Silent Hill 2 Dev Bloober Team Done with Making 'Sh*tty' Games

From an indie/AA perspective their games were decent and on par or better with what other current horror/walking simulators are offering (definitely better then let's say five nights and the schlocky streamer games), so nothing to talk badly about.

Strong words there. Lets see how they do when they build a completely new IP from the ground up. After all they already had the blueprint for a decent game with silent hill 2

That seems a bit harsh. I've only played The Medium by them and while that game disappointed me after its promising start, it was definitely not *****. Average at worst I would say. They're clearly ambitious though, so good on them, let's hope they can build on their new-found success.

Edit: it's a little ridiculous that the swear filter doesn't let me repeat a word that appears in the article's title.

The Medium fits that bill, really good art but awful story and execution.

Well, first of all, they need to improve at handling lots of things: From (lack of) gameplay to optimization, etc.. but my biggest issue with Bloober is not so much that they write "problematic" stories - it's that they write uninteresting stories in their "original" games. Personally, I have issues with their mishandling of trauma which often overshadows just how boring the characters and plot are. Even people who like the their games don't seem interested in discussing the plot.

Silent Hill 2 Remake was an easier task as the story and characters are already fleshed out. For me, that does not prove Blooper are capable of making their own game with good storytelling and announcing "*****" games are over after a remake is bold.

No sheety games, no complaining from me. Conclusion: no buy

I enjoyed my time with The Medium. Wouldn't call it *****.

@Arthur_Morgan Yeah that's what I was gonna say, they remade a game and improved upon existing gameplay mechanics. I don't think that shows anything other than they know how to keep a game faithful.

He is talking about back in 2016, not that their recent games were sh1tty.

I'm assuming that the Silent Hill 2 remake will have been heavily supervised/overlooked by Konami and may have even had elements brought in by the Japanese firm to make sure this turned out well.

So reading between the lines a bit I'd suggest that Bloober was able to learn a lot and will be able to take those techniques into newer games.

It may also be a case of finances. Whatever deal was cut with Konami, the income likely dwarfs previous games and so they can stop making the lower budget stuff they have dropped before.

I'm glad to see some ambition and hope they turn into a real force in the industry and the horror genre.

Observer is a bloody fantastic game and a solid 9/10 imo.

Also I’d like to stage a protest on how PushSquare headlines can swear but we the commenters are censored!

Personally I think it’s a ***** ***** pissing ***** absolutely ***** ***** ***** disgrace.

Personally have enjoyed all Thier games I have played ...even thought Blair witch was decent..

Haven't found any of there games I've played bad

@Nepp67
In a time where all these shameless crazies crap on the originals without any respect, staying faithful is an immense feat lol

“we think we found our niche” Remakes?

I mean if you read the article, their not referring to their recent stuff (e.g. The Medium), more their pre-Layers of Fear stuff, which was non-horror work for hire jobs. All the headlines are making it seem they are dissing their recent output which ain't the case.

It's more like 'sheety' tone-deaf PR proclamations like this they need to stop making.

Pushsquare comments section going mental as per usual. Maybe some of you should have a mental health check? Talk to somebody other than this vacuum.

@StylesT
This studio seems to get so much s--t for no justified reason. Yeah none of their games are 10/10s but they are FAR from the worst games I have ever played. Some of them are even quite ambitious for their developer size.

@PegasusActual93 There is no reasoning with these 'gamers'. They revel in negativity.

I don't think any of their games were terrible. But (with the exception of Observer) they were all aggressively average.

Layers of Fear was their first game and while rough, it was decent. Problem was, they could never manage much better than "decent". Until Silent Hill 2.

SH2 is an absolute masterpiece. Got me to put down Astrobot, which is very telling bc that game is FUN. Bloober has leveled up and deserves all the praise. Excited for Cronos next year!

I dunno, I think sometimes it takes a small studio time to find its specialty. I mean, I collect From Software games. You should see the utter crap they put out the first ten years of their existence.

From Adventures of Cookies and Cream to Elden Ring. Wow

@UnlimitedSevens
Naughty Dogs first game was Way of the Warrior on 3DO. We all start somewhere.

Am I the only one who liked Layers of fear, when it first came out?

@PegasusActual93

Awesome example.

Another company I'd add to the list: SquareSoft. They were releasing straight garbage for years, dud after dud. Uninspired clones of better games.

Then, under threat of the studio being shuttered, they released a little game called Final Fantasy. The title was actually meant to denote it might very well have been their final game. The rest is history.

You just never know. Maybe it's time for Bloober's hot streak.

@Oram77

It was alright. Just alright. I liked it well enough. Some cool perspective tricks. Sort of like an off-brand Amnesia game, and I don't mean that necessarily as a bad thing.

The part where the ghost baby repeatedly runs into the wall in the looping corridor had me laughing out loud. They took that part out for the Layers of Fear remake unfortunately :/

Looks like I'm the only one who liked The Medium. I guess the studio is learning from their mistakes and keeps evolving but I don't think they should've said they created S****y games!!

@Khwarezm89

Nah, The Medium has around a 70% aggregate review score, plenty of people liked it well enough. It probably had the most actual gameplay of any of their games, which were all straight up walking simulators up to that point.

I think they are putting themselves down with this comment but then you usually are your own worst critic. Either that or you are in the same camp as Donald Trump and are perfect and infallible.

This is like when by far the best song in a band's set is a cover.