah

@RIELTURO

26 күн бұрын

It was already sold as dlc in MGS V

To slightly mis-quote the Horne Section: You can taste the triple-A-ness in your mouth.

@SpeedyShimeji

27 күн бұрын

It tastes like metal and numb lips :(

@C64Mat

27 күн бұрын

It's Little Alex Horne!

@angmering5899

27 күн бұрын

"Destroy the legacy of a critically acclaimed classic horror videogame. Most complete destruction wins. Your time started when you disbanded Team Silent."

@Dan016

27 күн бұрын

It tastes like Fear and Loathing 🙃

@trashsombra4411

27 күн бұрын

Kinky

the hit the lever and Kronk clip have always belonged together

Satoru Iwata(RIP) 🤝 Stephanie Sterling Seeing unfortunate trends in the Game industry decades ago only for all those events coming to pass in recent years

The scene when James finds Angela in the cementery presented at the 2024 Sony showcase was devoid of any of the artistic merits the original SH2 had: the carefully picked camera angles for each part of the scene, the eerie way they moved and expressed with their bodies, the strange way they talk and the nuances of the acting that allowed you to know something was wrong with both Angela and James, all these elements combined created were carefully mix in the original to give the player a message. Even the facial expressions expressions are missing... The cinematic artistry (borrowed from films like Jacob's Ladder) has been thrown into the trash in the remake... And sadly I expect the review outlets who are easily impressed by shiny graphics to give glowing reviews to the game without taking into account how much of the artistry and what made the original SH2 a masterpiece was thrown into the trash... And with RNGesus as my witness I will prophetize that SH2 will be in Fortnite because corpos don't care about context .

@Peasham

27 күн бұрын

To be fair, Fortnite would probably respect it more than the remake will. This isn't me complimenting Fortnite.

@aceflibble

27 күн бұрын

Given that it was always "the review outlets" who championed SH2 and 3, while they both sold poorly, I doubt they're the ones who will give this positive reviews just because the graphics have a lot of polygons. The first SH was the only game to be both a critical and commercial success; 2, 3, and 4 all reviewed well with publications, but the general public didn't care. It's the 'influencer'-types, who rush to pre-order deluxe editions and stream everything based on how many hairs can be counted on a character's head, that will be the ones missing the point.

@franciscobutte

27 күн бұрын

They just don't see it.

@shytendeakatamanoir9740

27 күн бұрын

Honestly surprised it's not already in Fortnite. I guess it's not popular enough yet, though.

@franciscobutte

27 күн бұрын

@@shytendeakatamanoir9740 lol. Please no.

I honestly think we can see a lot of this decontexualisation already start in like the 80s and particularly in the early 00s; looking back, the marketing surrounding things such as the Star Wars prequels was kind of weird and bizarre-Darth Vader was suddenly given an origin story in which he murdered helpless women and children, but he was bigger in the marketing than ever.

@armelior4610

26 күн бұрын

it's almost as if marketing has no interest in what it references/uses besides "name people know"

@thomasakagi7545

26 күн бұрын

Like my dad always said, "ads don't have to make sense, they just have to make money."

@SlapstickGenius23

23 күн бұрын

@@armelior4610 I guess that’s what happened to various versions of Mowgli, Tarzan, Sherlock Holmes, Robin Hood and Dracula, albeit decades before Star Wars. The Decontextualisation of such famous characters like Dracula was just as ridiculous in those days, but it’s not that obvious like in today’s world.

@Artician

7 күн бұрын

In episode 1 & 2 and some of 3 he wasn't a murderer, he was just misguided. Including Anakin in the marketing material in any way is completely fine because it isn't solely based on that one moment from episode 3. By your logic, fictional killers should never be included in the marketing because "They brutally murdered le family waahhhh".

If the Dog ending becomes paid dlc, we march on tokyo

@kitestar

27 күн бұрын

Nah, we march on wherever blooper team is located, the development was out of Konami’s hands

@xXluluchanelXx

27 күн бұрын

@@kitestar Konami paid them to do it, they still bear ultimate responsibility

@kitestar

27 күн бұрын

@@xXluluchanelXx then…we march on Tokyo

"The media we used to enjoy but now consume." Now there is a succinct way to describe modern media and the corporate masters who own it. Thank Gods for you, Steph.

