The Lying Figure having zippers is a reference to the reason why Ito came up with that monster. Basically he saw a college walking through a dark hallway with a hoddie on and his hands inside the pockets of the jacket. A pretty neat detail from the man himself
@@AshleyRoboto I get you, can throw you off a bit jaja, just thought it was a neat detail. Either way the fleshy ones are still there, so we can enjoy smacking them we the game finally comes out 🤘🏼
@@AshleyRoboto The monsters will all have variants. You'll see the original designs 1:1 like we remember, but also some will be using Ito's new designs as well, like Lying Figures in the new opening, or having skin-nylons, etc.
Silent Hill 2 was inspired by Jacob's Ladder which is an somewhat old psychological horror film where the main character slowly loses his mind. That bobble head nurse head twitch at 14:12 is a callback to that movie where the main character saw creatures doing that same head twitch.
Yeah, p sure all SH fans know that already. It does look off to me as well but purely bc of the "blur" effect being way too strong, it rly was creepier when the fast head twitchs didn't have any effects on top of them, the movement alone was good enough imho.
@@BasedOverflow This is exactly my thought! It's just the blur that I don't like, it's just a bit too much bc it's way creepier looking without it being 'smoothed'!
I’m surprised not a lot of people are talking about what we got of the movie like Ashley did. I’m so unbelievably stoked that they are putting so much love and attention to detail to it all, it’s gonna be an awesome!
Yah, its great to see! I did my own deep dive of the BTS and the teaser trailer that also was released. I was excited for the movie since it was initially announced. ruclips.net/video/52gMQeGli0Y/видео.htmlsi=8phR75tIExdYN_MJ
omg your reaction is everything .. ugh .. I feel you hard on these emotions. You remind me of me haha.. exactly how I reacted.. I cringe a lot and covered my face
I can't wait to watch your playthrough of this version! I am a wimp and can not handle playing the older version, let alone the HD creepy creeps, hahah.
THANK YOU for not being a total doomer about this, it's exhausting seeing people refusing to even give the remake a chance and saying they "ruined" Angela's design (by making her look like an actual 19 year old?) and slightly changing Maria's look, which...if you go back and look at the original concept sketches, they look VERY close to Maria and Angela's original designs. The new voices are going to take some getting used to but overall I don't hate them. I was skeptical of Bloober Team at first, despite liking Layers of Fear 1+2 and Observer, since this was such a MAMMOTH project compared to their indie games. But everything I saw out of this presentation has washed most of those worries away, as someone who's been playing the Silent Hill series since I was in my teens on the PS2.
I’m excited honestly! Also whiplash seeing this comment next to someone screaming at me for complaining LMAO (some people don’t watch past the first 3 minutes 🤪) It’s gonna take getting used to but I’m excited to dive in 😭❤️
@@AshleyRoboto yeah my thought is that like, the original is still out there, it's Abandonware on the PC so you can get it for free. The fan made Enhanced Edition helps spruce it up a bit if all you want is a remaster. This isn't erasing the existence of the original SH2 any more than the Dead Space or Resident Evil remakes did their games. Healthy skepticism is warranted but it's the job of presentations like this to help wash that away. I can tell that Bloober is coming at this from a place of love and respect, and even then Konami and the members of OG team silent are there to help reign them in so they can't do things TOO different in the way of story.
I'm BEYOND tired and DONE with the complaining. Acting is FINE, all enemy models were redesigned by Masahiro Ito. The original enemy designer from the original SH2. Learn to cope.
Did you.. did you watch past the first 5 minutes? LMAO I DIDNT COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYTHING BUT ONE SCENE I SAY IM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS GAME Please relax holy CRAP.
@@AshleyRoboto I think he means everyone’s reaction to the trailers in general people have been kinda complaint about the same things you were the voice acting and others have been complaining about. Character models and faces even sound desgin and music which is also done by the original composer and they are using a lot of the same sounds from the original game . Everyone is complaint about a lot of stuff that’s taken from the original and it’s kinda annoying cause they’re complaining about literally the same things they claim to love from the original.
Can we take a moment to appreciate how great an effort Bloober Team have actually put into this. Even I'd it's not great they have at least taken on a mammoth challenge, and I think they deserve recognition for getting it looking this good.
It genuinely looks great and I've always been optimistic on the project! Bloober has done some questionable stuff in their own games but I never expected them to not do a pretty decent job here!
@AshleyRoboto agreed! Can you imagine being told you're the one that will be responsible for duplicating the greatest survival horror game ever made? I'd be shitting myself with anxiety 😂
hi, random game dev here: it might be because they messed up the perspective camera, if the scene feels off that might be the reason(the model face looks flat as hell)
@@ereoleon That’s what I was thinking too. Because the shot of her with the black background looks absolutely perfect imo. So I maybe thought it was an inconsistent model or something.
@@ereoleonYou a game dev? dont make me laugh, angela face is swollen after she ate everything at macdonalds, she appear in this video and her face doesn't changed.
The voice acting in this is 10/10 !!! Ppl can have issue with Angela all they want. They INTENTIONALLY chose that actress because the tone in her voice when delivering lines. Every show and game has that one character that people just can’t stand the voice of. 😂😂 it’s done on purpose yall. Chilllll
It’s not that the voice work is bad, it’s that it’s not the vibe of the original which was weird and uncanny on purpose! I even say in this video the voice acting isn’t bad it’s just not the way it was originally intended to be, which was my entire point lmfao I ALSO say the only voice acting that bothers me is the graveyard scene and everything else seems more on base. I’m genuinely excited for this game, YOU chill LOL
Nah her VA sounds really bad in comparison to Harry and Mary/ia, kind of like Ada from RE4 it felt more like she was just reading the script. The only bit that sounded good to me was near the end when she said "tell him I'll be good, please". I was mostly just hoping they kept the "childish" tone (due to her trauma) in her voice that she had from the OG.
