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Silent Hill f

Yeah, reviews are out. 87 on OpenCritic currently. Still some 7s from reviewers I usually trust and understand (NOT IGN, but rather GameInformer's Marcus).

I've been trying to just skim reviews to see any mention of how it explains the Fog World and Otherworld and any relation to the town of Silent Hill. Nothing really mentioned that I saw besides casually calling the horror/scary world in f something else (which I won't say for possible spoilers).

I guess I'll just wait to play it myself. Tomorrow! I think. I pre-ordered the Deluxe Ed and should have 2-day advanced access.
 
V's patron said:

Silent hill f gets an english dub
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Not sure how to approach this. I generally play video games in English (despite watching anime in Japanese). I do kind of appreciate how the English VA seems a bit campy, like the old games. But I wonder if I'd be un-immersed with all the Japanese characters, aesthetics, themes, etc being in campy English. I can still deal with English VA in heavy Japanese setting/themes if it's good English VA'ing, or at least VA'ing that fits the style (ala Persona, Like a Dragon, etc). But if it's even just a tad campy, in horror? ehh...

edit: and yes, I realize campy horror IS a thing. Camp and horror kind of go hand-in-hand. But I dunno. One of Junji Ito's anime had really bad English VA, imo, and it really made me just enjoy it less.
 
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Dr. Cheesesteak said:
Not sure how to approach this. I generally play video games in English (despite watching anime in Japanese). I do kind of appreciate how the English VA seems a bit campy, like the old games. But I wonder if I'd be un-immersed with all the Japanese characters, aesthetics, themes, etc being in campy English. I can still deal with English VA in heavy Japanese setting/themes if it's good English VA'ing, or at least VA'ing that fits the style (ala Persona, Like a Dragon, etc). But if it's even just a tad campy, in horror? ehh...

edit: and yes, I realize campy horror IS a thing. Camp and horror kind of go hand-in-hand. But I dunno. One of Junji Ito's anime had really bad English VA, imo, and it really made me just enjoy it less.
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ehh as long as they got dual language options im fine.

ill probably end up getting it next year anyway.
 
Just started before bed. I'm about a half hour in and logged off. Definitely scary and atmospheric. This is my first SH game since Downpour. I'm really hoping I'm able to backtrack around town, as there are areas I missed while running for my life lol. I'm really eager to see how great the story and frustrating the combat is, per the consensus it seems. I'm also really curious if I'll love this game so much I'll be motivated to do the NG+ cycle for all endings.

I guess we'll find out.
 
I have played a few hours, has a great atmosphere but i dunno it feels like it is missing something to give that extra oomph. The silent hill 2 remake is definitely better, saying that though silent hill f is still a very good game in it's own way.
 
I'm only a few hours in. Atmosphere is great. Story is really interesting. I don't mind the combat. Even the f*cking 3 second stamina regen delay. But the encounter setups can be real bad. Sometimes Hinako herself obscures the player's target, narrow spots, unnecessary multiple enemies, etc. It's kinda frustrating that they are focused on combat, but make combat unfun and unrewarding.

Still, I hear more NG+ cycles give you better weapons and if you keep leveling up HP and Stam, maybe the combat is more fun by NG+3 lol.

I'm taking it slow, mainly b/c I need the constant mental breaks from horror games and Hades 2 is addicting lol. But I think I may actually aim for all 5 endings, I'm engrossed that much.
 
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