Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "SILENT HILL 2 REMAKE SALES & REVIEW ROUND-UP"

Episode Date: October 21, 2024

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticIn this segment of Notorious Mass Effect, Analytic Dreamz delves deep into the highly anticipated Silent Hill 2 Remake, released on October 8, 2024. Here's what gamers and horror enthusiasts can expect:Release Overview: Learn about the exclusive release details for PlayStation 5 and PC, with insights into the future availability for Xbox Series X/S. Discover the perks of pre-ordering, including early access and exclusive bonuses.Editions and Bonuses: Analytic Dreamz breaks down what comes with the Standard and Deluxe Editions, helping you decide which version suits your taste for terror.Behind the Development: Explore how Bloober Team, with their horror pedigree from "The Medium," tackles this monumental remake, maintaining the eerie essence while infusing new life into Silent Hill 2.Story and Gameplay Evolution: While the core story remains intact, we discuss the significant enhancements in gameplay mechanics, combat systems, and the introduction of stealth elements that promise to enrich player interaction with the haunting world of Silent Hill.Visual and Audio Rebirth: Get the scoop on the graphical overhaul that brings Silent Hill into the modern era, alongside an updated soundtrack that includes both remastered classics and new compositions to heighten the horror experience.Combat and Strategy: Analytic Dreamz provides essential combat tips, from conserving ammo to mastering the new dodge mechanics, ensuring you're prepared to face the nightmarish creatures lurking in the fog.Creative Continuity: Hear about the involvement of original creators Masahiro Ito and Akira Yamaoka, and how their input helps preserve the game's terrifying atmosphere while introducing fresh elements.Puzzles and Exploration: Dive into the changes in puzzle difficulty settings and how the enhanced map functionality can aid in navigating through Silent Hill's twisted pathways.Gameplay Tips and Documentation: Learn why taking screenshots could be your best tool for puzzle-solving and keeping track of crucial in-game information.Join Analytic Dreamz in this comprehensive segment as we dissect every corner of the Silent Hill 2 Remake that covers everything from gameplay mechanics to strategic survival tips. Whether you're a long-time fan or a newcomer to the franchise, this segment will equip you with all you need to know to dive into this revamped horror classic.Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Since it is October, which is Halloween season, is only right. We get into a psychological horror as far as a classic, a staple in the horror genre. That is a remake of the original game that helped define the original psychological horror genre, which is Silent Hill 2. So, ladies and gentlemen, the remake has been available or made available. October 8th, 24 on platforms like PlayStation 5, PC, and, my fault. You know what? I can't even help myself.

For some reason, I just find the need to point out the Xbox has no games. But you know, hey, that's just me, right? My fault. My fault for pointing it out. You know, objectively speaking, y'all can't play this game at all. You know what I'm saying? So anyways, getting back to the platforms that do. and are able to play this game.

PlayStation 5 and PC, of course, is doing phenomenal on the PlayStation platform as, when it comes to the PS5, it's the third most play game on that platform, right? Dragon Ball Spark and Zero is one, EA Sports FC25, which I've covered in this episode, is second,

and the Silent Hill 2 is following it up at the number three spot. And, of course, this game just came out. When looking at the Steam Analytics, you can see that the 24-hour peak was 12 actually it wasn't 12 it was 19,390 to be exact right the game is $70 on Steam on PS5 now as far as the concurrent player base on Steam right now it's 12,000 so for it to have top three best-selling game as far as PS5 is considered currently and then to have it on the list of popular releases for for Steam, but also trending in a way of having and holding that 12,000 concurrent player base,

which doesn't make it one of the more popular games on Steam currently, but that's okay, right? Because there's games that take up the spot that's been around for forever, like Apex Legends, Counterstrike 2, wallpaper engine is hilarious, but Dota 2, PubG, things of that nature. Dragon Ball did make the top list as far as most play games on Steam, but that's, you know, besides the point, because, of course, when you're making a horror game, I feel like you're already cutting off a certain fan base as far as people who don't enjoy being scared or paying money to be scared, which I fall in line of because I just can't reasonably get across why I would pay money to scare myself, right? I mean, being a black man in America, I ain't going to go down

that road, but you already know, like, it's scary enough, right? While I pay money to get my heart beat and my heart rate raised even more. So anyways, getting it to Silent Hill 2 in the remake. Of course, with this game having a release as far as a remake, it's very interesting for the simple fact that it's been developed by Blueber team. What type of name is Blueber? But hey, we're just going to go past that, right? So Silent Hill 2 remake was developed by Blueber Team, published by Konami. And of course, Bluber in general is known for a psychological horror.

