Reddit reviews Silent Hill HD Collection - Playstation 3

The PS3 has some spectacular deals in their multi-game collections. Observe:

Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection - Includes Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2, Metal Gear Solid 2: HD Edition, Metal Gear Solid 3: HD Edition (which includes most of the upgraded features from Subsistence), Metal Gear Solid 4 Trophy Edition, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD Edition, voucher codes for Metal Gear Solid 1 and Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions, 2 Exclusive Ashley Wood Bande Desinee Graphic Novels, and a 100 PG Artbook. Currently listed at $39.99 on Amazon.

God of War Saga Collection - Includes God of War (HD Remaster), God of War II (HD Remaster), God of War III, and God of War: Chains of Olympus (HD Remaster) and God of War: Ghost of Sparta (HD Remaster). Currently listed at $29.94 on Amazon.

Killzone Trilogy Collection - Includes Killzone (HD Remaster), Killzone 2 +all multiplayer maps, and Killzone 3 + all multiplayer maps. Currently listed at $32.25 on Amazon.

Resistance Collection - Includes Resistance: Fall of Man, Resistance 2 + Bonus Content, and Resistance 3 + Bonus Content. Currently listed at $29.73 on Amazon.

Assassin's Creed Ezio Trilogy - Includes Assassin's Creed II, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, and Assassin's Creed Revelations. Currently listed at $25.80 on Amazon.

Jak and Daxter Collection - Includes Jak & Daxter 1, 2, and 3, all remastered in HD. Currently listed at $19.77 on Amazon.

Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Collection - Includes Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, both remastered in HD. Currently listed at $18.82 on Amazon.

The Sly Collection - Includes the first three Sly Cooper games remastered in HD, plus 3D support for Sly Cooper 3 and new Move-compatible minigames. Currently listed at $20.40 on Amazon.

InFamous Collection - Includes InFamous 1 and 2, inFamous: Festival of Blood, and additional downloadable content. Currently listed at $27.47 on Amazon.

Tomb Raider Trilogy - Includes Tomb Raider: Legend (HD Remaster), Tomb Raider: Anniversary (HD Remaster), and Tomb Raider: Underworld, as well as some avatar stuff and making-of content. Currently listed at $19.48 on Amazon.

Prince of Persia Trilogy - Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (HD Remaster), Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (HD Remaster) and Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (HD Remaster), with 3D support and better framerates. Currently listed at $15.00 on Amazon.

Splinter Cell Trilogy - Includes Splinter Cell (HD Remaster), Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (HD Remaster) and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (HD Remaster), with support for 3D, better framerates, and enhanced online gameplay. Currently listed at $19.95 on Amazon.

Uncharted Greatest Hits Dual Pack - Includes Uncharted and Uncharted 2: GotY Edition. Currently listed at $19.96 on Amazon.

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix - Includes Kingdom Hearts Final Mix (HD Remaster), Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories (HD Remaster), and HD cinematics from Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, as well as an artbook for those who pre-order. Currently listed at $34.99 on Amazon.

Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix (To be released sometime in 2014) - Includes Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix (HD Remaster), Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep Final Mix (HD Remaster), and HD cinematics from Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded. Currently listed at $59.99 on Amazon.

Ratchet and Clank Collection - Includes Ratchet & Clank, Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, and Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, all remastered in HD and with 3D support. Currently listed at $19.99 on Amazon.

Journey Collector's Edition - Includes Journey, Flower, and flOw. Currently listed at $19.99 on Amazon.

Devil May Cry HD Collection - Includes Devil May Cry (HD Remaster), Devil May Cry 2 (HD Remaster), and Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Special Edition (HD Remaster). Currently listed at $14.59 (for the PS3 version) on Amazon.

Zone of the Enders HD Collection - Includes Zone of the Enders (HD Remaster) and Zone of the Enders: The Second Runner (HD Remaster), both with new opening animations. Currently listed at $12.98 (for the PS3 version) on Amazon.

Mass Effect Trilogy - Includes all three Mass Effect Games (but none of the DLC). Currently listed at $42.99 (For the PS3 version).

There's also the Silent Hill HD Collection, but from everything I hear it is a lazy and sloppy port of the games.

Whew! I swear I am not a shill for Amazon. I just appreciate a good deal when I see it.

The reason behind the glut of remasters is how cheap and easy they are. Fetch the uncompressed assets, change the rendering resolution, up the framerate, fiddle with some fancy shaders, do a little QA, then kick it out the door. I bet some companies are literally assigning interns to these projects. (I'm looking at you, Konami)

The assets for God of War 3 are still presentable today, so a GW3 remaster is cheap and easy. It takes a lot more work to make God of War 1 look worthy of a current-gen platform. That amount of work is comparable to the art budget for a brand new game... so not worth it from a business standpoint.

It's a paradox... the games that need remastering least, get remastered.

Here you go.

>it didn't help that I played it in the middle of the night with the lights out

That is the best way to enjoy scary games, I commend you for going the extra step. I try to do it that way myself, but I'd be lying if I didn't confess to occasionally turning on the lights when I get scared.

If you still want to play the second and third games, now's actually a good time to get around to them since they're being re-released in HD. This is one of those occasions where I have to keep myself from re-buying a game I've played over and over in order to enjoy other games I've already purchased. Though if the HD collection comes on sale later...

There really isn't anywhere to buy it online. You can order it on Amazon but it'll cost you and is not worth it. The PC version has all sorts of issues apparently.

I would either buy this for the PS3/360 (easiest option really) or emulate the game using PCSX2, but please don't ask for a link to the ISO for the game.

They call them "HD remakes" even though they look mostly the same. I'm afraid that this is the alternative to backwards compatibility, rebuying remakes instead of allowing us to play what we bought.

But then you run into problems like this, http://www.amazon.com/Silent-Hill-HD-Collection-Playstation-3/dp/B0050SXAIG . It has 2 out of the 9 games, and they look marginally better, but still carries a solid price tag.

For clarification:
Valve has allowed people to make an HD version of VALVE's game without suing and is allowing them to give it to the public, free of charge.

Most developers these days make the HD remakes themselves and charge you for it.

Examples:

Devil May Cry HD

Silent Hill HD

There are differences between BM:S and HL, obviously, but the basics are there.

Try to copy any Call of Duty to the extent that BM:S did with HL and Activision will have the project shut down immediately.

If you have a PS3 or 360, they just came out with this.

http://www.amazon.com/Silent-Hill-HD-Collection-Playstation-3/dp/B0050SXAIG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374865182&sr=8-1&keywords=silent+hill+collection

Well, this game here is my favorite. I love the series, and I loved this game.^eventhoughalotofpeopledidn't

And this game would be my least favorite. Not because of the story or anything. It just scares me to death when I play it.

As to why I would want a copy of Assassin's Creed - well, I have the third one. But I feel like it would make a lot more sense if I played one and two first :3

https://www.amazon.com/Silent-Hill-HD-Collection-Playstation-3/dp/B0050SXAIG