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Will Saw be Konami's second great horror franchise? (Plus, first screenshots)

Variety: Pyramid Head, say hello to your new brother Jigsaw.

Konami has confirmed an earlier Cut Scene report that it bought the rights to bankrupt publisher Brash's in-production video game based on "Saw." It will be released this fall on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 to coincide with Lionsgate's "Saw VI." (As you've probably noticed, Konami provided us with the first ever screenshots from the game as well).

Though there's obviously no sequel plans yet, the Japanese publisher is undoubtedly hoping "Saw" will become its second survival horror franchise, alongside "Silent Hill."

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Hellsvacancy5594d ago (Edited 5594d ago )

Im a fan of the 1st 2 films the game should b cool im in2 ultra-violence and all

If Konami wanna make a good survival horror game they should make a game based upon a book and upcoming film called The Road http://www.imdb.com/title/t...

It was a GREAT book

riksweeney5594d ago

"If Konami wanna make a good survival horror game they should make a game based upon a book and upcoming film called The Road"

Must have been a different book to the one I read then.

solidt125594d ago

I am really looking forward to this game. It sound like it will be the Horror version of Portal due to the puzzles and game progression(not mechanically).

Hellsvacancy5594d ago

Its a post-apocalyptic tale of a man and his son trying to survive by any means possible

Fair enough i bought in2 the idea that the book would b full of violence gore (cannibalism) but that wasnt the case but theres an game in there sumwhere

Whilst readin it sum of it (and i mean sum of it) kinda reminded me of Fallout 3 in the way where The Man was havin 2 scavenge for food and tools etc even the most smallest of things r precious

Its just me your entitled 2 your own opinion :-)

Anon19745594d ago

Yeah, good book. It made Oprah's book club.
....yep....
Oprah's book club.

..
I got nuthin.

Anyway, don't know what kind of game it would make though.
Hide...and hide...and walk...and walk...and hide...and eat a baby....and hide...and walk.

...yep....
When's that movie due out anyway?

UltraNova5594d ago

Looking good so far but could anyone tell me which countries would actually allow this game to be sold? Or what rating should this game have?

If its going to be anything like Saw it should be 10 times worse than the Manhunt franchise. (enter futile disagrees here>> if you have played manhunt 1 and 2 and seen all Saw movies you would know what I am talking about).

Although I really like the idea I feel that this game will fail no doubt. The compromises Konami will have to take in order for this game to be released in Europe and the USA (where most of the money is)will no doubt destroy their original idea...

For further reading see Manhunt law suits, bans, court forced edits on the original game etc...

Its a shame though...

Hellsvacancy5594d ago (Edited 5594d ago )

The films finished and made man people hav seen it and said how spectacularly (that was a spell check word lol) great it is and thats the problem, many reviewers or who-ever that hav seen it hav said that its definetly an Oscar contender so they hav pushed the date waaaay back closer 2 when the next Oscars is (which sucks)

look how well No Country For Old Men did and that was written by the same dude

(Sorry 4 bein completely off topic)

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Anon19745594d ago (Edited 5594d ago )

I suffered through the first one and that was enough for me and I understand it was the best of the bunch. I've been into horror movies for the past 20 years and this torture porn that popped up isn't horror, in my opinion. "Oh! Will it hurt! Will he do it! Ohhhh! He totally did it! That's gross!" Give me a break.

Anyone see the trailer for Drag Me to Hell? Now that looks like a horror movie!

Edit below: Please. I spent the whole time yelling "He's right there! For the love of god, why hasn't anyone checked the body right there!" Ugh!

Panthers5594d ago

The first Saw was really scary too though. It wasnt about how people will die or whatever. The other ones were. I hated all of them except the first.

yoghurt5594d ago

ahhh ElementX, while your here whats this weeks lotto numbers please?!

The Lazy One5594d ago

I don't get how it's supposed to be scary. The film bases it's fear of of seeing humans react to pain or the thought of pain. I'm not sure how well that will translate to a game?

Anon19745594d ago

If I wanted to see humans react to the thought of pain I'd take a picture of myself prior to watching a Saw movie. If I wanted to see a human in pain...you get where this is going :)...I'd hold up a mirror to glance at myself while having to suffer through a Saw movie.

We could use the same exercise but with me and the anticipation of playing a Saw videogame.

Seriously...I agree with you though. This can't possibly work as a game.

DelbertGrady5594d ago

My bet is that it will use QTE for the traps.

Kurisu5594d ago

I'll be staying as far away as possible from this game! I'm not saying it will be a bad game (I'm sure fans of the films will enjoy it) but I just hate gore...

xabmol5594d ago

Sorry, sorry, couldn't resist. :D

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Most Offensive Video Games That Would Never Cut It Today

Times are changing, and these games would have never been made in today's climate.

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thorstein130d ago (Edited 130d ago )

Every single time someone uses this phrase whether it's music, movies, books, comics, video games, etc it's always the same claim.

The ubiquitous "they" won't allow it to be made. And every decade these claims are made the claimant completely ignores all the "offensive" material that is published when the claim is made.

In ten years, you can write a new article about how you can't make games like Helldivers 2, Resident Evil VIII, Mortal Kombat I, Dragon's Dogma 2, Alan Wake 2 etc etc etc any more.

MrBaskerville129d ago

Yeah, people wouldn't be constantly outraged if there weren't games that people found enraging. The whole SBI discourse shit wouldn't be a thing if all games were inoffensive. A game like Starfield can make a guy froth at his mouth, so there will always be room for a list like this.