and that is why they was able to be an approach to develop the Silent Hill 2 remake because of course you want to preserve the game's eerie atmosphere that it already captured in the original release but then partnering with an established team in the horror genre such as bluber makes the remake even more imperative as far as the game's narrative so when it comes to Konami I mean they're the publishers so that just means the overall involvement is just overseeing the development of of this video game. So to outsource the Bluebird to let them, you know, strategically move to revitalize the Silent Hill series. It led to this outcome as far as it being released on PS5 and PC, but not only that the sales have came out for Silent Hill 2 and the consensus is this may be, I'm not going to say game of the year, but let's just say the reviews for this game is out of this world. I mean, 9 out of 10, 8.7 out of 10, 5 out of 5, 90 at a 10, 90 at a 10. 10, 8 out of 10, 87 out of 100. I'm going to get to the specific reviews in the second as far as the putting the name

with the reviews. But I just want to let you know that the general consensus is that this is a very, this is very much an improvement upon the game. Now, one of the more notable things that's been improved, of course, is the graphics with it, you know, being so with the release of the remake being significantly, we're having significant more capabilities when it comes to technological advancements versus the original release.

So now people are noticing the vast improvements of upgrades, of course. And as far as the original, there's been significant differences in combat and gameplay mechanics for the simple fact that, you know, when it first came out, they probably didn't have a lot to work with. So amongst the revitalization of,

or amongst the, amongst them revitalizing the gameplay mechanics, the graphics. They also changed up the soundtrack as they have remastered original music, but they also have new sound effects to leverage

their modern hardware. So of course with technological advancements, they've been using that to the utmost, especially with Bluber being so much of a veteran in this genre to know what to add to an already culture Colite classic, right?

So anyways, the playing environment has expanded, allowing for more exploration compared to the original game. There's new combat mechanics, improved combat with more intelligent enemies that players can utilize stealth or and dodge mechanics during encounters. And of course, the dodging strategy for players, it gives a little tip, a tip bid that you should dodge enemy attacks and display openings to attack. I mean, goodness. about a already know that type tip I mean goodness but they're gonna tell me to press the the stick to run next I mean goodness anyways all right getting back into the game so a lot of things when it comes to the puzzle difficulties is is very much a discussion amongst the player base but I am here to tell you that there are difficulty settings so easy obviously makes it simplified and makes it

it straightforward. Normal makes the puzzles a little bit more difficult, but they're easier and not as oversimplified as the easy version. But then we get to the ultimate challenge, which is the hard version, which challenges players with more complex puzzles recommended for a balance experience. So this is simply for the fact that the map functionality when it comes to Silent Hill 2 remake is based on locked doors and items you haven't collected. yet. So I'm not going to say there's a lot of backtracking, but there's some backtracking in the game, right? And players should definitely utilize a lot of screenshots for important in-game documents to get around the map that also use the screenshots to aid in solving puzzles later. So when it comes to Silent Hill 2 remake, it comes to the overall public reception of it. A lot of people are saying that the games relaunched, seems to be a great improvement upon the original. And they say that this is definitely a great step as far as reviving interest in the Silent Hill series.

And then of course, when it comes to sales, and this being in a horror genre, you're already cutting off a significant portion of people who don't want to be scared when they play video games. So with that being said, for them to still be the third most played game currently on a PS5 platform, and then for them to still have 12,000 concurrent players peaking as far as a 24-hour peak at 19,000, I think that's a significant hold and should be an accomplishment, especially for Bloomberg. Especially, I said Bloomberg, that's funny, especially for a Bloomberg team in Konami. So overall, I mean, the gaming publications as far as reviewing this game, Metacritic gave it an 80s, 7 out of 100 IGN gave it an 8 out of 10 games radar gave it a 70 at a 10 which is the lowest at all

these scores game spot gave it a 90 out of 10 um game informer gave it a 0.75 goodness at 10 why why so specific and a PC gamer gave it the 85 at 100 so um overall a lot of these reviewers basically said that this is the faithful recreation of the original's atmosphere and story but also enhances a lot of things when it comes to the gameplay mechanics and the visuals but they did note that it could feel repetitive at times which i'm always wary of that critique because in video games there's always a replayable mechanic that has to happen there's a loop that you have to get into there's no video game that's going to consistently give you new gameplay mechanics hour after hour after hour at some point the mechanics or the mechanics as far as the gameplay is

basically established and then the gameplay loop insists it just has to be an enjoyable gameplay loop for the consumer so when they say it's repetitive i'm always wary about that because of course saying it's repetitive is one thing saying that's repetitive with bare bones gameplay mechanics is another so that's why i would take that critique as far as it being repetitive with a grain assault but overall silent hill two seems to be well received a lot of people are praising it for its atmospheric horror and faithful recreation of the original silent hill two and it be in october safe to say that this is emphatically one of the better horror games that you will play in the month of october for 2024 so with that being said click my link to in my bio let me know one

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