If you needed a little more proof that P.T. is quite possibly the greatest survival horror game in over a decade, then this clip should do the trick. In it, Twitch user CryoSphereD pauses the Silent Hills demo in order to take a break and interact with her viewers. However, after about two minutes, the release decides that she's had more than enough of a breather β and kills her anyway. Amazing.
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Man, such a neat idea. I love it!
Please don't derail threads like this. This is your last warning. - get2sammyb
Brilliant!
@Compudoc you know this is a site dedicated to playstation news, right?
@Compudoc I hope this was sarcasm...
@Shellybird27 he's got form so I doubt it. Nice avi btw!
@Shellybird27 aww now I wanna know what he said. Haha looks like I'm just a few minutes too late. Haha
That'll learn her to muck about with her cat when she should be gaming. The games full of neat little touches. Wonder what surprised the main game will bring.
LOL . This is more scripted than the game itself.!! Notice she says "Yeah kojima is fooking amazing " just before it happens BAH
Seriously, you guys should check this reddit thread out, posted yesterday. Absolutely chucklicious rundown of someone who forgot they'd had the game paused. Believe me, I'm underselling it.
http://www.reddit.com/r/silenthill/comments/2rvo56/dont_leave_pt_paused/
I can't wait for this! Glad survival horror is making a comeback!
Funny reaction, but personally, any single player component that I cannot pause to take 5 mins out is not my cup of tea.
I think it's a terrible idea, however, Silent Hills WILL be a day one buy!
Interesting idea, but as @ToOGoodOfAPlaya said, what's the point in having a pause button if it doesn't make any difference? (although I guess there isn't technically a pause button anymore, but you get my drift)
@ToOGoodOfAPlaya @grenworthshero could always hit the PS button, or go into the share screen. Everything can be paused, even GZ and MH
@charlesnarles Some games keep running when you do that. And what is GZ and MH?
@grenworthshero @ToOGoodOfAPlaya To be honest, the way that this game's designed, you'd only ever lose like one minute of progress anyway, so I think it's fine in this very specific example. I don't think it'd work in a 'normal' game, though, for sure!
I doubt this will be in the full game, this was supposed to be a experimental dealie from what I understood.
@Jaz007 this. Really annoys me when I can't pause a cut scene, press the PS button only to find out the cut scene just kept playing and I missed a bit of story because of lazy devs. =
I never bothered playing PT, but I really hope the new Silent Hill game is nothing like this. Heard a lot about it because of the internet, and some of the design decisions are just awful.
@Jaz007 that's sad to hear, I thought I'd found a loophole. I meant Monster Hunter series and Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, Peace Walker, and Ground Zeroes all don't pause when the menu is open (basically, the best games don't let you)
@Storytime7 ooooh Kojima ninjas gonna getchu. But srsly, they're trying to push us out of this last-gen funk everybody's in. The future is now, and Hideo is directing a SH! Rejoice!
That is crazy scary...I definitely need the pause button in games.
Yes I could always save & quit then resume when I'm ready, but some games take forever to get to load screen and such.
Heh, so many people criticising this game and clearly haven't played it. It's a neat little Easter Egg that most people would never have come across. And also, you guys never played Demon's Souls? Try pausing that. You'll have a red phantom's spear so far up your backside you'll reincarnate having to ask people to forgive you for pointing. That's a game where you don't just lose a minute of gameplay. And it's still pretty much the best game of the last generation.
@Davros79
Yea this was obviously staged. And that chick is maybe the most annoying moron on the planet.
With that being said, however, the game looks like it could be good.
@RawShark
Demon's Souls is NOT the best game of last-gen. Not even close.
But not being able to pause games would be annoying actually.
@Godsire- incorrect. π
@glassmusic haha, that's pretty funny!
@charlesnarles ground zeros has a pausing menu. On ps4 just push the left side of the touch pad.
@Godsire- Yeah, I agree about no pausing. It's not difficult, it's cheap and annoying to life in general as get out. Espcially for a game like DS.
That was awesome to watch. I agree with Sammy tho, PT doesn't really punish you for dying so it's not really a big deal to lose a minute of progress in order to provide yet another awesome scare! I hope the full release is as awesome.
@Jaz007 unfortunately Demon's Souls just wouldn't work without a pause menu. The whole point is that you can be invaded at any time. Well, unless you're undead... Or playing offline. Anyway, sorry went off topic there. P.T is awesome.
I think it's fine in this instance because it really only takes, what, 10 seconds to get back to where you were. But I hope this doesn't become a recurring thing. Even if it were just a jump scare that didn't kill you, the pause button's there for a reason. And that reason is to let people take breaks.
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