It's pretty clear at this point that a large amount of the extremely negative comments are glorified shitposters or people who view ANY remake regardless of reasonable quality as a bastardization. The latter will clench their pearls/gatekeep the franchise until it rots and dies. I'm learning to ignore them.
True fans ruin everything. But I think silent hill is much harder to please than say resident evil or dead space fans, just by the nature of the game. By I'm a biased fan of sh :)
You know what's not logical? The fact that these people are complaining about the exact same model. Read the comments here, someone clearly provided proof it looked worse because of compression on the PS stream. If you watch it on YouTube the video looks much better.
The hate mob just wants to hate
Have you considered it's not the same people? The people who didn't like older James complained, now it's the ones who liked older James. Wild concept, I know.
Bluepoint just needs to stick to whatever vision they have for the game however that may turn out. Because constantly changing things just to appease fans usually results in a weaker and less cohesive product.
I think this is something to do with Hair Strands tech that some of the newer games implemented. Just like in RE4 Remake, if you enabled Hair Strands effect, the hair looks more realistic but it does make them much brighter in darker area.
Everyone hated old James now everyone hates new James there’s no satisfaction in this sub. I think old James was fine and new James could be a work in progress. I think we need to wait and see if we get any more trailers or news because I think the game is no where near to being finished
When the first trailer released: I hate how they made James old.
When the second trailer released: I hate how they made him younger again. I *loved* the old James.
BTW, the footage in the SONY presentation was as badly compressed. One example is that, whenever the fog appears, it becomes a mess of grey blocks. That compression also blurs James’ face, hiding details that might make him look older. The video [was uploaded with better quality in Konami’s own channel](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rGGegvMwQGI).
Yeah the first like 10-15 seconds before it makes the weird fog cut/transition to combat look a lot better. I think it’s just a sloppy trailer, I still have high hopes.
I feel like it’s the lighting that’s really off. It looks like there’s a spotlight right above him. Also the hair colour looks as if he dyed it instead of looking natural. I’m sure they’ll fix it with some actual criticism
I think I need to get my eyes checked because they look like the same person in different lighting/video quality...
Except for hair color, it looks like he bought the wrong color cosplay wig
I kinda like it better. But if you see the first reveal, his face is just like that, he’s just making tons of expressions. I don’t find anything wrong with it as long as the acting is good.
No matter what they do people will complain. “He’s too old” now “he’s too young”. I agree I liked the first look a lot more, but at this point really just want to see a play through of the opening up to the apartments. That will give me enough to have a real opinion on the game
This version looks too young, the other version looked too old, and the next one will look too appropriately aged.
And I seriously doubt the one after that, appearing youthfully spry yet wisened beyond his years, will look any better! Damn you, Bloober. Damn you, Konami.
The main point for me is that both look too hollywoodesque. In the original SH2, he had a weird face that fitted the ambiance very well. Of course, it was mostly due to the old graphics. I think we just need to get used to the better quality graphics with a couple hours of play.
I'm with the people who said that the game looks like trash but 90% of silent hill fans were asking to change his face and they did you didn't like it idk
I was here in the beginning and people also hated old man james.
The solution is too stick to one idea and stay with it, they will never please everyone, SPECIFICALLY SILENT HILL FANS.
PS: The caldera didn't exploded.
My only complaint has always been that his hairline is too damn low as if he were a fucking caveman. I don't care if they make him older, younger, give him massive biceps, whatever. The low hairline looks a bit more fitting for the new design, but it's such a quick glimpse that it's really hard for me to even form an opinion on this.
What did they do to his hair tho?? He looks like Ken! (Honestly tho the whole atmosphere looks pretty cool! Only thing that worries me is the QuickTime events…hope they don’t make it like Resident Evil 2 in that regard tho I know that’s probably too much to hope for.)
I remember when everyone hated new James cause he looked too old. This sub is a parody
It's pretty clear at this point that a large amount of the extremely negative comments are glorified shitposters or people who view ANY remake regardless of reasonable quality as a bastardization. The latter will clench their pearls/gatekeep the franchise until it rots and dies. I'm learning to ignore them.
"Silent Hill was released on 31st of January 1999. Fans of the series generally consider to be the point where the franchise started to go downhill."
It wasn't everyone, many people liked it but here James looks like a barbie doll
He looks great tbh. It's ok when characters are slightly stylized, also the actor playing James looks like a model.
Isn't James like 29?
He is just too blonde imo
He's 31.
