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Ophecks
from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2004-04-24 11:35 [#01159051]
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Wow, this game is something else. Anyone played it yet? I got it a few days ago and played it all night.
Crazy. The comparisons to Silent Hill are unavoidable, but this is a great game in its own right. The ''Shibito'' are basically zombies with brains... and GUNS. A really intimidating foe, and the way they shuffle after you quickly is pretty unnerving. The whole ''sightjacking'' thing is pretty cool. I'm not far into but already I had to use it to plot out a course through the woods so that a sniper wouldn't get me... looking through his eyes, I ran for it when he looked away for a second. Sweet stuff, more than a gimmick. It's also creepy as hell to sightjack a shibito that's stumbling through the woods after you, and seeing you in distance. Shitting a brick, probably.
Other than the inane dubbing (everyone is Japanese and they ALL have British accents), the atmosphere is pretty suffocating. This game is hard, though. The trial and error is on par with Splinter Cell's, because if a Shibito with a gun sees you, you're fucked. You constantly have to replay scenarios. The game is set up in little 10-15 minute long missions, which is different than other survival horror games. And thank God, because this is a tough one.
The ambient music is gold. I hope somebody on Soulseek has the soundtrack.
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Key_Secret
from Sverige (Sweden) on 2004-04-24 11:36 [#01159053]
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I've got a siren in in my mouth........ ooooooooooooiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiioiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiioiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiii...
you get it.
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Gwely Mernans
from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2004-04-24 11:36 [#01159054]
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what system?
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virginpusher
from County Clare on 2004-04-24 11:38 [#01159056]
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I was wondering about this title. Sightjacking sounds quite interesting. It would be fun to play around with that for a while.
go leafs!
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Oddioblender
from Fort Worth, TX (United States) on 2004-04-24 11:38 [#01159057]
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pictures, ophecks, pictures!
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Ophecks
from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2004-04-24 11:43 [#01159060]
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It's for Playstation 2.
The environments in this game are fantastic. Being chased up a dirt road in the middle of the woods is intense.
You barely ever get weapons in this game. So I hope you like running away like a little bitch.
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Oddioblender
from Fort Worth, TX (United States) on 2004-04-24 11:45 [#01159062]
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good. that's adding more to "survival" rather than "horror." (i.e. running)
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Ophecks
from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2004-04-24 11:57 [#01159065]
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Yeah, it's pretty cool, keeps you on your toes. But it's also closer to a horror movie than any game I've played. It constantly cuts between scenes and characters, which COULD have hurt the ''flow'', but I think it works. I appreciate it. Because there's no backtracking or anything like that, like in Resident Evil and Silent Hill. The narrative is constantly moving forward. As long as you don't suck too hard.
Which I do. I'm having a tough time outsmarting these dickheads.
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uzim
on 2004-04-24 13:24 [#01159140]
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"The ambient music is gold. I hope somebody on Soulseek has
the soundtrack."
> my thoughts too =) i'd love to have the soundtrack...
the game didn't scare me as much as i thought it would do though - ironically, the official website is scarier than the game so far...
the video scene with Risa Onda, when she's in the hospital and sees and hears "something" in the fog was quite horrifying though. i won't describe it of course, i don't want to give any spoilers...
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uzim
on 2004-04-24 13:28 [#01159146]
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heh funny
there is a model or something called Risa Honda... (just came across it while searching for the character in the game to check the spelling if it was Onda or Honda)
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