Sam Barlow Pitching Shattered Memories Follow-Up
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Sam Barlow Pitching Shattered Memories Follow-Up
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Re: Sam Barlow Pitching Shattered Memories Follow-Up
Hate to be the bearer of bad news but his wording here is actually very misleading in an unfortunate way.
He clarifies here
https://twitter.com/mrsambarlow/status/ ... 7648582664
and here
https://twitter.com/mrsambarlow/status/ ... 6641305602
that he isn't actually pitching a Silent Hill game to Konami.
I think the phrase he should have used was "spiritual successor", not "follow-up", because now everywhere is reporting that he's pitching an actual sequel to Shattered Memories to Konami and getting excited.
He clarifies here
https://twitter.com/mrsambarlow/status/ ... 7648582664
and here
https://twitter.com/mrsambarlow/status/ ... 6641305602
that he isn't actually pitching a Silent Hill game to Konami.
I think the phrase he should have used was "spiritual successor", not "follow-up", because now everywhere is reporting that he's pitching an actual sequel to Shattered Memories to Konami and getting excited.
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Re: Sam Barlow Pitching Shattered Memories Follow-Up
Honestly, I'd love it. Shattered Memories has a great narrative and it uses the gameplay to tell its story very well. If they can make a better, scarier gameplay, I would love it. Maybe learn from Alien: Isolation and even indie games like Cry of Fear, that you can balance combat with horror and still be very effective.
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Re: Sam Barlow Pitching Shattered Memories Follow-Up
Given that Her Story and Telling Lies are what they are, I wouldn't expect any future Sam Barlow games to lean heavier on combat than Shattered Memories did. And personally, I think that's fine. I'm always down for video games to try different things than what's come before.
Re: Sam Barlow Pitching Shattered Memories Follow-Up
I agree with Nanaya. To me, Sam Barlow is what David Cage aspires to actually be but doesn't quite get to.
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Fear that comes from my head
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Dead as far as the mind goes
Fear that comes from my head
Lives in the mirror"
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Re: Sam Barlow Pitching Shattered Memories Follow-Up
Any non-combat game is fine with me. There's enough fighting in the world. . . .
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Re: Sam Barlow Pitching Shattered Memories Follow-Up
I remember Origins origins for its incredibly awkward violence. I appreciate Shattered Memories for its lack of explicit violence. Next?
I wonder what sort of Silent Hill game might hinge on the dynamic of regrettable violence.
I wonder what sort of Silent Hill game might hinge on the dynamic of regrettable violence.
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Re: Sam Barlow Pitching Shattered Memories Follow-Up
Meh, I dunno. I didn’t think SHSM was that good to begin with; besides there’s plenty of developers nowadays doing justice to the genre such as Supermassive Games who’s behind Until Dawn and Man of Medan.
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Re: Sam Barlow Pitching Shattered Memories Follow-Up
Shattered Memories was better than Man of Medan and Little Hope.
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I can see it with eyes closed
Shadows that look like blood
Dead as far as the mind goes
Fear that comes from my head
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Shadows that look like blood
Dead as far as the mind goes
Fear that comes from my head
Lives in the mirror"
Re: Sam Barlow Pitching Shattered Memories Follow-Up
Agreed, but I thought Man of Medan had some really cool ideas. Not as good as Until Dawn, but pretty enjoyable, esp in co-op.
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Re: Sam Barlow Pitching Shattered Memories Follow-Up
I found MoM really dull. It was a struggle to get through.
Little Hope was better to me, but still not at the highs of Until Dawn.
Little Hope was better to me, but still not at the highs of Until Dawn.
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Shadows that look like blood
Dead as far as the mind goes
Fear that comes from my head
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Re: Sam Barlow Pitching Shattered Memories Follow-Up
I'm sure you already know this, but for the uninitiated – Little Hope was supposedly the pitch to Konami for a new Silent Hill game. If true, I'm not sorry Konami passed on it...
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Re: Sam Barlow Pitching Shattered Memories Follow-Up
You didn't like it? I thought it was pretty good.
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Shadows that look like blood
Dead as far as the mind goes
Fear that comes from my head
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Shadows that look like blood
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Fear that comes from my head
Lives in the mirror"
Re: Sam Barlow Pitching Shattered Memories Follow-Up
Nah. I'm the opposite - thought MoM was stronger!
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Re: Sam Barlow Pitching Shattered Memories Follow-Up
*bump*
Anyone else starting to wonder if this is actually SH-related given the recent legit leaks?
Anyone else starting to wonder if this is actually SH-related given the recent legit leaks?
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Re: Sam Barlow Pitching Shattered Memories Follow-Up
Silent Hill 2: Shattered Memorieser
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Re: Sam Barlow Pitching Shattered Memories Follow-Up
Shattered Boogaloo.
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Re: Sam Barlow Pitching Shattered Memories Follow-Up
Shattered Memes.
Just because.
Just because.
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Re: Sam Barlow Pitching Shattered Memories Follow-Up
What are they gonna do, make the Otherworld bluer and faster?
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