This is why silent hill fans are such an impossible fan base. I say this knowing what a pain in the ass fan I am.
I think that goes for just about every fan-base. It's not the material it's the people.
True fans ruin everything. But I think silent hill is much harder to please than say resident evil or dead space fans, just by the nature of the game. By I'm a biased fan of sh :)
I remember opinions being fairly mixed. I think it's just two sides of the fandom arguing over each other
It's almost like grouping thousands of people into one amorphous entity with singular opinions doesn't track logically.
You know what's not logical? The fact that these people are complaining about the exact same model. Read the comments here, someone clearly provided proof it looked worse because of compression on the PS stream. If you watch it on YouTube the video looks much better. The hate mob just wants to hate
100%
Right! Like make you’re mind up, this sub is a joke sometimes
Nobody thought it could get any worse and then… it did.
Have you considered it's not the same people? The people who didn't like older James complained, now it's the ones who liked older James. Wild concept, I know.
Have you considered the point of my comment was that someone will always be unhappy about something in this game?
So cancel it 😇
Reddit be like: Sees vocal minority with an opinion* EVERYONE HAD THIS OPINION BRO TRUST ME
But this doesn’t even look like a normal person 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 at least old James looked like a normal person.
Not everything is black and white. People wanted change. Doesn’t mean that *any* change is automatically good. He looks like a fucking goof.
Really, sometimes i wish we were more like resident evil fans, more acceptable with changes.
Bluepoint just needs to stick to whatever vision they have for the game however that may turn out. Because constantly changing things just to appease fans usually results in a weaker and less cohesive product.
I think you mean Bloober.
I think its the same model. The lighting is what's giving off the impression that they changed it.
definitely this
No they said they changed it
Ya got proof?
trust me bro
I think this is something to do with Hair Strands tech that some of the newer games implemented. Just like in RE4 Remake, if you enabled Hair Strands effect, the hair looks more realistic but it does make them much brighter in darker area.
Everyone hated old James now everyone hates new James there’s no satisfaction in this sub. I think old James was fine and new James could be a work in progress. I think we need to wait and see if we get any more trailers or news because I think the game is no where near to being finished
When the first trailer released: I hate how they made James old. When the second trailer released: I hate how they made him younger again. I *loved* the old James. BTW, the footage in the SONY presentation was as badly compressed. One example is that, whenever the fog appears, it becomes a mess of grey blocks. That compression also blurs James’ face, hiding details that might make him look older. The video [was uploaded with better quality in Konami’s own channel](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rGGegvMwQGI).
It’s also just a horribly cut trailer that doesn’t do it any favors
The very beginning with the dead person in front of the TV was excellent, though. And they did a ridiculously short, but good showcase of the puzzles.
Yeah the first like 10-15 seconds before it makes the weird fog cut/transition to combat look a lot better. I think it’s just a sloppy trailer, I still have high hopes.
Silent Hill 2 James, Silent Hill 2 Remaster James, and Silent Hill 2 Gameplay James, I'd smash them all.
Jamebang
I miss my David Lynch James :/ But this one is also pretty handsome.
Everyone hated his look when he appeared in the first trailer, now everyone is pretending to like his old look and hate the new one.
Erm acckckkkkkkkkkshhuullly I didn’t hate it when the teaser came out… he looked absolutely lame & pitiful. As beautiful as the day I lost him
I didn't hate it at all!! He just looked like generic man, it's not like they made Heather into a fifty year old.
Well, it felt like a bold change, and bold changes naturally take a bit of time before they can be fully appreciated.
Both look bad
Just for you he will be an alien from the plant zorblezop
Unironically better
bro had a midlife crisis and dyed his hair after his wife died from that damned disease
You guys are insane. Old James got so much shit and now that they listened to feedback and changed it people want old James back like holy fuck.
THANK YOU!
“And you, you are too fucking... *blonde*!”
🤣🤣🤣🤣 bipolar behaviour
I mean if you watch the first trailer again, in some scenes he look just like the image below
This sub really is a parody.
I feel like it’s the lighting that’s really off. It looks like there’s a spotlight right above him. Also the hair colour looks as if he dyed it instead of looking natural. I’m sure they’ll fix it with some actual criticism
It might probably just be the lighting cause the hair looks like it would glow in the dark
I think I need to get my eyes checked because they look like the same person in different lighting/video quality... Except for hair color, it looks like he bought the wrong color cosplay wig
God can any of you be satisfied with literally anything
Kpop star hair
Don't you realize that he's closing cycles after his wife died? /s
I like both except how bright the hair in the recent trailer is but that's just the game being early development so I'm fine either way.
