Bloober Team Failed To Entice Silent Hill 2 Fans Because Of Its "Combat Trailer"

Hanzala from eXputer says, "Silent Hill 2 showed off a ton of combat in its new trailer, making me wonder if doing that for a psychological horror game was a wise move."

[Jin_Sakai]

I have no faith in Bloober Team making Silent Hill.

[neomahi]

I'll say it now. You're gonna eat those words. I'm screenshotting this, date, time everything and then I'll later tell you: "I told you so." Don't be a tool, dude. I see your comments all over the place. Maybe you're not a tool, but then you'd be ignorant. Your like a wave of sea man, you go the way the rest of the ocean goes. Some call that kind of personality "a follower"

[0hMyGandhi]

I mean...Are they wrong, though?

I've played a bunch of Bloober games: Layers of Fear 1 and 2, Observer, The Medium and Blair Witch.
Observer is probably my favorite of their games, but everything else is shockingly average if not mediocre. The first Layers of Fear had immense potential to be something special. It had that PT vibe, but unfortunately, was seemingly written by the same type of moody middle-schooler who presses far too hard on their paper to write slam poetry.

The issue is -- as I've seen it -- their inability to sustain suspense after "giving up the ghost" with the first few, cheap jump scares. They know how to build a world, and set up the heaviness of an atmosphere, but they can't seem to move beyond fun-house type scares. It gets annoying after awhile for the same thing to pop out at you, or for a door to slam shut in front of you or the walls to disappear behind you, especially when these tricks are done a dozen or more times over the course of your game.

Silent Hill 2 is going to be the acid test for them. I have my doubts. I see them approaching this game with the mentality of "So, spooky town covered in fog and weird glitchy monsters coming at you from dark hallways, right? GOT IT" and not even remotely understanding the psychological underpinnings that define that PS2 classic.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Amen to that!

[Barlos]

Do you work for Bloober?

[I_am_Batman]

Look at Bloober's track record. They aren't necissarily a bad studio, but they're clearly a strange choice to remake one of the most beloved japanese horror games of all time. None of their games even come close to SH2 in quality. If anything I'm surprised people got this hyped about the SH2 remake to begin with, knowing Bloober was gonna be at the helm of the project.

I hope you're right and it turns out fantastic, but there's plenty of reasons to be sceptical.

[Armyofdarkness]

What are you talking about.. They will fuck it up.

[blackblades]

I seen the trailer and was like its looked like a rip off of RE and not a good rip off but whose until its out

[isarai]

Making a "combat trailer" for a silent Hill game was a mistake and honestly kind of a tone deaf move.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

I cannot fathom why they even did this when it has never been one of the more "valued" component of these games, I would have doubled down on the story or horror elements for a trailer.

[Alos88]

Interestingly, Bloober themselves haven't retweeted or mentioned this trailer in any way since it was released. I don't think they're proud of this one either.

[ROCKY28]

and they (Blumper) created the trailer in-house 😂😂😂
28514;😂😂

[Scissorman]

I wouldn't have named it "Combat Trailer". The thing most of us were curious about was how Bloober Team would handle the combat, mainly because none of their games have combat in them. It could have been a bit less intense but overall, I'm thankful for the trailer we got, mainly because now the team can do something about the animation and hopefully remove the dreadful QTE bits.

[CrimsonWing69]

Well if your trailer was to show off combat and sell it, they failed miserably. The atmosphere and environments are spot-on, though.

[0hMyGandhi]

The only thing that I can think for the logic of releasing a "combat trailer" is to perhaps improve a criticism of the PS2 original. Combat was not that great. I hold SH2 in my personal top 10 games, but there are areas that could be fixed up.
Unfortunately....It doesn't look like Bloober has improved the combat either? like, it's not a step forward or a step back, but a super awkward step to one side.

But who knows. Silent Hill deserves some damned respect, and I do hope that Bloober gives it to them, but they have alot to prove. I, at the very least, respect their courage in even touching this specific game, given how devout it's fans are.

[-Foxtrot]

I don’t understand how Bloober could have f***** this one up but they did

How then studio is still going astounds me

[Profchaos]

Cause the b was a p all along.

Blooper team It's in the name

[Kurisu]

Yeah, the combat looks very underwhelming, which is a shame. I don't think we'll be getting a release date announcement anytime soon based on the feedback they've received from it.

[monkey602]

Bloober and failure coincide quite comfortably anyway

[ZwVw]

Seeing as to how none of Bloober's prior games involve any combat, makes you wonder as to why Konami saw it fit for them to start with SH2.

Bloober's style would have been better suited for a game like SH: Shattered Memories.

[ROCKY28]

Bloober Team Sucks and this game will be trash !

[neomahi]

Okay, whatever. I'm still getting it. It's a new coat of paint on the same old game......

[Ristul]

I have a bad feeling about this game, my all time favorite ps2 game is going to get butchered.

[Knightofelemia]

For me it's just a wait and see I don't like Bloober. I will watch Twitch and base a decision off of that. I still have my original Xbox version of SH2. And I know it gets a lot of flack but I also have the HD collection if I want my SH2 fix. Until I actually see the game in action I am on the fence with this one.

[TheColbertinator]

A Team Silent reunion should have been the focus of Konami.

[MehmetAlperTR]

yes exactly......

[AdonisIsBeast]

There was literally no weight, emphasis or “punch” when firing the weapons

[KwietStorm_BLM]

It definitely had some RE4 feels to it, which is very curious. I'm not one to panic and run to the internet at the first sign of something wrong, and I'm hoping/assuming that trailer was specifically focused on combat mechanics, as opposed to being representative of the game itself. And at the same time it's Bloober. So they got something to prove.

[Profchaos]

Blooper team took the hype for this and threw it in the trash

[jznrpg]

Blooper and combat have never been a good match. Hopefully they have time to fix it. I don’t mind what looked like tank control but it’s a bit outdated and I hope its more fun than it looked. Time will tell.

[repsahj]

Maybe this criticism of the game is a blessing in disguise because they can still improve it in the final build. Let's hope they listen.

[Ethereal]

This trailer gave me serious concerns regarding the remake.

[gold_drake]

i mean .. when i think about Silent Hill, Combat is absolutely the last thng i think of haha.

[InUrFoxHole]

Honestly it just looked trash.

[scorpio_2049]

Wasn’t the combat in the original like fighting under water? And that was the point because it wasn’t a game where fighting made you feel empowered to take on this supernatural world.

[SouljAx360]

This trailer was for me, and it worked. I am now more excited for the game. I can't wait to beat those bitches up with my steel pipe.

Also this is not the first trailer. The first trailer was released a long time ago with zero gameplay, this is the second.