There are six different difficulty settings available in the Silent Hill 2 Remake, all of which can be selected from the first time the player opens the game. Much like in the original Silent Hill 2Players can modify the difficulty in two separate categories: Combat Challenge and Puzzle Challenge. The first, of course, affects the difficulty of regular enemies and bosses Silent Hill 2While the second affects both the solutions to and the clues given to its puzzles. Surprisingly customizable for their day, The original Silent Hill 2s dual difficulty settings are often copied by and iterated in horror games…
Author: Lee D'Amato
If there is one thing about the original that the Silent Hill 2 Remake nails, it’s the atmosphere. Its changes to the original Silent Hill 2 are mostly minor, consisting of simple puzzle remixes and narrative rearrangements. These serve to offer a new experience to returning players, and to preserve the pacing of his slightly expanded story. The broad strokes of both are untouched, but the finer details are ever-so-slightly tailored to fit the new format. But these Silent Hill 2 Remake leaves the ambiance of the original game basically untouchedAnd to great effect. The original Silent Hill 2Its sound…
The Silent Hill 2 Remake includes a pitch-perfect recreation of the original game’s sound design, with one small problem. Sound is a vital element of the original Quiet Hill 2, setting a creepy, oppressive tone arguably to greater effect than its visuals. The music throughout is ambient and minimal, consisting mainly of droning chords punctuated by ominous thuds. With the participation of original composer Akira Yamaoka, the Silent Hill 2 Remake sounds as good as the original, if not always balanced. One of the most iconic sounds of Silent Hill is the radio static that plays when James approaches an…
Diablo 4s instrument of hatred Expansion is coming soon, bringing a whole new chapter to the Diablo Saga. Different from a typical Diablo 4 season, this is a full-fledged expansion, similar to a large-scale DLC or MMO expack. Introducing a new area, a new class and a whole host of other new features Diablo 4, instrument of hatred is the biggest content update the game has received to date. Blizzard has provided the first details of what to expect instrument of hatredIncluding its release date, preorder bonuses and recommended preparation before the DLC. Here is everything a player needs to…
Diablo 4s instrument of hatred Expansion is coming soon, bringing a whole new chapter to the Diablo Saga. Different from a typical Diablo 4 season, this is a full-fledged expansion, similar to a large-scale DLC or MMO expack. Introducing a new area, a new class and a whole host of other new features Diablo 4, instrument of hatred is the biggest content update the game has received to date. Blizzard has provided the first details of what to expect instrument of hatredIncluding its release date, preorder bonuses and recommended preparation before the DLC. Here is everything a player needs to…
The first details about NHL 25 have been revealed before the release of the game later this year. The next in a long line of hockey video games developed by EA, NHL 25 will bring the latest and greatest gaming technology to a realistic simulation of NHL play. The main new introduction this year is the ICE-Q system, which aims to improve player AI in multiple categories. Computer-controlled players will apparently be more viable, and a new set of animations will make everything smoother and more accurate in real life. NHL 25 will be the 31st NHL video game released…
Summary Starfield’s Shattered Space DLC releases this September. The DLC focuses on House Va’ruun, and is expected to introduce new planets, enemies and equipment. Shattered Space centers on horror elements, player agency, and new options for the fate of House Va’ruun. The release date for Starfields upcoming Shattered Space DLC was revealed at Gamescom Opening Night Live in 2024. Shattered Space is revealed in a new trailer, along with a free update for Starfieldwhich introduces drivable land vehicles to the game’s expansive, open-world planets. Shattered Space Is much more expansive than that update, however, bring New planets, new equipment, new…
Starfields Shattered Space DLC could fix the biggest problem with the base game’s combat. For release on September 30, 2024, Shattered Space will be the first DLC for Starfield. It is expected to address many of the game’s biggest flaws, including the lack of handcrafted environments and the unsolved mysteries of House Va’ruun. However, these may all be minor tweaks in comparison Starfields biggest combat change. According to Bethesda Softworks’ recently released Shattered Space deep immersion, Melee combat may get a complete revamp in the upcoming Starfield DLC. The deep dive consists of a ten-minute YouTube video in which creative…
Starfields modding scene is about to get even better alongside the release of the Shattered Space DLC. Bethesda games have become notorious for their malleability. Although modding ability varies by individual game, almost every major Bethesda release has a significant modding community, and almost every one since Skyrim Has offered official modding support through the Creation Club (now simply called Creations). in Starfield As in other Bethesda games, mods can do anything from tweaking the UI to adding entirely new ships, weapons, quests, and NPCs. Some have even used mods to transform Starfield in Star Wars. Mods, of course, have…
Rumors about BioShock 4 have been circulating since shortly after the release of BioShock Infinite in 2013. The once ubiquitous retrofuturistic first-person shooter series has effectively fallen off the face of the earth since then, but alleged leaks and unconfirmed reports have popped up periodically. BioShock 4 Rumors began just before the release of Infinites second DLC, Burial at Sea: Episode TwoWhen series creator Ken Levine announced that it would be the last BioShock Game developed by his studio, Irrational Games. Now called Ghost Story Games, it is currently working on a BioShock-inspired title called Judah. Publisher 2K soon took…