I think this is one of the few times a Hd mod actually makes a game look worse. Now that sounds bad, but it doesn't mean it's not good, just that i think the models in the original game and the coloring gave a vibe better suits the game overall. Every line is SO clear and sharp here that it hurts my eyes to look at a little, it almost looks Cel shaded or like a telltale game with how thick the black lines are, for example look at Fiona's hair, it's new texture make the split ends so blocky that it looks less like natural hair now. On top of that Fiona's face doesn't look as good and she looks more generic, i don't know if they textured her face too or if it's just the mod making clearing the screen that makes it more obvious, but she doesn't look the same.
Looks far too colourful. The drabness of the original fit it perfectly. Fiona's face is just weird too with the peroxide blonde hair and beaming blue eyes.
For the Mandragora puzzle, you're supposed to get a perfume from Daniella when she's cleaning the cage room (which you get to by spinning the carousel room) that you use to get Hewie to be able to tell which flower to pick up. Bawk managed to brute force it since you don't technically have to get the perfume if you know which flower to pick up. It's always the White flower for anyone curious.
I wish the game was more punishing (in this case, maybe pulling Fiona in if you give him the wrong one), you can brute force most puzzles in the game... Back then I examined the wrong thing in the room of truth and my instinct was to check the door, years later I was disappointed watching a playthrough realizing you can literally examine everything until you find the three right ones and it will disable the trap
Most of the issues are caused by the 60fps patch (glad you figured it out and stuck to 30 somewhat early on). Not gonna lie, I feel kinda bad for the people who discovered the game from this video/livestream, they probably got a very different first impression of the game. They won't know what's part of the game and what's caused by the mods/patches (art direction aside, animation transitions play at double the original speed, Fiona trips over twice as often, clock, heartbeat and Hewie growls play twice as often, Fiona seems to get tired twice as quickly and recovers from panic attacks twice as fast and so on...) 1:51:19 There are three versions of that cutscene and this was the one where Hewie attacks him but Debilitas tosses him away and doesn't fall 2:18:23 (In the chat) The cutscene wasn't cut, it's just one of two cutscenes that only start playing after you've finished the game once (same way you can't get the bad ending, nor the quick ending on a fresh save file). That, and from what I understand, what the cutscene depicts is a (possibly antiquated) way of checking whether she is ovulating or not. That being said, despite the game alluding to it sometimes (like even when Daniella runs her hand over her torso, and the close up that often makes people think she's going in for a kiss, when calling you for dinner), I don't feel like any of them actually have a se×ual interest in Fiona, and they would attempt to get her Azoth by any means necessary, even ditch her completely if she didn't have it. Even with the cutscene where Lorenzo is peeping through the painting while she's changing (she's being monitored all over the castle after all, not just there), I feel like that's possibly more of a red herring until you find out about their actual intentions and also to make the player feel uncomfortable. Kinda like the typical scientist that doesn't care about anything else but the project they dedicate their lives to (re2 Remake Annette perhaps lol), and perhaps even similar to how Wesker doesn't show any kind of interest in Excella and instead is fully focused on his philosopher stone shenanigans 2:51:45 Also chat: Fiona says that it looks like she's cooking angel hair pasta from a distance, and later you can check it from up close which reveals it is human hair. It's most likely Ayla, her mother
Will never EVER not get creeped out by the doll maid's chase music. But now that I am thinking about it, this game does not having a loading screens from one room to another. For a PS2 game thats really cool.
I am SO happy you decided to include this game on your bawktober list!! I've commented before how I would LOVE for you to do a playthrough of haunting ground for bawktober for 2 years now I think? 😂 Thank you so much Bawk. You've really made my day today. Been going through some rough times recently, and your videos help me. Thanks dude. 💜✌️🤝✨️
Fiona may be “helpless” but when the time comes she works it out!!! I mean with Mr. Huey at her side she is unstoppable!!! I played this game when it came out and could never get passed the dude with the gun and it pisses me off!!!
I was rly excited to see bawk play this and I understand the emulator stuff but these textures are almost unwatchable... they literally Aged the game backwards somehow
This game legit used to make Me panic especially when the music stopped suddenly You knew You better hide quickly. Otherwise someone would come in the room after You. Such a good game great memories of this game ❤
Yeeeeeeeees, thank you so much! Been wanting to share this game with my bf for ages now but didn't have a solid playthrough to show him. Super excited to watch all of this with him!
