Silent Hill is Finally Good Again | Summon Sign, Episode 41

[@616Entertainment]

From Chris laughing at the hanged elephant to being okay with eating dog, now Matty and Lock agreeing that a robot would get a parachute over an animal, I’m now officially concerned over the LSM crew’s respect for animal life in general. You’re all heathens, all scoundrels. Edit: Lock has just offered to sacrifice himself to keep all 3 safe. Respect for Lock. Brad is having the robot go down. Some repair has been done, hahahaha

[@cuccamunga]

Not to mention that Colin and Chris want to drain the ocean and do away with all sea creatures.

[@mysticmase]

Digging the jack-o'-lantern in the background!

[@James-u1y]

Wow now I really wanna hear Locks thoughts on Metaphor next week, haha.

[@Joe_159]

Such a great trio, thanks gents

[@Loopez2284]

Top tier thumbnail

[@biggtube]

more magic from Mr. Champagne

[@knleonhart]

Brad/James’ face is so demented that it works perfectly for the Halloween season

[@AnEyeRacky]

​@@knleonhart lol gave me Matt Damon from Team America vibes😅

[@James-u1y]

Great podcast ep.

[@teza1383]

Find someone that treasures you as much as Lock does Matty lmao

[@d_ruggs]

Creative Assembly is returning to develop the Alien Isolation sequel, with many of the original team members returning. I'm very stoked for this, the original is fantastic, and probably my favorite horror game ever made. A beautiful blend of systems and mechanics

[@jonesygrets6029]

They need to fix that throw animation thou And have it actually go were you want it 😂

[@asimb0mb]

Finally managed to grab Matty 😂

[@CashSoprano]

One thing for me that is a negative but a HUGE positive about Silent Hill 2 is, there’s nothing peaceful about this game. In Resident Evil, you will have dark areas, but thats only until you hit your safe room or generator and you get that sense of peace. Any time you have comfort, it is quickly stripped away from you in Silent Hill 2. That is why it is the PERFECT game for me, but at the same time its so dreadful to play. It is similar to Alan Wake 2 where the only happy parts are short encounters with the weirdest people.

[@jonesygrets6029]

Agreed 100%

[@jonesygrets6029]

Even the map is in real time and opens you up to attack

[@LoomDoom]

Thanks for reading my sort it out! Twitter is definitely a bad place to have meaningful discussions, but I wish it didn’t have to be that way since Twitter can be fun. Reddit can be good depending on the community, but some communities can be huge echo chambers and sometimes discussions can be very predictable. KZbin comments can also be very hit and miss just like Twitter. I am in discord servers that can be great for discussions so that’s probably the best option available.

[@gilbertoarellano8525]

Final fantasy 16 story was so damm good and as someone who just watched Game of thrones for the first time I see why folks draw the comparisons. I want a Final fantasy 16 live action show now or animated would be amazing.

[@BDreGaming]

For october, I'm actually playing a unique horror game. It's called The Last Door, by the developers who went on to do the two Blasphemous games. It's a point-and-click style game, that looks somewhat similar to the old Sierra and LucasArts games. But it truly is a psychological horror experience. With really creepy music, jump-scares, and impressive lighting that really catches your eye. Highly recommended

[@GhanmiK]

Cool background Brad!

[@mewgiah8057]

As someone who played the original Silent Hill 2 when it first came out (yes I’m old) I really dont understand the fans who are upset about the remake. I just beat the remake a few days ago and thought it was one of the best horror games I’ve ever played. I think they absolutely nailed it. The one criticism I kind of get is there are little things in the original that played to the games themes better. So for instance in the remake they changed a scene with Pyramidhead (the camera angle) to make it less sexual. But that is literally the point of the character. I get the “modern audience” trend wants to tiptoe around uncomfortable topics. But the game is supposed to be uncomfortable. And James having conflicting aspects of himself that touch on dark subjects is why he’s one of the more complex characters in gaming. But in every other metric the Remake is better. Like i genuinely don’t understand people saying they prefer the original character models / voice acting over the remake. I actually think the actor who portrayed James in Silent Hill 2 Remake should win an award. Kudos to the games animation/graphics as well which captured every nuance of the characters emotions. I could literally feel James guilt and shame during certain cutscenes. The new model and animations were so damn good. Even got choked up at the end (I got the water ending) because of James’ performance on screen. The remake was never going to 1:1 match the original. But I truly feel like they nailed the core themes of the game and delivered one of the best horror games in decades. Just my 2 cents. But it’s just wild to see my fellow Silent Hill 2 fans hating on the remake. I don’t know if they are in the minority. But I keep seeing people refusing to play the remake because it supposedly got many things wrong. To each their own!

