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[jm89]

Watch this come to Gamepass day one 12 months later.

Only if jimbo allows it.

 

[M1chl]

I am glad that Blooper Team is making exclusive games, because I am sure that soon Blooper will be the most groundbreaking studio.
for certain crowd

 

[mortal]

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The Medium is completely fine. It was just on Xbox first so its shit. Its a AA horror game with dual dimensions, a post-communist / Poland setting thats interesting, Yamaoka OST and Troy Baker doing really solid villain voice work. A solid 7 or 8 for horror game fans. Really no obvious flaws in the game, just AA budget.

The reviews weren't exactly glowing, but mostly favorable from what I recall. Although I can understand being let down after Silent Hills with Koji Pro fell.

Their entire catalog is just a bunch of incredibly mediocre horror walking sims which is why people are down on them. Maybe Konami will help them make a good video game for a change? Similar to what Nintendo did with MercurySteam and Metroid. I’m not holding my breath though. I expect another mediocre game from Bloober, only this time one that gets propped up by the Silent Hill name.

That's fair. If their output has been mediocre, there's still an opportunity for them to create something remarkable, or at the every least memorable.

 

[MiguelItUp]

2 is one of my favorite games of all time. I'm cautious as Bloober has been hit or miss, and even then, the "hits" have been pretty divisive. What they showed looks nice, and they sound passionate about it. I like what they said about it, what to expect, etc. So, I'm just going to hope for the best. While remaining cautious.

 

[Unknown?]

So...lemme get this straight. Sony money-hatted this to stay off Xbox for a year?

Yes, much more consumer friendly than outright buying the rights to it.

 

[Hero_Select]

Blooper Team. All excitement gone.

Oh well.

 

[Dr.brain64]

Looks like Phil did not give enough.

 

[Gudji]

Why not remake SH1 first? You know for people who didn't play the game on PSX.

 

[ABnormal]

Thier issue is story, they just doing a remake, it'll be good.

Also they are nothing special on the technical side, but having chosen UE5 will solve that problem. They also lack on art direction, so I hope they will be sided with someone from the original team to retain the right atmosphere (in particular, desaturated color palette, more towards photorealistic look). I prefer the unique character design of Sato, but the new one isn't bad. Changes in character personality are instead not welcome: James is a destroyed, depressed man. He is spent, weakened. Not agitated and nervous like in this teaser. But well, we will see the whole.
I would also like they would include the option to use the old ost like in Resident Evil 2 Remake.

 

[decisions]

the character models looks so bad.
I have no idea how this is possible considering the current tech and how good the old CG models were.
Full of references and the tech is available, yet, they made some plastic looking shit that looks worse than stock meta humans in UE5

Yeah it looks terrible. And don't say we are blinded by nostalgia when Capcom is out here delivering with RE remakes (RE4 looks perfect so far).

To me the art style looks slightly cartoonish. P.T. is a game with a photorealistic art style. Something is...off about the way this game looks.

 

[RoadHazard]

Has Bloober ever actually made a good game? Haven't played The Medium, but from what I've heard it's not exactly amazing.

Also, why are they skipping over SH1? I guess SH2 is the first one that became really beloved? Are the stories of the two connected?

 

[Hero_Select]

Yes, much more consumer friendly than outright buying the rights to it.

Idk if this is sarcasm or not but paying for something just to keep it off another platform isn't "much more consumer friendly". Especially when people just tend to move on so long after. The bulk of video game sales is in the first week.

Especially weird because it's clearly a "We'll pay you to keep this off XBOX but you can do PC"

 

[bender]

I'd be a lot more excited if they brought back the original voice cast.

 

[remember_spinal]

Only if jimbo allows it.

Jimbo will be too busy streaming his playthrough to care

#gamingceo

 

[XXL]

These looked like gameplay shots to me. I dont know why anyone would waste time CG'ing a walking sequence.

This looks pretty great to me.

 

[Unknown?]

Idk if this is sarcasm or not but paying for something just to keep it off another platform isn't "much more consumer friendly". Especially when people just tend to move on so long after. The bulk of video game sales is in the first week.

Especially weird because it's clearly a "We'll pay you to keep this off XBOX but you can do PC"

How so. This will eventually be on Xbox. If they bought Konami, it would never go to Xbox. Much better for consumers.

 

[Represent.]

looks pretty damn good

more

 

[BiohazardX95]

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The Medium is completely fine. It was just on Xbox first so its shit. Its a AA horror game with dual dimensions, a post-communist / Poland setting thats interesting, Yamaoka OST and Troy Baker doing really solid villain voice work. A solid 7 or 8 for horror game fans. Really no obvious flaws in the game, just AA budget.