Wow the colours are *intense* in this mod compared to the original, think I prefer it without HD but it's still impressive and I'm glad it sorts out most of your emulation issues!
I feel like im being gaslit by Bawk and bis whole chat talking about how good this mod looks, it's fucking terrible lmao. It's painful to look at and Fiona looks like she fell asleep on a tanning bed
I played this game and Rule of Rose back to back when I first played each title for the first time, and they've always had a special place in my collection.
Beat this game for the first time today! I really enjoyed it. Some parts definitely were tedious but multiple playthroughs will make it easier. I see myself playing this game regularly 😌
I don't like it, it seems like they just used a sharpen filter five times instead of actually redoing textures. It's so distracting and ruins the environments imo
One of my favorite games. Such an underrated game and i think it’s the best game with stalker enemies. And weirdly enough i find this game so damn creepy, like the sexual horror in this game is very unsettling, idk if it’s intended to be sexual but everytime i see this game i just can’t help but think of it that way. Maybe i'm looking way too much into things but i find it so disturbing and creepy.
I don’t know what version you’re running for haunting ground but mine does not look that pixelated, I don’t use the hd mod I also don’t have the kick lag. Definitely seems like it’s connected to fps as I think most animations were 30fps.
In my opinion, this girl takes steps pretty hard... with a lot of force.. More force than most people would take a step... Each step of hers is done with enough force to cause her skirt and pony tail to move around... thus causing the jiggling. Scientific reason for everything.
Everyone wants to constantly mock the fact the game has jiggle physics and im just here like "well atleast its somewhat accurate, meanwhile that kick animation, what is she a disabled 90 year old trying to move her leg for the first time in 5 years?" Also thing Exire debritas from google anyway, exire means "to go" in latin, so he said something like "go away"
I both loved and hated this game. I liked the story and when things worked I really felt accomplished but some of the stalkers just got so frustrating at times. But Hewie is so cute, how can you not love it?
Well the original developers (Human Entertainment) went bankrupt and Sunsoft bought and presumably still owns the Clock Tower IP, so they could remake it if they really wanted. In the meantime it looks like they're planning for an enhanced re-release for next year, with anime cutscenes and a new opening song by the lady who sang Silent Hill 3's intro. Looking forward to it.
I prefer the game's original visual style, but I respect the work that went into the mod and I will watch cuz of Bawk :) EDIT: Oh shoot, the indoor environments do look better though!
Her face looks super weird. The eyes are too saturated. Tbh everything is too saturated. The lighting is not the same at all. PS2 games used specific lighting effects for many games, for surfaces, character models, objects, etc. Modders couldn't implement that correctly.
It's a ps2 game I've never even seen a physical copy in person and the few you can find online are as others have said at the cheapest around 200 dollars If you want to emulate it you can Google it and also check TH-cam for tutorial videos it might take some time getting it working but it's well worth it
Dude, you made this game so much harder than it is. Use the mirrors and other environmental things. Like, with the second stalker, you could've just abused the mirrors and wouldn't have needed anything else. Seriously, what the heck?
Not feeling the mod. Too staturated, and the garden looks like stiff vomit. I rather the normal game at higher res. Great stream from you though, as always. Happy Halloween.
Thats a shit ending honestly. And i don't understand, how are there like multiple endings? When you don't have like choices in the game to make differently ?
I forget exactly, but a few major factors are if you're not friendly enough with the dog he won't save you during a certain event and whether or not you spare Debilitas (the big hulking guy).
There are four endings but you're locked out of two of them on your first playthrough. The two available ones depend on whether you killed off the first big stalker or if you drop the chandelier on him which makes him survive. A third one also requires using the chandelier and he will give you a special key, on a second playthrough you'll find an extra key in the secret room to open the main castle gate and end the game early. Lastly, on a second+ playthrough as well you must treat Hewie poorly before he gets shot in the chaos forest and/or you must not find and aid him, which results in him never rescuing you from the tower
Boy these stalker games are unbearable, it's just a running simulator. With insanely annoying music I might add. Here's an completely unfun and arbitrary pause to your gameplay that can and will take you to the other side of the map of where you actually wanna be. I'm typing this as we go into the 8th minute of just running from this fat fuck.
Bruno, EVERY comment you have on this channel is you getting triggered by something. Maybe it's time for you to go watch something else or go out into the real world to see if you can relax. When's the last time you've gone to a museum? Gone to a movie with some friends? This clearly isn't healthy for you.
One of my favorite game on the PS2. Such a gem!!! So sad its so underrated.