I was initially hesitant but the more I revisit the gameplay trailer, the more I really love what they’ve presented! the environments are lush and the atmosphere is near-perfect, and I actually really dig the voice acting-particularly for James, Mary/Maria, and Laura. my only nitpick is the obtrusive health indicator. instead of a glowing red border, I think it would’ve been cooler if the screen got all red and staticky for a few seconds, like the original’s health screen, before fading out and James taking on a limp to indicate his health status in a more subtle way. other than that, I’m hype!
I believe the cemetery part is on an earlier stage than other cutscenes. Looks less polished. Angela does not sound good but Laura dialog is 100 better than the original. I was just playing it. I liked you are very expressive about it. I’m sooo excited despite some of the James animations
I'm not worried about the costume redesigns since I'm thinking they are going to do the Resident Evil route. Where the original costumes will be a playthrough reward.
i love you reacting to things like this cause sometimes you say 'oh no man ew' but in a positive way and sometimes its negative and sometimes i genuinely cant tell LMAO
The voice acting is really good and the new mechanics just make the game a lot better and enjoyable imo. If they had kept the voice acting the same and not added any modern/new mechanics like you want, the whole thing of making a remake wouldn't make any sense cause the only thing different from the og would be the graphics and at that point the remake would be almost completely useless cause you can just go play the og one and play the exact same game, graphics aside
…. I literally say IN THIS VIDEO that they had to add new mechanics because it’s a modern game?? You’re arguing with literally the wrong person I EVEN SAY WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE OG GAME TO GO BACK TO BABE 😭😭😭 I get it, a lot of people are cranky so you’re quick to defend, and I am too, but you’re literally griping at someone who is genuinely excited for this remake so like ??? Chill 😭
@@AshleyRoboto I'm not arguing, I just said what I thought and in the video "they had to add new mechanics" sounded sarcastic to me, as if you were saying that you thought they could have easily made the game without the new mechanics, apparently I was wrong, I tried to make my opinion sound as less "aggressive" as possible because I didn't mean to argue, sorry
I love that you may be concerned but you're civilized and respectful cuz at the end of the day that's your favorite game, ppl are so vicious and such trolls, kinda like they don't want this to succeed
I hate that approach so much 😭 at the end of the day we still have the original man, but I would love love love for this to be good so we can have this TOO 🥰
10:18 You mean like everyone else in a Horror game?😂 19:49 YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DESTROY THE NICKEL & DIMING, NOT JOIN IT! This is the only positive review of the Silent Hill transmission that I've seen.
There are plenty of positive reaction videos out there (me being one of them)... its just the trolls and click-baiter types spam RUclips with all their misery. Happy people have better things to do.
First 😊 Also interesting reactions from you regarding the new voice direction and designs. Seems like a lot of Silent Hill fans are saying the same thing.
AYY! Also yeah, I feel like of course it's not going to be 1 to 1 of the original voice vibes but I was really hoping for some more uncanny delivery... WE CAN STILL HOPE AND PRAY.
See... for some of us who love and played SH2 when it first came out 22+ years ago... we weren't fans of some of the over-acting (Mary / Maria was amazing in the original and the standout for me). I didn't think of it as "bad", but not what I would call... natural, and it didn't always resonate with me. When I would show SH2 to friends, some laughed at some of the acting / dialogue. I know that oddness of the original dialogue / acting is what some like... but for some of us, we LOVE the more normal / natural acting in the remake as well. You can't recreate the same feeling as the original and have the same effect on a newer game today... especially for us who already played the original. That's ok, as this game is meant to be different in some ways for a reason. The monsters with a "stun" in the video are the Mandarins and Abstract Daddy... so they aren't going to be very prevalent through the game, so I doubt you'll see that happen often. However, it looked like Mannequins may be able to crawl up walls at the prison (in this video) and maybe ceilings? As for the story... they said from the beginning they would "expand" on to the story. That doesn't mean it will be changed... but will have new areas, new additions, new side stories maybe (like what you saw in State of Play, the Lakeview Diner). They've had that on other SH games as well... but the intent is that we get to explore much more than before, and there may be new puzzles and backstories to go along with them. Love your emotional excitement. They can't please everyone... no matter what... but there is far more good than the bad I may nitpick... and I'm glad to see you open to the cool new things they are doing with this remake as well... as for me I want to see new stuff as well, as long as it doesn't remove the special moments of the original.
ABOUT THE REMAKE I think to accurately capture the tense feeling the original Silent Hill games gave, you MUST have some sort of obtrusion to the control mechanics. Slow combat animations, Inconvenient camera angles, a separate inventory screen that requires you to think before you instantly solve puzzles and use items. The Horror is in the LIMINALITY. And the remake seems to lack this understanding. Also I wholeheartedly approve with their depiction of Angela, I think it's very wise to make her character prominent in the game, bc she is like a foil to James ABOUT THE MOVIE Honestly, only positive things. Seems so creative and fresh, nostalgic, feels like a movie that I should have grown up watching. I like Maria's fake hair. Excited to see this new interpretation of Laura
I'm not too worried about Angela or Maria, they can fix them like they did with James, my concern is we didn't see Eddie. What if they release the game in October without showing him and he's a mess?!. They need to show a trailer or picture's of he's design, so the fans can give the stamp of approval or not.
I actually think they need to chill, we have 3 trailers and they just showed 10+ mins of gameplay, I don't wanna see anything more, I'm buying the game, I wanna play it not see it lol
I mean there will always be a loud group in the fandom that hates everything about the remake. They're already super critical as it is so honestly, idk if they need to cater to every single critique people have.
I know there are gonna be people who will feel a certain way on the SH2 remake about the third-person combat that's been like a staple since the OG RE4. But however, it does fit in really well, I'm still excited to get this on October 8. And the upcoming movie on the other hand? I'm watching it frame one when it comes out.
