From what I can tell, All Konami did was let developers that either are average at best or unproven handle one of their IP and try to get mainstream appeal with a movie and streaming series.
To be fair though, I think a Silent Hill movie was made many years ago.
Yeah and Christophe Gans directed the original and the upcoming one. BluePoint also have a pretty impressive track record so far, I'd argue, although I agree I am not willing to say "Konami is back" until I see these games a little further down the line in development.
@jambola ahhh my bad! They made Observer though, that had some f****d up imagery so maybe they'll do good with it. I'm about to start The Medium too, that caught my eye a while back but not sure what it's even about.
- An SH2 remake that already looks off from a company who is likely to screw it up - A few SH new game announcements with no real details, again with weird developer choices - A new movie and some kind of live twitch game event - MGS and Castlevania still completely MIA
Hard to say they’re back, and seeing other articles floating around comparing them to Capcom is comical.
I’d add a Suikoden,Zone of the Enders, Contra, or Gradius to the mix. At the very least a new solid AAA game. Nope. We have pachinko. Solid history that they do NOTHING with. Hell, MGS rising was awesome and Jack is still destroying folks on death battle. No part 2 in sight and THAT is definitely a game that can go it’s own path and start a series.
They are starting to come back so it’s a good start . If they don’t make use of their IP but let others that’s fine with me . 2D Castlevania next please
Only Polygon would be stupid enough to think that "Konami is back." They've proven jack squat in the past 7 years. The best game they've released since Phantom Pain was a mobile Picross game (which admittedly is very good if you're a Picross fan).
Konami is still unproven, don't go making claims about how they're good again until its been proven. These Silent Hill games could be may on a low budget, rushed out unpolished and incomplete. We don't know if Konami is actually willing to put some serious funding into game development again.
Wait and see before making these baseless assumptions.
It’s not stupid. They are back regardless if they are as good again. They are back in the video game business. We already saw with the tmnt collection that they are willing to spend some money on their IP. The entire silent hill transmission was about how they are investing in the silent hill IP. We will have to see if they are any good but welcoming them back is not a baseless assumption. A baseless assumption is assuming that these games suck automatically. I don’t think they would waste their time with that. They don’t need to, they make their money elsewhere. Tmnt was a solid collection. If they are back in they are taking it seriously. I think that dedicated silent hill stream was a big deal for konami.
They could. But would have to be “back” to attempt that is my point. It’s not stupid to welcome them back based on years of absence from the video game space entirely.
It’s exactly what that means. They are back in the video game business. Nobody said they were back in their final form. “Getting their groove back” does not equate to “Better than they have ever been”. That’s just the way you all read it and I’m pointing out the flaw.
It does in this context. Getting your groove back or “getting back into the swing of things” is in reference to their level of involvement in the gaming space.
No No it doesn't That is never what getting a groove back means An athlete getting involved again after doing bad would not be getting his groove back just because he says he's planning to get back into it
Yes. Yes it does. That’s what it has always meant.
In the movie “Stella got her groove back” she has successfully gotten her groove back. She’s not “getting” her groove back, she got it. If you are in the process of getting your groove back it is exactly what I describe.
Anyways, thanks for one of the dumbest interactions I’ve ever had but I think we’ve beaten this one to death. I’m not really interested in you being smug about being wrong any longer. Have a nice day.
Nah. We need a good quality game first. Idk bout you guys but I think they announced and are developing way too many projects when they should've just sticked to one AAA game. It's still just a wait and see approach, don't overhype.
It’s going to take a LOT more for Konami to be “back”. Polygon always has the worst takes. Struggling to find out who and why they funds those guys/gals/um…. them?
Konami is still trash don't forget they what they did to Kojima and PT. They went out of the way to remove the ability to play PT because it overshadowed their other games.
Konami is not "back" they are doing what they said they they were gonna do like a decade ago. They're done developing, period. But they dont mind licensing out IPs for 3rd parties to develop. The only difference us this is the first seemingly big takeup on that offer.
I think them announcing 4 silent hill products may over saturate the franchise. The Silent Hill F, I don't really get why it's in Asia.. hopefully the story explains better instead of just being inspired from Fatal Frame.
I'm confident that Bloober Team can deliver a faithful experience. The Medium proved they can develop a decent 3rd person horror game. With assets already in place for SH2, they should excel. We'll see.
Hell no. I am not subscribing to this narrative for one second.
Konami's spent the better part of a decade getting rid of their most talented employees, destroying their legacy, and turning into a money-hungry, profit-driven gambling machine company. Just because they suddenly decided to revive Silent Hill 2 doesn't mean they have in any way changed. Like, they're not even making the Silent Hill 2 remake, they outsourced it to a Western team, because they have no talent left who can actually work on the game. Konami as a company are incapable of producing a game. You wxpect me to say they're making a comeback when they can't even develop a remake to one of their classic games? Gtfo with that shit. Have Konami use their in-house teams to produce games to the quality of, say, Capcom's, and then we can talk.
I am going to make 100 games from dead franchises, and they will all be great there can't wait for Polygon's article on me being the greatest game dev of all time
I'm not too sure about that.
From what I can tell, All Konami did was let developers that either are average at best or unproven handle one of their IP and try to get mainstream appeal with a movie and streaming series.
To be fair though, I think a Silent Hill movie was made many years ago.
Are they though? Let’s look at what we’ve got:
- An SH2 remake that already looks off from a company who is likely to screw it up
- A few SH new game announcements with no real details, again with weird developer choices
- A new movie and some kind of live twitch game event
- MGS and Castlevania still completely MIA
Hard to say they’re back, and seeing other articles floating around comparing them to Capcom is comical.
Someone changed Polygon's calendar to April 1st
It was a great showing considering that I had exactly zero expectation for anything good.
They are starting to come back so it’s a good start . If they don’t make use of their IP but let others that’s fine with me . 2D Castlevania next please