I think this is one of the few times a Hd mod actually makes a game look worse. Now that sounds bad, but it doesn't mean it's not good, just that i think the models in the original game and the coloring gave a vibe better suits the game overall. Every line is SO clear and sharp here that it hurts my eyes to look at a little, it almost looks Cel shaded or like a telltale game with how thick the black lines are, for example look at Fiona's hair, it's new texture make the split ends so blocky that it looks less like natural hair now. On top of that Fiona's face doesn't look as good and she looks more generic, i don't know if they textured her face too or if it's just the mod making clearing the screen that makes it more obvious, but she doesn't look the same.
Looks far too colourful. The drabness of the original fit it perfectly. Fiona's face is just weird too with the peroxide blonde hair and beaming blue eyes.
I agree, there is something about playing it without the HD mod that makes this game way scarier, cant beat that washed out look!
Fiona looks very bad in this HD :(
Ruined the who game, textures are ugly AF.
One of the best PS2 horror games that is sadly sooo underrated.
For the Mandragora puzzle, you're supposed to get a perfume from Daniella when she's cleaning the cage room (which you get to by spinning the carousel room) that you use to get Hewie to be able to tell which flower to pick up. Bawk managed to brute force it since you don't technically have to get the perfume if you know which flower to pick up.
It's always the White flower for anyone curious.
I wish the game was more punishing (in this case, maybe pulling Fiona in if you give him the wrong one), you can brute force most puzzles in the game... Back then I examined the wrong thing in the room of truth and my instinct was to check the door, years later I was disappointed watching a playthrough realizing you can literally examine everything until you find the three right ones and it will disable the trap
Thank you so much for this! Favorite youtuber, and a favorite game of all time, what a pleasant evening)
Most of the issues are caused by the 60fps patch (glad you figured it out and stuck to 30 somewhat early on).
Not gonna lie, I feel kinda bad for the people who discovered the game from this video/livestream, they probably got a very different first impression of the game. They won't know what's part of the game and what's caused by the mods/patches
(art direction aside, animation transitions play at double the original speed, Fiona trips over twice as often, clock, heartbeat and Hewie growls play twice as often, Fiona seems to get tired twice as quickly and recovers from panic attacks twice as fast and so on...)
1:51:19 There are three versions of that cutscene and this was the one where Hewie attacks him but Debilitas tosses him away and doesn't fall
2:18:23 (In the chat) The cutscene wasn't cut, it's just one of two cutscenes that only start playing after you've finished the game once (same way you can't get the bad ending, nor the quick ending on a fresh save file). That, and from what I understand, what the cutscene depicts is a (possibly antiquated) way of checking whether she is ovulating or not.
That being said, despite the game alluding to it sometimes (like even when Daniella runs her hand over her torso, and the close up that often makes people think she's going in for a kiss, when calling you for dinner), I don't feel like any of them actually have a se×ual interest in Fiona, and they would attempt to get her Azoth by any means necessary, even ditch her completely if she didn't have it. Even with the cutscene where Lorenzo is peeping through the painting while she's changing (she's being monitored all over the castle after all, not just there), I feel like that's possibly more of a red herring until you find out about their actual intentions and also to make the player feel uncomfortable.
Kinda like the typical scientist that doesn't care about anything else but the project they dedicate their lives to (re2 Remake Annette perhaps lol), and perhaps even similar to how Wesker doesn't show any kind of interest in Excella and instead is fully focused on his philosopher stone shenanigans
2:51:45 Also chat: Fiona says that it looks like she's cooking angel hair pasta from a distance, and later you can check it from up close which reveals it is human hair. It's most likely Ayla, her mother
pretty interesting read, thanks for sharing it
Will never EVER not get creeped out by the doll maid's chase music.
But now that I am thinking about it, this game does not having a loading screens from one room to another. For a PS2 game thats really cool.
OMG YES! I was praying for this a few days ago
YESSSSSSSSSSSSS !! Been waiting for Bawk to play this game for years. For some reason he did not want to , and I love this game.
Probably cause he's not great at it and the chases can get really annoying when you're trying to make progress when you dont know the game super well
@@VegetaHitsGirls O yeaaa ,i know the game well :) Played it a thone of times back in the day , I know, it sucks bad sometimes.
Well that texture pack is FUCKING UGLEEEEE.
HD Demaster more like, it's hideous. Rather play the original art style
One of my favourite ps2 games, I miss the days games like this just came out.