Spice 8 Rack also dwelled on the Ongoing De-Contextualization in modern media, and highlighted it through 20th century philosophy, discussing how neoliberal economic interest cannot allow for originality and novelty. It's easier, safer, more profitable to give information overloaded workers comforting shot of cheap repackaged retro-nostalgia.

@bryanmoberg8408

26 күн бұрын

hence, concord

Meanwhile Silent Hill Ascension had a cult orgy scene... that was never talked about again afterwards.

@Peasham

27 күн бұрын

It might be unwatchable, but at least it's more creatively fulfilling?

@Szadek23

27 күн бұрын

@@Peasham It often reaches "So bad it's good." Like in one scene one character suddenly is like "Have I ever told you how much I like killing people?"

@ninjatoriumnova2483

26 күн бұрын

@@Szadek23 One of the only scenes I've seen from that "game" is a random guy rambling about collecting berries to make jam or something like that. It honestly feels like a fever dream. A fever dream I might enjoy if it wasn't such a giant scam, but I think that it being a scam actually contributes to how unhinged the whole thing is.

@dragonprism

26 күн бұрын

Miss me with the orgy, give me more berry man backstory. (/uj please don't give me more of anything related to silent hill ascension)

@Owesomasaurus

25 күн бұрын

An orgy? Here?! Impossible!

Being reminded that bloober's Silent Hill 2 remake exists is akin to how when it rains I sometimes feel a slight ache in the ribs I cracked as a teenager.

Someone on Twitter said it best. The change to Maria's design led them to believe that their were no women on the development team to let them know that some women like leopard print.

the older i get the more respect i gain for you for (1) having open critical eyes in/on the gaming industry and (2) having the patience and stress tolerance to continue to cover it.

People love to get hyped off of marketing and advertising but then shout you down for judging the parts of the game that are shown. Almost as if they just want people to shut up 🤷‍♀️

@ChristopherSadlowski

26 күн бұрын

Those people want uncritical consumption. Those people are also...very dumb. They want their comfortable lives without having to think about the mountain of human suffering their comfortable lives are built upon. Their "opinions" can be discarded out of hand.

Every time I see the over the shoulder combat, James Sunderland starts to look distressingly like Leon S Kennedy, and I just ask, WHY?

@666vampirus

27 күн бұрын

Exactly, all new horror game remake are just a reskin mod of resident evil 4

bloober is going to drop the ball with angela i just know it. im so scared for my girl edit: i remember when homecoming came out and it was a *problem* amongst long time fans that you could get the ufo ending on your first playthrough. fucking hell the mira mask is somehow worse than that. at least with homecoming you could maybe get a normal ending your first time. this is ridiculous

@BloomPlays

27 күн бұрын

bet you a Happy Burger they're gonna try to make her father sympathetic.

@666vampirus

27 күн бұрын

​@@BloomPlays I wiuldn't be surprised considering the current trend of normalizing pedophilia🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

As much as I enjoy Zmannzilla's editing, I do also miss the old FucKonami News opening with its Wii Channel-esque music. Though "HIT THE LEVER!!!11!" never gets old.

The curse of the Casandra of videogames. You can clearly see the future but forget the past (how many times you've made the same pun/visual gag/video on the same topic) good thing you've got back up!

It's like watching a pileup on a highway and seeing a firetruck coming in way too fast. You can't help but gaze in horror at the unfolding tragedy.

Well, if you were worried, Multiversus sure is making the case against itself with its horrific monetization efforts

"Hurtling towards the inevitable end of a series that has been protested only to be agreed with in later times..." Um, what? How is no one talking more about this?!

@weirdcatastrophebykodycava

26 күн бұрын

Seriously.

Psst. Check out the Enhanced Edition. Fan made, open source mod for the PC port that restores it to PS2 quality. I'm using it to play SH2 for the first time.

Konami did an oopsie ? That certainly was unexpected

That wrong lever made me laugh more than it should've.

Remember when funny costumes were bonuses you could unlock by playing the game and not pre-order bonuses?

