Anufea • Comments

• Dual Shock 4 leak "genuine"

• Anufea 16/02/2013

  @djronz. I side with StooMonster on this one:
  
  "The most used, most important parts of the controller should be the focal point of the main area: which is why buttons on the right makes sense, and why analogue thumb stick opposite them makes more sense than having D-pad there."
  
  Another good point: If the majority of games were to use a dual analogue + triggers setup as main controls, the right stick should probably switch places with the four face buttons now. Reply -2

• Silent Hill multiplayer spin-off Book of Memories due November

• Anufea 01/10/2012

  @brider @AnsemsApprentice Or fire up the backwards-compatible Wii. Getting hold of the game might be more difficult I guess. Reply 0

• Guild Wars 2 review

• Anufea 20/09/2012

  @Rens11 Bad luck, but it should go uphill from now on. Be sure to check their twitter stream for updates on widespread issues: https://twitter.com/guildwars2 Reply -1

• Sony shocks world and announces PS3 super duper Slim

• Anufea 19/09/2012

  @Beano Indeed, sounds like they shrunk the HDD bay down to 1.8" drive size. Reply +1

• Bayonetta 2 confirmed

• Anufea 13/09/2012

  @spekkeh Sad but true.
  +1 for witty display of wits. Reply 0

• A new PS3 model in the works - report

• Anufea 14/07/2012

  @kirankara Ah, so you think the top is more like a grill? Good catch, sounds plausible. Reply +2

• Anufea 14/07/2012

  @priesty_lfc Doesn't make sense to have a 160GB and a 250GB version. Certainly no typo. Reply +1

• Anufea 14/07/2012

  @Specter-Assassin I honestly think the stripes are there to make the plastic scratches likely to be caused by the sliding top-loading mechanism less obvious.
  
  Remember that this is the equivalent to the PS2 Super Slim, and that had a decidedly dodgy build quality. It's all about cheap now! Reply +2

• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 Review

• Anufea 12/05/2012

  This obvious endorsement of Nvidia products is getting a bit silly.
  
  Either offer a better perspective on the market (through, say, competitors' performance maybe?) or stay away from articles like this. Reply -71

• Guild Wars 2 has sold "hundreds of thousands" of copies already

• Anufea 11/05/2012

  @Kremlik 7 years in to be exact. Happy Birthday, Guild Wars! Reply +4

• Guild Wars 2: The Inside Stories

• Anufea 23/04/2012

  Thank you very much for this great article, Robert!
  Just a tiny typo left: her name is Ree Soesbee. Reply 0

• First Guild Wars 2 beta weekend announced

• Anufea 18/04/2012

  There are two ways to participate. Either you pre-purchased the game or you registered for Beta with one million other guys during the 48 hours signup period and get lucky.
  
  Since pre-purchase includes guaranteed access I don't think there will be that much space left for those who signed up for free. Reply +2

• What Went Wrong with Silent Hill HD?

• Anufea 08/04/2012

  HD Remakes need a great team who respect the original material, and get it. My fear is that more and more of these are being farmed out to the lowest bidder, and that we haven't even seen the tip of the iceberg yet.

  Or rather what's lurking beneath the surface. Totally second your opinion though, really depressing to see two of the greatest efforts in psychological horror video games in this sad state. Reply +6

• Silent Hill HD Collection Review

• Anufea 30/03/2012

  @GiarcYekrub Not true, at least it isn't done deliberately: There is a slow loading glitch on PS3 that can cut off the first few seconds of cutscenes. Reply 0

• Anufea 30/03/2012

  I think the only time you should radically downgrade a game score based on the quality of the of the conversion is when the quality breaks or significantly impairs the orginal game therefore ruining the experience.

  Oh but it does! Check out the very first video in this review:
  http://shshatteredmemories.com/blog/2012/03/25/hd-collection/
  The radio's looping sound bug would drive me insane! Reply +3

• The Problem with Android

• Anufea 28/03/2012

  @Sunjammer
  Indeed, targeting 2.3.3 instantly covers over 60% of all devices that can access the Google Play Store:
  http://developer.android.com/resources/dashboard/platform-versions.html
  
  I'm wondering whether the newly-released ICS update for the Galaxy S II can finally drive up the install base for 4.0 - please note that the above data is from before Samsung started rolling out the update. Reply +4

• Anufea 28/03/2012

  @darm
  Unpredictable battery life? Doesn't make sense to me, sounds more like someone lost track of apps running in the background. Certainly not an Android problem.
  HTC phones have been known for their sub-par battery life in the past though, probably due to their Sense UI skin. Reply +8

• Original Silent Hill developer disappointed at "poor" HD re-release

• Anufea 27/03/2012

  @Teemuslayer I know, bought it on day one back then :)
  For me it really raises the question why they couldn't port it to PS3/360 in the same way - true to the original, keeping all the effects, just upping the resolution and maybe replacing some textures. Reply 0

• Anufea 26/03/2012

  @jonchapman @ExplodingClown Also, SH3 picks up on SH1's storyline. SH2 may tell a different (but brilliant) story, but it's cut from the same cloth. Reply 0

• Anufea 26/03/2012

  @Bombonera
  
  As far as I know no cutscene has been removed. There were reports of a shortened, "censored" Pyramid Head rape scene, but it turned out that the first few seconds of that scene were only missing because of a so-called slow loading glitch.
  I'm not sure if this has already been addressed by a patch - hopefully Eurogamer will investigate these HD version issues carefully.
  
  Edit: What is true though is that a lot of the graphical effects in cutscenes have not been recreated, for example the depth of field and other blurring effects seem to be missing from SH3 completely. Reply 0

• Anufea 24/03/2012

  Oh dear, they even removed the depth of field effect from the SH3 opening cutscene (and likely other cutscenes as well)!
  
  Here is a video comparing the original PS2 version to the PS3 HD collection version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVDCrrYXtZw (see 2:42).
  
  And because the video quality of the PS2 capture is so bad, compare with a much better capture of the PC version that also sports the DOF effect: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZk59fPyabU (see 11:44). Reply +1

• Anufea 24/03/2012

  @scuffpuppies
  
  The problem is not that the PS3 is unable to do them at all, it's just not very good at painting them quickly.
  Check the Bayonetta faceoff, PS3 is at a clear disadvantage when massive amounts of alpha textures are being used.
  And yes, SH2 and SH3 do use massive amounts of alpha textures to create that really thick fog. Where both PC versions would run just fine in indoor settings, the foggy Silent Hill outdoors always caused slowdowns on my 3870 back then. Reply +2

• Anufea 23/03/2012

  @spacewarrior
  
  "the launch PS3 models [...] that came with the PS2 backwards compatibility could emulate the PS2 perfectly"
  
  Not quite. These PS3 models included the original PS2 hardware so there was no need to emulate. The PS2 chips were subsequently removed from newer PS3 models to cut costs. Reply +18

• Anufea 23/03/2012

  @Der_tolle_Emil
  
  Mr. Ito is probably right with his analysis - the PS3 just cannot provide the alpha texture fill rate needed to exactly mimic the PS2 game's look.
  
  Still, they could have chosen other techniques to achieve a better result in the end, and by what is mentioned in other reports it's just a shoddy port. Such a shame! Reply +16

• Anufea 23/03/2012

  @Shakey_Jake33 Unfortunately SH3 on PC did not get the high-res texture treatment like SH2 did. Also, SH2 on PC has additional surround sound, but last time I checked there were some compatibility problems with current graphics drivers.
  SH3 PC on the other hand runs fine - with low-res textures and stereo sound only. Reply +6