I am SO happy you decided to include this game on your bawktober list!! I've commented before how I would LOVE for you to do a playthrough of haunting ground for bawktober for 2 years now I think? 😂
Thank you so much Bawk. You've really made my day today. Been going through some rough times recently, and your videos help me. Thanks dude. 💜✌️🤝✨️
The art design is buchered with this HD mod.
I love Bawktober! I've been watching vods for a few years now, and I always love your work :)
Fiona may be “helpless” but when the time comes she works it out!!! I mean with Mr. Huey at her side she is unstoppable!!! I played this game when it came out and could never get passed the dude with the gun and it pisses me off!!!
I was rly excited to see bawk play this and I understand the emulator stuff but these textures are almost unwatchable... they literally Aged the game backwards somehow
I was just thinking about this game a week ago and im beyond happy to see you play!
I wish you all THE best Bawktober!
This game legit used to make Me panic especially when the music stopped suddenly You knew You better hide quickly. Otherwise someone would come in the room after You. Such a good game great memories of this game ❤
Does anyone else think the colors look a bit too saturated? The original grey was a bit more.. foreboding? Idk how to describe it
Absolutely.
Yeeeeeeeees, thank you so much! Been wanting to share this game with my bf for ages now but didn't have a solid playthrough to show him. Super excited to watch all of this with him!
Wow the colours are *intense* in this mod compared to the original, think I prefer it without HD but it's still impressive and I'm glad it sorts out most of your emulation issues!
I feel like im being gaslit by Bawk and bis whole chat talking about how good this mod looks, it's fucking terrible lmao. It's painful to look at and Fiona looks like she fell asleep on a tanning bed
i bet her model/skeleton/animation was used as the starting bases for jill in the re1 gamecube remake
I played this game and Rule of Rose back to back when I first played each title for the first time, and they've always had a special place in my collection.
Beat this game for the first time today! I really enjoyed it. Some parts definitely were tedious but multiple playthroughs will make it easier. I see myself playing this game regularly 😌
I just got a copy of this game CIB and I can't wait to dive into it.
Also these graphics are awesome with the HD :D
I love everything about the HD mod EXCEPT for Fiona's skin. It looks like she spent the whole day burning at the beach lmao
Finally! I asked in chat months ago if you were going to do this and you said yes and you finally got around to it. 😂
i dont know if its Hewie crying or my dog Dumpling XDDD. thanks for the game, was waiting to see you playing it for a long time now.
I thought it was RE Ashley from the thumbnail
I don't like it, it seems like they just used a sharpen filter five times instead of actually redoing textures. It's so distracting and ruins the environments imo
I’ve been waiting for this one
One of my favorite games. Such an underrated game and i think it’s the best game with stalker enemies. And weirdly enough i find this game so damn creepy, like the sexual horror in this game is very unsettling, idk if it’s intended to be sexual but everytime i see this game i just can’t help but think of it that way. Maybe i'm looking way too much into things but i find it so disturbing and creepy.
I remember when this came out!! God it was so frustrating!!! I could never beat it!
I don’t know what version you’re running for haunting ground but mine does not look that pixelated, I don’t use the hd mod I also don’t have the kick lag. Definitely seems like it’s connected to fps as I think most animations were 30fps.
Hewie a speedrunners worst nightmare
Something with the lightning looks very off in this mod
In my opinion, this girl takes steps pretty hard... with a lot of force.. More force than most people would take a step... Each step of hers is done with enough force to cause her skirt and pony tail to move around... thus causing the jiggling. Scientific reason for everything.
Hewie barking sounds like a bucket ngl
slept while i was watching this and dreamt that someone was calling out to me "hewie" ... "hewie"
🤔
Gonna take a big fat frickin hit of my pen and enjoy the vod 😊
Dude i just finished this vod lol
Came for 1:38:46 😂 Golden!
Everyone wants to constantly mock the fact the game has jiggle physics and im just here like "well atleast its somewhat accurate, meanwhile that kick animation, what is she a disabled 90 year old trying to move her leg for the first time in 5 years?"
Also thing Exire debritas from google anyway, exire means "to go" in latin, so he said something like "go away"
too HDeey, the blur and low quality resolution of the original setting worked towards the foggy looks and ambience.
I both loved and hated this game. I liked the story and when things worked I really felt accomplished but some of the stalkers just got so frustrating at times.
But Hewie is so cute, how can you not love it?