Honestly your recent focus and explanations on context have finally put a definition to the vague feelings that've been nagging at me increasingly for the last few years with how things have been handled. It's really cathartic hearing it put so concisely and thinking you're totally right on people agreeing with you later. Anyways time to wait for the inevitable fortnite and silent hill crossover where pyramid head can suplex sonic the hedgehog.

I maintain Jason in MvS is still less egregious than the Iron Giant with the ultra kill "actually I am a gun" whirling death super move.

@Alex_Barbosa

21 күн бұрын

Jason is basically a cartoon character with no morals or message. Iron Giant has something to say.

Astro Bot already had a full game, Astro Bot: Rescue Mission, and it was not only one of the best VR games on PS4, it's one of the most fun games I played. Ever.

@gravityrushfan299

27 күн бұрын

It is the best platformer on ps vr

@Sonichero151

27 күн бұрын

And now he's getting a second game.......

@gravityrushfan299

27 күн бұрын

@@Sonichero151 sadly

Not sure you'll get a review copy of this one, Stef ;) And James' movement animation reminds me of KZreadr Caddicarus doing an impression of him in a video from years ago.

@Sonichero151

27 күн бұрын

You mean the Bandicoot Cryptid of the U.K?

@GangsterFrankensteinComputer

26 күн бұрын

I almost certain the crawl animation is from MGS.

Wait… Are we hurtling towards the end of the Jimquisition? Did I hear that right? I hope not!

Hurtling toward the inevitable end??? 😮 I’ll be sad as hell when this series concludes - but will enjoy it until the deliciously bitter end. Great video as always, Steph!

Is anyone else getting tired of bad remakes? I‘m not buying them anymore, because it‘s been 20 YEARS! It’s literally getting old!

@GangsterFrankensteinComputer

26 күн бұрын

It's just funny at this point. Which will be worse? The HD version or the remake?

Bloober is like the worst developer to hand this game to. They have proved between the medium and Blair witch that they do not understand the subtlety of psychological trauma in a story. And overall they've proved that they just can't really make a scary horror game instead of just a walking simulator I want this game to be good, but I do not expect it to be good

"as we hurtle towards the inevitable end of a series that's often been protested only to be agreed with in later times" Wait what? Is Steph thinking of ending the show?

@SlapstickGenius23

23 күн бұрын

I definitely helluva hope not! I think It’ll just take a goddamn break and then it’ll come back on a smaller scale.

@TheMrFishnDucks

21 күн бұрын

maybe just he Konami segment?😰

There have been some improvements, but each trailer has given me less faith. The sound design is a massive issue. The guns don't have enough punch, melee attacks don't have any impact, the combat looks very mashy, and the character models look like they belong on a ps3 game at best. This is the most effort Konami has put into one of their ips in a while, and even then, it's still underwhelming. I doubt the October 8th date will be enough to get the game up to speed. I didn't even know about the deluxe edition, and yeah, silly Easter eggs like the ufo ending should be saved until after the end of the main game, not given out as costumes that you can start with.

@campbellolney9753

27 күн бұрын

To be fair, the combat in the original silent hill 2 was always pretty bad, but it was really just there to give the game structure. Them switching to an over the shoulder chase cam makes me think they are going to lean more into combat as a core part of the game, which is going to multiply the issues that come from the combat being shitty.

@user-cf9st8hm6u

27 күн бұрын

Silent Hill combat was never good. Ever. Go back and listen to how the shotgun sounded in SH1. It was very bad. All the guns were bad in Silent Hill, including the sequels.

@CeHee123

27 күн бұрын

@@user-cf9st8hm6u with the limits of the console, that's understandable. It's 2024 now.

@user-cf9st8hm6u

27 күн бұрын

@@CeHee123 And the animations and combat looks pretty good. Fact is, people are holding this game to a standard the franchise has never met. Ever.

@CeHee123

27 күн бұрын

@user-cf9st8hm6u I dunno about animations. James' movements look kinda stiff when he's walking.

FUCKING THANK YOU!!!!! Been arguing with people on Reddit that this is the ONE instance in which the female characters being sexualized is actually part of the story and main theme of the game and isn't like the other insane situations with people trying to sexualize every female character.