I have very mixed feelings about people's reactions to the gameplay trailer in particular. On one hand, I FELT your pain with Laura's 'HA HA!' delivery and how it felt so off here. Yet, the more I watched and re-watched the gameplay trailer, the more the little changes in details didn't bother me. It's similar to what Capcom did with the RE2 remake. The script was re-written and made to sound more 'grown up', basically, but the overall core of the story was still there (and respected, as far as I'm concerned). My bigger issue was when they re-released the original SH2 with new voice acting in the SH2 HD Collection, yet the game still looked identical to the original (but with higher res textures). It's like watching Back to the Future on BluRay instead of VHS, but with Bryan Cranston dubbing the voice of Doc Brown and Michael Cera dubbing the voice of Marty McFly or something. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should! However! If they were to, heaven forbid, remake Back to the Future with a new cast? The new voices/actors wouldn't be as big of an issue anymore to many people, especially the newer generations, because, well, the reboot is a completely separate entity, basically. That's how I look at it, anyway. One other thing I have to point out about the original Silent Hill 2's voice acting: are people giving the original cast too much credit for the awkward pauses and timing, or was that a byproduct of not-so-great directing and a time when video games were still finding their way and maturity? I re-played Silent Hill 3 rather recently and, for as much crap as the original SH2 gets for 'bad acting', I felt there were some seriously horrible, awkward, and cringe line deliveries in that game. Infinitely worse than SH2. I still far prefer the voice acting in SH2 over SH3. Monica Horgan's gut wrenching monologues in the long hallway and when she read's Mary's letter are simply amazing and make me break down and cry just about every time I re-experience those moments. But despite a few golden nuggets of voice acting, I am just not convinced that the awkward line deliveries were always intentional. Feel free to correct me if I'm very wrong on this. As in, you've read an article or seen interviews that clear up that theory. Anyway, what I'm getting at is that I guess I don't mind that the SH2 remake sounds a bit more mature because the developers are ironing out a lot of jankiness that used to exist in the dialogue. Just like they're also ironing out the jankiness of the original game's, frankly, -terrible- combat system. I don't mean to make this sound like I'm being overly negative. I'm a huuuuge Silent Hill 2 fan, and am often critical when it comes to any developer coming along and altering the original game for the worse. But I think it's also fair to discuss the game in a mature and objective way without wearing the rose-colored glasses that so many fanboys/girls, etc. often do. Silent Hill 2 is a beloved and genre-altering survival horror game. Is it perfect? No. I feel it absolutely can be improved upon in many ways. We'll see if Bloober can knock the game, as a whole, out of the park in a few months. Regardless, thanks for the video! I really hope you wind up enjoying the final product in October. I know I personally can't wait. The second I saw the pre-order was available after watching the gameplay trailer? Insta-purchase! If you've actually read my ramblings, I'm seriously impressed. :P
I read it but I’m tired so I’m only gonna speak to one thing LOL The weird awkward voice acting in the original SH2 was very much on purpose! A lot of it was inspired by the weird and goofy line deliveries of Twin Peaks and it was meant fully to give an uncanny feeling. I fully don’t think the voice acting in 2 is bad at all, it’s genuinely good at being weird and uncanny. Three isn’t as good with it but I don’t mind 3 at all, it’s uncanny and weird in a different way to me.
With all the movie adaptations, it has become standard PR for the filmmakers to say "I love the original game, blah blah blah..." But when Christophe Gans talks about how much he loves Silent Hill, I believe him. The passion he has for it is visible in what we've seen of the film sets, the creatures, the actors, and you can see it in his face when he talks about it. Bravo Christophe. I love the movie already and I'm sticking to that.
YES! I agree! He shows genuine love with how much effort he puts into the vibes and recreation of things. It’s so nice to see honestly and makes me so stoked for the film
Not that I disagree but he really missed the mark by making the protagonist a female instead of Harry Mason in the first film. I didn't agree with his reasoning either, which was that it being a mother makes more sense when in reality the game Silent Hill 1 wouldn't have hit the same.
Hi, thanks for the reaction, and while I feel for the issues with some voice acting I can understand what was maybe the urge not to risk people sounding off? The shrieking of people thinking they're tearing bad voice acting apart, instead of knowing what the point is. Maybe. But other parts where Angela (at the end) and James sounding painfully real and normal could really make the everyday life tragedy of it very moving. Maria and Laura just great, Laura turning from thoughtful suspicion to brattiness is very good. In any case, I get all your feelings come from love for the subtle details of the original. You're an entire world away from the circles of hell that opened from people mad that Angela isn't hot, the god awful clumping in of this heartbreaking horror with silly action games which is absolute madness. Thanks!
Knowing Capcom and their shenanigans.. surely we can get a free set of outfits for the characters.. like their original look or something. We can get the original Maria look
If Capcom can remake RE4 and yet still keep the Bingo joke after the first village encounter, Bloober has no excuse not to keep/reimplement classic moments from the original that would otherwise be considered cheesy or janky.
Despite being survival horror, RE and SH aren’t even in the same ballpark. RE had always been B-movie/porno level acting cheese. SH is on the level of Twin Peaks, Hereditary and The Shining.
@@fisherj5087 I don’t know how it’s relevant. A film doesn’t have to be a comedy to handle a few jokes. If the developers can keep part of the 2000s what made RE4 a success then so can Silent Hill’s. Another glaring example is the fog. It’s an integral part of the IP and works well for the mystery of the place but it was put in place because the PS1 couldn’t render the game otherwise.