0hMyGandhi129d ago

Normally, I'd be inclined to agree with you, but there are massive caveats.
TV shows like Venture Bros, Ren and Stimpy, and Aqua Team wouldn't/couldn't be made today. Hell, Ren and Stimpy was a *children's* show, same thing with Rocko's Modern Life.

It's not for some arbitrary reason, either. It's branding and IP alignment. Companies are far more risk-averse than they were when I was kid in the 90's. Of course, you have companies coming out of the woodwork to hell spur on similar content, but remember: Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon and some incredibly provocative material.

And for movies? it's pretty obvious. American Pie/Wedding Crashers/Eurotrip among many other "raunch coms" have fallen out of style, and are absolutely outside what the modern day film industry is willing to stand by.
Ace Ventura 1 and 2, Dumb and Dumber, Freddy Got Fingered, Rat Race, Harold and Kumar, and Van Wilder follow suit.

Remember: I am not explicitly talking about films put onto streamers. I am talking wide-releases in actual theaters. Same thing goes for games: Carmageddon, Duke Nukem, Manhunt, Six Days In Fallujah (with their original concept), Hatred, and so on and so forth. Of course, I'd be inclined to mention most tactical shooters like Rainbow Six and Joint Ops as well, due to cultural sensitivity regarding *who* you are shooting and why.

And not all of it is bad (obviously). Tastes change, and perspectives change to fit the demographic.
I should add that I'm a lefty, living in L.A. Working in film.

thorstein129d ago

The Boys, Invincible, Jojo Rabbit, Deadpool, Gen V, Last of Us, Banshee... There are plenty of media being made today that people will claim "can't be made today".

Profchaos128d ago

Yeah but if you consider manhunt which was basically a snuff film could you seriously make that game with high than PS2 era graphics.

thorstein128d ago

The Outlast Trials just came out.

But the storyline of Manhunt was that you were executed. But then lived. And if you didn't do as you were told, you'd die. And the people you killed were not innocents.

It was all filmed by a psychopath.

As we speak GTA VI is being finished up for a release. You get to play a Bonnie and Clyde type of protagonist who run up against the law.

Bodycam looks so real.

People are making those games. Articles like this will always exist no matter how incorrect they are, no matter how many times they blame "them" for whatever it is "they" do to prevent "those" games from being made.

Number1TailzFan129d ago

The UK is the biggest junk country pandering to that nonsense as well, with laws against free speech and expression to match. It got so bad even Rowan Atkinson made a video on free speech about it.

Now the UK raises the age rating on harmless films like Mary Poppins, it's just a load of pansy weak ass nonsense.

MrDead129d ago (Edited 129d ago )

The right wing Tories have been in power in the UK for the 14 years you know the ones that are "anti-woke", blame them for your perceptions.

Killer2020UK129d ago (Edited 129d ago )

Are these snowflakes in the room with us now?

This is more faux outrage designed to get hits. The consequences are unfortunately creating hysteria amongst those willing to buy into it and blame "them" or "the left" or "liberals" meanwhile the left are kicking off about genocide, actual real world abhorrent acts. Nobody is campaigning to censor this shit.

Huey_My_D_Long129d ago

Not too mention the fact that some of these game are controversial for you know, underage porn and encouraging rape.

So either the guy just came in to comment snowflakes without reading anything, or he is calling people snowflakes for having a problem with said titles. Crazy how much brain rot someone can have.

banger88130d ago

Dead Island: "The early PC version of the zombie game swapped the playable character Purna’s Gender Wars skill with a prototype name, which shouldn’t be mentioned directly. The skill name made fun of both Purna as a character and feminists."

"Feminist Whore" lmao

gold_drake129d ago

ill add one more to the list.
drakengard 1.

its ridiculous tho, especially since they'd still be able to find their place in alot of places in the world. except america of course ha. and maybe Australia.

ppl are so sensitive these days. ha. but it is what it is.

Barlos129d ago (Edited 129d ago )

They're not offensive.

And we need another Fat Princess. Fantastic little game!

Some people just have no sense of humour if this sort of thing offends them. They need to lighten up and stop taking themselves so seriously.

Deeeeznuuuts129d ago

Would love a new fat princess game 🤟

CantThinkOfAUsername129d ago

Games literally about sexual assault, mass genocide, bombing civilians, and school shooting. None of which is satirical.

isarai129d ago

Actually it's about fat princesses

Huey_My_D_Long129d ago (Edited 129d ago )

Its crazy that people are fixated on Fat princess when clearly the list is going over controversies, and not all of them are equal. Like way worse examples but pretend the entire list is like that.

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The Best Escape Room Games That Will Give Your Brain A Workout

Escape room number one, then proceed to room number two. Why? because it's littered with some of the best escape room games you can play

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Doom 2's First Map, Silent Hill 4 & Saw Bathroom Scene Recreated in Unreal Engine 4

YouTube’s ‘club4ghz’ has recreated various environments from Doom 2, Silent Hill and Saw in Unreal Engine 4.

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RonsonPL3350d ago (Edited 3350d ago )

Nope. I don't like it. It might be because of the sentimentality (D2 is the best Doom game in my opinion, partially because D1 was too much for my AMD 386SX ;)), but the music doesn't sound right, and the looks of this doesn't feel like Doom.

Lighting alone doesn't make it better.
PS. The author went "a little" too crazy with particles ;)

IaMs123350d ago

It doesn't really feel like Doom that much agree, but the music is from Doom although a different level.

nveenio3349d ago

The textures and material properties are horrible. This is very amateur. I was expecting something a little better than this.

Timesplitter143350d ago

It would look better if they didn't use UE4's reflective materials EVERYWHERE

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