Unpopular Opinions about Video Games -

[Jordi El Nino Polla]

Silent Hill is still mediocre. More at 11.

 

[JamesFargo]

Would it be an unpopular opinion to say that I think if it had actually been produced, Silent Hills would have probably been an awful Silent Hill game because Kojima doesn't really seem like the type to do it right?

It's a minimalist series, and he's a maximalist writer. He'd need someone constantly slapping his hand away from the keyboard, and that seems unlikely.

 

[Psyduck]

Would it be an unpopular opinion to say that I think if it had actually been produced, Silent Hills would have probably been an awful Silent Hill game because Kojima doesn't really seem like the type to do it right?

Unpopular, but correct

 

[Hermann the German]

It's a minimalist series, and he's a maximalist writer. He'd need someone constantly slapping his hand away from the keyboard, and that seems unlikely.

That said, Kojima hasn't really produced any strictly horror games, has he? Given a good co-writer or at least a producer willing to be his editor, I'd be curious to see what sort of ideas he has for horror as a genre, given that he's a self-admitted Japanese and Western horror fan.

I personally didn't mind Death Stranding but I do find it rather heavy-handed in its imagery and in some of the nonsense Kojumbo has his characters spout

 

[JamesFargo]

Silent Hill took inspiration from David Lynch. Kojima is often compared with George Lucas, i.e. Hideo is surrounded by yes-men who are fans of his.

It's the difference between a scalpel and a chainsaw.

 

[Marissa Moira]

It's the difference between a scalpel and a chainsaw.

Why not both?

 

[JamesFargo]

Why not both?

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SQUALL LEONHART: *becomes Squall Leonhard *

 

[Overcast]

Silent Hill took inspiration from David Lynch. Kojima is often compared with George Lucas, i.e. Hideo is surrounded by yes-men who are fans of his.

It's the difference between a scalpel and a chainsaw.

The scalpel in this case is also very loud.

 

[JamesFargo]

The scalpel in this case is also very loud.

I HAD THAT MONICA BELLUCCI DREAM. MONICA WAS VERY PLEASANT.

 

[Shitted Scaredless]

That silent hill arcade shooter spin off wasn't bad.

 

[JamesFargo]

I should revise my feelings on SH3.

Heather stands out from other SH protagonists. She is bratty at times. She's self-aware. ("I don't really feel like eating and drinking stuff from an alternate reality." ) She's out for revenge. Claudia is trying to evoke negative feelings from her. That wouldn't work on Harry, for instance. Furthermore, Claudia is more altruistic than Heather gives her credit for: her bedroom has two books, one on child trafficking and another on refugees. For all we know, Paradise might not even be what Heather envisions it to be. It creates moral ambiguity.

With that said, I found it more tedious than scary. I almost wonder if the map design is too diverse: the Otherworld is far more animated and hellish compared to that of SH2, and thus loses a lot of its dread. Somebody else likened it to Jacob's Ladder vs. Hellraiser.