@billybatts8283

27 күн бұрын

Sex sells

@foristrothbert568

26 күн бұрын

I still find it hilarious that to you people being "sexualized" just means being attractive. I mean, if a female character in a video game showing a little bit of skin causes you this much trauma, then I hope you're sitting down, but Twitch and OnlyFans exist, and they're much, much worse in every way...and involve real women, not just pixels. But I'm sure that doesn't bother you, right?

@GangsterFrankensteinComputer

26 күн бұрын

@@foristrothbert568 "you people"? People who liked SH2?

@foristrothbert568

26 күн бұрын

@@GangsterFrankensteinComputer No, I mean far leftists, as they're the only people who ever use the term "sexualized" or "hypersexualized," as it's just code for "a woman that's attractive to straight men."

@princeapoopoo5787

24 күн бұрын

Some people *really* like to misconstrue the oversexualization argument. Fanservice characters aren't inherently wrong, its how the fanservice is utilitized and how the fanservice relates to the character. Maria was designed with this specific intent that it used to further her and James' characters and story. The problem with fanservice is that a lot of it can feel cheap and pointless? Some of these characters just look so silly on the outset that I wonder why or how I'm supposed to take them seriously.

I’m going to disagree with Multiversus leading to decontextualization of stories into just brands and products on the grounds that it has already occurred (though I think you said the same last episode IIRC). WB already did a huge meaningless crossover back in the Toys-to-Life days with Lego Dimensions (though they at least had the good sense to not feature characters from R-rated franchises). There are more Funko Pops than games at Gamestop. I think I can trace the downfall back to when Ready Player One regurgitated a bunch of references and became a best seller and a Spielberg movie.

@bloodbane93

27 күн бұрын

You know, Ready Player One really did do irreparable damage to media as a whole. Everything feels the need to constantly regurgitate references. Even *good* adaptations and continuations can't escape it.

@randomtinypotatocried

26 күн бұрын

@@bloodbane93Even the first book wasn't fun and mainly was talking about references most people get

I've already resolved that I'm not going to buy this game. If it's somehow good I might wait and pick it up over half off next year or something if I really want to play. They are trying to make it like this remake is for "both fans and newcomers" meanwhile the entire fan base has been pretty consistent with saying "we don't want this. Just release the original games on Steam already!" So it's definitely not for the fans.

Every micro transaction you buy goes towards making your favourite video games worse.

Urgh my mum loves these games and she doesn't understand all this stuff about how shit Konami is so I don't know if I should recommend this to her or what I used to help her play them when I was definitely way too young to be playing horror games so the series holds a fair bit of nostalgia to me but God fucking damn it Konami

Oh my God…he DOES look like Laura Dern.

Only 50k Subscibers to go Jim! Keep Pushing!

At this point, might as well go grab an HD texture pack for SH2, play it in an emulator with upscaled graphics, and there, got your faithful HD SH2. It'll surely be better than this blooper from blooper team (hah).

@iiINSTINCZii

27 күн бұрын

Silent Hill enhanced edition on PC is the only way to play this game (and will continue being that way)

@nobodyinparticular9640

27 күн бұрын

​@@iiINSTINCZiihad no idea that existed until I checked some comments here, lol It's nice there's passionate people out there willing to do such work to make these old classic games available and playable on modern hardware with even better visuals than before, heh

You hit on something I appreciated with FF7 Rebirth: Not only were its alt costumes in game and not an extra purchase, but for your first playthrough they relegate the use of the costumes to just the Costa del Sol area. That way Barret isn't in a sailor suit for the Dyne stuff and Cloud isn't in beachware for Aerith's death. However, once you unlock New Game+, they then unlock the option for players to use whatever outfits they want at any point. So, it's not spoiled for your first playthrough, you don't have to spend any extra on them, but when you return to the game for future playthroughs, they give you freedom to customize it how you like.

It's been ages since I've seen an update from yourself! You managed to slip through KZread's algorithm somehow, good stuff!

I'm gonna go ahead and do everyone a service and tell you where the 10:35 image comes from. It's a movie called "Deathgasm" and the guy with upside down cross paint on his face actually showed up to this "date, but not a date" as a means to dress up for an important event. Also this movie has a band play a song straight out of Evil Dead which causes the town to turn into deadites.

