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09/21/09
Until it's ported to the wand and Natal with flashlight accessory, and sold cheaper than the Wii version on PSN and XBLA...
09/21/09
You don't hear people raving about the graphics of Silent Hill or Resident Hill (more the music, from some video I saw recently).
09/21/09
Yahtzee even points out that SH (2, I think) -benefitted- from low-end graphics. It forced them to include a terrifing fog to hide the low draw-distance.
It's too straightforward thinking like this (it's too low-powered, I -can't- do anything cool with it!) on the part of the developers that's caused the Wii to suck, not lack of technical prowess.
09/21/09
If SH2 had a better voice acting team, better VA director, and 360 / PS3 level visuals, it would be heaven...
Or... something...
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Dead Space isn't even remotely scary...
Bratz: Rock Angels makes all these games look like Peggle. I dare you to play it!
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if you really think about it, Nintendo has always been a step ahead. it may not be technology wise, but for the gaming industry to evolve and to expand the gamers.
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Graphics can be important, but if the game is truly scary, the appearance won't be much of an issue.
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All of this said, I do contradict myself, because I am really looking forward to Shattered Memories.
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I do agree with the graphics statement. That said Dead Space is not survival horror. It's an action game with a horror setting like Doom 3. I mean there are checkpoints at the start of every room!! Suvival horror games let you save infrequently and try to discourage you from saving. That way there is a real risk and fear of dieing. Dead Space would have been great if you could disable the checkpoints and just play with the save points instead
09/21/09
While the original RE is amazing, the REmake is scareyer and more immersive due to the higher quality graphics and far better voice acting (and, thank god, mainly intact control scheme)
09/21/09
I was once a fearful child who couldn't play it. I have since evolved and am no longer afraid of the dark... Well, wasn't until Silent Hill 2, which I didn't play until this year, so the graphics were far from top of the line. That's why I used it in my argument.
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Sound is what made Dead Space such an excellent horror game.
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I couldn't imagine this game being replicated on another console right now (maybe the PS3 with the Sony Wand thingy), there's just a different feeling playing with a controller than there is playing with a remote where your movements are basically replicated on screen.
09/21/09
Thanks for the positive impression. It actually makes me interested in this game.
09/21/09
Kind of contradictory, but whatever. I'm looking forward to this game and any good word about it only helps my anticipation grow.
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And arent they saying this just cause the Wiimote acts like a spiritual successor to a flashlight?
09/21/09
Ixnay on the Sony Motion Wand. Its an additional piece of hardware that needs to be purchased, thus limiting the amount of software that will be developed for it, thus limiting its success. Its kinda doomed to fail before its even out the door.
Natal shows a bit more promise, but only because Microsoft generally knows how to throw money at a problem until it isn't a problem anymore. Still, I have my doubts.
The Wiimote, however, is sold with every system and is the only 'controller' available.
In answer to your second idea, probably, yeh. That, and you don't need teh graphix to make a scary game. First person adventure/survival horrors can be done pretty awesomely with a small budget, wiimote or not. Dark Fall for the PC being a prime example of a 2003 game that ran on 1995 hardware and was pretty sweet.
09/21/09
What if software and hardware were packaged together a la Rock Band?
09/21/09
I present the Eyetoy and *insert software here*
It might work for a really amazing horror game though. But the low sales of every edition of Time Crisis packaged with a gun speaks, sadly, otherwise. :(
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The trick is building a game around it, I haven't played JU-ON so I can't say....but if a developer is willing to get in all the nooks and crannies that the Wii is capable of. They can make some REALLY horror games.
However with Natal and the Sony wand on the horizon...
We'll just have to see...
09/21/09
OMG! Kirie + Shibito + Sony Motion Wand = Ultimate Survival Horror!
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"Waggle is the act of waving or shaking a controller randomly and with no real direction or pattern... however, it's sometimes used to describe motion controls in general."
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Almost silent hill like, in that you see a ton of general creepiness combined with jump-style scares.
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