[@DKZK21]

Always glad to hear someone clicked with The Outer Worlds, especially if it's someone that originally bounced off of it. To this day the level of disregard people have for that game makes no sense to me, it is by no means a perfect game but it has so much heart and largely fulfills a niche that is generally underserved in the gaming space. The only thing that makes sense in my head is that people went in with very specific expectations of what they were getting into and weren't able to truly engage with it for what it was. Very much a victim of its own marketing.

[@TheLoneGamr]

Locke weird reasons why he doesn’t like JRPGs is annoying but that write-in who was the embodiment of dude-bro anti-anime was cringe. That guys needs to grow up and get with the times. Anime is cool now and, no the game doesn’t sound like someone who has never been with a girl. People like that grind my gears and I still can’t believe they are still around. You could hear Brad having to bite back against the write-in.

[@creese16]

Lock nailed his Sort it Out regarding the Dragon Age marketing plan. I’m so sick of the “cutesy” marketing for games as if every game is being revealed in a Nintendo Direct or something (nothing wrong with that for some games). You look back at the Dragon Age Origins trailer with the Marilyn Manson song (who is a piece of shit btw) but at least they leaned into the dark grim fantasy vibe and it was COOL. I’m excited to play Veilguard but that first reveal trailer that was some Fortnite/Borderlands cutesy bullshit was so bad and I feel like all of the marketing has been that way and so many games do it. They really should have marketed this game with a much more serious tone. Veilguard is also a shitty title and they should have stuck with Dreadwolf because whether it means anything or not at least it sounds METAL.

[@chris9206]

you do realize that marketing for Veilguard was based around the DnD: Among Theives movie, right? not saying the trailer was great but the market for Dragon Age are Bioware and DnD fans. at the same time tge Marilyn Manson music for Origins didn't make sense just like if it popped up in a Witcher game.

[@creese16]

@@chris9206 I can see the similarity and I love the Dungeons & Dragons film, but Dragon Age has never really been like a fun action comedy game. The stories and games have always been pretty serious so I just think there’s a major disconnect between that and the marketing for this game. Maybe this one will be a lot lighter in tone and the trailers reflect that, I don’t know. The second trailer was better for sure, but I still think the quippy dialogue just doesn’t work for me at least in the trailers. Look at Baldur’s Gate 3, that game is very funny at times and I’m sure it will have better humor than Dragon Age will, but those trailers were all very serious in tone. Compare the BG3 announcement trailer to the Veilguard one and it’s night and day. Believe me I’m excited for the game and going to play the hell out of it, I just personally think the marketing has been really terrible 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@hododod246]

Why matters? Why would trailers and marketing have impact on your enjoyment? When the game comes within 24 hours there will be dozens of review, thousands of user review, and lots of full playthroughs. Marketing will be irrelevant.

[@creese16]

@@hododod246 Marketing is not irrelevant. There are thousands of people who have already made up their minds about a game once it is first revealed. Look at Concord’s reveal. They chose to reveal the game with a cinematic trailer scene that told you nothing about what the game actually is and quippy Whedon-esque dialogue that plenty of people are tired of. Obviously we now know the game had many other issues behind the scenes and at face value, but everyone made up their minds about the game with that first true reveal (not counting the logo reveal a year prior). A game like Grand Theft Auto, sure, marketing is irrelevant. But not for a new IP or in the case of Dragon Age, an IP AND a studio that many don’t have much faith in anymore.

[@chris9206]

@@creese16 for the most part marketing is irrelevant. we know there isn't that much marketing for CoD to be bought year after year similar to what you mentioned about GTA too a degree. at the same time GTA is a different animal because the initial trailer does matter even though the grifters try to say GTA6 is somehow "woke". Concord is a poor example. The initial tease essentially was going to be "hated" because of the bad designs. At the same time there's a hypocrisy on that because primarily it was a game that wasn't complained about non-gamers, which these non-gamers never spoke up about the dead Foamstars and somewhat okay First Descendant. The Gaming Industry is suffering from this just like every other medium as in people complaining about a need for new IP yet nobody really wants to back them similar to the Indie scence.

[@nine9_abyss]

Just fyi for D4, they changed the difficulty settings. They removed world tiers and put in a more traditional normal hard so on and so forth.

[@tasx11]

1:50:56 Lock being the comedic core of LSM

[@SleepyDroid]

first game and silent hill 3 I want a remake.