I don't know, I think RE remakes are somehow overlauded. While very enjoyable, the originals were more like b-action-horror games, where no detail is actually as integral to the story. In RE games not much really MEANS anything and the remakers can pick and choose what elements they take over. In RE4 remake they changed considerable portions of the original game, in Silent Hill it could be disastrous, but there could easily be made up for with inserting a few iconic jokes and fans of the original wouldn't pat an eye. In SH2 especially, perhaps more than in other Silent Hills everything is intertwined, and can be connected by symbolism, which is a different situation. It's a difference between "entertainment" and some unique vision. Imagine someone remaking Mulholland Drive by David Lynch. What would be the chances of the remakers not being criticized for almost everything? I actually very much look forward to the Silent Hill 2 remake regardless of believing it does not have a big chance of turning out a standalone piece of art, like the original. I think it could be a big achievement as an appreciation of the original, "a cover song" if you will. Remaking or "making a cover" of art is a different thing from that in "entertainment". Just copying something could be a bad choice in many situations. Remakes of art have a higher chance of achievement if the creators are just someone mindlessly and soullessly copying something, but also creating and adding something of their own, channeling the original, but putting a personal spin on things, not giving everything of the original, because they understand it enough that can take a slightly different route. Anyway, I don't think comparisons to RE remakes are as appropriate as some would think. Yes, the success of those may have been the starting impulse of this project, but thankfully it appears the developers might understand it's a far trickier situation for them in many ways, and just taking a simplistic and naive "we'll do the same as RE remakes did" in aspects they shouldn't could be something not taken well by fans of the original at all. You don't remake a David Lynch movie into a fun popcorn horror movie.
I mean remaking a Resident Evil game the creators could probably pull through without ever knowing what the word "symbolism" means. Not so much here. A somewhat deep understanding of abstractionism, the art of Francis Bacon and experimental cinema and works of David Lynch would be a huge plus.
If you were born around the time of the original game and watched this it then you would feel very angry, we veterans loathed this crap its pure woke material, we will not give our money to lazy konami and the woke studio
I have been a silent hill 2 fan for literally half of my entire life babe. But okay! 🤪🤪🤪 I am almost 30 and literally none of this is “woke” you’re just a goof LOL
@@AshleyRoboto Im sorry i dont wanted to disrespect you, im impressed you look so young, i am older than you but i can understand your hype, however i lost hope in the gaming market
Speak for yourself only. Many of us who have been fans since the original came out 22+ years ago are loving what we see. Yes, there are things that may not appeal to everyone, and yes there may be flaws (many felt this way about the original too).... but as the lady said.... none of this is woke. Stop the hate, and play the entire game in full context for yourself when it comes out and then decide how you feel.
I feel your excitement! It's great to see someone excited about this like myself for a change. Many of the tourist "fans" just want to turn everything into another outrage about being "WOKE" or "bad corporation needs to suffer" or something. The developers honestly seem to be doing a great job, and I'm t i r e d of the constant manufactured outrage.
I don't see most people liking the combat or a few other aspects of this remake, but I'm almost 53 and have played Silent Hill 2 In it's many incarnations, for over 20 years, I like what I see!
I think the combat looks good! I just do not like what I see of the weird screaming mechanic from the monsters because I’m nervous it will mess with the flow 😭
I myself LOVE the combat (yes a bit of jank, but nothing horrible). Just the right balance to keep it fun but not overpowering and an actual challenge. For PC players, playing at 60 to 120 fps will make it look and play so much better.
The creature that's screaming at James (not the abstract daddy but the other one) always reminded me so much of the closers (my fav enemy) so cool seeing it remade, looks terrifying
Ooh the like.. pendulum hanging guys? LOL they look a lot like closers because they reused a lot of the design as they felt they weren’t seen enough in 2! 🥰
@@AshleyRoboto they're silent hill at its finest ugh just a weird mass of flesh with huge creepy arms that hangs bellow u from the "floor", it's all so distorted, that clip made me react the same way I reacted when I was a kid, seeing all these things in re-made graphics is just insane
Those are the Mandarans. The Closers are literally the same monster / model... only in SH2 they were hanging... in SH3 they walked with help from their big ass arm nub thingies. Ew :)
Actually, in the original SH2 there was a similar change in the outdoor colour tone at that same time in the game... you only saw it before going into the hospital. We just never had windows you could see through inside the building because of PS2 limitations, etc.
yeah that's my only issue is with Angela Voice is off I really hope they can make an option if you can switch to the original voices like the collection
Angela's so cute! I think all of the mocap/voice actors are doing a pretty good job honestly, it's different but not bad I feel! Really enjoyed seeing this over on twitch, I can't wait till we finally all get to play it lol
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The Lying Figure having zippers is a reference to the reason why Ito came up with that monster. Basically he saw a college walking through a dark hallway with a hoddie on and his hands inside the pockets of the jacket. A pretty neat detail from the man himself
Yeah! I know it was him but after seeing them be fleshy flesh boys for… this entire time really, it’s a bit jarring LMAO
@@AshleyRoboto I get you, can throw you off a bit jaja, just thought it was a neat detail. Either way the fleshy ones are still there, so we can enjoy smacking them we the game finally comes out 🤘🏼
@@AshleyRoboto The monsters will all have variants. You'll see the original designs 1:1 like we remember, but also some will be using Ito's new designs as well, like Lying Figures in the new opening, or having skin-nylons, etc.
Silent Hill 2 was inspired by Jacob's Ladder which is an somewhat old psychological horror film where the main character slowly loses his mind. That bobble head nurse head twitch at 14:12 is a callback to that movie where the main character saw creatures doing that same head twitch.
Interesting to know 😊
Yeah, p sure all SH fans know that already. It does look off to me as well but purely bc of the "blur" effect being way too strong, it rly was creepier when the fast head twitchs didn't have any effects on top of them, the movement alone was good enough imho.
@@BasedOverflow This is exactly my thought! It's just the blur that I don't like, it's just a bit too much bc it's way creepier looking without it being 'smoothed'!
I’m surprised not a lot of people are talking about what we got of the movie like Ashley did. I’m so unbelievably stoked that they are putting so much love and attention to detail to it all, it’s gonna be an awesome!
I’m genuinely SO excited for it. He seems so good for it and it already looks so GREAT
Yah, its great to see! I did my own deep dive of the BTS and the teaser trailer that also was released. I was excited for the movie since it was initially announced. ruclips.net/video/52gMQeGli0Y/видео.htmlsi=8phR75tIExdYN_MJ
@@AshleyRoboto So happy to see someone else who feels the same way. I saw the first movie 6 times in the theatre :)
omg your reaction is everything .. ugh .. I feel you hard on these emotions. You remind me of me haha.. exactly how I reacted.. I cringe a lot and covered my face
the wait for this game might actually KILL ME. BEYOND HYPED
I can't wait to watch your playthrough of this version! I am a wimp and can not handle playing the older version, let alone the HD creepy creeps, hahah.
