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You think the story that has major thematic ties to the objectification/sexualization of, and violence against, women is flawed because it has a character whose backstory hinges on her sexual assault at the hands of her father? There is no way you're a writer and you seriously think this. It's extremely relevant to the story it's telling in both a narrative and thematic sense, how is it "literally useless backstory" ? How is the story flawed? The only thing you listed off as a flaw is completely relevant to the overarching themes and narrative.

@MrReaperofDead If you are a writer you give me the vibe of Dragon age the veilguard writers. Don't put trauma in the game because it must be fun lol this is what gamers and developers nowadays get wrong about video games, the best experiences in gaming are fun yes but they make you feel a range of emotions that's why SH2 stands out. The game came out 23 years ago and tackled topics that was not discussed often the way it is today and does so brilliantly. The og tackled trauma when it wasn't as popular, and frankly does it better then most media today which wants to tell you who's right and who's wrong instead of letting the audience come to their own conclusion. Angela and Eddie only connection to James is that they too are struggling with issues and the game shows you how it effects them that's why they are brought their, it's that simple. People seem to overthink this, one of the trailers for the og game says it's a story about love, hate, pain ect and in these emotions lies the complexity of the story. It's a story about the human mind and how it can be your worse enemy, not the town and the monsters.

Silent Hill effectively plays upon men's vulnerabilities. Angela is connected to James' story: She pretends that she was chomololo, and that sex causes schizophrenia. This is how she copes with being an erratic dysfunctional, HUMILIATED, individual. How she tries to justify unaliving all of her "mama"'s. By that same token, James is wearing the manly Pussy Helmet, by pretending, "iz okay to unalife wife, because blue balls!". But we then find out, that's not entirely accurate, there was quite a bit more, and very, different to the story. The more desirable, "sugar coated" narrative, is the one you'd employ for your subversion. So male players can cope with blue balls, due to their guilt of what they'd do to her, if they could be alone with baby Angela, (you must have seen those "Angela, but hot, so iz okay to grape her" type mods), and also have a wank when the perfect sex fantasy stripper girl Weird Sciences out of thin air, so conveniently. Therefore, these are the narratives that are most likely to be false! There's no real reason to see the endings, they are all canon - you input a certain behavior through the game, you are scored and receive an ending - then you go right back to the bathroom, that informs you "Thine hands fashioned and made me, now doth turn about and destroy me!" - All endings are discarded for another game. The remake is a little overly long, yes. But stays in a mental asylum and a prison, are that kind of experience, that tends to overstay it's welcome. The fog world hotel is realistically... concise. Immediately before that lies the Labyrinth of perspectives, on the very edge of reality itself, where little of reality can be trusted, but you can rotate a box to view different angles/pahways.

@NathanFrank-n9d Yes, this game truly does express the human condition.And that's why we all love it. I personally do not think it is flawed. But we As humans definitely are.

Bro you sound like a liberal 😅

Each to their own of course but if the concept was so boring, the remake wouldn’t be voted as 10/10 on steam lol not to mention they’re one of the most brutal communities when it comes to voting games. In our opinion, it does stand as one of the best horror games of all time. The game was brilliant, especially for its time. And yeah going back to the game being released at the perfect time, of course they did- it is business and legacy at the end of the day. The remake sold over a million copies within 4 days of release, I think it says enough. I can agree with the fact that it doesn’t tailor to everyone, psych horrors aren’t a big thing in this gen unfortunately compared to how it was before. The best horror titles in the entertainment were mostly psych horrors. The reason they probably said they’re not going to make another game in the psych horror genre is probably because of that, the fact that it doesn’t tailor much to the new age. But we do appreciate your take on this!

The concept is b o r i n g. Realistically, those reviews and sales are most likely nostalgia driven. Who wouldn’t want to see a cult classic reimagined? Especially “one of the best horror games of all time” lol. Those numbers were almost guaranteed since most remakes kinda sell themselves. As for the perfect time of release, u can’t talk about business and legacy after the fact lol. You’re speaking as if they intended to create the blueprint for, and lay the foundation for horror as they knew it at the time lol. In the early 2000s, horror was a very small genre. So the chances of success were high since the competition was small, and if they predicted that much it wouldn’t surprise me. A psych horror most definitely could be tailored to the new generation of gaming, as long as it’s done correctly. The remake didn’t think about that. It banked on it’s “legacy”, and nostalgia, which worked lol. The game makes SH2 feel like a 10 yr old game rather than 20 yr old game. It’s like a bootleg TLOU in regards to what they did with the game. Added nothing but a graphics mod and a £70 price tag lol. A good example of a psych horror game tailored to modern/new gen standards is Alan Wake 2. b o r i n g is my opinion. Steam reviews don’t mean anything. You play a game because you like it and not because randoms gave it 10/10 on steam. If I wanted a good story alone, I’d read a book or watch a movie lol. Thanks for the reply though

