Being combat heavy to the detriment of the atmosphere concerns me a little. It was the main thing that drew me to Silent Hill 2 - combat...then silence. After watching this video, I definitely agree they made a mess of Eddie. Possibly it only looks like Angela was an improvement.
26:20 - that confession scene IS in the remake!! Mary is even asking James "if that's true then why are you sad now...?" The comical voices of the original SH2 are in fact making me so much more detached from the game taking place in Silent Hill. Remake voices make me (personally) feel like such dialogues could actually happen in real life. You calling James unhinged is me seeing James' voice actor as somebody who doesn't reflect real-life dialogues. He is showing more of the 'american' lines (such us SH4's "are you okay?") The fact that the camera is hinting that Mary's body was in the backseat of the car added so much more to the horror when I played it. It gave me the Silent Hill 4 vibe, of disovering Walter Sullivan body inside of your own apartment. That's something that is far better when shown! rather than left to some speculations. You also called Maria's transformation in the prison cell "very creepy". I don't see it that way. I see it as an beginner actor being given a stage (at a job interview), and being given a task to be "nice and cosy" and then "to act like a villain". There was something "cheap" about it from my perspective. It was clear to me that Maria isn't self aware of how suspicious she is being to James in that scene. Remake made Maria much less like a cartoonish villain and more like an actual woman trapped behind the bars. Now perhaps there could be some sort of a "tick" or "twitch" or something with the "uneven blinking", something with the head movement, that could have been added to that scene in the original game that could look creepy. Maybe such an idea could have been made in the remake to extend that concept of a transformation. But as for now Remake simply makes it more realistic and looks better (to me). It removed that blatant villain vibe. Sure, perhaps the remake could keep the same light of the bulb, but then how often do you see a woman in real life sitting in such an unnatural ominous spot. "I sat here just to not show you my eyes, and I will stay here to give you the trouble vibe"
@@kacperzimowski4626 the one scene where James is sitting by Mary’s bed that is absent from the in-water ending. I guess I must have skipped it… I also never said the dialogue was realistic in the original. It may sound more real in the original. But in my opinion that takes away the dream feel the original had. Which is a common thing people loved about the original game. I didn’t say prison cell was her transforming lol. I just said she switches from Mary’s personality back to Maria. This is an intentional detail and is pretty clever writing. I don’t see it as a cheap. Also, I do not see it as a woman trapped behind bars. And she’s not exactly a villain either. James is the one trapped, the whole prison cell scene was projected from James’s subconscious. Maria is tormenting as it was her purpose in the first place.
@@Kazaonyt I edited my comment a bit, to explain my point with the prison cell. Also I used "transformation" as synonym to "switching". I know you didn't mean any visual transformation.
Been loving the remake so far but 18:45 was my biggest "complaint". Maria's pause to process what James just said to her *really* adds so much to the scene and without it it feels disingenuous. The performance is fine but the pause was crucial, though I wholeheartedly agree about the dreaminess feeling absent.
Such a tedious game. This game is so generic. This is not suppose to be as action packed. And it’s all the same thing we have seen before in every other game like it. It’s so linear. Plus this game has no atmosphere
Being combat heavy to the detriment of the atmosphere concerns me a little. It was the main thing that drew me to Silent Hill 2 - combat...then silence. After watching this video, I definitely agree they made a mess of Eddie. Possibly it only looks like Angela was an improvement.
26:20 - that confession scene IS in the remake!! Mary is even asking James "if that's true then why are you sad now...?"
The comical voices of the original SH2 are in fact making me so much more detached from the game taking place in Silent Hill. Remake voices make me (personally) feel like such dialogues could actually happen in real life. You calling James unhinged is me seeing James' voice actor as somebody who doesn't reflect real-life dialogues. He is showing more of the 'american' lines (such us SH4's "are you okay?")
The fact that the camera is hinting that Mary's body was in the backseat of the car added so much more to the horror when I played it. It gave me the Silent Hill 4 vibe, of disovering Walter Sullivan body inside of your own apartment. That's something that is far better when shown! rather than left to some speculations.
You also called Maria's transformation in the prison cell "very creepy". I don't see it that way. I see it as an beginner actor being given a stage (at a job interview), and being given a task to be "nice and cosy" and then "to act like a villain". There was something "cheap" about it from my perspective. It was clear to me that Maria isn't self aware of how suspicious she is being to James in that scene. Remake made Maria much less like a cartoonish villain and more like an actual woman trapped behind the bars. Now perhaps there could be some sort of a "tick" or "twitch" or something with the "uneven blinking", something with the head movement, that could have been added to that scene in the original game that could look creepy. Maybe such an idea could have been made in the remake to extend that concept of a transformation. But as for now Remake simply makes it more realistic and looks better (to me). It removed that blatant villain vibe. Sure, perhaps the remake could keep the same light of the bulb, but then how often do you see a woman in real life sitting in such an unnatural ominous spot. "I sat here just to not show you my eyes, and I will stay here to give you the trouble vibe"
@@kacperzimowski4626 the one scene where James is sitting by Mary’s bed that is absent from the in-water ending. I guess I must have skipped it…
I also never said the dialogue was realistic in the original. It may sound more real in the original. But in my opinion that takes away the dream feel the original had. Which is a common thing people loved about the original game.
I didn’t say prison cell was her transforming lol. I just said she switches from Mary’s personality back to Maria. This is an intentional detail and is pretty clever writing. I don’t see it as a cheap.
Also, I do not see it as a woman trapped behind bars. And she’s not exactly a villain either. James is the one trapped, the whole prison cell scene was projected from James’s subconscious. Maria is tormenting as it was her purpose in the first place.
@@Kazaonyt I edited my comment a bit, to explain my point with the prison cell. Also I used "transformation" as synonym to "switching". I know you didn't mean any visual transformation.
@@kacperzimowski4626 ah ok no worries
Been loving the remake so far but 18:45 was my biggest "complaint". Maria's pause to process what James just said to her *really* adds so much to the scene and without it it feels disingenuous. The performance is fine but the pause was crucial, though I wholeheartedly agree about the dreaminess feeling absent.
Under 1 hour gang. XD
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Such a tedious game. This game is so generic. This is not suppose to be as action packed. And it’s all the same thing we have seen before in every other game like it. It’s so linear. Plus this game has no atmosphere
"it's so linear"
Tell me you haven't played SH2 OG without telling me...