Thread 714693962

Is it worth $250? I found a copy on ebay CIB with soundtrack that I am thinking about buying

>buying
You are a goy

Are you a collector? If not, consider the magical world of emulation where old vidya is free

>>714693962 (OP)
only if you're a paypig and get off from flushing your money down the toilet. otherwise just emulate or mod the PC version

>>714694185
emulation is buggy and soulless.

I play on OG hardware on my 4k OLED using my Retrotink 4k.

I am not a poorfag like you.

>>714693962 (OP)
Holy shit, is that how much these games go for now? It wasn't that long ago when I got it for about $30 with the soundtrack

>>714693962 (OP)
>2025
>buying PS2 survival horror games
Nigger just do anything else with the $250 and download the game, you're only paying some fat retard the money, the devs won't see a cent.

>>714693962 (OP)
Absolutely not. Just pirate the PC version. This game should absolutely be on STEAM and GOG but Konami are mega huge nigger faggots. You can get nice 60fps on the PC version if I remember right.

>>714694306
>emulation is buggy and soulless.
false
>I am not a poorfag like you.
You are because you buy second hand PS2 games when the .isos are readily available. Even if you want to play on real hardware, the only reason to buy an original copy is if you're bad with money, which you clearly are.

>$250 on a PS2 game
>$250 on a hooker and then just download the PS2 game to get the exact same experience
The choice is yours

>>714694306
>I play on OG hardware on my 4k OLED using my Retrotink 4k.
>I am not a poorfag like you.
Too poor to buy a CRT and original cables apparently kek

>>714694064
>>714694185
>>714694220
>>714694309
>>714694364
>>714694372
why are poorfags so stupid?

You are not *just* buying the game to play it. They are also an investment. There is high demand for these retro classics, but increasingly dwindling supply due to copies being lost/destroyed. Retro games will always hold incredible value, function, and utility, and are only going to increase in value over time,

>>714694306
I use my Retrotink 5x, but there are plenty of ways to mod a PS2. I think you can even just drops isos on a memory card pro now.

>>714693962 (OP)
Jesus fuck I can’t believe some of the games I owned that are so valuable now. Stupid Konami

Silent Hill 3 is a great game OP do it

>>714694641
>and are only going to increase in value over time
Only as long as there's collectors of that series/console.

>>714693962 (OP)
Mod your ps2 and run any game you want from a hdd if you worry about accuracy.

>>714695081
>>714694641
Disc rot eventually over time will be a thing. It's ultimately just plastic and paper you're buying. it's not clear when disc rot will seriously be an issue for PS2 games, since I think they were mostly robustly produced, but it's already an issue for NGC games. Again, this is the "long term investment".

You're better off buying Konami stock for a long term investmet. Stocks won't win bakc your money for 10 years.

>>714693962 (OP)
emulate it, retard.

>>714695081
Gaming is only getting more and more popular each year, and as gaming gets increasingly shittier, people turn more and more to retro games, of which are in very limited supply.

Even PS3 and 360 games have skyrocketed in value lately; each passing gen makes each gen before it increasingly more valuable.

So you are not only buying a fantastic game, but a piece of history and an incredibly rare and valuable asset.

>tfw have my old SH3 with booklet and soundtrack I bought day one of release
Feels good man

God no. I like SH3 but the time to collect PS2 horror games has come and gone. You're at least a decade late on that.

>>714693962 (OP)
the pc port with mods is the best way to play the game so unless you're collecting ps2 games there's no reason to spend that much

>tfw God Hand physical
>tfw Silent Hill 2+3 physical
>tfw Rule of Rose physical
>tfw Shadow Hearts Covenant physical
>tfw Gravity Rush Remastered physical
>tfw 3D Dot Game Heroes physical
why does this make zoomers seethe so much?

>>714695997
aren’t zoomers very against emulation? don’t they get filtered over the smallest computer shit?

>>714693962 (OP)
>Is it worth $250?
Fuck no.
And I say this as an oldass SH fanatic.
You could get a mint condition PS2 copy for 30 BUCKS before Corona.
Even if it was some "supa' rare retro classic (tm)", I would never pay over 60 bucks for an used copy of a very common, mainstream game, that has PC ports + easy emulation options.

This day and age?
Just pirate PC ports for free, and tell Konami and scalpers to go fuck themselves:

https://pastebin.com/uf5XhyXz

PS:
Play SH1 first. It is crucial.

>>714696137
Yes and yes.
But only the Amerimutt console-tribalist ones.
In Europe, PC is still the king, and emulation is rampart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Savmy2M1EJs&pp=ygUbc2lsZW50IGhpbGwgMyB6ZWFsb3QgY2FtZXJh0gcJCcEJAYcqIYzv

>>714696343
soulless

>>714696343
>>714696153
If you didn't play on PS2, you DID. NOT. BEAT. THE. GAME.

>>714693962 (OP)
Maybe if you are a collector, and even then I think that is slightly overpriced. I saw sold listings for $155, $225, and $240. Maybe wait for a cheaper listing to pop-up? It also depends on your budget. As a buyfag, I never regretted skipping a sale opportunity because the price was too high for my budget/max price.
And if all you want to do is play it and don't care about having the physical disc/etc., then maybe emulate + a controller for the PC . That may be a better experience and it will be significantly cheaper too.

if you played with 2D controls you didn't beat the game.

>>714696478
I did.
And I still recommend the PC port in 2025.

>>714696343
That shit is gay as fuck. Go back and stop shilling your trash.

>>714696735
The included soundtrack really makes or breaks the value on this one. Without the soundtrack CD it's much cheaper.

>>714697383
>if you didn't cut off your penis and wear a skirt, you did not play the game! :^)

Reminder to laugh at nufans that pretend the original has a fixed camera when 90% of the time it's a third person follow cam behind James and only item pickups and puzzles switch to a fixed angle to highlight something.