[@OilersHD97]

Did Matty say Reddit?!?!?! I couldn't think of a worse cesspool to discuss anything 😂

[@marcushankins8171]

Twitter.

[@linkinparkblink182ro]

Reddit is completely what you make it, you choose the communities to interact in. Every other social media just shovels shit at you

[@DD-fs9xt]

​@@linkinparkblink182ro Reddits front page shovels garbage too like the latest "AITA" drama or r/politics drivel

[@CashSoprano]

@@linkinparkblink182ro reddit forces one-sided things, especially politics, way more than twitter. Dont get me wrong, Twitter is crazy… but at least you have everyone fighting vs one side. All I see on Reddit is Kamala love. Trump hate. Elon hate. Even tho I dont want to and just go on it for gaming news.

[@kmouton1456]

You’d be surprised man, its definitely better nowadays imo

[@RealMisterDoge]

3:06:23 when I realized grifters like The Quartering and Grummz were completely insane my life improved so dramatically

[@ChrisWTube]

Now that Silent Hill 2 seems good, I’m looking forward to Bloober’s next game Cronos

[@bigolpancake9136]

i am coming out as a matty fan

[@arg_9584]

Bravely default and second mentioned!!

[@thepews1511]

30:14 I said it on the Defining Duke comment section too but I think people just expected the next Bloober team game to be bad in preemptively bashed the trailers. They look the exact same as the game I'm playing now.

[@CashSoprano]

Yea, but hands-on is different than viewing. I remember, no joke, ghost of tsushima was getting trashed online for the “on rails simplified combat” playing the game its anything but that.

[@thepews1511]

@@CashSoprano exactly when I heard the push back on the trailer and saw it at the time it looked fine to me now the game came out and is magically successful all the pundits are like "oh good thing we have that feedback they changed everything let me pat myself on the back" like no y'all were just wrong.

[@Echo__plex]

They expected the next Bloober Team game to be bad because their track record hasn't been great at all. The skepticism for them remaking one of the most beloved horror games ever was entirely justified.

[@Dennizzzz89]

I just bought Metaphor. They didn't have it on the shelves so I assumed it was sold out but then I asked to look in the back and there it was. Have to finish P5 Royal before I'll start Metaphor though.

[@Minednam]

I might be the only person that expected blooper team to do a good job. The trailers showed bad gameplay but the game itself never looked bad to me.

[@madz3531]

14:27 how did you make that sound

[@boardvision11]

😮

[@punpun-ya]

🙌

[@radrobb3530]

Crossover episode oh snap! Check out Retro Revive and their content!

[@noobsaibot2255]

Sharted Space

[@JustinCoats-o6q]

I'm glad you guys mentioned the easy difficulty of Diablo IV. I thought it was funny that dude said people go to Diablo for "the gameplay." Click on thing you want to die. If you have decent gear, you win! People play Diablo to zone out and listen to a podcast, in my experience. I was going to give IV a shot, but I didn't die once in twenty hours of III, so I think I'll just avoid the series. And Matty...I can't imagine what it must be like to be a guy who came around on Fallout after 4. That's....really, really unfortunate. That's where I dropped off, lol. It's just an aesthetic now. That's probably enough for a lot of people. I'm not sure I'd tell Atlus to "keep it up." Metaphor is dope, but I'll just wait a year to 18 months until the real game releases. I wish they would stop that. Glad to hear The Outer Worlds love. I'm playing through it right now. It's not perfect but it is very, very close. Most of my complaints are nitpicks. Anyway, sorry for the novel. Just heard of this podcast today. Subbed.

[@BDreGaming]

You guys really should play the Layers of Fear remake that came out last year. It's fantastic.

[@VocorKane]

Lock liked the first hour of Metaphor because it was grounded? Oh no. Lock, if you see this, please keep playing before buying the game. At least until a “transformation” happens.

[@LockPlays]

Haha I just got to that point and was like: 😐. But the lore is so unique, interesting and deep that I'm definitely gonna push through. Enjoying it a lot.

[@DeanBiddler]

1:53:12 Smoke alarm chirp?

[@cam86191]

People 100% champion the downfall of these historic companies because the people that made them historic left due to the (hate to say it) DEI initiative that became popular 10 years ago. They’ve been replaced by trash developers trying to push a message rather than make a good game that people want to play. Enough said.

