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Silent Hill HD Collection |OT| Programmed in Smoke Signals
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Fantastical
Death Prophet
and look what just arrived... i'm so glad I went this route. wonder how much i could find a PC copy of 2 on Ebay for.
Doesn't that have its own problems as well? I'm confused on which is the best version for each game.
mugurumakensei
Member
The PS3 issues must be what kojima was talking about,when wanting to learn from western devs and who better than Bethesda.
Deleted LOL :X
plagiarize
Banned
you have to use a 3rd party tool to get proper widescreen, but it's easy enough to do. there are also a few minor effects missing that the PS2 version had (i believe) but no where near as many as this collection seems to have.
textures are very high res in places and all in keeping and tone with the PS2 version. the HD collection uses lower resolutions than the PC version in some places it seems, and some of the ones it replaces, it replaces with stuff that's completely wrong. like cracked ashpalt being replaced with crisp fresh ashphalt, and rusted stained metal being replaced with unrusted metal.
HD collection is missing way more effects.
new voices in 3 may be better than the old ones though. haven't heard them.
oh, another downside for the PC version? it comes on 5 CDs. hah.
I don't understand why they'd delete that post though?
Oxigen_Waste
Banned
So... 360 is the way to go, right?
Anyway, is SH2 still as good as it was back in the day?
I men, the graphics already sucked back then and the controls and puzzles were awkward, but atmosphere and story were absolutely perfect. Is this still the case?
Anyway, is SH2 still as good as it was back in the day?
I men, the graphics already sucked back then and the controls and puzzles were awkward, but atmosphere and story were absolutely perfect. Is this still the case?
badcrumble
Member
Wait, seriously? As in they're retracting what they said about patching it? Uuuuugggghhhh.
As far as I know, it's a mix between Konami Japan and Genki, at least I think I've read this somewhere.. can someone confirm it?
LAWL
SkylineRKR
Member
So its safe to say that IGN's 9.0 was meant to divide in half, since it are 2 games?
4.5 would be the same as Downpour and a lot of other games this week so it makes sense.
4.5 would be the same as Downpour and a lot of other games this week so it makes sense.
Kojima wouldn't let these piece of shit amateurs anywhere near His magnum opus
kunonabi
Member
new SH3 voices are not better.
The graphics most certainly did NOT suck back then. They were absolutely incredible for their day.
When SH2 was released there had never been a game featuring fully dynamic shadows cast from a player controlled light source. It also used very smooth soft shadows to do it. The lighting, modeling, texture work, shadows, etc. were all top notch.
SH3 was even more of a technical showpiece.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Alright, thanks for the info. My computer couldn't run it anyways, but I'm thinking about building a PC this summer, so I'm weighing my options. Of course the PC versions are a lot more expensive too...
Kazuma Kiryu
Member
well, i guess we now know who didn't play these games at launch, don't we?
Wait, what? For real? I'd be disappointed if that's the case. Are there any comparisons already?
plagiarize
Banned
well, the game came out in 2003... so you might be surprised. no idea what you are running now though. this cost me about $22 shipped, so pretty much the same price. the box is a bit worn, but the contents are complete and the discs all work.
Typographenia
Member
In a perfect world...
plagiarize
Banned
i'm going off these
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=36219640&postcount=770
that douglas comparison is such a punch to the nuts.
Oxigen_Waste
Banned
What? I didn't buy it on launch... Plus, I played it right after Metroid Prime... no offense, but graphics kind of sucked. The visual presentation was amazing, though!
keltickennedy
Member
Fuck I did too. Just seeing this thread now. My bad. That will fucking teach me to not buy a HD remake Bluepoint isn't doing.
You would think that everything would be fine with just up-scaling a game. I even second guessed myself, "should I get it for 360? Hell no, why would I not get old school SH on PS3?"
If the Devil May Cry Collection isn't up to snuff in a couple weeks I am going to kick an elderly person in the hip!
FUCK!!!
Typographenia
Member
Needs more rust. It looks nothing like Silent Hill. It doesn't even directly tie-in with cult! SCREW THIS! *kicks over magazine rack*
I still can't understand how good Silent Hill looked for PS2 back than. I think it was the best looking game when it came out, and best looking game for the system.
You really shouldn't say the graphics sucked back then when you didn't even play them at launch.
Combichristoffersen
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Oxigen_Waste
Banned
Just realized SH2 came out at around the same time as MGS2... can't believe you guys are giving me flak for saying the graphics were less than stellar...
Thanks. You saved me some money. Man, I was so looking forward to playing SH2 again on my current console. Maybe I'll still buy the HD collection if it turns out SH2 isn't affected as much by such poor replacement textures.
Oxigen_Waste
Banned
What? I played like a year or so after launch. If I thought they sucked a year after launch it must be because they weren't that good even for the time... Plus, I just realized MGS2 came out at around the same time as SH2... and I played that game well after Twin Snakes came out and still though it looked good.
Anyway, it doesn't matter, SH2 is one of my fav 5 games of all time, and that's solely due to theme, story and visual presentation. The graphics were meh and I was fine with that. So fine that I completed the game 4 times...
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
I don't think they ever did a DVD PC release, which was weird. At least not in North America.
In PAL regions; the US was stuck with the CD version, but it did feature the soundtrack as a result.
EDIT: Beaten
Uh... the lake isn't empty, it's just got a bad texture because... well... you're not supposed to be able to see it clearly. That's not the problem, the problem is the very obvious one you didn't see for some reason
Spot the difference!
Nizz
Member
Damn!
Bluepoint seem to be in a league of their own with HD collections. The only work of theirs I've played is the God Of War Collection but that was fantastic.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
Hope this fixes at least the framerate problems. Anyone patched the game yet?
FairXchange
Member
So I've progressed further in Silent Hill 3 HD.
The framerate problems are not gone, but they are less noticeable to me. Perhaps this is due to having gotten used to them, doubt it's related to where I've progressed.
The framerate problems are not gone, but they are less noticeable to me. Perhaps this is due to having gotten used to them, doubt it's related to where I've progressed.
Did it fix anything else ? That ps3 Heather looked awful . Maybe they fixed it by downgrading every thing to that pic.