This fucking game man.

>>390064256
Really unique game it's even on pc too

>>390064512
And psp

>>390064512
>>390064585
The graphics of these versions are downgraded from the PS2 one, unfortunately.

The PSP version also had different (and worse imo) voice acting.

>>390064761
Fucking shit i was about to download it on pc since I lost my ps2 copy. How bad is the downgrade

>>390064256
my first PS2 game.

Played it until I couldn't progress anymore. Liked it a lot at first, but then about halfway through I got bored. This was ages ago though.

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which cover is better?

Why are games so fucking boring now bros. A developer can literally do anything they want in any time period and we always end up with the same shit over a and over.

>>390065505
Western devs took over the industry.

>>390065363
This one and it's not even close

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>>390064839
Nothing too serious, but the new VA is just awful, like, borders on Silent Hill collection bad (even using some of the same fuckers who would go onto to be in that shit show "HD collection").

>>390065642
How about the pc version?

>>390065505
Focus testing, inflated budgets and Jews

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What was his problem?

>>390064839
Not that bad, lighting and textures quality are a bit lower, the port can be difficult to run in modern systems. PSP had more downgrade.

No big deal, the game is kinda ugly in all versions anyway... But if you can emulate the ps2 version, do it.

>>390065904
Thanks man guess I'll emulate

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>>390065673
Wouldn't know, I only ever played the original PS2 version. I recall it even had an Xbox release, though only in Europe if I'm not mistaken. Of all the games made by former-Silent Hill members, it definitely didn't have as much of the visual prowess they were known for putting in. Though the game's strongest draws are in its surprisingly well done time travel and the plot revolving all around it.

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>>390065886
Old people are a drag.
Still, this bit always confused me since you find him in the ground floor of the house like he got booted up there from the lab.

Margaret is a best girl.

>>390065950
I remember not knowing jackshit about this game besides time travel. Saved my money as a kid and got it since i was a sucker for anything that had to deal with the idea of time travel and paradoxes. It ended up being one of the most memorable games i've played during that era.

>>390065886
Whaoo

This game was fucking weird. I remember my brother and aunt would play it.

If I remember correctly they got a bad ending where the MC gets run over by drunks after he decides its a good idea to lie down in the middle of the street.

>>390064256
Charming and comfy game. Felt ahead of its time.
Needs a proper HD-Re-release.
>Konami wont fuck it up like SH

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>>390066169
It's amazing how well they pulled off the time travel. In a lot of works, the shit just changes rule every other moment, sometimes forgoing a necessary source of power or whatever for plot convenience. Yet this managed to keep it consistent from start to finish with its rule.

>>390065886
voiced by mario

It's probably the best video game just because you can travel back in time to stop a tree from growing.

>>390066328
He was in the park, not the street.

>>390066437
Or go touch yourself in a cafe and turn into a nullity, wiped from existence.

>>390064256
I know, dude. A re-release with less crappy voicework would be so fuckin sweet.

>>390066437
>going back in time to prevent a tree from growing in the town square where your murderer ambushed you from

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>>390066131
Dana (the real Margaret) is pretty hot, too.

>>390066517
The original dub it had wasn't all that bad, could have been better, but it had a charm to it, unlike the PSP redub that just made everyone sound super anime.

>>390064256
This game is the definition of comfy

>>390065363
that one.

This is honestly my top 10 of all time and I played it only a few years ago. What a fucking story.

Did Junko Kawano just fuck off and not make any more video games after like 2010?

>>390066651
PSP redub has fucking Ben Ten faggot. Its just SH HD tier of travesty. Avoid.

>>390065886
>Homonculus' wearing Mario's clothes
Please I need this.

Never heard of this game! General aesthetics look great.
What is it about and what makes you love it?

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>>390065363
This one certainly has more effort put into it, but the other cover does kind of have a cheesy appeal to it. Almost like a soap-opera poster that gives you some impression of the drama about to be witnessed.

Certainly not the worst case of a coverart change.

>>390066957
its not a jrpg, which si what you would expect from the visuals

its a walking sim that is about time travel. made by team silent members, its about time travel, has a superbly written story that is very engaging. its comfy, you explore a small bavarian town in different time eras and piece by piece figure the shit out. you are basically trying to prevent your own murder. cool shit.

>>390066957
The main character is mentally retarded and can't solve his problems without traveling through time and fucking shit up.

