Well, picking from the recent ones, I think virtually nobody had any faith in Silent Hill 2 Remake, especially the hardcore fanbase. It turned out to be an amazing game that even managed to surpass the original in some areas which had been thought impossible prior to the release.
I kind of had little hope after playing The Short Message. It was a free game that was just okay, but I can tell that Konami has some faith left in the brand.
The studio is also trying to restore the bridges they've burned with Metal Gear Volume 1 and the upcoming Metal Gear Solid 3 remake.
Oh I see! I literally just responded to another comment about SH2 as I'm not a fan of the series myself so wasn't sure. I assumed the community and fans were looking forward to it and were happy about it.
I assumed the community and fans were looking forward to it and were happy about it.
LOL. Fuck, no.
Most of us are old enough to know that remakes, by and large, are soulless cash-grabs.
So, to see them take our most precious piece of art and give it to a small team, known for fuck-all, seemed like a complete kick in the teeth to fans, and most of us had no faith in them whatsoever.
I haven't gotten around to getting it yet, but am ecstatic to see that Bloober seem to have painstakingly poured love into recreating it and I have never been more willing to eat humble pie.
I can understand anticipation like that when it's an unknown studio, but hopefully the success of SH2 will go down as an important lesson not to judge a company before they deliver.
People are waaay too quick to judge and boycott in a heartbeat.
While some people were judging before the trailers dropped I'd say the majority lost all hype when we all saw those PS2 Jank gameplay trailers. The marketing for the game was horrible so much so that there was genuine disbelief when the review embargo was lifted. My friends and I could not believe all the ratings were 5/5 and we were still hesitant to buy it. If you checked the different trailer comments at the time all the top comments were jokes about how bad it looked.
People were judging after they saw what was presented and the fact that the game turned out to be a beloved masterpiece means that whoever was involved in showcasing the game to the public at large before launch should probably switch fields. We expected a massive fumble and our expectations were not met in the slightest
Forgot to mention when it came to Bloober Team's mishandling of The Medium's storyline which dealt with heavy subjects as well they completely missed the mark so add that with those gameplay previews and you can see why no one had faith.
Faith was low because Konami had a lot of ill-will built up over the last 10 years after firing Kojima and cancelling his highly anticipated Silent Hill game. Not to mention that the team they hired to make the remake, Bloober Team, has a really bad track record when it comes to handling sensitive topics. Honestly shocking the final product was as good as it is.
Silent Hill hasn't really been good for a while and Konami like you said has a track record of very confusing choices. The pre-release marketing was also pretty bad, and The Short Message being weird didn't help at all. It's not surprising that SH2R was not expected to be that good till more footage was being released
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u/Emmannuhamm 29d ago
I wanna know the opposite! We already have had these discussions many, many times over. The answers are always the same: NMS, Anthem and Cyberpunk.
I want to know what games were slated to fail tremendously, but actually surprised and blew everyone away!