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Author: Masters (Mod)
Posted: November 28, 2013 (06:03 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
This is a wonderful novel review! But seriously, there are some great passages in here, too many to list (hee hee), but the last few paragraphs are especially strong. Kudos! |
Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: December 03, 2013 (10:13 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
What a girly slight slip of feedback to compliment my huge, manly review! |
Author: Masters (Mod)
Posted: December 04, 2013 (06:39 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Ha, as much as I found Downpour boring and depressing, it wasn't offensively bad like SH4, or as downright lame as Shattered Memories. That's gotta count for something, right? |
Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: December 04, 2013 (12:32 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I would put SH4 a good way ahead of Downpour. At least it advanced a tale worth telling behind its awful, clumsy gameplay. Plus, 100% less Korn
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Author: Masters (Mod)
Posted: December 05, 2013 (06:16 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I'll have to disagree with you - at least Downpour seems like a Silent Hill game for the most part. A bad SH game, but a SH game. SH4 seems like a bad game belonging to a different franchise. Anyway, whatever, they both suck. |
Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: December 05, 2013 (08:55 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Before we go on, let's not think me soft for SH4. I hated that game, and the review I wrote wasn't a lot shorter than this one, such was my wealth of things to complain about. But I have garnered some sympathy for it over the years. For instance, it's common knowledge that it was originally a new original title that Konami decided to nix, and then give to Team Silent to mould into the new Silent Hill. But I was surprised to learn just how late in the game’s cycle this happened. As such, Team Silent had to awkwardly shoehorn in franchise staples and alter the plot to try and tie a separate story back to the town somehow. It’s not a lot of surprise the game ended up such a convoluted mess. I’d argue that you could have quite a lot of fun with SH4, so long as you do nothing with the actual game itself, and just read up on some of the translated plot notes, or hit up a fan-made wiki and check out the plot that should have been.
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Author: Masters (Mod)
Posted: December 05, 2013 (01:32 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Yeah, I know about how SH4 was supposed to be something else entirely. I guess if it had actually been good we would have forgiven it (see Super Mario Bros. 2). I can't remember if you said you played Shattered Memories or not, but again, that one's also a contender. |
Author: overdrive (Mod)
Posted: December 06, 2013 (02:35 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I’d argue that you could have quite a lot of fun with SH4, so long as you do nothing with the actual game itself,
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