I coincidentally just started playing this.
That part where he pulls out the cell phone and tells ghr villagers hell trap them inside it had me laughing

>>390066872
Yuri Lowenthal isn't too bad in some cases, but the PSP dub was by one of his worst since he just phoned in his regular voice and did nothing to sound like the 20-something Eike is. Only thing he did well was saying Wagner's name properly.

>>390067106
You can also use the lighter

>>390067106
>Not summoning fire

lad pls

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>>390067182
>>390067202

>>390067202
Clichéd and done to death too many times before.

>>390067094
Hardly retarded when you have no idea a psychotic killer is going to pour a rare poison on your damn steak.

beware the C ending.

>>390066651
Huh. I actually didn't know they had re-recorded the voices for the PSP version. Despite what you said I'm kinda curious.

Regarding the original voices, I dunno. Maybe they're not "Bad" bad, but most of it felt really... bland to me, and I'm usually not not picky when it comes to voice acting.
Maybe I'm just biased, though - from the moment I first heard Homunculus' voice I just couldn't let go of how much I disliked hearing it.

>>390066803
nothing released out of japan i think. last i heard she was doing some professor layton ripoff.

>>390067459
When the mother fucker travels through time to get a frying pan you know he's a fucking retard.

>>390067548
There are also some texture reworks for minor objects. You can easily find comparisons online. Its hardly an improvement, its just... different kind of meh.

>>390064256
I remember him saying "Thanks, but no thanks" a lot for some reason.

>>390066803
Pretty much. Probably relegated to mobile shit like a lot of the other actually creative people at Konami.

Is this pretty much the closest we get to Twilight Zone: The Game?

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>>390067721

>>390067085
>>390067094
So, is there gameplay of any kind or you just go around reading the story?

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>>390067548
Most of them are indeed bland, but they at least sounded natural to the characters. The problem with the PSP dub is that everyone involved just uses their anime voices and it sticks out like the SH collection where Vincent is just Ben 10 and Eddie was fucking Gaara of the Sand.

As for Homunculus, I think his voice was pretty interesting. The somewhat monotone nature of it makes him sound otherworldly, but at the same time appear to be acting like a smug bastard who knows everything and flaunts that fact.

>>390067775
Is that Silent Hill font?

>>390067821
think point'n'click adventure games

>>390067638
How is that retarded? The pan being a good shielding on his back is pretty smart, and getting from a period where it won't be missed is a lot better than trying to find it in the present where someone might be less happy to lose it.

>>390067967
>it won't be missed
How do you know?

>>390067821
You walk around triggering conversations, talking to people, picking up objects, and using stuff in your inventory. Minor issue is that there isn;'t free camera movement but you get used quickly.

There is also a subtle stress factor since you are pressed for time. If you back in time you have to figure shit out before the time runs down in present and you get killed. But its done in a good way.

>>390067967
He could travel back 30 minuets and buy one,

>>390067909
More like 3D adventure, like Grim Fandango or Escape from Monkey Island, but not as clunky in controlling things because the camera isn't always set.

>>390067872
Yeah. Owaku was the guy who wrote Silent Hill 2 and 3. Konami has him working on otome games now.

>>390068016
He got it from a wealthy family, they probably have a ton of the things.

>>390068074
If he could find the shop, which would probably take too much time.

>>390068171
>probably take too much time
Mother fucker, he has nothing but time.

>>390067870
>The somewhat monotone nature of it makes him sound otherworldly, but at the same time appear to be acting like a smug bastard who knows everything and flaunts that fact.

That's why I said I'm probably just biased. I first played this game some 10-15(?) years ago, and over time I actually came to realise how much the voice actually suited the character. Strangely, I still can't bring myself to say I like it.

>incest
>traps
>waifus

perfect game

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>>390068248
Only relative to wherever he is, idiot. He can't just keep running, he has to eventually make it to his fated location and hope his plan works or get killed again and hope Homunculus will give him another mulligan. Even in the past, time in the present is moving forward.

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>>390068285
Fair enough. It's certainly not the pinnacle of acting, but it is an impressive display of Charles Martinet's range given we pretty much all only know him for Mario.

>>390068538
>voiced by Mario
No fucking way

>>390068538
We are talking about a game that came out at the same time as FFX. Let's all reevaluate our standards.