Lol, no. It has nothing to do with the Xbox. It is a walking simulator with terrible performance, no horror, combat or good story. Also, very easy puzzles.

 

[Flabagast]

Has Bloober ever actually made a good game? Haven't played The Medium, but from what I've heard it's not exactly amazing.

Also, why are they skipping over SH1? I guess SH2 is the first one that became really beloved? Are the stories of the two connected?

Most of their games are good to great. Notably, they have a knack for creating deeply personal and original horror sights.

People hating them are exactly like you. They "heard" that Bloober is bad and scream it out loud everywhere, but they've actually never touched one of their games

 

[SlimySnake]

Ok the 4k trailer looks stunning and too good to be true. Especially the final few shots of his face. They look CG. Dont look like realtime faces we have come to expect from ND and GG.

But IF this is realtime then questions must be asked. Why is it that fucking Team Bloober is showing better graphics than ALL of the so-called AAA first party studios across both MS and Sony studios. IF this is realtime that is.

 

[solidus12]

So...lemme get this straight. Sony money-hatted this to stay off Xbox for a year?

Microsoft did the same with the Medium

 

[GHG]

The graphics look great all things considered. I just hope Konami gave Bloober an engine to work with, if not we will suffer.

 

[remember_spinal]

Ok the 4k trailer looks stunning and too good to be true. Especially the final few shots of his face. They look CG. Dont look like realtime faces we have come to expect from ND and GG.

But IF this is realtime then questions must be asked. Why is it that fucking Team Bloober is showing better graphics than ALL of the so-called AAA first party studios across both MS and Sony studios. IF this is realtime that is.

Maybe you should be happy you’re finally getting a ‘next gen’ game?

 

[DaGwaphics]

It's PS5/PC at launch and console exclusive for 12 months.

Silent Hill 2 was a great game. See you in a year, assuming this is a good rendition.

 

[ZehDon]

Oh, Jimbo, just had to get that timed exclusivity. Loving the spin given Sony's recent statements.

 

[Hero_Select]

How so. This will eventually be on Xbox. If they bought Konami, it would never go to Xbox. Much better for consumers.

I mean I guess compared to "It will never release on X" is technically more consumer friendly yeah but it's not like we should applaud this either. It doesn't affect me because I have all three platforms it's coming out on but it's still a shit thing to do.

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

I think I've asked this before but

Why not start with 1? Is it not important?

(I've never played this series at all)

 

[Keihart]

James looks a lot like the Downpour guy now, it just hit me.

 

[Dick Jones]

So...lemme get this straight. Sony money-hatted this to stay off Xbox for a year?

Worse, MS paid to have a Bloober Team game exclusively on PS5 for a year. Phil Spencer why do you hate PS5 owners?

 

[Keihart]

I think I've asked this before but

Why not start with 1? Is it not important?

(I've never played this series at all)

1 is better than 2 to me, but SH2 is like the FF7 or RE2 of the franchise.

 

[Kacho]

I think I've asked this before but

Why not start with 1? Is it not important?

(I've never played this series at all)

Probably because Pyramid Head isn’t in it. That’s all casuals know about Silent Hill.

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

Probably because Pyramid Head isn’t in it. That’s all casuals know about Silent Hill.

That statement is true cause even I know what pyramid head is from

 

[Daytonabot]

Ok the 4k trailer looks stunning and too good to be true. Especially the final few shots of his face. They look CG. Dont look like realtime faces we have come to expect from ND and GG.

But IF this is realtime then questions must be asked. Why is it that fucking Team Bloober is showing better graphics than ALL of the so-called AAA first party studios across both MS and Sony studios. IF this is realtime that is.

If there's a PC version, which there is, that is what is going to be demoed and used for trailers. Back before Rock, Paper, Shotgun went to shit, they had one of the great quotes of all time: "Demoing your game on PC is the new CG trailer."

 

[rofif]

James looks a lot like the Downpour guy now, it just hit me.

Nah. Downpour guy didn't look retarded

 

[Draugoth]

 

[Represent.]

So...lemme get this straight. Sony money-hatted this to stay off Xbox for a year?

MS made their bed and moneyhatted them for The Medium. Not Sonys fault MS cant scope out quality. If MS wanted this they could have outbid Sony easily.

 

[ABnormal]

Ok the 4k trailer looks stunning and too good to be true. Especially the final few shots of his face. They look CG. Dont look like realtime faces we have come to expect from ND and GG.

