#The HN2 style is absolutely terrible.

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silk perch
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The game kind of lost a big part of it's identity when it came to the style change.
I also believe the style switch is very strange considering that the game is a final product that is for some reason being treated like a giant experiment.

Change is good, and the style COULD WORK but the way the game looks right now with mixed art (some items are not from HN2 or in the HN2 style) it makes it look like how barf smells.

For Secret Neighbor itself, when the style was kept in the HN1 style, it had unique models that weren't exactly from the past HN games and were solely created for the purpose of being in SN which was really cool. A good example of unique models that perfectly capture the HN style is a lot of the items that can be found in the Cinema/theatre room.

Maybe for SN, they could perhaps use models that went completely unused in HN2 so they could make the style a bit more unique as well.

I'm not the best at words so my feedback really sucks, but yeah this is just my opinion on the switch.
Like I said, it COULD work not that it can't.

pastel dirge
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It lost its charm

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In my opinion

dull forge
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I don’t even know why they changed it they’re like trying to make this game hn2 advertisement or somethin’

last solar
light grove
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I think HN2 style can work and i can understand why they changed it, i just think they need to possibly take a second look and optimize it. Especially with some objects not even rendering in very low.

last solar
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They should’ve just had the side of the company who ported Hello Neighbor 2 to switch

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Because well, they already ported the game they could very much just reuse the assets

gusty dock
light grove
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Yeah, there's nothing wrong with wanting to upgrade a game's style especially when it's deemed 'outdated' now

merry bloom
ripe zephyr
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In another universe sn could have gotten the hnvr style

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Buuuut since that didn't happen we have to work with what we got

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I think they should refine the hn2 artstyle in sn by making some custom assets and making sure all assets are fg artstyle hn2 assets and not mixed art

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Also just putting more props on the maps would be cool, some places are still just Barren and have little to no decor

tame tide
dull forge
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In another universe secret neighbor could have actually been an April fools joke and would never actually have a game

floral tundra
zenith breach
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Everyone will like it when they change the lightimg thats the only issue

dull forge
old pebble
zenith breach
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I dont care guys its just a sight opinion i like both styles and as long as the game games i never give the smallest shit about graphics

light grove
# zenith breach I dont care guys its just a sight opinion i like both styles and as long as the ...

That is another good point, graphics aren't everything, a game's gotta play good which kinda confuses me on why a lot of people act as if the HN2 style are driving all the playerbase away. Me personally, it's cause the game was either lagging bad (which has been resolved) or the game downright crashing my pc (which i think also has been fixed). I never thought SN getting the HN2 style was bad, it just could have been put in a bit better in my opinion, I'm more so just wanting the game to get QoL (quality of life) and bug fixes.

Not to say I like the new style, I do miss the old one, but I'm ok with this new one.

old pebble
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The artstyle change would’ve been fine if it was just optimized

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I used to be able to run the game at max graphics and would still run smoothly

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After the style change i could barely run it at all

novel hemlock
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i like the new style more but yeah its unoptimised as crap

light grove
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little lantern
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I like the style very well. One thing I dont like is the extra stuff and missing assets. Like some of the styles are HN1 SN and HN2. So please make it consistent

candid slate
old pebble
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Also that’s how settings work

crystal shore
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This game was supposed to be hn1 artstyle and was always, my opinion is that if the wanted the hn2 artstyle then they could have made an option to change It or something, not force It.

ripe stream
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true

bold gorge
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Sn became an advertisement for hn2 😭

half fossil
crystal shore
finite geyser
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Og sn was cool

flint sable
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i hate how the rifle looks rn

timid sonnet
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old sn better

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candid hemlock
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i wish i have the game before hn2 style update

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im too late

flint sable
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so you started when new graphics came?

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candid hemlock
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because i can buy it by myself

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my parents wont let me buy virtual stuff when i was a kid

flint sable
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Man I feel so
bad you you missed out on older sn

silk perch
silk perch
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candid hemlock
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ripe zephyr
silk perch
ripe zephyr
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Yeah but atp you can't call any lighting garbage when Halloween 2023 lighting exists

silk perch
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k

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😭

ripe zephyr
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Almost any lighting from any build before 2022 (except anything with the blue lighting) was peak

timid sonnet
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And not like now, immediately run around and look for lighting

boreal flame
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i completely agree, the hn2 artstyle absolutely doesn’t fit in secret neighbor, considering how the original artstyle was kept so long to the point where it became a core part of secret neighbor.

