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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: on September 26, 2001, 09:42:43 AM
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I picked up my copy of Silent Hill 2 from EB today. Geez, $54.99?!
Now it sits here on my desk at work, waiting until 5:00pm...
The booklet included with the game is nice to look at. The contents are pretty clear-cut...not much confusion there. "James Sunderland, Age: Unknown, Occupation: Protagonist." Hmmm...interesting occupation. There are 4 other characters with the Age, Occupation description, but they all say Unknown. Seems kinda hokey, really.
Here\'s my gripe: I SWEAR I read in a few different places that SH2 would utilize Dolby 5.1 encoding, but I see no Dolby logo on DVD-Rom nor booklet. All I see is something about S-Force technology,"...emulates a fully 3D surround sound environment through standard two channel audio output..." I just paid $30 last night for an optical cable in preparation for a 5.1 SH2 experience! Oh well...
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GO HOME AND PLAY IT!!
THEN TELL HOW GOOD IS
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I just paid $30 last night for an optical cable in preparation for a 5.1 SH2 experience! Oh well...
Don\'t feel bad. The PS2 still sounds much better w/an optical cable than any other audio output. It\'s much louder and the sound is much more crisp as well. Even when I didn\'t have my surround setup, I noticed the difference when switching to an optical cable. :)
On another note, I wonder how that \'emulated\' 3D sound is gonna be like. And I wonder why I\'m here typing instead of playing SH2. Oh yeah, gotta wait till it\'s dark out. ;)
/ dm /
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I can\'t wait to get this game Saturday.....:D
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Nope they said it was a Surround Stereo type fo sound
SOme games like NHL 2002 have recently incorporated DTS sound so it will get better with future games
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I\'ll be getting it Thursday.
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Here are my impressions after roughly an hour of gameplay. Keep in mind that I\'m more of a casual gamer who has only played a handful of games on the PS2 so far. I wish I could have played longer, but I had to go to a Pampered Chef party. It\'s not so easy being a female gamer. ;)
You start by selecting an action (monster) difficulty level, and a puzzle difficulty level. I set both on Normal. The first sequence is meant to impress. James talks for a few minutes, then looks silently into a mirror, and appears to be preparing to say something else. After waiting for 30 seconds or so, I realized I had control of the character. The graphics are great! James looks a little washed out, but I guess that\'s understandable, considering the circumstances.
Fog: The fog effects are unlike anything I\'ve seen in a videogame so far. It actually moves as if there\'s a slight breeze. It\'s not flawless, though. Sometimes it looks like the camera\'s dirty, and occasionally the fog will pop up, a la Crazy Taxi.
Controls: The controls are very easy to learn, the setup is very similar to the first SH. Up is always forward, down is always backwards, etc. I had been playing MGS for the past several days, so it took a wee (and I do mean wee) bit of getting used to. (Unlike Oni, who looked like an anorexic having a conniption fit every time I tried to shoot or run from an enemy - that game is no longer part of my collection.)
Save Points: You have to find an actual save point, as expected, but the way it\'s executed is kinda original, and it doesn\'t take more than a few seconds.
Monsters and Weaponry (after one hour): I only have the plank with nails so far, and I\'ve only come across one kind of monster. They\'re not so easy to kill, and I\'ve found that avoiding them is probably best. Plus, James takes quite a bit of damage if you get vomited on, and the health drinks hardly make a dent. James leaves bloody footprints if you happen to step through the blood of a monster carcass.
Sound: Ooooh, the sound is great (even w/o 5.1)! They managed to make the static on the radio even creepier than before. The music is appropriately chilling. The creature sounds make me want to cover my eyes until they finally reveal their wobbling bodies through the fog. There is a ****roach (which I don\'t consider a monster), that sounds like a wind-up toy.
Gameplay: The gameplay has been pretty easy SO FAR. Invisible boundaries keep you on your path. There aren\'t many doors to open, and I haven\'t come across any puzzles yet. This game is REALLY creepy. There have already been a few times that I\'ve jumped from being startled, and during my last 30 minutes of gameplay, I was on the edge of my seat.
I\'m having a LOT of fun so far, and I can\'t wait to get home and keep playing!!
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Thanks for the impression Sara! :)
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wow, my friend is getting the game. and with that mini review, it seems like its a great amount of fun. although im saddened by what ign gave it....
hopefully that reviewer does not have the same taste as me..
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whats wrong with a 9.0?
Silent Hill 1 only got like 9\'s and 4.5\'s outta 5\'s and it still turned out great.