It's definitely going to freak me out bc it's so different gameplay wise now but I can't WAIT to play
THANK YOU for not being a total doomer about this, it's exhausting seeing people refusing to even give the remake a chance and saying they "ruined" Angela's design (by making her look like an actual 19 year old?) and slightly changing Maria's look, which...if you go back and look at the original concept sketches, they look VERY close to Maria and Angela's original designs.
The new voices are going to take some getting used to but overall I don't hate them.
I was skeptical of Bloober Team at first, despite liking Layers of Fear 1+2 and Observer, since this was such a MAMMOTH project compared to their indie games. But everything I saw out of this presentation has washed most of those worries away, as someone who's been playing the Silent Hill series since I was in my teens on the PS2.
I’m excited honestly! Also whiplash seeing this comment next to someone screaming at me for complaining LMAO (some people don’t watch past the first 3 minutes 🤪)
It’s gonna take getting used to but I’m excited to dive in 😭❤️
@@AshleyRoboto yeah my thought is that like, the original is still out there, it's Abandonware on the PC so you can get it for free. The fan made Enhanced Edition helps spruce it up a bit if all you want is a remaster.
This isn't erasing the existence of the original SH2 any more than the Dead Space or Resident Evil remakes did their games.
Healthy skepticism is warranted but it's the job of presentations like this to help wash that away. I can tell that Bloober is coming at this from a place of love and respect, and even then Konami and the members of OG team silent are there to help reign them in so they can't do things TOO different in the way of story.
I'm BEYOND tired and DONE with the complaining. Acting is FINE, all enemy models were redesigned by Masahiro Ito. The original enemy designer from the original SH2. Learn to cope.
Did you.. did you watch past the first 5 minutes? LMAO I DIDNT COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYTHING BUT ONE SCENE I SAY IM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS GAME
Please relax holy CRAP.
@@AshleyRoboto I think he means everyone’s reaction to the trailers in general people have been kinda complaint about the same things you were the voice acting and others have been complaining about. Character models and faces even sound desgin and music which is also done by the original composer and they are using a lot of the same sounds from the original game . Everyone is complaint about a lot of stuff that’s taken from the original and it’s kinda annoying cause they’re complaining about literally the same things they claim to love from the original.
It doesn't matter this remake is done for, konami handed it to studios linked to sweet baby inc and they ruined it, it will be a major flop
Can we take a moment to appreciate how great an effort Bloober Team have actually put into this.
Even I'd it's not great they have at least taken on a mammoth challenge, and I think they deserve recognition for getting it looking this good.
It genuinely looks great and I've always been optimistic on the project! Bloober has done some questionable stuff in their own games but I never expected them to not do a pretty decent job here!
@AshleyRoboto agreed! Can you imagine being told you're the one that will be responsible for duplicating the greatest survival horror game ever made? I'd be shitting myself with anxiety 😂
@AshleyRoboto Bloober!!! 😄😄🤣 it's like a Group of Blooper 🦑.
@@philipmancera2505 go play your resident evil sir
As a fan since the original SH2, im beyond excited for this remake. Also, October 8th is my birthday so this is an obvious Day 1 buy for me!
Oh hell yeah! Love when a game we’re excited for drops on our birthday 🥰🥰🥰
@@AshleyRoboto Absolutely! I almost forgot, great reaction, I dig your energy throughout. It's obvious you're passionate about SH.
I think the SH2 R looks good! Can’t wait to play it!
The only issue I have with the new footage is the Graveyard scene. Somethings…wrong with it.
Yeah I also don't like the graveyard scene... ghgbjgrhedg
hi, random game dev here: it might be because they messed up the perspective camera, if the scene feels off that might be the reason(the model face looks flat as hell)
@@ereoleon That’s what I was thinking too. Because the shot of her with the black background looks absolutely perfect imo. So I maybe thought it was an inconsistent model or something.
I see what you did there
@@ereoleonYou a game dev? dont make me laugh, angela face is swollen after she ate everything at macdonalds, she appear in this video and her face doesn't changed.
The voice acting in this is 10/10 !!!
Ppl can have issue with Angela all they want. They INTENTIONALLY chose that actress because the tone in her voice when delivering lines. Every show and game has that one character that people just can’t stand the voice of. 😂😂 it’s done on purpose yall. Chilllll
It’s not that the voice work is bad, it’s that it’s not the vibe of the original which was weird and uncanny on purpose! I even say in this video the voice acting isn’t bad it’s just not the way it was originally intended to be, which was my entire point lmfao
I ALSO say the only voice acting that bothers me is the graveyard scene and everything else seems more on base. I’m genuinely excited for this game, YOU chill LOL
@@AshleyRobotoIt was not uncanny. Mullholand Drive is uncanny. OG Silent Hill 2 performances are just plain bad to the point of being comical.
@@AshleyRobotono it wasnt on purpose.
Nah her VA sounds really bad in comparison to Harry and Mary/ia, kind of like Ada from RE4 it felt more like she was just reading the script. The only bit that sounded good to me was near the end when she said "tell him I'll be good, please".
I was mostly just hoping they kept the "childish" tone (due to her trauma) in her voice that she had from the OG.
Wait, did anyone also notice at 26:52 that the actrice who plays Laura is the same (at least facemodel) as in the game? Interesting.
Same with mary
10:18 to 10:25 has the energy of "Well I guess ill give this restaurant a sho- OMG they have Garlic Knots for cheap. I love this place!" LMAO
LMAOOOO look sometimes I am a simple gal who likes a simple fun mechanic :')
"Eew, don't grab my pole!" 😟
I was initially hesitant but the more I revisit the gameplay trailer, the more I really love what they’ve presented! the environments are lush and the atmosphere is near-perfect, and I actually really dig the voice acting-particularly for James, Mary/Maria, and Laura. my only nitpick is the obtrusive health indicator. instead of a glowing red border, I think it would’ve been cooler if the screen got all red and staticky for a few seconds, like the original’s health screen, before fading out and James taking on a limp to indicate his health status in a more subtle way. other than that, I’m hype!
