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@GrungeQueef that's actually the story of how keemstar was conceived

Well, nevermind. Not going to hockey. Roommate didn't have an extra ticket after all. I'm not surprised by this, unfortunately. Just wish I hadn't swapped my schedule around.

@DrRyanSkelton @ChristiJunior @rlier23 @Goalkeeper "glorified turn based" is a great way to explain the melee combat lol. It is pretty bad. Gunplay is fine but feels, like I said, extremely clinical. It lacks identity. There's a knee shooting mechanic even, like... Come on.

@rlier23 @ChristiJunior @Goalkeeper I'm trying to avoid watching any reviews until I'm finished with the game. Got a few of them in my watch later playlist from a bunch of different people. It'll be interesting to see what common themes are there and if anyone brings up things I've noticed.

@Anamadic so cute

Also the last unicorn is awesome. Have you seen this cover of the theme? I love it.
https://youtu.be/uF1Q56YAo0Q

@mischievoustomato just realize you don't actually have a porn addiction

@Goalkeeper @ChristiJunior I have been playing SH2 Remake recently. Huge fan of the original, in my top 10, possibly top 5. The remake a completely different game. It is worse, but it's so different that I actually struggle to compare the two. So much stuff is moved around, added, etc.

The vibes are completely different too. I don't hate it, but I prefer the original so much more. The remake feels a lot more sanitized, and not from a culture standpoint or anything like that but just overall. It's kind of a clinical approach to survival horror whereas the original feels more emotional.

Silent Hill 2 carries with it a kind of "sad horror" that is extremely rare for the genre. It's not usually outright scary, but it strikes a chord somewhere deeper. The remake's horror gets your heart rate up and makes you feel tense, like a typical horror experience would. It's not necessarily a bad thing, although the design can be a little rough around the edges, but it pales in comparison to the original's atmosphere.

I'm only 5 hours in and just reached the Otherworld in the apartments, but other than the characters looking more ugly across the board (even Eddie doesn't look quite right), it doesn't seem like there is any DEI influence so far. The main things that are changed usually leave me thinking that they are changed just for the sake of being different and trying to set itself apart from the original. I think that, even if you had never played the original, you would notice the difference in quality between things that were and weren't changed because of their pacing and writing style.

If I had to boil it down to scores, I'd personally rate SH2 as either a 9.5 or 10, and though I haven't finished the remake, right now I'd put it somewhere around a 7.5 or 8. We'll see if that changes. But yeah, it makes sense for a curator specifically against any sort of DEI/woke consultants working with developers to not recommend a game they are involved with, regardless of the actual quality of the game or the impact the consultants had.

@nimrod

@LudditeMan @BrazilianContrarian @TrevorGoodchild maybe he was just trying to be like one of those monk dudes who drill into their head and nothing happens

@publiclewdness I don't think anybody who didn't like them anyway is going to have their mind changed lol. It's only the sympathizers from the beginning who, well, sympathize.

@snugglepuff28 very cute and funny

@SockPuppet @lain I don't know nearly as much about anime or manga as I do video games, so that's pretty interesting to hear about!