@@TakimiRyujinright, thats enough internet out of you

100%, horror games recently have not really done it like they did back in the day. Aside from remakes, can’t really think of any other games that are up there

@@MaskedProductions191 I can only think of Signalis that was on the level. It was very good, even though it's an indie game made by only 2 people in retro style. So it's not much in terms of visuals, stylized as a PS1 era game basically. But the quality of the story and the clever and interesting way it's told more than makes up for everything else.

Honestly would not be surprised if it was a great game, me and my co-host AMZ both share the sentiment that indie games are gamings last bastion so to speak so I will definitely discuss this with him

Heavily unappreciated which coincides with it also being underated

Yeahhh, sorry mate, I realised after exporting the video I had spelt it wrong But appreciate the kind words and yes, this game is truly amazing🙌🙌

ehhh, sequels is too easy. Besides, this video is centred around the jedi republic/old republic so it makes sense to make that comparison. But like I said, not hating on the prequels, they just don't capture what the original trilogy is for many people. Also George Lucas tends to need a lot of oversight when he's making these movies, and he didn't get much for the prequels. In the original trilogy, if I'm not mistaken his wife had been involved in making the final cut of the movie which is largely why those movies are amazing to rewatch.

Don’t you guys get tired of parroting other people’s opinions?

​@@MaskedProductions191 I agree, the prequels are very different, but different doesn't have to mean bad, I love the originals and the prequels

it's such a great game honestly.

What do you mean both?

Kotor 1 Dark Side is FUN, get ready to have a blast while being absolutely despicable 😂

Whoops, I should have read the comments first!

Which game has a ichiban reference?

I agree, while yakuza 0 was a starting point for me i almost immediately understood that i should’ve started from kiwamis and then moved to 3-5 then 0 and after that it’s 6-8. So pretty much release order if we ignore the fact that first two are remakes

hey thanks for the appreciaton! And yeah, I believe my cohost AMZ might say the same thing. Our next upload will be on Kiwami 2 infact so stay tuned <3

I think it just depends on how you wanna experience the series. For example, I would never in a million years watch star wars in chronological order since in my opinon it takes away from the original trilogy when you start from the prequel(especially the first time you watch it). But lets say I watch the lord of the rings trilogy, I'd start with the hobbit movies(even though yes the books were released in chronological order to start with). I do however think Y0 is a great start point in terms of experiencing a story start to finish

@@MaskedProductions191 Hence my adendum at the end. When it comes to "where to start" questions, people gotta start somewhere no matter how bad the options presented. Y0 is indeed the "least worst" among reasonable options (telling people to go play the PS2 Yakuza 1 is not considered reasonsable by most people) but I think the internet needs to put more effort into warning newcomers of the issues mentioned. (or at least show them some majima pics so they understand what the real majima looks like)

You better bloody do

hey thanks for the comment and appreciation. And yeah, I do get your point 100% about Yakuza getting a lot more attention than other games in the genre, we did a video on shenmue and how underated it was a while back. We'll be covering more games in the future in line with RPG's so if you're interested in those, stay tuned!

I wouldn't say having Kuze, Sagawa, and Shibusawa in the same game is a "so-so cast of villains." Most RGG games rarely have more than one good villain.

Appreciate it bro, means a lot! Let us know if there are any videos you’d like to see us do :)

Hi, editor/host(was not in for this one sadly). Firstly i’d like to thank you for the comment, we really do appreciate the support and we hope you’ll stick around :) Secondly, we have noticed the audio issues, i’ve been messing around with adobe audition recently so with the next video this shouldn’t be an issue hopefully

Hey, thanks for the comment, and yes, we'll be checking out shenmue two once I(Justmasked the host) get started on shenmue 2. I'm really excited, I've been seeing really positive things about where the story goes in the second game so be sure to look out for it!