The producer from Konami said we can turn off the hud elements if we wish... so that could happen.
I believe the cemetery part is on an earlier stage than other cutscenes. Looks less polished. Angela does not sound good but Laura dialog is 100 better than the original. I was just playing it.
I liked you are very expressive about it.
I’m sooo excited despite some of the James animations
I'm not worried about the costume redesigns since I'm thinking they are going to do the Resident Evil route. Where the original costumes will be a playthrough reward.
Oh absolutely. And I can’t wait LOL
I loved watching this event live with you and your stream chat! I can’t wait for the Silent Hill 2 remake! It’s going to be awesome! 😆🙌🏻
It's gonna be fantastic! I can't wait to marathon it with chat ;u;
Well can't wait for the remake and also, been wondering where Konami hid the Suikoden Remaster Collection that was announced few years ago
i love you reacting to things like this cause sometimes you say 'oh no man ew' but in a positive way and sometimes its negative and sometimes i genuinely cant tell LMAO
LMAOOOO gotta keep everyone on their toes tbh
The voice acting is really good and the new mechanics just make the game a lot better and enjoyable imo. If they had kept the voice acting the same and not added any modern/new mechanics like you want, the whole thing of making a remake wouldn't make any sense cause the only thing different from the og would be the graphics and at that point the remake would be almost completely useless cause you can just go play the og one and play the exact same game, graphics aside
…. I literally say IN THIS VIDEO that they had to add new mechanics because it’s a modern game??
You’re arguing with literally the wrong person I EVEN SAY WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE OG GAME TO GO BACK TO BABE 😭😭😭
I get it, a lot of people are cranky so you’re quick to defend, and I am too, but you’re literally griping at someone who is genuinely excited for this remake so like ??? Chill 😭
@@AshleyRoboto I'm not arguing, I just said what I thought and in the video "they had to add new mechanics" sounded sarcastic to me, as if you were saying that you thought they could have easily made the game without the new mechanics, apparently I was wrong, I tried to make my opinion sound as less "aggressive" as possible because I didn't mean to argue, sorry
this was so thrilling to witness live with you
I love that you may be concerned but you're civilized and respectful cuz at the end of the day that's your favorite game, ppl are so vicious and such trolls, kinda like they don't want this to succeed
I hate that approach so much 😭 at the end of the day we still have the original man, but I would love love love for this to be good so we can have this TOO 🥰
@@AshleyRoboto Praise it! Yell it out loud!!!!
10:18 You mean like everyone else in a Horror game?😂
19:49 YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DESTROY THE NICKEL & DIMING, NOT JOIN IT!
This is the only positive review of the Silent Hill transmission that I've seen.
There are plenty of positive reaction videos out there (me being one of them)... its just the trolls and click-baiter types spam RUclips with all their misery. Happy people have better things to do.
First 😊
Also interesting reactions from you regarding the new voice direction and designs. Seems like a lot of Silent Hill fans are saying the same thing.
AYY!
Also yeah, I feel like of course it's not going to be 1 to 1 of the original voice vibes but I was really hoping for some more uncanny delivery... WE CAN STILL HOPE AND PRAY.
See... for some of us who love and played SH2 when it first came out 22+ years ago... we weren't fans of some of the over-acting (Mary / Maria was amazing in the original and the standout for me). I didn't think of it as "bad", but not what I would call... natural, and it didn't always resonate with me. When I would show SH2 to friends, some laughed at some of the acting / dialogue. I know that oddness of the original dialogue / acting is what some like... but for some of us, we LOVE the more normal / natural acting in the remake as well. You can't recreate the same feeling as the original and have the same effect on a newer game today... especially for us who already played the original.
That's ok, as this game is meant to be different in some ways for a reason. The monsters with a "stun" in the video are the Mandarins and Abstract Daddy... so they aren't going to be very prevalent through the game, so I doubt you'll see that happen often. However, it looked like Mannequins may be able to crawl up walls at the prison (in this video) and maybe ceilings? As for the story... they said from the beginning they would "expand" on to the story. That doesn't mean it will be changed... but will have new areas, new additions, new side stories maybe (like what you saw in State of Play, the Lakeview Diner). They've had that on other SH games as well... but the intent is that we get to explore much more than before, and there may be new puzzles and backstories to go along with them. Love your emotional excitement.
They can't please everyone... no matter what... but there is far more good than the bad I may nitpick... and I'm glad to see you open to the cool new things they are doing with this remake as well... as for me I want to see new stuff as well, as long as it doesn't remove the special moments of the original.
part of me still thinks they are fucking the trailers by using different builds of the game
Eh, it’s fine IMO, they’re showing progress and it looks fine to me!
ABOUT THE REMAKE
I think to accurately capture the tense feeling the original Silent Hill games gave, you MUST have some sort of obtrusion to the control mechanics. Slow combat animations, Inconvenient camera angles, a separate inventory screen that requires you to think before you instantly solve puzzles and use items.
The Horror is in the LIMINALITY.
And the remake seems to lack this understanding.
Also I wholeheartedly approve with their depiction of Angela, I think it's very wise to make her character prominent in the game, bc she is like a foil to James
ABOUT THE MOVIE
Honestly, only positive things. Seems so creative and fresh, nostalgic, feels like a movie that I should have grown up watching. I like Maria's fake hair. Excited to see this new interpretation of Laura
I'm not too worried about Angela or Maria, they can fix them like they did with James, my concern is we didn't see Eddie. What if they release the game in October without showing him and he's a mess?!. They need to show a trailer or picture's of he's design, so the fans can give the stamp of approval or not.