Tbf I’ll still wear outfits if they’re free just bc. I wish more games would put them in as unlockables instead of using them as paid DLC

Because nothing says 'horror' like costume options that makes you feel like you're at a bloody Halloween costume party instead.

@jacksim5759

26 күн бұрын

more like is saying it's "Silent Hill", like the brand, it's a product. buy the product super edition for these products on your product. it's sad. like there are whole generations of horror artists / writers / game devs borne out of love for and inspired by the silent hill games. this product of a Silent Hill 2 remake inspire anyone ever

Context does matter. Fortnite and Multiversus are prominent examples. But even going to something like Overwatch. Having these heroes who are supposed to be fighting for the fate of the future wearing bikinis and using a squirt gun takes something from the experience. Skins are cool. But it doesn't take long for the Microtransaction arms race to end up where Team Fortress 2 did with a pile of flaming hats with a giant skull orbiting them glued unceremoniously to the head of every character.

@Alex_Barbosa

21 күн бұрын

Overwatch's context was always absent at best honestly.

It's still baffling that they're going through with this, no one wants this remake, we literally just want to play the original game, this is putting in more effort, laying down more money, and taking an unnecessary risk just to give people exactly what they don't want

@neat3468

25 күн бұрын

Crazy how it's a PS5 exclusive yet it looks like it might be able to run on a PS3, let alone a base PS4

I don’t need to be reminded of Fuck Konami, but I’m gladly here for Fuck Konami News anyway.

This will definitely be an absolute bottle job. Doge meme helmet first seeing on Instagram I thought was an edit meme. Nice video. Keep up the good work.

the whole "classic skins undermining the theme of the story" thing actually happened with Shadow of the Tomb Raider as well, you could use classic Lara skins from the start and it really makes the story look weird through that lens.

I made sure to avoid all mention of this Konami update, like I do with all announcements these days, because it's a quite simple formula - the triple A space is dogshit, and I'm not wasting time on hope when the chances of the results being shite are FAR FAR higher than good. If it's good, I'll simply wait until it comes out and people review it well. I'll find out then.

Mentioning context with the story reminds me of how Ned Flanders became a 1 dimensional character all because the first time we see him he's the christian neighbor to the Simpsons and sometime after that, they just focused on that one thing about him and forgot the rest.

@pokehybridtrainer

27 күн бұрын

Flanderization at work.

Jim, know this, i love you, and i will always stay by your side, even when our opinions differ. Thank you so much for all these years. You're a worthwhile person of there is one.

I like the image of Steph and Z.Mann Zilla as Yzma and Kronk I'm seeing in my head..

And remember kids, Bloober Team are hacks who've never made a good game.

Shameless self plug - I'm working on a horror game that deals with topics of mental illness. Its make made in close collaboration with a dear friend who has the illness and I'm taking great care to represent the particularities of their experience. As I'm getting close to the end of that project, I've also begun some early work on a SH2 inspired game with psx/ps2 style graphics, a narrative about addiction, and a distinctly Aussie flavor. In short, I and many other indie devs are making psychological horror games with the care and attention they deserve, so check out what they have to offer!

@GangsterFrankensteinComputer

26 күн бұрын

You have to tell us what it's called.

@nathanaelgazzard7989

26 күн бұрын

@@GangsterFrankensteinComputer It's called "You Are Home". If you Google that along with "Late Night Game Studio" one of my pages should come up

My god ma'am, that intro track is STILL such a banger.

The Dog Costume is what "The Desert of the Real" looks like. Multi-verses is what "The Desert of the Real" looks likes. The Droogs getting front row seats to watch Bugs Bunny is what "The Desert of the Real" looks like. I'm not quoting The Matrix. I'm reference the work they stole that phrase from, Baudrillard's "Simulacra and Simulation". Instead of being copies or parodies of the ideas they reference, they have become "Simulacra": a symbol which bares no relation to the reality they reference at all. These Simulacra replace the real & their context with a simple easily commodificable & reproducible product which only exist to generate profit for their owners. The Desert of the Real is where every grain of sand is something that meant something to someone once, ground down to nothing in the pursuit of profit over art and meaning. We can pickup a handful of sand and recognize what the grains were as they slip through our fingers, everything that made them real already lost in the wind.

