Only 3 hours in, but here's a warm SH2R take: all the new town exploration added between the overlook and the apartments (rooting around in shops, houses, etc. and solving small puzzles) doesn't reaaaaally add anything to the experience. Feels kinda arbitrary, even? And drags the pacing down. IMO. - ThreadSky

ultrabrilliant.xyz • 126 days ago

Only 3 hours in, but here's a warm SH2R take: all the new town exploration added between the overlook and the apartments (rooting around in shops, houses, etc. and solving small puzzles) doesn't reaaaaally add anything to the experience. Feels kinda arbitrary, even? And drags the pacing down. IMO.

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dehell.ketchup-mayo.fr•126 days ago

I liked the first added area in town because you give me urbex me happy, but yeah as I progress through the game the pacing keeps getting worse. Which is a shame because some of the added areas are pretty cool by themselves, but SH2 really doesn't benefit for being 10+ hours long

kanesthename.bsky.social•126 days ago

I can imagine you probably get FOMO from walking by it all, so you feel obligated to explore despite not getting much of a return from it. Is a little deflating to hear

ultrabrilliant.xyz•126 days ago

I think it's a case of modern game-itis, where brevity is somehow seen as a bad thing.

andihamilton.com•126 days ago

Aye BUT a couple of the extended areas are really good. The hospital is a proper good chunk of classic survival horror.

joel.zone•126 days ago

exact issue with the RE4 remake. why is leon, expert cop, being asked to kill 10 rats?

hotcyder.bsky.social•126 days ago

It’s something I think the RE remakes at least get right, at least in the case that most of the off the beaten track stuff is optional and the rest is pretty well paced

panecasio.bsky.social•126 days ago

hopefully it’s not a spoiler but there are some exterior otherworld sections later on that are basically unfortunate chains of corridors that serve as combat gauntlets

you still get some good stuff mixed in with this remake though, like the staircase or the long walk to the historical society

ultrabrilliant.xyz•126 days ago

Oh dear. The increased focus on combat is bizarre to me as well. Like, no one loved the original because you could batter abominations with a plank.

bombosmedallion.bsky.social•126 days ago

Was thinking about this the other day with regards to Chrono trigger. That game was BRISK. Just moves right on. Dungeons are small and short!

Even the indie games "inspired" by Chrono trigger are twice as long, if not longer.

hanken.bsky.social•126 days ago

Yep. I ran all the way up and down and my takeaway was that it was just a waste of time. The most enjoyable part was solving the critical path puzzle anyway (on hard puzzles). Should have just listened to Maria!

hanken.bsky.social•126 days ago

I just realised you were talking about the section before me. Well, look forward to more of that sort of padding. (And listen to Maria)

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