>>714697434
Those listings included the soundtrack. If you search for Sold Listings and Completed Listings you can go through and see the actual sold prices. I grabbed whatever the latest 3 listings were. I'm sure it goes back even further. You can also get a better idea of how often it goes up for sale too.
But no pressure, and again- totally up to you, your budget, and what you can afford. I like to gather as much info. as possible before I make a decision on what I consider a big purchase.

>>714693962 (OP)
No, it's free.

>>714697487
Damn anon a simple control switch has you that mad

>>714694641
>investment
Millennials start dying off like 20 years from now, after that your investment is worthless (if disk rot didn't get it first)
Emulation is superior in every way.

>>714697959
>t: a fake woman
2D control scheme is fucking terrible.
Was so already in 2000 when the N64 RE2 port dropped, was so in 2001-2003 as no SH fan wanted to touch that shit, and was extra so back in 2004 when Konami made the scheme the only control style in SH4.

And don't get me started on the 2015 HD remaster of RE1 remake, that defaults to that janky, game-breaking feces.

>>714698281
skill issue

>B-B-BUT EMULATION!!!
>BUT YOU KNOW YOU CAN EMULATE, RIGHT?? RIGHT???
>YOU CAN PLAY THE GAME FOR FREE
>GUYS LOOK AT ME I PIRATED THE GAME!!
>HEHEHHEEH I'M SO BADASS PLAYING IT FOR FREE
Is there anything more pathetic than emuvegans? Just shut the fuck up already, nobody cares about your shitty emulation. You will never be original hardware, you will never be a woman either.

>>714694641
I NEEED TO PLAY HOT POTATO AND HOPE A MORE RETARDED PERSON COMES IN WITH THE SAME IDEA
You're too late buddy. Go drop this shit in actual investments. The period of time for actual growth in the prices is gone.

>>714694641
yea because i'm going to be able to send my kids to college thanks to Legend of Dragoon and RE3 Nemesis.

>>714698441
Kill yourself. You can buy a copy of a game from some thrift store or some faggot off ebay or just pirate it, nobody cares where it came from. These software publishers stopped producing copies of the game, they clearly didn't care about selling it anymore, and that's all that matters.

>>714698863
kek, I could see some retards doing that for a retirement fund in about 20-30 years

>>714698441
>what is console modding
SAD!

>>714698441
They are trying to save you money, why so mad?

>>714698743
The irony

>no eileen shaving
/v/ might aswell be deleted at this point

such weak bait

>ITT: seething retards
SH3 is a great game and the soundtrack is definitely worth owning. if $250 isnt a lot of money to you, then id say go for it
that being said i hope you dont end up with picrel cover art lol. the PAL cover is infinitely superior
>>714694306
if you want the authentic ps2 experience, then 4k is definitely not the way to go. get an old plasma screen if you dont want a crt

>>714696478
PC port is fine, and I still have my PS2 copy with the OST CD.

>tfw SH 2 Demake was bad

Half the fun in SH games is the graphics and the atmosphere, the remake was really bad at both.

I have no confidence in modern Konami, all the good talent left the company long time ago and they are outsourcing to terrible developers, Bloober team’s other projects all dont look interesting at all.

Silent Hill f is not looking good either, looks like a terrible fatal frame/siren game.

>>714693962 (OP)
>"haha surely he's joking"
>he's not
my collection must be worth a fortune
thank goodness i didnt trade in my games like literally everyone else i knew, never understood that mentality

>>714702462
Holy cringe. Everyone laugh at this angry incel.

>>714694641
“Dwindling supply”
When someone found like 4 fucking pallets of sealed SH3 copies in New Zealand a few years ago?

>>714701173
the indians are trying their best anon cut them some slack

>>714705907
Faggot, kys.

>>714706179
We're all laughing at you freak

3 is definitely better than 2

>>714693962 (OP)
no you can preserve the game buy burning it to a dvd-r, putting it on a ps2 hard drive
downloading it and playing on an emulator
if it was 10 bucks then i'd say yeah but it isn't even a fighting game or japanese so it's worthless

>>714695997
I went to a game convention and dropped $2k and got everything I needed.

>>714695997
owning old shit from when you bought it back then is different than buying it now for 5x the price it was and 10x the price it's worth

>>714695997
Zoomers have been in perpetual economic hell status and seethe at millennials who were able to enjoy buying shit

>>714694641
free on pc in higher res/framerate

>>714695478
>valuable asset.
and yet those "assets" dont even reach 1000$, unless you are a mega hoarder its kinda pointless
>rare
a google search way, whats rare is the plastic not the game, just play the fuckin game.

>>714702462
Remake doesn't have hit detection, instead staged cinematic animations. From a purely technical standpoint, Silent Hill (1999) has actual hit detection, and thus has mechanically more complex melee combat. SH2 remake is actually a step backwards.

We had a good therad on this yesterday:
https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/714410259/#714428509

I'ts Unreal engine slop with assets. A total paint by numbers. Also ugly, ugly, characters with wonky body proportions. I am shocked people have such low standards and are that easily impressed.

>>714707787
If I'm reading right: it's canned mindliess animations that don't know what they're doing. It's effectively turn based combat. It's why SH2 REmake melee feels like a god damn chore.

>>714702462
>>714707787
The SH games on the PS2 had really great looking textures. They're so awful and disgusting but also completely believable. A construction expert could look at every frame and tell you what exactly is covering the floors and walls of the otherworld.

The remake on the other hand looks way too clean. Toluca prison looks like an ordinary modern prison with funky lights. The blue creek apartment complex just looks like an okay hotel. It doesn't help that the interiors need to be huge to compensate for the camera positioning.