Video games peaked here and its been downhill ever since

Don’t you mean downhills?

>>714552051 (OP)
well kojima did at least. and I'd describe it more as a cliff than a hill.

>walk in a circle
>t. Kojima
This blew horrorfags minds.

>small proof of concept game
>OMG THE BEST SHIT EVER
Literally the same as faggots claiming ground zeroes is better than phantom pain just because a small experience can be crafted better than trying to fill 100+ hours of content.

>>714552371
say what you will about Silent Hill walking simulator demo, it still did better than Abandoned

>>714552371
presumably there would have been more shapes in the complete game.

>>714552278
DS2 is unironically his best game so idk about that.

>>714552704
I have not played ds2 but the first game was unmitigated dog shit with no redeeming qualities. So i can't imagine the sequel is all that different.

>>714552870
He lived and learned and redeemed himself

>>714552916
It's going to take ALOT to get me to try it, but maybe someday.

>>714552870
classic filtered diatribe

>>714552870
>the first game was unmitigated dog shit with no redeeming qualities
I don't trust the opinion of anyone who talks in hyperbole

>>714552870
if you hated DS1 you will likely dislike 2.
it's pretty much just DS but better in every department. I'd say still give it a try though, it has I think my favorite third act by Kojima, maybe even in video games in general.

>>714552473
and the devs are even more retarded for not releasing literally anything and completely wasting the hype

>>714553003
the only potential candidate to me is the setting. the concept of the BTs specifically. it's interesting. but the game self sabotages by having del toro waddle out and explain in extreme detail for 40 minutes at the start of the game every aspect of them this ruining the mystique.
It's a good idea to have something like that as your plot device rather than something simple like zombies. the viewer can wonder and discover all the new rules that govern this creature or entity. zombies have their own benefit, because the reader knows everything about zombies you don't need to explain anything and can instead focus on the story or characters. kojima included a interesting plot device with the BTs then immediately decided he didn't have time for it and had del toro just read a wikipedia article about the BTs to you. it would have been much better if that information was spread organically throughout the game.
Imagine if in the movie Alien a scientist shows up in the beginning and says "well you see i've dealt with these creatures before" and then spends 30 minutes explain in extreme detail every aspect of the xenomorphs. and now that all the intrigue has been ruined let's start the movie!

>>714552870
It's not and do not waste your time. I love both games but they are stupid and weird and absolutely not for everyone. 2 is a refined and polished version of 1, it is not a different type of game. Unless your complaints with 1 were "I can't skip cutscenes and wish I could sneak better" 2 won't make the gameplay better for you.

>>714552371
>>714552051 (OP)
>>714552473
It was just a worse version of Condemned: Criminal Origins. Just like RE7 being a rip off.

>>714553950
You can't skip the cutscenes in DS1? Lol the absolute fucking ego on Hackjima. How the fuck are you supposed to replay it?

>bunch of people talking about Kojima
>no mention of Guillermo del Toro
P.T. was such an opportunity to really prove something about what could be done with video games as participated narratives and the publisher killed it just to commit resources to something else instead.