But IF this is realtime then questions must be asked. Why is it that fucking Team Bloober is showing better graphics than ALL of the so-called AAA first party studios across both MS and Sony studios. IF this is realtime that is.

That's the whole point of UE5 and the high quality assets. They can't fail on the technical side, the engine is wonderful, the assets also. But they can still fail on the art side. I hope they will have the right inspiration.

 

[Fake]

Good to see the franchise alive. Just a shame is another unreal engine game and not a inhouse engine.

 

[Dick Jones]

Nah. Downpour guy didn't look retarded

But the person who bought Downpour felt retarded after playing it

 

[Kirkio]

Looks good, can't wait!

What did that dusk golem dude say about Metal Gear Solid?? I'm inclined to take him seriously now and I need some new MGS remakes, remasters or whatever

 

[Tiamat2san]

I don’t like Jame’s face.
The rest looks really good though.

 

[Gudji]

The graphics look great all things considered. I just hope Konami gave Bloober an engine to work with, if not we will suffer.

UE5 and they use lumen and nanite.

 

[XOMTOR]

Yes, much more consumer friendly than outright buying the rights to it.

How about neither? Both are bullshit.

Anyway, before this announcement, I was kinda sympathetic towards Sony's objection to Microsoft's acquisition of Activision, but after this....nah.

Not that I care greatly either way; not really interested in remakes, especially of a game I consider a masterpiece. I own the original on PS2 and PC; Silent Hill 2 is perfect as is; warts and all. Can always grab the remake on PC, but that trailer was kinda pants plus I dunno.....not everything needs to be remade.

 

[xrnzaaas]

The trailer unfortunately didn't do much for me. Lacked a lot of the atmosphere and the music of the original (no reason for them not to use the godlike original OST other than licensing reasons) and James looks weird. I'm definitely not as excited as when RE2 Remake was being announced.

Tbh Silent Hill f had the most interesting trailer out of all announced games.

Has Bloober ever actually made a good game? Haven't played The Medium, but from what I've heard it's not exactly amazing.

Also, why are they skipping over SH1? I guess SH2 is the first one that became really beloved? Are the stories of the two connected?

They've made some good games, not great games. Plus they haven't made a game with advanced combat mechanics. Even in Medium the exploration was the key part and the rest was just relying on stealth. In my opinion they're just not good enough to remake one of the best horror games of all time. They should've been given Silent Hill 1 to spark the interest in the series again and to gain more experience.

 

[brian0057]

I think I've asked this before but

Why not start with 1? Is it not important?

(I've never played this series at all)

Silent Hill 1 was "remade" into Silent Hill: Shattered Memories.
Also, Silent Hill 2 is its own contained story, same goes for Silent Hill 4: The Room.
The first and the third games are the ones that share continuity.

 

[GhostOfTsu]

Sony got the best project!!

We have to buy it if we want a full Silent Hill sequel from our dream duo Hasan and Kojima

 

[Markio128]

Looks great! I have fond memories of being scared to death by the original.

 

[Bartski]

Gladly accepting the L for taking the piss at anyone thinking this deal is real since the beginning.

Looks really good.

Huge props to Bloober for getting the gig, please don't fuck this up.

 

[Fbh]

Damn some people on Gaf are really down on Bloober Team. lol was The Medium that bad?
The foundation is pretty much set for them already. They would have to go out of their way to fuck this up tbh.

They are just ...ok.
So far they have basically been making 7/10 AA games so giving them the remake of one of the best rated and most beloved horror games of all time might raise eyebrows
It's like remaking Baldur's Gate 2 and giving it to Spiders.

Then again people should give them a chance. Not every team is amazing from the beginning and they probably got a bigger budget for this than previous games. Also to be fair other than founding a new studio there aren't that many options. Like what third party AAA dev is there with experience making horror games? You've got Capcom who are working on their own franchises, Tango Gameworks who are now owned by Microsoft.

And the rest are teams like Red Barrels or Frictional Games which are both in the same AA territory as Bloober.

Ok the 4k trailer looks stunning and too good to be true. Especially the final few shots of his face. They look CG. Dont look like realtime faces we have come to expect from ND and GG.

But IF this is realtime then questions must be asked. Why is it that fucking Team Bloober is showing better graphics than ALL of the so-called AAA first party studios across both MS and Sony studios. IF this is realtime that is.

Wait at least until we've got some uncut gameplay.
People focus way too much on these cinematic reveal trailer

 

[Senua]

Why not remake SH1 first? You know for people who didn't play the game on PSX.

not as popular, wont sell as much