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Hideo Kojima Might be Teasing Imminent Announcement Via Twitter Countdown

Hideo Kojima might be teasing a Silent Hill announcement for August 19

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Nop, if Kojima will teasing something gonna be the Xbox game.

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

Guys, someone zoomed in on the infinite detail 8K greatest texture of all time and found a clue!

 

[GuinGuin]

Nop, if Kojima will teasing something gonna be the Xbox game.

You mean the false flag he planted to throw people off his scent?

 

[ParaSeoul]

You mean the false flag he planted to throw people off his scent?

Nah probably just a fake grubb rumor as per usual

 

[Esppiral]

Has anyone tried to say James to the dualsense mic to see if the character turns back to you?

 

[SJRB]

Has anyone tried to say James to the dualsense mic to see if the character turns back to you?

If you say "Pyramid Head" three times in a row Hassan appears on screen and does the fortnite dance.

 

[MudoSkills]

Has anybody tried reading the 'Bluebox is a scam' post into the mic?

 

[dcmk7]

This is insane to watch.

As the truth becomes more and more obvious, believers are split in two groups: the most detatched/rational ones, who are not deep enough into the rabbit hole yet, start leaving, and only the most fanatical are left.

Reading the room, as an instinctual response the latter also become more aggressive and boastful, to create a collective wall between themselves and the perceived threat to their belief. You are either with them or you are stupid, secretly scared of the "obvious truth" and not worth even listening to.

As this goes on, the believers will be left few in number but unshakeable in faith, in their bubble of their own creation. They will be trapped in a perennial eco chamber dictated by a sunk cost fallacy that prevents them from even entertaining the possibility of being wrong.

If this were about politics or religion instead of video games, next thing you know in a few years' time we'd read the news of a sect called the "Kojima Truthers" who bombed the Parliament to kill the representatives of the "secret global elite of the Hasanians" (who "want to keep the sheep people shackled by preventing Kojima from rising to his legitimate role of World Emperor"), or alteranetively committed collective suicide on the anniversary of PT's release to let their spirirs be carried on the earthly paradise of Planet Kojima V.

Well thought out.

Also helps clear up why the XSS defenders are the way they are.

 

[ParaSeoul]

How long before a state of play do Sony normally wait to announce one?

 

[DeepSpace5D]

How long before a state of play do Sony normally wait to announce one?

I think the last one was announced 2 days in advance.

 

[ParaSeoul]

I think the last one was announced 2 days in advance.

So Tuesday if the rumored 19th august date is correct.

 

[CrustyBritches]

Also, earlier today some guys at the Blue box conspiracy Reddit posted this screenshot from Mass Effect:

Merriam-Webster definition of Blue Box: "an electronic device attached to a telephone that emits signals enabling the user to make illegal free long-distance calls."
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As for the demo of this game, it looks like a beginner's indie project that would take an afternoon to throw together. I'm sure the creator is surprised how much attention he's getting for it.

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

So Tuesday if the rumored 19th august date is correct.

And if not, we still have every single month until the end of time.

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

Merriam-Webster definition of Blue Box: "an electronic device attached to a telephone that emits signals enabling the user to make illegal free long-distance calls."
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As for the demo of this game, it looks like a beginner's indie project that would take an afternoon to throw together. I'm sure the creator is surprised how much attention he's getting for it.

I think you need your eyes checked, man. That floor texture was the very height of graphics technology, exceeding anything yet seen, likely the greatest you’ll see for the next few years. Only a AAA, Sony backed Kojima could make a floor texture that incredible. That was Hasan delivering on his promise of exceeding Red Dead Redemption 2’s level of attention to detail. You should feel priveledged to have watched a Good Value Norman Reedus from the waist down trundle across that graphics wizardry.

 

[SSfox]

So Tuesday if the rumored 19th august date is correct.

When it's suppose Sony will announce it?

 

[Spank_Magnet]

I think something went weird with my last post:

Kojima originally posted the Night Watch image in Japanese around 15 hours ago. The Reddit Mass Effect post was posted around 8 hours after. A English translation of Kojima‘s tweet went up about an hour after that. So it’s even more of a stretch than initially thought.

 

[ParaSeoul]

I think something went weird with my last post:

Kojima originally posted the Night Watch image in Japanese around 15 hours ago. The Reddit Mass Effect post was posted around 8 hours after. A English translation of Kojima‘s tweet went up about an hour after that. So it’s even more of a stretch than initially thought.

Don't remember,dude.

 

[IntentionalPun]

bitbydeath asset streaming is about using so much of the RAM for the current view, that new things that appear are streamed in from disk.. it would only happen in a fairly quickly moving scene, where the scene was changing.*

That.. is a 5 second cinematic that is not streaming anything, as everything is on screen the entire time..


edit: To be clear there's other reasons to stream assets quickly, like some element of randomness making it so you can't always cache data, but there is no reason to think that demo used any asset streaming.. it's honestly, kind of nonsensical.

 

[Spank_Magnet]

Don't remember,dude.

Well yeah. It’s ancient history now in this thread.

