Honestly, I think its very rare these days to find a game that's actually WORTH the $60 that we pay.  Surely, we'll still pay it often enough, but....few games that I paid $60 for I felt earned that price tag (from a design standpoint, not a technological one--of course a good chunk of the development cost for games these days goes into the R&D side of it).  And apologies for ...

The structure of final fantasy almost necessitates that it be linear, as it has a tightly scripted story progression.  Of course it will most likely allow for some degree of exploration (to carry out side quests and the like), but if its like most other final fantasy games, a player will not have full access to the world until he/she is a ways into the game.

Again, happy birthday Ryan!

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HellBound said: Wow, you give this garbage 3 stars, yet a way better game (compared to this) called Velvet Assassin gets 1? ... [more] Note that two different people wrote those respective reviews.  And in that context, opinions mean a lot.Though, concerning the game at hand, I really can't help but wonder who it is who buys games like this at $60.  I mean, even if you don't know that ...

The thing is....making parodies of other IPs isn't illegal.  I wonder if these types of treatments would fall more in that category rather than straight up copyright violation.

I can't.  Actually, I'm a little skeptical.  But wishful, you know?  I'm just saying that we shouldn't assume that its going to be as shallow as RE4, even though it looks the part.

@kingmastersActually, no.  Was just referring to the aforementioned example.  In fact, my friend and I were discussing an issue similar to this the other day.  He said, "Why don't they make any horror games without pussy lead characters?"  To which I responded "'cause then you'd have Gears of War."  It has things that can be construed as scary, but aren't necessarily presented in a frightening manner.  The idea of horror ...

Yeah man.  I love the page.  I was going to make one but then realized it was already done, and thoroughly too.Glad to know I'm not the only psychotic silent hill fan on here ^_^

I don't recall anyone by the name of Kim appearing in either game.  3 is the one that I've played most.  Perhaps on the soundtrack, if she's a musician?

Well....I'm praying that they don't fuck it up.  Silent Hill has a level of depth to it that Resident Evil could never dream of.  I know, the controls don't make the entirety of the game, but that might emphasize a focus on combat and action/visceral horror rather than the cerebral horror that has been found in the Silent Hill games so far.  Its true that games like Gears and Doom ...

I just love him.  Embodies everything that is awesome about the series.Thoughts?

I just refer to them as abominations, or the like.  However, the town of Silent Hill is almost an intelligent entity.  It knows those who enters it and creates monsters based on what it can pull from their unconscious.  This is alluded to heavily in the games.  For example:::::SPOILERS:::-Pyramid head came from Jame's unconscious desire to punish himself for what he had done-The Slurper in 3 represents Heathers dire fear ...