So the 60fps sped up igt but it couldn't speed up her slow motion kick?😂 looks like she's doing it herself for dramatic effect lol
1:41:27 OMG
At 31:15 so does Nintendo.
This game makes me wonder why they haven't remade clock tower 1😮
Well the original developers (Human Entertainment) went bankrupt and Sunsoft bought and presumably still owns the Clock Tower IP, so they could remake it if they really wanted. In the meantime it looks like they're planning for an enhanced re-release for next year, with anime cutscenes and a new opening song by the lady who sang Silent Hill 3's intro. Looking forward to it.
I prefer the game's original visual style, but I respect the work that went into the mod and I will watch cuz of Bawk :) EDIT: Oh shoot, the indoor environments do look better though!
Her face looks super weird. The eyes are too saturated. Tbh everything is too saturated. The lighting is not the same at all. PS2 games used specific lighting effects for many games, for surfaces, character models, objects, etc. Modders couldn't implement that correctly.
@@VergilHiltsLT Fiona looks like she just got a massive tan on the beach lol
@@artemis1993 Caramel bath haha
The mod looks absolutely hideous. The enviroments are way too oversaturated and the sharp textures don´t fit. Also the models are ugly.
@@Nyug3r Models (polygons) are the same I believe, they just appear much worse with the new textures and lack of proper shading.
Why does it look like a telltale game from 2012
11:19 where is this song from? I know it's a RE game but I'm not sure can someone help me?
It's from resident evil 1/resident evil remake, in sharks locations.
45:21
Do anybody know if u xan buy this game on Playstation? Seems hard to find
it is an extremely rare find nowadays, people do resell their copies but unless youre a collector just emulate it
I had to pay 200 for mine. I'll never be getting rid of it unless they make it available digitally.
It's hard to find for cheap that's for sure. I got mine for about $175. Emulation is the way to go if you just want to play the game.
It's a ps2 game I've never even seen a physical copy in person and the few you can find online are as others have said at the cheapest around 200 dollars
If you want to emulate it you can Google it and also check TH-cam for tutorial videos it might take some time getting it working but it's well worth it
The chick looks like Marina Joyce lol
...because she has blonde hair? I dont see it at all.
@@VegetaHitsGirls They have the same wide stare
You literally have a pause button and refused to use it at 1:42...
Dude, you made this game so much harder than it is. Use the mirrors and other environmental things. Like, with the second stalker, you could've just abused the mirrors and wouldn't have needed anything else. Seriously, what the heck?
The game was so fast, o think its a fps problem
Not feeling the mod. Too staturated, and the garden looks like stiff vomit. I rather the normal game at higher res.
Great stream from you though, as always. Happy Halloween.
This mod is awful! I’ve never seen a mod butcher the visuals so bad before! This is such a stylish and pretty game as well!
I'm not gonna lie this mod kinda butchered the look, it's way too sharpened and saturated.
bawk is so beautiful 😍
Yeah he's a good looking guy imo, but his humor is what I like best about him as a person. I'm sure his girlfriend agrees lol. ✌️🤝✨️
I'm sure she does considering he's got kids as well
girl simulator lol
Jesus those textures ruined the entire game.
Love the game but the HD look 😧
Thats a shit ending honestly. And i don't understand, how are there like multiple endings? When you don't have like choices in the game to make differently ?
I forget exactly, but a few major factors are if you're not friendly enough with the dog he won't save you during a certain event and whether or not you spare Debilitas (the big hulking guy).
o wow , did not know that @@gaminggoddess85
There are four endings but you're locked out of two of them on your first playthrough. The two available ones depend on whether you killed off the first big stalker or if you drop the chandelier on him which makes him survive. A third one also requires using the chandelier and he will give you a special key, on a second playthrough you'll find an extra key in the secret room to open the main castle gate and end the game early. Lastly, on a second+ playthrough as well you must treat Hewie poorly before he gets shot in the chaos forest and/or you must not find and aid him, which results in him never rescuing you from the tower
Boy these stalker games are unbearable, it's just a running simulator. With insanely annoying music I might add.
Here's an completely unfun and arbitrary pause to your gameplay that can and will take you to the other side of the map of where you actually wanna be.
I'm typing this as we go into the 8th minute of just running from this fat fuck.
Yeah just stop watching. It's not your thing
Bruno, EVERY comment you have on this channel is you getting triggered by something. Maybe it's time for you to go watch something else or go out into the real world to see if you can relax. When's the last time you've gone to a museum? Gone to a movie with some friends? This clearly isn't healthy for you.