HD Collection PS3 Exclusive (Hah! 360 too) /New VAs

[Mr_Zombie]

I wonder what will they do about CGI; they can't rerender them too. And with different voice actors, lip-sync will be off.

[MeanBob]

It's a real shame. IMO, Silent Hill 2 and 3's voice acting was great. It had its hiccups here and there, but the voices made those games what they are (besides Akira Yamaoka's music)

[Darkmoon]

So...if they decide to dump the voices, they'll need to dump all the mocap for it to make any sense, and therefore need to redo all that as well, paying a new Mocap minion and voice actor...

Wouldn't it be more cost effective, Konami, to suck it up and admit you're wrong, then pay the fellow and not fuck around with an all time classic?

[Scream]

I'm sure it will be hacked and replaced with the original files some time or another.. I guess we can check out these new voices until then..Maybe they're better? Who knows! Is there a preview out yet?

[Darkmoon]

I'll be honest - I'm not sure 'better' would do any good, for me. I'm so used to how James sounds, any change would like make my teeth itch. Better or worse, the voice would be wrong. But really, what's the point - it seems like Konami will end up paying almost as much or more to redo this stuff as it would cost to send the man his check. Send him the money and save yourself some effort. Seems a no brainer to me, unless someone knows why, exactly, Konami decided to stiff the original actor?

[Gradon]

Product Page from GameStop claims new soundtrack along with voice acting

Completely updated in-game voiceover directed by series vocalist Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and soundtrack score enhancing the storytelling and ambient music within each re-mastered game.

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn is still there... but taking away the music from the game is felony.

[Canas Renvall]

This... I... I'm so confused... I'll buy it solely for Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, but taking away the music? Are you for fucking real?

Unless I read that wrong and it means that she's the voice acting director and not actually in the game herself, in which case this is so far off my list now.

[GuardhouseMusic]

Alright then, Konami can take their updated visuals and shove them up their asses. No original soundtrack, no go.

[Scream]

Eh, I'll just wait for the release before commenting further... Don't know what they're doing to be honest..

[Darkmoon]

OK, I'm getting confused now. Am I reading this right? Rather than pay James' voice and mocap actor what they were meant to, they'd rather re-do the entire voice section AND the music, arguably one of the finest sound tracks to have ever come out of anything, ever? They'd rather pay five or six new people than pay what they owe to one guy?

..are they just hurling money into a big pit too? It would make as much sense - at least the big pit could be considered a sacrifice by a demonic being that will send them the gift of common sense?

Seriously, did Guy Cihi go to a Konami office party, sacrifice the CEO's virgin daughter to Capcom and piss in the punch or something? Either they agreed to pay him an ungodly sum or they're hurling away money for no sane reason.

[Canas Renvall]

And this is where we all go "...It's Japan. Home of used panty vending machines and tentacle hentai."

[Darkmoon]

They're usually fairly economically sane though - panties and porn sell. Refusing to pay one guy so they decide to pay a bunch of others, unless they owe the first a fuck ton of cash, seems nuts.

[PracticalAl]

I'm confused as well. Are they remastering the OST or making a completely different one? Is it because Akira Yamaoka is a free agent now? Do they owe him money too? WTF?!.. I wonder what they'll change next.. Maybe they'll 'enhance' the game to make it more like the movies! Big breasted nurses and a female James anyone? ..

I joke and yet, I'm really dying inside..

[Darkmoon]

If they do? I know where Konami lives. On an unrelated topic, I know how to reduce a building to rubble with the ingredients of my kitchen cupboard.

[rewak]

Unless I read that wrong and it means that she's the voice acting director and not actually in the game herself, in which case this is so far off my list now.

That's exactly what it is, she directed the new voice overs, she isn't doing new vocal work herself and her songs might not even be in the new versions now. I've always said before this release was announced that an HD re-release of the SH games from 2 onwards is pointless, with every passing statement it becomes even less pointless than i thought. Konami are getting to be as worthless as Square-Enix these days

[Dracarys]

Speak for yourself, I will will buy these and enjoy them. "He always busted my balls, man" "Lets party!"

Brilliant writing, man.

[News Bot]

Speak for yourself, I will will buy these and enjoy them. "He always busted my balls, man" "Lets party!"

Brilliant writing, man.

Crazy people don't tend to be master linguists.

[DarkMemories]

Maybe they figure that by changing so much it will be an actual selling point for the games beyond being meer remasters? Stranger things have happened, and Silent Hill doesn't rake in the dough for them the way other series do.

[rewak]

That's because the series has gone from bad to worse lately, re-releasing what most consider the best SH game along with the other good PS2 SH game would have been selling point enough for those who like these HD re-releases. Fucking with it takes that selling point away because it's no longer the same game, the nostalgia element is removed. Given that the only other release Konami has coming up soon is the MGS HD re-releases you'd think they would want to tread very carefully. I really don't get how some people can say this isn't a terrible move. Heck if they came out and said "Hey we're replacing all the voice work in the MGS-HD release" there would be blood in the streets!

[Rombie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUGFk-owlSM

There is a new song on the trailer, what that actually means for the collection... well, who knows. Hard to tell how HD it really is off a shakey ComicCon camera, but visually it looks good.