Actually, once James gets into the town, it does trap him and block him off. This happens in both versions of the game. A wall literally spawns off screen that wasn't there before. With ragged up white paint drapery.
Silent Hill 2 Remake
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Oh well, I as the player don't know that. They probably should have made a scene about that happening, like a road collapse or something that suggests you can't turn back.
James does comment on it, if you bother to investigate. Besides, even if the town left the roads and exit roads open, James still wouldn't leave. Big spoilers by the way: Especially since he is a death seeker.
If psychological horror was easy, everyone would do it yo!
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My reposts of my old Silent Hill reviews took a lot longer to complete than I had anticipated due to health issues, but finally they’ve been slapped up onto the internet and I’m free to talk about the main event: Bloober Team’s remake of Silent Hill 2. I’m actually kind of glad it took me this long
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I haven't played that much of it yet, only just got into the Wood Side Apartments, but I already love this game's map screen. For starters, it isn't a map screen like you get in the Resident Evil games, but rather a series of physical maps that James pulls out of his pocket and looks at, and moves around at your commands. He also draws all over them as you progress, circling points of interest that he's read about, marking which roads are blocked once he's seen the blockages, or writing notes directly on it like 'KEYPAD'. In form it's brilliantly immersive, and in function it's informative while still allowing you to make discoveries. 10/10 map, an inspiration to games everywhere.
So when does the story take shape because after finishing the jutebox puzzle I have gone through two apartment buildings and a motel which is basically apartments. Why are there three apartment sections in a row? What is the point of meeting these random NPC's?
I'm waiting for the thing that makes Silent Hill 2 infamously good to happen. But there is such a bare bones set up, most of the environments so far have been the exact same thing, there has only been two monster types (three if you count pyramid bloke), and a couple of really easy puzzles.
What I think is pulling me out of this game so hard is the complete lack of reaction James has to any of this. The town doesn't freak him out, the monsters don't bother him, the random people you run into don't cause him to bumble into "WE GOTTA GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!!!" panic. He's just stoic and uncaring about the situation, because his dead wife might be here.
The meta is that this is all in his head or something right? But if that is the case, then James doesn't know that, so his lack of reaction to anything is jarring. And it completely ruins the horror and atmosphere of the game entirely and makes me very aware that this is just a video game that exists so you can go through the town and fight scary monsters until you reach the end of the game. Which I guess was fine for 2004 or whenever the original came out, but it's entirely unexciting in a remake in 2024.
I'm waiting for the thing that makes Silent Hill 2 infamously good to happen. But there is such a bare bones set up, most of the environments so far have been the exact same thing, there has only been two monster types (three if you count pyramid bloke), and a couple of really easy puzzles.
What I think is pulling me out of this game so hard is the complete lack of reaction James has to any of this. The town doesn't freak him out, the monsters don't bother him, the random people you run into don't cause him to bumble into "WE GOTTA GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!!!" panic. He's just stoic and uncaring about the situation, because his dead wife might be here.
The meta is that this is all in his head or something right? But if that is the case, then James doesn't know that, so his lack of reaction to anything is jarring. And it completely ruins the horror and atmosphere of the game entirely and makes me very aware that this is just a video game that exists so you can go through the town and fight scary monsters until you reach the end of the game. Which I guess was fine for 2004 or whenever the original came out, but it's entirely unexciting in a remake in 2024.
You'll encounter a new enemy type when you get to the hospital and there are two variations of the nurses.
What you are complaining about, happened in the original as well.
All of the characters you encounter are meant to be screwed up in some way and are there because of guilt, self guilt, heavy trauma, and various sins from 3 out of the 3. Laura is the exception, as she is just an innocent child. So she doesn't see the things other adults see. It just looks like a normal town to her.
That's nothing more than a glorified fan theory, that's been debunked years ago. That only type of thing exists in the bad ending for SH1 and Shattered Memories default ending.
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He's unemotional, but it ain't stoicism.
That’s the thing about a *mostly* faithful remake to a game released when character emotions were sparse at best.
Oh well. AI can help fill in the blanks now!
Oh well. AI can help fill in the blanks now!
The first encounter, you don't even have to fight him. Just dodge and evade him for a set amount of time, until the rain gets heavy and siren rings.
You're going to encounter him at least three more times, but you only fight him twice.
I smacked the shit out of him with a rusty bit of wood. He just spins in circles and I'm bobbing and weaving with my dodge button. He aint got shit on me.
Why does he leave at the bell? Did he have to go to Bingo?
He is the town's punisher and executioner. PH has a quota to fill. That, and a combination of I deal with you later type attitude and can't be bothered at the moment.
The remake is padded out, I'd be interested if you'd get into the original more.
We will probably never know.
Maria seems nice but a little overly horny. "Sorry you can't find your dead wife, but how about coming to a strip club wit me?"
There is one thing I'm not such a fan of so far, and that's how much super armor the enemies appear to have. They tend to trade with James fairly often, and it's hard to predict when they will or won't attack you while you're winding up. And with how few healing items you get, engaging an enemy in melee tends to go badly very quickly, especially if multiple enemies join the party. It's probably intentional to some extent that fighting enemies up close is extremely dangerous, and I'm willing to admit to a skill issue (playing on Standard combat difficulty), but considering you get even less ammo and healing than in Resident Evil, it makes me dread fights. Especially in the tight interior apartment spaces where you get barely any room to dodge, and basically none to run past enemies.
it has rusty nails in it.Fixed. Wood doesn’t rust bruh.