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Thursday, October 30, 2008
Little Big Planet
I popped in LBP last night and played for about 2 hours. Not to sure what to think yet
The Silent Hill Disappointment
Silent Hill has been a favorite series of mine since the original debuted on PlayStation and every time an addition to the series is announced I get all excited as if I was 8 years old and the ice cream truck is rounding the corner. So when I heard that there was a new next-gen Silent Hill coming out I just couldn't wait to play it in HD with all the twists that accompany the series.
There are so many things wrong with the game that I don't know where to begin. First the graphics are bad. There are times that it looks PS2 quality and times that it looks amazing. When the character models start talking in the cut scenes their lips are out of sync, and the body movements are awkward. It all looks rushed and that the developer wished that they had a extra month to work on the game.
Next is the story, it is so straight forward and does not challenge the traditional narrative of the story. At about 5 hours into the game I just didn't care for the protagonist or the other characters. Looking back, I don't really know what the overall purpose was. I guess that the Character was looking for his brother but beyond that there was no reason to become attached to the story. Boring.
The last thing I want to say is that the combat and enemy AI drove me to abandon this game. I could have toughed through the boring story and bad graphics just to say I completed another Silent Hill game but I just couldn't. The big issue here is that the enemies are plentiful and they respawn OFTEN. Survival Horror games thrive on limited resources but this game is just broken. There are not enough health items or powerful weapons around the town to take down your average enemy. And, it is impossible to outrun any enemy. At my breaking point, I was being chased by 3 dogs, 2 Manta Ray things and a few shot gun shells to my name. In any other Survival Horror game you can just run away and lick your wounds but not here. Even when I managed to get away from some enemies, when I had to return to the area that I left them an hour ago, they were STILL THERE! I managed to kill off some of the dogs and made it to the Town Hall but when I returned, so did the dogs! It was impossible to play.
This game bites. I hate it. And I hate it even more because I truly love the series. If you are a fan and considering a purchase, I would pass. I'm off to give Little big Planet and Dead Space a try.
So, I bought the game the day it came out a month ago and it has not been such a pleasurable ride. At first I was baring with the spotty graphics, the glitches and straight forward storyline but I couldn't take it anymore. This is easily the worst Silent Hill game of the bunch and I am trading it in for Dead Space.
There are so many things wrong with the game that I don't know where to begin. First the graphics are bad. There are times that it looks PS2 quality and times that it looks amazing. When the character models start talking in the cut scenes their lips are out of sync, and the body movements are awkward. It all looks rushed and that the developer wished that they had a extra month to work on the game.
Next is the story, it is so straight forward and does not challenge the traditional narrative of the story. At about 5 hours into the game I just didn't care for the protagonist or the other characters. Looking back, I don't really know what the overall purpose was. I guess that the Character was looking for his brother but beyond that there was no reason to become attached to the story. Boring.
The last thing I want to say is that the combat and enemy AI drove me to abandon this game. I could have toughed through the boring story and bad graphics just to say I completed another Silent Hill game but I just couldn't. The big issue here is that the enemies are plentiful and they respawn OFTEN. Survival Horror games thrive on limited resources but this game is just broken. There are not enough health items or powerful weapons around the town to take down your average enemy. And, it is impossible to outrun any enemy. At my breaking point, I was being chased by 3 dogs, 2 Manta Ray things and a few shot gun shells to my name. In any other Survival Horror game you can just run away and lick your wounds but not here. Even when I managed to get away from some enemies, when I had to return to the area that I left them an hour ago, they were STILL THERE! I managed to kill off some of the dogs and made it to the Town Hall but when I returned, so did the dogs! It was impossible to play.
This game bites. I hate it. And I hate it even more because I truly love the series. If you are a fan and considering a purchase, I would pass. I'm off to give Little big Planet and Dead Space a try.
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