Are you satisfied?

Post by **Fullofhate87** » 13 Apr 2006

I was going to post this last night, but I was deterred.. You know, I look at games like Silent Hill 3 and then games like Resident Evil 4.. In Resident Evil 4, there are many many different types of deaths your character can undergo and each is animated differently. For the most part in Silent Hill games, when your character dies, he/she basically just falls over, or whatever..

I'm just wondering, are y'all satisified with the deaths in Silent Hill 3 and other Silent Hills. I posted this here because the

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subway train death scenes

are pretty similar to Resident Evil 4 and such.

I'm very interested in your thoughts. Some of you may think that Silent Hill just isn't that kind of game and that the bond you create with your character is stronger than that of a RE game, so seeing a head chopped off or something means a lot more than in a RE game.

Yes? No? Orly?

Post by **Biomechanical** » 13 Apr 2006

Well... If it's a survival horror game, than isn't the point of the game to not die? I really don't see the point in rewarding somebody for dying.

Post by **AgentX7k** » 13 Apr 2006

I suppose there is no point, but I did love finding out all the different deaths in Resident Evil 2, good times

Post by **B5160-R** » 13 Apr 2006

Valtiel drags Heather away when she dies certain places.

Post by **SilentGil** » 13 Apr 2006

B5160-R wrote:Valtiel drags Heather away when she dies certain places.

I was about to post that

I didn't think about this. Well, I am satisfied. That little details makes SH so uniqe, not a zombie shooting game.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » 13 Apr 2006

SilentGil wrote:
B5160-R wrote:Valtiel drags Heather away when she dies certain places.
I was about to post that

I didn't think about this. Well, I am satisfied. That little details makes SH so uniqe, not a zombie shooting game.

I died just so I could see that part.

Post by **zoso__IV** » 13 Apr 2006

I like some of the non-generic deaths.

Like in Nowhere in SH1....you know.....when you remove the sword from the cabinet thing. I loved that.

Post by **Fullofhate87** » 13 Apr 2006

B5160-R wrote:Valtiel drags Heather away when she dies certain places.

Yea, I do enjoy things like that. But like, I really think places like the mirror room should have a unique death.. not just 'Oh, I fainted.'

Post by **safcftm33** » 13 Apr 2006

some nice new deaths would look cool

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » 13 Apr 2006

I love SH storyline better than RE, but RE controls, deaths and characters are better.

Post by **stone_psycho** » 13 Apr 2006

thegronc wrote:I love SH storyline better than RE, but RE controls, deaths and characters are better.

i dont know, i just couldnt really feel anything for the characters in Resident Evil. They all seemed a bit hollow to me =\

Post by **Mis Krist.** » 14 Apr 2006

RE deaths are better? .. You mean how you'll be talking to a person and the next second a snake/shark comes up and eats them?

Post by **Droo** » 14 Apr 2006

Orly? Is that a word?

I'm satisfied with the series as a whole, but I didn't like SH3 nearly as much as the others.

Post by **AgentX7k** » 14 Apr 2006

thegronc wrote:I love SH storyline better than RE, but RE controls, deaths and characters are better.

The controls of 'Old RE' or 'RE4' are better? Because I always thought the SH controls and Old RE controls were pretty much identical, expect in SH you could move when you had wepaons equipped

Post by **alone in the town** » 14 Apr 2006

RE characters are better? At what? Showing cleavage and imitating The Matrix?

Post by **StinkBomber** » 14 Apr 2006

Out of all the people Heather gets torn up the worst.

1. Falling to her Doom (In misc spots)
2. Run over by subway train/falling off subway train and onto tracks going on top speed
3. Drowned by Tentacle Monster (eww)
4. Run over by a roller coaster
5. Boiling Blood through her pores

That's all I can remember. But I do agree, grisly deaths should be a regular part of survival horror, so dying is something that horrifies you instead of feeling lame.

RE4 had that pinned on the dot if nothing else.

Post by **Fullofhate87** » 14 Apr 2006

You know, you're right.. but eh.. I've personally never seen the Tentacle Monster death, but the other stuff you don't really see, or she just faints.. and maybe you hear something, like in the subway..
I guess I just want to know, would you find it appropriate for Heather to lose limbs and such in death? I mean these are monsters after all..
Although I suppose technically they are cult members.. or people.. Dunno..

Post by **Cherry Bomb** » 14 Apr 2006

Having a load of different deaths would be pointless. Rag-doll physics? When would they really look any good? The violence in SH isn't brutal or energetic enough to benefit from varying death sequences.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » 14 Apr 2006

AgentX7k wrote:
thegronc wrote:I love SH storyline better than RE, but RE controls, deaths and characters are better.
The controls of 'Old RE' or 'RE4' are better? Because I always thought the SH controls and Old RE controls were pretty much identical, expect in SH you could move when you had wepaons equipped

Actually, yes they are. Even better than SH3 controls. SH controls, and I replayed some last night, were ridiculous. SH4 controls are the best, but still not great. And I noticed buttons were changed from 1,2,3. Not many, but some. Overall, it's my main complaint with what is otherwise a great game.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » 14 Apr 2006

alone in the town wrote:RE characters are better? At what? Showing cleavage and imitating The Matrix?

RE4 vs. SH4, there is really no comparison.
RE3 vs. SH3. Closer, but the cop is flat and the others are pretty much just goofy. Voice acting was interestingly mediocre for SH3.
RE2 vs. SH2. Pretty big gap again, but SH2 made a huge improvement over one. But RE did even better.
RE vs SH. The only one where SH has the nod.