Always thankful for the subtitles 🙏

Oh boy. Ads before a Jimquisition? Time to strap in and strap on, it’s gonna be a good one folks.

@foristrothbert568

26 күн бұрын

What ads? There were ads on this video?

@MungkaeX

26 күн бұрын

@@foristrothbert568 So many ads, preroll and mid-sentence roll ads. It happens when people claim ad revenue for a video because of clips of their content included. It’s the alternative to having the video taken down. Fuck Konami!

@foristrothbert568

26 күн бұрын

@@MungkaeX Oh. I just use adblockers, so I never see them.

@MungkaeX

26 күн бұрын

@@foristrothbert568 I like to contribute anyway I can to smaller content creators, and for a lot of them watching ads is the only thing I can do for them. Sure it’s not much on an individual ad by ad basis, but over the course of a year or so it does add up. I’m sure if I was in a better financial position myself, I’d be able to support them via Patreon or such; but that’s not where I’m at right now.

How bizarre. Steph, your video is getting ads on it.

Who could have possibly foreseen that Konami and Bloober would both simultaneously shit both of their separate beds hard enough to cause cross-splatter.

Poor Jim has lost his mind

You're right. It is hopeless. It's not getting better. There's no coming back. It's not going to go away, and Lord knows it can't be defeated... There's nothing left... no reason to stay, to try, to continue to fight... it was over before it began. We're only prolonging the inevitable... Maybe death IS the only way out... Maybe that's the real "psychological horror": the realization that art is dead while business gleefully flails around its rotting corpse, calling it "better art"? But that's giving them too much credit.

@moddrew546

27 күн бұрын

Hey uh...do you need someone to talk to? Like no offence but you sound like you're dealing with some very heavy depression at the moment. Now I understand how you're feeling at the moment as I took am dealing with similar grief (in part) in how the state of media is in such an dire state. It sucks to see things we cherish go to pot, it really does. But I feel venting about it towards strangers via an KZread comment and considering death is not gonna help. Trust me I'm at the edge too. So may I recommend perhaps seeking group therapy? I have yet to attend one myself (as there's irl matters in the way) but a friend of mine who was also going through a depressive episode themselves went to those that did help with such emotional baggage by talking towards others dealing with similar problems and finding comfort knowing they're not alone. I dunno if will find the exact solution that problem (knowing the forces at play here), but finding kinship in those hardships can heal that pain.

@sahar1213

27 күн бұрын

❤

@yoBmeF

26 күн бұрын

​@moddrew546 thank you for reaching out to them. I hope they can find some time to see your comment and consider your advice. At least, in the sense that they have the situational ability to attend group therapy themselves.

I like how they got David Duchonvney to play Angela this time.

There needs to be a mod that changes the nurses into zombie squirrels. Then the sounds will make sense, and also be adorable.

Just to make sure I’m not misinformed, I thought the character and monster redesigns are based on the original concept art for Silent Hill 2. Those being done by both Masahiro Ito and Takayoshi Sato. In addition, I thought Masahiro Ito was working directly with Bloober Team to avoid any narrative issues with the intent and implementation of his monster designs. I think we should all just take a deep breath and see what happens. There are far worse things going on in the world right now. If anyone is reading this, I hope all is well with you and yours. ❤

@dahn57

27 күн бұрын

Based on are the key words there. Leaves plenty of room for them to do whatever they please with the designs

@princeapoopoo5787

24 күн бұрын

Yeah this is honestly why I'm more disgusted by the stupid costumes lmfao As far as the narrative and aesthetic goes, it still feels too much of a mixed bag for me to be worried about that either way. I just oooh don't like those costume bonuses. not a fan at all.

Wait, there was a new Alone in the Dark? And it was good? Why was I not informed? (I probably was informed but I forgot)

@blairfujin

27 күн бұрын

it came out like 2 months ago and based off RagnaRox's review it's alright (it landed in my "when it's on a discount category" since I've got other games I'm more interested in at the moment)

@tippy2k2

27 күн бұрын

@@blairfujin Yeah, reviews seem super mixed on it so I'll put it on The Wish List and pick it up when it goes on sale