Comments on: gamesVSlife: Konami’s treatment of Silent Hill HD speaks volumes

By: NihilTells

NihilTells — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:29:00 +0000

I fully commend you hammering the point home. It does no good to consider Konami’s SH HD Collection in a ‘glass half full’ light. It really all boils down to the progressive devaluing of art (and YES, I fully include games like Silent Hill 2 & 3 under that umbrella term) and the effort and conviction that is invested in its production. People who debate the issue by dismissing appreciation of the original incarnations (as resolved works of art with very specific intentions and design decisions), are simply adding weight to the debunking of the inherent artistic value of games. Konami’s Silent Hill HD Collection SHOULD be made an example of as a technical and moral trangression. Trying to argue for the commercial value of debased titles does no good for any of us, not just the ‘fanboys’.

By: l1lyone

l1lyone — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 07:22:00 +0000

wht? i replied to a different comment.

By: Jack Hammond

Jack Hammond — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:39:00 +0000

agreed with him^

By: Jack Hammond

Jack Hammond — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:36:00 +0000

i agree with you sh 3 THE BEST OF ALL im 17 now and i have been playing sense i was a bout 6 or 7 and have beat all of them multable times except 4 the crappy wii 1s but yea 2 was good but 3 was better andthe hd collection was ok … but ifu can find the origenal instead evn if its a bit more in price it worth getting!!

By: Jack Hammond

Jack Hammond — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:28:00 +0000

the origenal . at liest by any true fan. the noobs who now nothing about it would make the mistake of getting the hd

By: Jack Hammond

Jack Hammond — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:27:00 +0000

very true… sh 3 was my fave and sh 4 wasant that great but its godly compared 2 the newer sh titles >.> homecoming was bad but i gave downpour a chance thinking it could hhave just been homecoming but no downpour was bad 2 …. i do enjoy the movies though

By: l1lyone

l1lyone — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:42:00 +0000

the truth.

By: xxx128

xxx128 — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:27:00 +0000

Silent hill died when team silent left and konami started to outsource the games to shitty western devs.

By: l1lyone

l1lyone — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 08:31:00 +0000

You cannot say for sure but we’ll see. They better give this job to ‘BluePoint’ crew, authors of brilliant HD remasters of MGS and Ico. But before that i wish they stop selling this shit.

By: fallen

fallen — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 08:03:00 +0000

I don’t feel this piece was written to address the ‘why’. You can read all about the ‘why’ in any number of reviews. This is not a review, as Adam says below – it’s a column. The author wanted to discuss what effect Konami’s decision to rush the game may have had on the series, and what it seems to say about the company’s directives.

This is not a review.

By: Adam Meadows

Adam Meadows — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:40:00 +0000

Fancy words? What fancy words? It’s a column – a place where I write about what I think about something, usually. I said the ‘Why’ is irrelevant, simply because it excuse Konami to an extent.

You’re right in the extent that it has a rather singular point. But I simply spoke about it in more detail: about how it could’ve been a restoration; how it could’ve benefited the franchise – which has been struggling for years – in the long term; about how I think Konami could’ve waited, delayed – even cancelled – but didn’t likely in the name of profit.

Thanks for the feedback though, I’ll keep in it mind in the future.

By: Moondrops

Moondrops — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:08:00 +0000

like i said before, this won’t be the last Silent Hill Collection to come out. i’m sure Konami will release other collections in the future.

By: l1lyone

l1lyone — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:06:00 +0000

“then how would they know it sucks compared to the original, if they have never played it before?” that’s what i’m trying to say to you all the time. i feel sorry for those who will play these corrupted versions and never knew the experience we’d once got.

By: Moondrops

Moondrops — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 06:45:00 +0000

then how would they know it sucks compared to the original, if they have never played it before? they have nothing to fall back on. only hardcore fans who have played the original will be kinda letdown by the HD Collection, not newcomers.

i let my friend, who hasn’t much experience with the Silent Hill games try the HD Collection, and she liked it.

By: R G

R G — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 04:03:00 +0000

TL;DR – Silent Hill HD Collection not good.

This article is
nothing but fancy words being thrown around without any real substance.
Why is the HD collection bad? I feel the entirety of this article is
just repeating the same idea over and over and over and over again: “the
HD collection is bad.”

Can we get the “why” instead of an eleven paragraph article on the “what” ?

By: R G

R G — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 04:03:00 +0000

Didn’t mean to sound offensive. Just not sure what I’m getting from having read this.

By: l1lyone

l1lyone — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 14:59:00 +0000

how can you love smth you’ve never played, i was talking about newcomers.

By: Moondrops

Moondrops — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 05:56:00 +0000

if you truly love the game, and consider it be a timeless classic, then price shouldn’t matter to you.

also i pretty sure this wont be the last Silent Hill Collection we will see

By: l1lyone

l1lyone — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:40:00 +0000

really? originals = 75-250$ vs hd collection = 20$. which one will be chosen by an average customer? the more time will pass, the more it’ll get rare, the more it’ll cost. don’t you know that?

By: Moondrops

Moondrops — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:01:00 +0000

this gen is almost done, so in a few years time even ps3 games will be hard to come buy – your logic. i don’t know if you have ever heard of ebay or amazon, cause you can easily get them online.