b e a r d @beardalaxy@gameliberty.club

My phone decided to randomly delete all of my notes for the past two hours, but basically I did Eddie's battle and stuff. Short version is that it's okay taken on its own but a very different mood from the original game. Also the music in the hotel sucks, so many areas have the most generic modern day slasher movie music going and it actually just hurts to listen to. Not in the same way Room of Angel does either. I mean it's grating and there's absolutely nothing out of the ordinary going on.

Anyway, continuing from there...

1. So many enemies have that scream stun attack. It's so annoying.
2. The hotel has used the same "doors blowing open" jumpscare 3 times now.
3. Another moment of pure terror. Having to leave all your items behind, including your map, and go down a spooky elevator. I HATE this part in the original lol, in a good way! It's such a huge security net that you're losing.
4. I had forgotten that you could click practically anything and James would talk about it a little bit, just in unspoken text on the screen. I miss that. I think it adds a lot of character to the game and lends to that "cozy" vibe. The remake lacks that vibe entirely. There is nothing cozy about it. It always feels hostile, even clinically so.
5. I thought that part where you got rid of all your gear was changed quite a lot so I went back to the original let's play and damn, this segment out of all of them is the perfect example to show just how bloated the game is. At every place they could have possibly put a puzzle, they did. I really think they should have saved a lot of these for a NEW Silent Hill or one of their own games.
6. There were a lot more enemies you had to dodge in the original too. Instead of lots of mannequins that deal a little bit of damage if they hit you, they instead opted for those chunky hand hanger boys that are patrolling around that will deal much more damage if you get hit. You won't though, because the dodge button is OP.
7. This segment also really exemplifies how much they had to change the level layouts to fit the new camera. Gone are the obscene amount of claustrophobic hallways in exchange for much more open, more realistic areas. That will be a matter of personal preference, but I think when remaking a game there is always going to be something lost when you change that.
8. The video tape has music playing over it for some reason. AGH I really hate what they've done with the music. I hate to keep ragging on it but it's the major thing that stands out to me.
9. The pillow scene is, I think, sufficiently well done. There's still something that's more raw about the original though, especially the uncensored version. It really feels like they went more on the side of implying what was going on rather than showing it outright, but not fully. Kind of like the Pyramid Head introductory scene.
10. Laura finding out about what happened to Mary, that whole scene, is not as good. Like sure, the voice acting is better and the punching is more kinetic, but her facial animation is actually really bad and they focus on her face a lot. It's almost entirely static. In the original, most of the scene is shot farther away from the subjects, which helps mask the low quality of the assets. They knew their limitations and worked with them well, whereas Bloober doesn't know their limitations and thus they think they can do whatever. That's a big issue with modern game devs in general.
11. Whereas the original game shows the aftermath of the revelation as a slow decay, the remake jumps STRAIGHT into the otherworld. It's a little jarring. They still have a good "calm before the storm" kind of atmosphere going but it's definitely not the same.
12. Angela's fire staircase scene is a downgrade for sure. From the delivery of the lines, to James not saying "I'd never kill myself," to the music being totally off, it's really not as poignant as the original. You don't even get to watch her walk off into that daunting stair case, she disappears at the corner of the camera and James leaves the room before you regain control.

I GOT THE FUCKING IN WATER ENDING?? WHY?! As far as I know I did everything to get Leave in the original. That's lame, I fucking hate that ending and I hate it even more in this remake. What the fuck was I supposed to do differently?? If I remember right, Leave is the "default" ending of the original and you have to fuck up somehow to get In Water. However, some of the devs say that In Water is the one they think is "canon" so I'm tempted to think that they pushed it further to the front for the remake because of that. So lame dude. Fuck this game.

What the fuck man I had notes written down for silent hill 2 on here and then switching my app just deleted them all. My phone is fucking retarded. "Oh you haven't used this app for 5 minutes? Time to refresh it completely I guess!"

@Mr_NutterButter don't asian women typically just have naturally straight hair though....?

@Mr_NutterButter the problem with doing a content creator of the year is that there are just so fucking many of them, even in the gaming space, not taking every region into account either. that's why there is a dedicated streamer awards show. there is even a dedicated vtuber awards show.

as opposed to video games, where there are only a handful of exceptional games in each category, typically speaking.

@Mr_NutterButter okay so

illojuan is spanish and techno gamerz is indian. typicalgamer does exclusively fortnite. so, a little out of our wheelhouse. i only know about caseoh because they put his face on a character in a game i watched vinesauce play.

sub counts:
caseoh - 6.1m
illojuan - 2.33m
techno gamerz - 43.3m
typicalgamer - 15.4m
pekora - 2.63m

i searched up techno gamerz and everyone seems to think he is a talentless fraud. he mostly plays shitty simulator and mobile games. if he wins it is probably only because of the sheer number of indians that exist (re: t-series).

idc what else you vote for in the game awards but you all NEED to at least drop a vote for pekora, she deserves it and i want to see normies mald

@chainsaw_appreciator @Shadowman311 he's not eating the dry ice though, just the liquid that was surrounding it.

@Turdicus it's not any better if you're not locked in your room all the time. instead of not meeting any women at all, the women you meet are either already in a relationship or are fat and do nothing but drink and party. or, even better, they lead you on and waste your time.

@winterfairy2022 hope you get feelin better soon!

@PurpCat @xianc78

GreenSuigi becomes the first person to hold all 5 main categories of Mario 64 speedrunning. 0/1/16/70/120 Star runs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP-GOoGqA8w

@PurpCat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjP2hLxUaKs

@xianc78 jones and boylan are fantastic