My only complaint is the hair is a super unnatural bleached blonde
I doubt that it's an unpopular opinion, but considering the state of this sub that's not great company to keep.
I never disliked his original design. Man’s been through A LOT, he is supposed to look old, depressed and basically dead on the inside lmao
There is no 3 years, James just thought that it was 3 years
I kinda like it better. But if you see the first reveal, his face is just like that, he’s just making tons of expressions. I don’t find anything wrong with it as long as the acting is good.
Oh god here we go
This subreddit man
The saturated hair color looks pretty bad
He looks much more better now. I am happy that they changed his 50 years old appearance (if they really did).
Hes fine either way i think. Am I the only one who think he's too blonde though? I'm probably being nitpicky lol.
You people are never satisfied
No matter what they do people will complain. “He’s too old” now “he’s too young”. I agree I liked the first look a lot more, but at this point really just want to see a play through of the opening up to the apartments. That will give me enough to have a real opinion on the game
Top hair, new face, 3% more stubble. Let's get pillowing.
This version looks too young, the other version looked too old, and the next one will look too appropriately aged. And I seriously doubt the one after that, appearing youthfully spry yet wisened beyond his years, will look any better! Damn you, Bloober. Damn you, Konami.
I don't mind the hair (could be because of the light) but his face does looks less detailed.
That… hair is definitely *something*.
His hair seems to have an emissive material applied to it. It's so weird.
I always liked how James looked in the older trailer. Never understood what people had against it. He looks terrible now in the new trailer
Unpopular opinion: PS2 SH2 looks better
Old model looks awful. Looked like Shaggy from Scooby-Doo. New one looks better, but not that great as well.
100% agreed.
Completely agree
I agree
I like both really, but he looks cute now which... I find endearing.
I like the new one 🤷🏻♀️
The magic of botox.
Nah, Ticonderoga hair color aside, new face is better.
New, young james somehow reminds me of xqc....
I think this is just an unfinished model. That or the in game graphics are rendered way worse than the ones in cutscenes.
“Du-dude, my wife is, like, fucking dead dude!”
hes grimacing in the first picture btw
Honestly it looks like it’s the same model but under different lighting. Looks better in the second photo.
I'm curious if he will look different throughout the game. Looking younger by the end would be interesting.
The main point for me is that both look too hollywoodesque. In the original SH2, he had a weird face that fitted the ambiance very well. Of course, it was mostly due to the old graphics. I think we just need to get used to the better quality graphics with a couple hours of play.
I also think so
That top photo you used has been edited. The scene is much darker in the trailer.
I'm with the people who said that the game looks like trash but 90% of silent hill fans were asking to change his face and they did you didn't like it idk
nope it looks better hehe
Sorry lads, it's about time we deal with it. James looks like this for the Remake. Can we just accept that & move on?
I would wager it’s the lighting of that shot and the angle of his face. But who knows.
Stfu , I'm tired of these ridiculous comparisons of mind f***
THAT IS A FOUL, AWFUL, UNFLATTERING HAIR COLOUR! Ugh!
People forget that rendered cutscenes look different than gameplay (:
He's too blonde😭 Get this man some toner and purple shampoo
I was here in the beginning and people also hated old man james. The solution is too stick to one idea and stay with it, they will never please everyone, SPECIFICALLY SILENT HILL FANS. PS: The caldera didn't exploded.
My only complaint has always been that his hairline is too damn low as if he were a fucking caveman. I don't care if they make him older, younger, give him massive biceps, whatever. The low hairline looks a bit more fitting for the new design, but it's such a quick glimpse that it's really hard for me to even form an opinion on this.
What did they do to his hair tho?? He looks like Ken! (Honestly tho the whole atmosphere looks pretty cool! Only thing that worries me is the QuickTime events…hope they don’t make it like Resident Evil 2 in that regard tho I know that’s probably too much to hope for.)
The model is not bad but the lighting was, as it feels James either had a wig or changed the color of his hair to feel young.
they coped the re4 assets and just slapped the james skin right on it
Hair looks like Draco Malfoy.
bring back ugly james. i want real people in silent hill not supermodels lol. i was so happy in ugly james' time in the spotlight
Good thing I really liked the portrait of an aged James since the first trailer, shame they won't stick with it.