 

[harry mason 1989]

It's funny cause I remember back when SH came out it was considered a B tier game. Obviously history has been very kind on it.

I've only ever played one. I enjoyed it. I think it was #1 or 2.

I'd play a new one sure. I'm not great with horror though, I'm chicken shit.

The first silent hill game was so great
And lots of people consider sh1 more superior then the original resident evil games

The only thing I disliked about sh1 was that stupid piano puzzle that puzzle was ridiculously hard and I didn't have the internet back in 1999
So I waited for months till I bought the guide book

 

[CrustyBritches]

I think you need your eyes checked, man. That floor texture was the very height of graphics technology, exceeding anything yet seen, likely the greatest you’ll see for the next few years. Only a AAA, Sony backed Kojima could make a floor texture that incredible. That was Hasan delivering on his promise of exceeding Red Dead Redemption 2’s level of attention to detail. You should feel priveledged to have watched a Good Value Norman Reedus from the waist down trundle across that graphics wizardry.

Don't get me wrong, it's a nice enough material, but indies have had access to nice textures and materials since back in the cgtextures and marlin textures days. Not to rip the guy, it's great that he's pursuing his dream. It's amazing how fast you can prototype ideas in UE and Unity. Just made this in a little over an hour in UE4...


This topic seems fun, and my opinion is that you can tell it's not Kojima because there's no footstep audio effects. That's a technical limitation, not done by design.

 

[GuinGuin]

The first silent hill game was so great
And lots of people consider sh1 more superior then then the original resident evil games

The only thing I disliked about sh1 was that stupid piano puzzle that puzzle was ridiculously hard and I didn't have the internet back in 1999
So I waited for months till I bought the guide book

Couldn't have been that hard. I don't even remember it.

 

[rofif]

Don't get me wrong, it's a nice enough material, but indies have had access to nice textures and materials since back in the cgtextures and marlin textures days. Not to rip the guy, it's great that he's pursuing his dream. It's amazing how fast you can prototype ideas in UE and Unity. Just made this in a little over an hour in UE4...


This topic seems fun, and my opinion is that you can tell it's not Kojima because there's no footstep audio effects. That's a technical limitation, not done by design.

exactly. and if You spend 100$ for some materials and spend a week on it... it would look even better

 

[Doczu]

The first silent hill game was so great
And lots of people consider sh1 more superior then then the original resident evil games

The only thing I disliked about sh1 was that stupid piano puzzle that puzzle was ridiculously hard and I didn't have the internet back in 1999
So I waited for months till I bought the guide book

Really? The piano puzzle?
I hated the plate puzzle in the otherworld hospital, that shit was too difficult for a 9yo without acces to internet, and not knowing colors.

 

[GrayChild]

While we all wait...

I noticed someone did a 4K remaster of the Fukuro CGI short film from Silent Hill 2:



20 years old but still unmatched in its disturbing imagery.

 

[Spank_Magnet]

Talking of puzzles: the Sweet But Painful Twitter updated with another video today and long story short it is implied it resulted in A three-time use PSN a code and the three who got them are asked to remain anonymous, contact the site and sign an NDA…

 

[Badlucktroll]

Really? The piano puzzle?
I hated the plate puzzle in the otherworld hospital, that shit was too difficult for a 9yo without acces to internet, and not knowing colors.

Yes! I stopped playing for months because of that puzzle until the solution showed up in PSM, or gamepro or something. Maybe i looked it up on gamefaqs. Don’t remember.

 

[GuinGuin]

Talking of puzzles: the Sweet But Painful Twitter updated with another video today and long story short it is implied it resulted in A three-time use PSN a code and the three who got them are asked to remain anonymous, contact the site and sign an NDA…

S ___L based out of japan. A demo. So strange.

 

[McGILLAZ]

Has anyone already made the connection in Hasan's reveal of S_______ _______L might actually be Sweet but Painful and not Silent Hill?

 

[GuinGuin]

Has anyone already made the connection in Hasan's reveal of S_______ _______L might actually be Sweet but Painful and not Silent Hill?

They seem unrelated besides that one inaccurate tweet. (it's three words not two)

 

[JimRyanGOAT]

Has anyone already made the connection in Hasan's reveal of S_______ _______L might actually be Sweet but Painful and not Silent Hill?

Well the guy related to Sweet but painful said Abandoned is Silent hill

 

[DapperSloth]

You all know that the S_______L they teased just stands for SURVIVAL right? Right? Guys? Where you at? Hellooooooooo?

 

[baphomet]

Well the guy related to Sweet but painful said Abandoned is Silent hill

And after that he said he was full of shit and didn't know anything.

 

[TheGodfather07]

guys just have some patience and wait. some of you are going to drive yourselves crazy with this.

 

[bitbydeath]

bitbydeath asset streaming is about using so much of the RAM for the current view, that new things that appear are streamed in from disk.. it would only happen in a fairly quickly moving scene, where the scene was changing.*

That.. is a 5 second cinematic that is not streaming anything, as everything is on screen the entire time..


edit: To be clear there's other reasons to stream assets quickly, like some element of randomness making it so you can't always cache data, but there is no reason to think that demo used any asset streaming.. it's honestly, kind of nonsensical.