The new sudden map change removed all those memories linked to the old art style, plus, it seems extremely out of place in secret neighbor.

Nonetheless, they probably wont bring it back - but if they do, then it would be great

tranquil jasper
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you know, i hated the new style when it was put in SN. But now i see that it fits the game more, looks better. The only thing they need to change is lighting, but i dont care if they wont. Graphics isnt everything.

silk perch
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Plus imo, the visuals just looked better in the old art style

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tranquil jasper
silk perch
tranquil jasper
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Its more realistic and better than HN1 art style.

silk perch
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Still ugly

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For SN

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It doesn't fit because it's mixed

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There's still assets from the early alphas of HN1, full game HN1 and HN2

old pebble
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It probably could’ve been good

old pebble
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half fossil
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The only reason ppl are hating on HN2 style is because they got used to HN1 style.
If SN was originally made in HN2 style, noone would give a shit

old pebble
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And it was the style was unoptimized on the update release

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old pebble
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Oh yeah the lighting too

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Garbage

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Hot

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Garbage

flint sable
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bcuz of lighting

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It needs to be reverted no questions ask

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And it doesn't even fit well with what we have right now (graphics)

old pebble
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Summer camp didn’t have the best lighting but it looked better than whatever we have now

flint sable
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What was it like?

old pebble
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SN is probably the worst looking HN game right now

old pebble
flint sable
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yes it's ruined

old pebble
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Dark green

flint sable
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Oh

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What's about inside the house

old pebble
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I don’t remember the outside all too much

flint sable
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I mean lighting was ok as in the sky rn but I'm disgusted with the rest

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and it was more dark for me

old pebble
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They nailed it with the evening lighting in summer camp

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I tried looking for a pic but I couldn’t find one

flint sable
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Wait there isn't no evening

old pebble
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Only to completely got rid of the evening time next update

flint sable
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Now we have night and rain and what

old pebble
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We can’t have anything good in this game

flint sable
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Maps needs more variants (weather and time)

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If it was for lighting

tranquil jasper
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old pebble
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woeful portal
# tranquil jasper its literally the same lighting as now

It's not the same as Summer camp compared to now. The first image was from Summer camp 2023, and the second one is the current lighting. The first once looks far more smoothly done and combined compared to the current one.
There are two lights combined btw

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also my LE map, not official

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tranquil jasper
old pebble
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It looks so dull now

silk perch
flint sable
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bye game

ripe zephyr
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Remake the game I feel 😦

flint sable
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overhaul the game I feel 😟

silk perch
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The game is dead and the devs no longer support it I feel

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ripe zephyr
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Game is dead

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I wish someone took all great aspects of sn and its concept and general mechanics and remade a better multiplayer stealth horror game

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chilly star
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then it'll look way better

silk perch
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nope

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mixed art is ugly

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the game has 3 styles in it

chilly star
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I realize HN2 lighting is impossible due to.. y'know different engines. But getting close to it is probably possible.

silk perch
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they only changed the style to promote hn2 i bet

chilly star
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They just need to remove mixed art and fix lighting (In my opinion)

silk perch
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but they wont

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😭

flint sable
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then that means they lose their value

silk perch
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Nah but what I forgot to say is that HN2 lightning is absolute dookie

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Would not fit a horror game at all

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If only SN had darker lightning similar to Halloween 2020

chilly star
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the current lighting in SN is extremely ugly

silk perch
# chilly star First off: I HIGHLY disagree Second: Is SN reallllyyyy a horror game at this sta...

Cool but HN2 lightning won't fit SN
even if SN isn't a horror, it doesn't need to be exactly like HN2

I would honestly prefer them reverting the style change as the HN2 art is just reusing assets

There's key items in secret neighbor that was solely made to be in secret neighbor that blended well with the hello neighbor 1 style

HN2s style is ugly in my opinion, and it doesn't really help when we have assets from hello neighbor 1 and HN 1 alphas

SN looks a lot better with darker lighting in my honest opinion, and the description says it's a horror game. I know as much as anyone about the current state of the game

chilly star
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However, I DO think that the HN2 update itself was extremely rushed, Taxidermist being the number one example.

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if they would polish it a bit, I personally think it can work.

silk perch
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If it gets polished, hopefully

craggy sierra
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Yeah, they should switch to the Hello Engineer style.

flint sable
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Bro the visuals need to change no questions ask

craggy sierra
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old pebble
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chilly star
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I realized those styles are also mixed, But I feel like they'd work better.

ripe zephyr