I actually think they need to chill, we have 3 trailers and they just showed 10+ mins of gameplay, I don't wanna see anything more, I'm buying the game, I wanna play it not see it lol
I mean there will always be a loud group in the fandom that hates everything about the remake. They're already super critical as it is so honestly, idk if they need to cater to every single critique people have.
I know there are gonna be people who will feel a certain way on the SH2 remake about the third-person combat that's been like a staple since the OG RE4. But however, it does fit in really well, I'm still excited to get this on October 8. And the upcoming movie on the other hand? I'm watching it frame one when it comes out.
I have very mixed feelings about people's reactions to the gameplay trailer in particular. On one hand, I FELT your pain with Laura's 'HA HA!' delivery and how it felt so off here. Yet, the more I watched and re-watched the gameplay trailer, the more the little changes in details didn't bother me. It's similar to what Capcom did with the RE2 remake. The script was re-written and made to sound more 'grown up', basically, but the overall core of the story was still there (and respected, as far as I'm concerned).
My bigger issue was when they re-released the original SH2 with new voice acting in the SH2 HD Collection, yet the game still looked identical to the original (but with higher res textures). It's like watching Back to the Future on BluRay instead of VHS, but with Bryan Cranston dubbing the voice of Doc Brown and Michael Cera dubbing the voice of Marty McFly or something. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should! However! If they were to, heaven forbid, remake Back to the Future with a new cast? The new voices/actors wouldn't be as big of an issue anymore to many people, especially the newer generations, because, well, the reboot is a completely separate entity, basically. That's how I look at it, anyway.
One other thing I have to point out about the original Silent Hill 2's voice acting: are people giving the original cast too much credit for the awkward pauses and timing, or was that a byproduct of not-so-great directing and a time when video games were still finding their way and maturity? I re-played Silent Hill 3 rather recently and, for as much crap as the original SH2 gets for 'bad acting', I felt there were some seriously horrible, awkward, and cringe line deliveries in that game. Infinitely worse than SH2. I still far prefer the voice acting in SH2 over SH3. Monica Horgan's gut wrenching monologues in the long hallway and when she read's Mary's letter are simply amazing and make me break down and cry just about every time I re-experience those moments. But despite a few golden nuggets of voice acting, I am just not convinced that the awkward line deliveries were always intentional. Feel free to correct me if I'm very wrong on this. As in, you've read an article or seen interviews that clear up that theory.
Anyway, what I'm getting at is that I guess I don't mind that the SH2 remake sounds a bit more mature because the developers are ironing out a lot of jankiness that used to exist in the dialogue. Just like they're also ironing out the jankiness of the original game's, frankly, -terrible- combat system.
I don't mean to make this sound like I'm being overly negative. I'm a huuuuge Silent Hill 2 fan, and am often critical when it comes to any developer coming along and altering the original game for the worse. But I think it's also fair to discuss the game in a mature and objective way without wearing the rose-colored glasses that so many fanboys/girls, etc. often do. Silent Hill 2 is a beloved and genre-altering survival horror game. Is it perfect? No. I feel it absolutely can be improved upon in many ways. We'll see if Bloober can knock the game, as a whole, out of the park in a few months.
Regardless, thanks for the video! I really hope you wind up enjoying the final product in October. I know I personally can't wait. The second I saw the pre-order was available after watching the gameplay trailer? Insta-purchase!
If you've actually read my ramblings, I'm seriously impressed. :P
I read it but I’m tired so I’m only gonna speak to one thing LOL
The weird awkward voice acting in the original SH2 was very much on purpose! A lot of it was inspired by the weird and goofy line deliveries of Twin Peaks and it was meant fully to give an uncanny feeling.
I fully don’t think the voice acting in 2 is bad at all, it’s genuinely good at being weird and uncanny.
Three isn’t as good with it but I don’t mind 3 at all, it’s uncanny and weird in a different way to me.
U caping?😂😂i hace a degree gor psychology
Looks like you failed your English classes though.
I have many concerns based on this but after what they did to metal gear as a series, yeah this is the only chance they'll be getting.
Who ripped the fattest vape in Silent Hill while also causing these tears?!
With all the movie adaptations, it has become standard PR for the filmmakers to say "I love the original game, blah blah blah..."
But when Christophe Gans talks about how much he loves Silent Hill, I believe him. The passion he has for it is visible in what we've seen of the film sets, the creatures, the actors, and you can see it in his face when he talks about it.
Bravo Christophe. I love the movie already and I'm sticking to that.
Christophe really understands the Silent Hill universe
YES! I agree! He shows genuine love with how much effort he puts into the vibes and recreation of things. It’s so nice to see honestly and makes me so stoked for the film
Not that I disagree but he really missed the mark by making the protagonist a female instead of Harry Mason in the first film. I didn't agree with his reasoning either, which was that it being a mother makes more sense when in reality the game Silent Hill 1 wouldn't have hit the same.
Hi, thanks for the reaction, and while I feel for the issues with some voice acting I can understand what was maybe the urge not to risk people sounding off? The shrieking of people thinking they're tearing bad voice acting apart, instead of knowing what the point is. Maybe. But other parts where Angela (at the end) and James sounding painfully real and normal could really make the everyday life tragedy of it very moving. Maria and Laura just great, Laura turning from thoughtful suspicion to brattiness is very good.
In any case, I get all your feelings come from love for the subtle details of the original. You're an entire world away from the circles of hell that opened from people mad that Angela isn't hot, the god awful clumping in of this heartbreaking horror with silly action games which is absolute madness.
Thanks!
Dude Angela is A CHILD LMAO SHES LIKE 17 the people who are mad she “isn’t hot” deserve to stub their pinky toe every day forever
Knowing Capcom and their shenanigans.. surely we can get a free set of outfits for the characters.. like their original look or something. We can get the original Maria look
This is not Capcom, It’s Konami! But I can see them taking inspiration from from Capcom 💃✨
If Capcom can remake RE4 and yet still keep the Bingo joke after the first village encounter, Bloober has no excuse not to keep/reimplement classic moments from the original that would otherwise be considered cheesy or janky.