Let's not focus on the streaming aspect then, the point was the assets look to be larger than 4K.
eg. Here's a direct feed of RDR2, just taken from my PS5.

Now here it is again with 4 times the zoom. (8K is 4x 4K)

Note how blurry it has become.

Here's a screenshot of Abandoned.

Now here it is again with 4 times the zoom. (8K is 4x 4K)

Still taking in compression, it's a pretty big leap over what we see in RDR2.

 

[TheGodfather07]

all the teasing is itself a sign that something is going on. why would you slow drip a new unknown indie game like this? either team fake is right and bluebox are just a scam and this game isnt real and will never actually come out or there is something much more to it. naturally, people will point fingers towards kojima as he has already done things like this before.

 

[McGILLAZ]

I for one am both fascinated and afraid.

 

[baphomet]

Let's not focus on the streaming aspect then, the point was the assets look to be larger than 4K.
eg. Here's a direct feed of RDR2, just taken from my PS5.

Now here it is again with 4 times the zoom. (8K is 4x 4K)

Note how blurry it has become.

Here's a screenshot of Abandoned.

Now here it is again with 4 times the zoom. (8K is 4x 4K)

Still taking in compression, it's a pretty big leap over what we see in RDR2.

That isn't how that works. You're literally just zooming in to a 4k image on both. I'm guessing you don't even know the resolution of the textures in RDR2.

 

[platina]

Compiled a couple of interesting tweets











I’m sure the cinematic trailer will be at the “future games show”

 

[envyzeal]

morning Hasan

 

[bitbydeath]

That isn't how that works. You're literally just zooming in to a 4k image on both. I'm guessing you don't even know the resolution of the textures in RDR2.

And there is a difference, wouldn’t it show similar results if that wasn’t how it worked? I recall the UE5 demo having similar tests run at the time.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Let's not focus on the streaming aspect then, the point was the assets look to be larger than 4K.
eg. Here's a direct feed of RDR2, just taken from my PS5.

You wouldn't be able to tell as the rendering resolution is 4k.

8k textures do appear more detailed; but.. again.. who cares?

It's a single floor and a guy walking; it could easily be an 8k texture.. anyone w/ UE could do that, as there are a ton of 8k textures available. You are comparing that to the detail of the floor in a vast open world game, whose focus is not on having you staring at a floor and making you think it looks nice.

There's no gameplay running.. nothing.. just.. a basic scripted "dude walking".. so it could have all the detail in the world and it's rather meaningless. Did you see what people came up with within a few hours of UE5 releasing?

People do similar things in UE4 all the time.

 

[Ramz87]

He’s at it again with the ‘Abandoned’ tweets

 

[Hugare]

He’s at it again with the ‘Abandoned’ tweets

lol

If this turns out to be fake after all of this shit ...

Too many coincidences, man

Team Fake gotta admit that at least Kojima is playing along

 

[SafeOrAlone]

He’s at it again with the ‘Abandoned’ tweets

That....is something.

 

[bitbydeath]

You wouldn't be able to tell as the rendering resolution is 4k.

8k textures do appear more detailed; but.. again.. who cares?

It's a single floor and a guy walking; it could easily be an 8k texture.. anyone w/ UE could do that, as there are a ton of 8k textures available. You are comparing that to the detail of the floor in a vast open world game, whose focus is not on having you staring at a floor and making you think it looks nice.

There's no gameplay running.. nothing.. just.. a basic scripted "dude walking".. so it could have all the detail in the world and it's rather meaningless. Did you see what people came up with within a few hours of UE5 releasing?

People do similar things in UE4 all the time.

We can tell, that was why the UE5 demo with 8K textures looked so impressive despite the resolution being just 1440P.

Yes, we only saw a floor but it would make sense the entire game would be of that same quality too, and it’s not that easy to do otherwise everyone would do it as I’m sure most devs would want the best graphics possible.

 

[kyliethicc]

For those asking "would Sony allow this on their store?" ... watch this.

 

[Esppiral]

Kojima knows all the traction that abandoned is getting by the media and he has joined the game to troll you all among Hasan, this won't end well.

 

[platina]

We can tell, that was why the UE5 demo with 8K textures looked so impressive despite the resolution being just 1440P.

Yes, we only saw a floor but it would make sense the entire game would be of that same quality too, and it’s not that easy to do otherwise everyone would do it as I’m sure most devs would want the best graphics possible.

Let’s also not forget that abandoned is supposed to be open world too. Something strange that I noted booting up the app is no mention of what the engine is. I know the fake teaser was obviously running on UE4.

 

[CityHunter1981]

He’s at it again with the ‘Abandoned’ tweets

Interesting he tweeted the same thing on his Japanese account already last week.
I think his clues gets more obvious now, I mean it’s not only the abandoned amusement park but this bunny which looks very similar to the mascot in Silent Hill 3.