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Droo
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Post subject: First Review for BoM Out |
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Missing since: 21 Jul 2003 Notes left: 11978 Last seen at: Nova Scotia, Canada
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_________________ "I dreamt last night I saw you A single spark explosion negotiating with the dead By the bright lights in some ICU on my chest you put your head and said "There you are. There you are. There's my heart..."
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Silent Fantasy
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Post subject: Re: First Review for BoM Out |
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Missing since: 22 Jun 2006 Notes left: 1924 Last seen at: Katz Street
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Decent review, but his information about the series in the first few sentances is off. I already wanted to get BoM, but it's nice to see it get a good review first thing.
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 WARNING: Some Parts of Reality May Seem Violent or Cruel.
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Soulless-Shadow
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Missing since: 20 Jun 2010 Notes left: 1626
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Good review, but there wasn't really anything in it that might make me change my mind about not picking up a copy. 
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Missing since: 21 May 2010 Notes left: 1241
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^^^Same here...i don't plan on getting a vita and the game just isn't my taste....i do hope it does well tho...
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PoemOfTheLastMoment
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Missing since: 05 Dec 2010 Notes left: 451
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http://www.gamesradar.com/silent-hill-b ... es-review/I guess we knew all along..... IGN seems to share the same sentiment.
_________________ Now I Know, The Real Reason Why I Came To This Town....I Wonder....What Was I Afraid Of? Without You..I've Got Nothing...Now, We Can Be Together Again.....Mary.....
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Yuki
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Post subject: Re: First Review for BoM Out |
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Missing since: 12 Oct 2009 Notes left: 2523
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I really, really like GamesRadar, but their review is rather poor. They don't actually say why they disliked the game; they spend time explaining where the game comes from and a tiny bit about the mechanics, but don't go into why it's not fun to them at all.
Hardcore Gamer, even with some factual inaccuracies, actually goes into why.
As for IGN, well... they DID give the HD Collection quite the high score.
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 Beyond the Joystick - game reviews, plot recaps, and more http://beyond-the-joystick.blogspot.com - Also on Tumblr!
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Droo
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Post subject: Re: First Review for BoM Out |
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Missing since: 21 Jul 2003 Notes left: 11978 Last seen at: Nova Scotia, Canada
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http://ca.ign.com/articles/2012/10/24/s ... ies-reviewIGN didn't like it very much, and apparently the story is poorly told.
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AuraTwilight
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Post subject: Re: First Review for BoM Out |
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Missing since: 01 Aug 2006 Notes left: 11381 Last seen at: I'm here, and waiting for you
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IGN never really likes anything anymore, does it?
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BlackFire2 wrote: I thought he meant the special powers of her vagina.
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Yuki
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Post subject: Re: First Review for BoM Out |
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Missing since: 12 Oct 2009 Notes left: 2523
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It's better than IGN's review for Downpour, which didn't explain their opinion at all, but it's still not the best review; they don't say why the cutscenes are poor or why the found-note structure inhibits the story, and frankly I don't feel like an experience bar should be a mark against a game.
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AuraTwilight
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Missing since: 01 Aug 2006 Notes left: 11381 Last seen at: I'm here, and waiting for you
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I have to admit that marking down a game in a horror franchise for telling stories through notes is retarded, considering the roots of the entire gaming horror genre.
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BlackFire2 wrote: I thought he meant the special powers of her vagina.
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Missing since: 16 Oct 2012 Notes left: 157 Last seen at: Portland
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AuraTwilight wrote: I have to admit that marking down a game in a horror franchise for telling stories through notes is retarded, considering the roots of the entire gaming horror genre. cough SilentHill4cough
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Silent Fantasy
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Post subject: Re: First Review for BoM Out |
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Missing since: 22 Jun 2006 Notes left: 1924 Last seen at: Katz Street
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IGN consider alot of things outdated. Reading is one of them appearently. It's kinda moronic to pick on the notes though. Even Dead Space had quite a few notes to read.
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Droo
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Post subject: Re: First Review for BoM Out |
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Missing since: 21 Jul 2003 Notes left: 11978 Last seen at: Nova Scotia, Canada
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At least notes give context and story to a game if the game itself is sorely lacking in both.
*coughRESIDENTEVIL6cough*
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Cafe5to2 Waitress
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Missing since: 16 Oct 2012 Notes left: 157 Last seen at: Portland
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Eh, I actually like having notes to read in my games.
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Yuki
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Post subject: Re: First Review for BoM Out |
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Missing since: 12 Oct 2009 Notes left: 2523
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There's a difference between an epistolary format and something telling instead of showing. The Datalog in Final Fantasy XIII, for instance, is a bad form of storytelling; the interactivity shows some, but everything else is explained through text--and it could easily be shown instead of told.
It works better to flesh out things rather than outright tell them, and I think that's something Silent Hill is good at.
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