I own this game on Playstation 5, not here on GOG or Steam because my computer can't handle it. My main complaint about the game is the pacing. They took 7 hour game and stretched it to 20 hours without adding that enhanced the core experience of Silent Hill 2. Like - if you want longer "dungeons" and enemy combat that takes up both your time and your energy - this version is for you. I prefer the original where James auto-aims, combat is easy but also not the main point of the game. I am actually surprised this remake focused so much on combat since I know the devs have done walking simulators before. If there was any of the original SH-games that would've worked as a walking simulator - it's Silent Hill 2. But yeah - 20 hours for one run and that made it so I skipped replaying the game. I just don't have the energy for it. Especially when combat is just dodge and normal attack. Like - even the original lets you do multiple types of attacks with the weapons - but here it is just the normal attack. Which is a bummer cuz the steel pipe has this spear attack in the original that keeps enemies at a distance. So weirdly enough combat has less strategy in the remake and is more about reflexes. Mannequinns are overused in this game - giving the game a Dead Space-y vibe because they will jump out from anywhere in order to attempt scare jumps at you. The bossfights have improved - because the OG is just bosses walking in circles - but high adrenaline battles don't impress me... The story is very much the same - but Lynchian vibes have been traded for naturalistic acting. I think remake Angela is the best version of Angela - but so much of the original vibe has gone lost. Also, otherworld is much SCREAMIER this time around. It looks more like Sh3 otherworld than SH2 otherworld that was very subtle and you barely noticed it I am still gonna pop in my OG SH2 discs into the PS2 whenever I feel the need to replay it and forget about this remake...
This is possibly one of the best PC games ever. It is incredibly simple and pick-up-and-play, but can offer as much depth and complexity as more advanced epic turnbased strategy games. To say HoMM 3 is a pure strategy game is to lie. The series started as a strategy spin-off of Might and Magic and the feeling of going out on a quest and building your hero is very much left intact in the HoMM-series. You don't only build towns and recruit monsters in HoMM 3 - but you must also build your heroes and figure out what skills to pick, what should be prioritized and what artifacts is best suited etc. The game is as much about strategy as it is about exploration, quests and turn-based battles. A game of HoMM 3 takes many hours, but it is also a race against time. All factions in the game can pull off crazy strategies if left unhindered and that's kinda how most games end up - everyone builds up their huge armies and strongest heroes and meet up in the final showdowns - and since what heroes show up in taverns, skills that get rolled, artifact that are found, spells that are researcheds etc are a bit random every game feels very fresh and with a random map generator HoMM 3 has that "infinite fun" feel. Just buy this version of HoMM 3 as Ubisoft messed up the HD edition and with the Complete Edition you can mod the game. There is an active modding community mostly centered around the fanmade expansion Horn of the Abyss that offers balance changes and more factions to play and more. Have fun!