[@chris9206]

Don't listen to the grift especially when most of the grifters are non-gamers and are only using it as a smokescreen for content because of the SAG-AFTRA strikes happened last year so the film industry is in a slump for a year

[@dantefettman354]

I enjoyed Shattered Space, but I can't deny that this expansion is a flop in terms of success. Even amongst fellow Starfield fans, it has been divisive. This makes me worried for the future of this game. I know they're probably still working on the Starborn DLC, but I really wonder if the leads and even Microsoft still feel riding this game out is worth the investment. Which is sad, 'cause I do want more official content for this game.

[@boardvision11]

Next it goes to PlayStation

[@kadabur]

SUS Day!!

[@marcushankins8171]

Unfortunately Diablo 4 was a huge let down. Only ever played 4 and the gameplay was boring and hated that if you wanted to actually do damage you have to go a meta build for your class

[@nine9_abyss]

What? I played at launch and I didn't do the meta build for my class and it still felt fine. You need to have the synergies for your build. It's not like you can just throw anything on and slay everything.

[@marcushankins8171]

@@nine9_abyss I did and it felt like I did nothing. Did a meta build and rolled through the entire game. The game was just boring as hell.

[@nine9_abyss]

@@marcushankins8171 so what exactly are you looking for in a diablo game? Weird. Killing demons has always been fun for some time atleast. After 2 max lvl toons in preseason I was done. But kept coming back every season to check it out with atleast 1 or 2 lvl 100s (except S4, got 8 lol). So I don't get the boring part.

[@BDreGaming]

So shattered space is an underwhelming and under baked product. That's just the new norm for Xbox first party releases. It has been for the last two console generations, it's one of many reasons Xbox has been in the toilet for the last two console generations.

[@NP-ip3nj]

"Alien Romulus was phenomenal". lololol Trust Matty to have the most mid consoomer opinions out there.

[@James-u1y]

I've heard a ton of people enjoyed it what’s anti consumer about it?

[@battlep0t]

To be fair it's probably the best Alien movie outside of the first two - not that that's a high bar

[@EvernhamNo9]

True, Matty only got off the Disney Star Wars train with the Acolyte and Outlaws despite years of boring slop before that.

[@RelaxingD]

...Diablo 4 campaign is a joke compared to Diablo 2 ....wtf is he talking about😂

[@smikutow]

Man. I just looked at Sony 1st party studio development and its pretty depressing. Of the 21 studios, There are about 4 studios that might have something new and interesting. Everything else is the usual bs. That means basically 4 or 5 first party projects left before PS6. The studios are Bend (unknown adventure game), Bluepoint (unknown original game), Naughty Dog (please just release something new for god sakes), and Santa Monica (as long as its not God of War) With Sony taking so damn long to make games now, that's all I can really hope for. 21 studios, and the best PS5 game they have so far is a PS3 remake. Demons Souls. Sheesh. PS5 - The remaster generation.

[@FunkyFox39]

No disrespect to the hosts, but this is a terrible replacement for Knockback. We have a guy talking about a game he barely played??

[@EvernhamNo9]

Dagan would make up random shit during knockback all the time like saying that the original Mass Effect wasn’t that popular.

[@FunkyFox39]

@@EvernhamNo9 I mean, it's the least popular of the 3, and let's be honest. Mass effect 2 is what made the series a household name. Most importantly, he bothered to beat games before he took a seat on a podcast talking about the game

[@TheLoneGamr]

It didn’t replace Knockback. That show ended after this show was already started. Knockback ended because Dagen can’t do it anymore due to work. This show is just an extended what we are playing. I mean is this the first time you are listening to it? It was clearly stated in the first episode what type of show this was. It isn’t like Knockback and it didn’t replace it.

[@FunkyFox39]

@@TheLoneGamr I had a reply typed, but you don't deserve the nicer language I used. 1 show was added, another show went on extended hiatus, then put on ice. Whether or not it was done on purpose, this show effectively replaced Knockback. And for a "what we are playing" show, I expect a co host to have more input than "I spent an hour changing settings so I can play the game later". And you're right, I don't watch this show. So imagine my disappointment here. The title and thumbnail would indicate that Silent Hill would be the main topic of the show, not a 30 minute segment where barely anything is actually said. It's disingenuous at best

[@FunkyFox39]

@@TheLoneGamr oh, and your answered your own question. A new viewer isn't going to pause the video that caught their interest, just to watch episode 1 and learn the rules of the show. You can't realistically expect every new viewer to do that

[@bobakett5613]

funny, i also gave The Outer World a third chance a few weeks ago. I beat it once before and dabbled a second time, wanting to like it but didnt. This trird time it finally clicked and I really loved it.