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well mebbeits not ign, but some place gave it a 7.5...... its in a thread around here....
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Originally posted by Falcon4
well mebbeits not ign, but some place gave it a 7.5...... its in a thread around here....
It was GameSpot, but who cares... I just know it\'s gonna rock my world! :D
And the IGN review was quite favorable.
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Great review!! I\'m in the same place. I\'m not in silent hill yet but its a cool game. "Sometimes it looks like the camera\'s dirty" Sara, as soon you start the game in the bathroom I\'ve notice this too. The game has a fuzzy look to it. Why is it like this and not clear. It reminds me of N64 fuzzy look. Just stand still and you can see this. I can\'t wait till it gets night time in the game. :D
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Originally posted by pstwo
Great review!! I\'m in the same place. I\'m not in silent hill yet but its a cool game. "Sometimes it looks like the camera\'s dirty" Sara, as soon you start the game in the bathroom I\'ve notice this too. The game has a fuzzy look to it. Why is it like this and not clear. It reminds me of N64 fuzzy look. Just stand still and you can see this. I can\'t wait till it gets night time in the game. :D
You realize that is an intentional camera effect right. To give the game a scarrier more organic look.
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Originally posted by PahnCrD
You realize that is an intentional camera effect right. To give the game a scarrier more organic look.
Oh ok but I still want it clear. :D
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You realize that is an intentional camera effect right. To give the game a scarrier more organic look.
Organic? LOL ;)
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Once again, the \'Resident Jaded Gamer \' is here to give his humble opinion. My friend bought it, as I refused to and I just got to play it for quite awhile.
My impression?? Not very good. Not terrible. Not great. Somewhere around average from the time I got with it . The "noise effect" with the graphics, I found annoying and turned off. The sound was excellent. The fog is still there and I personally was annoyed by it and cussed the whole time. The puzzles are somewhat obsecure and I can imagine some people being pissed off by \'em.
From what I played, the upside was the story. It was highly interesting, unlike the first one or other survival horror games. (in my opinion).
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Originally posted by RaZe
Organic? LOL ;)
i am afraid i don\'t get your humor...
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Living-In-Clip, did you notice the fuzzy screens in the dark? WTF!! What happen to the flashlight when you look directly to it. It looks foggy, not like the first one that looks clear and the lens flare looks nicer too.
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"sequence is meant to impress. James talks for a few minutes, then looks silently into a mirror, and appears to be preparing to say something else. After waiting for 30 seconds or so, I realized I had control of the character. "
LOL!
Dude I did the exact same thing!
I really thought he was about to say something important.
I am in the second apt building now, and My impressions are that this is a pretty cool game. I like it better than the R.E. series for ONE reason, the MAPS are AWESOME!!!!
They tell you what doors you have been to, and where all the key puzzle place you have been are. It really works well. If there is one thing I hate about R.E. it is all the damn backtracking and getting lost ltrying to remember ho to get back to a place where a stupid key needs to go. In this game if you have been at a puzzle spot, and then go find a key or something, it puts a circle on the map where the puzzle spot was. So you can find it again easy after you find the key item. R.E. really needs this!
Anyway its pretty cool, and creepy!
Can\'t wait to go home and play more!
G.
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Hopefully getting this game and ICO tomorrow! I fvcking can\'t wait... I think I\'m going to go to bed now!:D
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I\'m loving to game...the feel and look are great, I tottally believe that this is an above average game but also belive its for survival horror fans...not just someone who wants to start playing it. I thought it was pretty silly how I read that someone was complaining about the fog. The fog is what makes a lot of the feel for the game, in fact I think if we had a full visual of the our area the game would be tottally lame.
I loved the music style from the first silent hill and i\'m loving the music here too.
ok...whole esle thought it was hillarious when you first enter the blue creek appartments and you go into the bathroom of the first appartment your in and the toliet is just breeming to the brim with brown sludge (you don\'t get a close up of what it is but its pretty easy to guess what it is). So you examine it for a closer look and all of a sudden James gets down on his knees and starts digging through it to find the item he sees (complete with sound effects).
Thats probably going to be the most light hearted moment of the whole game for me =)
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I don\'t know but that dude who was puking his a$$ of was about to make me puke!
Man that was sick.
G.
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Eddie? Eddie kicks ass. He\'s an awsome character. You\'ll much later in the game
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Did anyone notice a trailer is shown when you don\'t press anything at the title screen ? I just saw it. It\'s kind of cool:D