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>>390064256
>that ending where he lies down to stargaze in the middle of the street

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>>390066367
>HD-rerelease
Agreed. Both Shadow of Memory and this game really deserve some kind of HD treatment, or full on remakes similar to Yakuza Kiwami.

>>390068806
If you're talking about the laugh from X, that was obviously meant to sound forced.

Weird this game isnt on ios yet

>>390068796
You should've been able to tell it was him after he did the triple jump.

>>390069010
i mean entirety of FFX

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>>390064256
Seen the cover art around for years but never anything about the game itself, sell me on it.

>>390069085
It wasn't all that bad

>>390069225
lines that are narrated by tidus actually sound pretty good
but dialogue sounds horrendous
its entirely director's fault I imagine but still, it sounds horrible

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>>390069209
You play a man who has to solve his own murder by traveling through time and avoiding the many attempts on your life as you unravel a centuries-long mystery involving a curious red stone.

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>>390068940
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoVjTv6Fu44

>tfw Steambot Chronicles 2 never

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This is best girl.

>>390069209

>>390067094

>>390069358
Sounds kinda neat I guess

>>390065505
>Why are games so fucking boring now bros.
Games are expensive to make and take hundreds of people now, PS2 era was the last time a small or middling studio had the money and manpower to make a mainstream title.
Developers who take risks these days go bust and/or get bought up by EA to join the focus group purgatory.

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>>390069526
I still hope the reformed team do get the IP, since it's just sitting there unused. Of course, I really do hope someone will rerelease the original or do a full on remake. I'd love to see the original with a better graphics engine and expand on all of the choices.

>>390068806
Hm, I dunno. I think that game's problem might be the exact opposite, actually. I feel that while Shadow of Memories has a decent\good script with sub-par voice acting, FFX might actually have some ok voicework to go along with mediocre writing (or mediocre localization?).
I always felt that games translated from japanese rarely feel natural in english, though - the way they write and talk makes it really hard to translate to something that doesn't sound weird if you can't change the dialogue's structure, line count or duration.

>>390064256
This game will always be so close to my heart. I remember spending a few days at my cousin's house and we spent literally all day playing this game and getting all the endings. What an experience.

The soundtrack is really, really good too. It's a shame it's impossible to find in anything other than shit quality.

The atmosphere of the town in this game was top notch. All that snow was comfy as fuck

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>>390070332
Surprised nobody has tried to remake it with a modern engine. I'd love to explore it with a fresh look, even if most of the locations stayed closed off like before.

What other games come close?

>>390070640
Shenmue is very similar

>>390070715
but plot and storytelling in shenmue is horrible. its all about the novelty of the proto-sandbox

>>390070640

>>390068940 comes fairly close, even if the story is more like a dime-store Miyazaki flick.

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>tfw this murderer just can't catch me

Eike's daughter is my waifu.

>>390064256
Every Ending is a Puzzlepiece to finally knowing the whole true story.

Really great Game & Story

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Nobody ever gets this when I post it in filename threads.

>>390075417
Funny how some people still insist some endings are just alternate scenarios caused only by that current playthrough. I recall some people claiming Eike isn't always Wagner.

>>390075749
But there wasn't any rape in the game.

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>mfw this game's choice of blocking your path through the town triggered some idiot

Any other good timetravel games besides some of the obvious handheld titles and VNs?

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Hmm, I've had this game sitting on my PS2 library for a couple of years now. Did the first time travel thingy not have the murderer try to murder you in an hour for reasons and I couldn't be arsed to keep playing
And you guys will probably recommend me to try again plot/gameplay/something else

>>390079723
I actually dropped it twice, but one day in winter i just sat down and really loved it for some reason. Just a few hours for every ending

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>>390070640
It has a spiritual sequel with the same director.

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>two persons looking for each other
>send both of them to see the other
>they change places and still can't find themselves

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>mfw the big bad killer reveals himself and gets his little ass beat by a side character

>>390064256
>this game got a thread
I'm glad that more people know about this game and it apparently didn't fade into obscurity. I like the story, but it's a real shame how Time Travel is always riddled with Plot Holes. Still very enjoyable though.
>>390067548
I actually really like Homunculus' voice. I think it's pretty fitting.

Ending A is best. I love how Homunculus dies when the Digipad drops.

>>390070640
You could play the Clock Tower series.