Despite being survival horror, RE and SH aren’t even in the same ballpark. RE had always been B-movie/porno level acting cheese. SH is on the level of Twin Peaks, Hereditary and The Shining.
@@fisherj5087
I don’t know how it’s relevant. A film doesn’t have to be a comedy to handle a few jokes.
If the developers can keep part of the 2000s what made RE4 a success then so can Silent Hill’s. Another glaring example is the fog. It’s an integral part of the IP and works well for the mystery of the place but it was put in place because the PS1 couldn’t render the game otherwise.
I don't know, I think RE remakes are somehow overlauded. While very enjoyable, the originals were more like b-action-horror games, where no detail is actually as integral to the story. In RE games not much really MEANS anything and the remakers can pick and choose what elements they take over. In RE4 remake they changed considerable portions of the original game, in Silent Hill it could be disastrous, but there could easily be made up for with inserting a few iconic jokes and fans of the original wouldn't pat an eye. In SH2 especially, perhaps more than in other Silent Hills everything is intertwined, and can be connected by symbolism, which is a different situation.
It's a difference between "entertainment" and some unique vision. Imagine someone remaking Mulholland Drive by David Lynch. What would be the chances of the remakers not being criticized for almost everything?
I actually very much look forward to the Silent Hill 2 remake regardless of believing it does not have a big chance of turning out a standalone piece of art, like the original. I think it could be a big achievement as an appreciation of the original, "a cover song" if you will.
Remaking or "making a cover" of art is a different thing from that in "entertainment". Just copying something could be a bad choice in many situations. Remakes of art have a higher chance of achievement if the creators are just someone mindlessly and soullessly copying something, but also creating and adding something of their own, channeling the original, but putting a personal spin on things, not giving everything of the original, because they understand it enough that can take a slightly different route.
Anyway, I don't think comparisons to RE remakes are as appropriate as some would think. Yes, the success of those may have been the starting impulse of this project, but thankfully it appears the developers might understand it's a far trickier situation for them in many ways, and just taking a simplistic and naive "we'll do the same as RE remakes did" in aspects they shouldn't could be something not taken well by fans of the original at all. You don't remake a David Lynch movie into a fun popcorn horror movie.
I mean remaking a Resident Evil game the creators could probably pull through without ever knowing what the word "symbolism" means. Not so much here. A somewhat deep understanding of abstractionism, the art of Francis Bacon and experimental cinema and works of David Lynch would be a huge plus.
This town is full with monsters how can you sit there and eat pizza
If you were born around the time of the original game and watched this it then you would feel very angry, we veterans loathed this crap its pure woke material, we will not give our money to lazy konami and the woke studio
I have been a silent hill 2 fan for literally half of my entire life babe. But okay! 🤪🤪🤪 I am almost 30 and literally none of this is “woke” you’re just a goof LOL
@@AshleyRoboto Im sorry i dont wanted to disrespect you, im impressed you look so young, i am older than you but i can understand your hype, however i lost hope in the gaming market
@@AshleyRoboto Which SH is your favorite?
@@AshleyRobotoI would like to know you, im sorry if i was harsh before, youre way too cute for someone to dislike you, can we stay on good terms?
Speak for yourself only. Many of us who have been fans since the original came out 22+ years ago are loving what we see. Yes, there are things that may not appeal to everyone, and yes there may be flaws (many felt this way about the original too).... but as the lady said.... none of this is woke. Stop the hate, and play the entire game in full context for yourself when it comes out and then decide how you feel.
I feel your excitement! It's great to see someone excited about this like myself for a change. Many of the tourist "fans" just want to turn everything into another outrage about being "WOKE" or "bad corporation needs to suffer" or something. The developers honestly seem to be doing a great job, and I'm t i r e d of the constant manufactured outrage.
I don't see most people liking the combat or a few other aspects of this remake, but I'm almost 53 and have played Silent Hill 2 In it's many incarnations, for over 20 years, I like what I see!
I think the combat looks good! I just do not like what I see of the weird screaming mechanic from the monsters because I’m nervous it will mess with the flow 😭
@@AshleyRoboto but do we want to spend 70+ bucks for a carbon copy? or do we want our beloved game to advance what we come to expect?
I myself LOVE the combat (yes a bit of jank, but nothing horrible). Just the right balance to keep it fun but not overpowering and an actual challenge. For PC players, playing at 60 to 120 fps will make it look and play so much better.
There was a movie in this.
The creature that's screaming at James (not the abstract daddy but the other one) always reminded me so much of the closers (my fav enemy) so cool seeing it remade, looks terrifying
Ooh the like.. pendulum hanging guys? LOL they look a lot like closers because they reused a lot of the design as they felt they weren’t seen enough in 2! 🥰
@@AshleyRoboto they're silent hill at its finest ugh just a weird mass of flesh with huge creepy arms that hangs bellow u from the "floor", it's all so distorted, that clip made me react the same way I reacted when I was a kid, seeing all these things in re-made graphics is just insane
Those are the Mandarans. The Closers are literally the same monster / model... only in SH2 they were hanging... in SH3 they walked with help from their big ass arm nub thingies. Ew :)
Looks very interesting 😮😮👍🏻👍🏻✨️✨️✨️i will check it out ❤great video reactions my beautiful friend """"
I've never seen the sun shine in Silent Hill oO
Actually, in the original SH2 there was a similar change in the outdoor colour tone at that same time in the game... you only saw it before going into the hospital. We just never had windows you could see through inside the building because of PS2 limitations, etc.
YOU GET IT…..
yeah that's my only issue is with Angela Voice is off
I really hope they can make an option if you can switch to the original voices like the collection
You’re not being overly critical, it’s the small touches that matter.
Angela's so cute! I think all of the mocap/voice actors are doing a pretty good job honestly, it's different but not bad I feel! Really enjoyed seeing this over on twitch, I can't wait till we finally all get to play it lol