The New Silent Hill 2 Remake Trailers FINALLY Made Me Excited (REACTION)
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
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One thing I loved was James’ grunts when he swings the plank or stomps on the monsters, it’s that perfect mix of fear and anger, his voice actor knocked it out of the park
I think what nails it is that sometimes it sounds more like a whimper over angry or strained grunts
YES! Absolutely agree. Should have mentioned that.
@@maxderrat I won't be supporting this remake obsession it's bad for original gamers and future imagination.
@@derekb4977I disagree, but I get your point. Games are different than movies, and the technology and storytelling can improve exponentially in a couple of decades. It's like going from a buggy to a maglev.
As long as original games don't ever take a backseat to remakes, like what Hollywood is doing with remakes, sequels and existing ips, we will be eating good as gamers.
@@jarlwhiterun7478 we can agree to disagree then, but I stand by what I said remakes are a huge problem and original games will get hurt by this especially since the original 4 games haven't had a proper remastered port. I refuse to give remakes a chance when I see what they are designed to do.
That final shot of James staring at his reflection in the blank television screen is absolutely incredible. I love that imagery.
It's perfect
James reflecting on himself again, just like at the beginning of his journey, but in different context now
u think u guys so deep lol, that scene is gonna be butchered in the remake. bloober team is gonna make it all cheesy and melodramatic🤦
@@ramenlover007Bro could you also tell when we gonna have the vaccine for cancer
@@ramenlover007bro you are the biggest hater get a job lmao
@@anarche4900 comback here again and say it to my face after the game released, everyone is hyped themselves up for the inevitable disappointment, they say "idc how it's going to be, see the bigger picture, it's ff7 remake Idc if some ppl doesn't like it or the game might be not as good, it's shenmue 3! idc if some ppl call it cheesy and weird!" and after the game got released, they like "ignore my statement years ago, and just watch me angry!" ur optimism is the issue gamer, not our hate!!
Pyramid Head looks very filthy now, I love it; he looked too clean in the original trailer.
It made sense for it to be "clean" given it's nature as James's psychological manifestation of virility and sexual frustration though. This new version just feels "edgier" overall without much improvement in terms of meaning and story.
It made him more alien and stand out
And kinda best for it when you realized he was helping James.
Remember Jacobs Ladder?
@@javiervasquez625 But PH in SH2 is dirty, and James' sexual frustrations aren't clean.
@@andrewcarroll3722 They are "clean" in the sense of what James _desires_ (which is "you know what"), thus it makes sense in a disturbing way that what James desires for the most would take shape in such a grotesquely "beautiful" appearance.
@@javiervasquez625 hell naw he was eating lying figure booty ... That man a freek freak
10:56 Actually, Mary's dialogue is cut in this trailer for speed and duration objectives, when you hear the same dialogue in the first trailer, its just the same as the original in terms of rythm, they even changed it, i remeber the first trailer dislogue having more air in "In my restless dreams, MHFFFI see that town", wich is not heard here anymore.
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Minute 1:03
Begs the question tho whether they just permanently adjusted it to this, even though the older version was better.
yes that is true
I’m personally very fond of the new take on Maria’s lines. While my initial reaction was of slight confusion. At first I thought they were stiff, and a little robotic, compared to the original which is very well acted.
But as I thought about it, and retrained my brain just thinking about it, I realized this is perfect for her in that scene. We just watched her die an hour ago. And here she is again. Alive, and she sounds so cold. And it’s so eery. It’s almost as if she’s sizing James up before flipping fully around for the “See, I’m real.”
It reminds me of a tactic narcissists use on their partners to manipulate them, by depriving them of affection only to shower them in it, creating a sort of association to their presence being nurturing and their absence a hellish nightmare.
I also love the sympathetic Maria in the remake. I feel it had more emotion and substance when she said "I'm here for you James see, I'm real" and it makes you feel for Maria not just as as manifestation but as an actual person with thoughts and feelings and convinces you that you should be with her. The trailer gave me chills
That's actually a really interesting way of looking at it.
Have you played the born from a wish addon?
@@StramSaturdayDBDBDIB She is an actual person with thoughts and feelings. There's a whole side scenario about her contemplating suicide.
@@morganalabeille5004 oh I know, I probably could have worded that a little differently but I know about Born From A Wish
This game is supposedly going to be longer than the original. All I wanted was to explore a more open town in a modern silent hill, and it looks like we got it.
I was writing about the "I'm not your Mary" scene before the end of the video, and then you mentioned it lol. I agree completely, it's also my favorite line from the original. I think one thing that took away from it on the remake delivery was how, before that, Maria isn't trying to sound cute while mocking James like in the original.
To me, it was the sharp cut from sweet to (as you said) venomous "I'm not your Mary" that made the line so impactful. She then goes back to a softer tone afterwards, which gives the perfect eery tone to the scene. I think the remake change is more of a direction problem than any fault with the actress. I like her as Mary, and the rest of the cast is also growing on me.
Well keep in mind it’s just parts of it for the trailer I think it’s important to remember to not be too biased till we get our hands on the game
@@weepo2651 The entire dialogue I'm discussing is present in the trailer. Like with Max, this trailer did a lot to sell the game for me, and I'm pretty open minded about it.
I agree 100%, the actors seem to be doing a good job, but anything bout dialogue, or tone falls on the writers n producers
I personally feel that the music cutting in halfway doesn’t help to fully hear the tone
@@weepo2651 Kid, the game is coming out in a couple MONTHS. They've literally SHOWN all the key parts of the story + couple hours of gameplay. The are NOT going to overhaul the game in such short time. Hell, during the PS2 days, what they showed a YEAR prior was pretty much what we got. This butchered DEImake was asked by nobody, and I sure hope all the kids who weren't even born when SH was living its golden days go back and play the original trilogy before this clusterfuck. They're easily accessible on any PC made after the WinXP era.
The fucking music (little changes and additions) and some extra horror elements make this game look a lot better than I was expecting
The new mixes and recordings are amazing. Yamaoka's reimaginations of his own work from the point of view of a seasoned veteran sound amazing.
@@ymck7246I didn't think they could really improve that much. I remember finding the original soundtrack in the Limewire days and being floored by it. The improved themes and soundscapes are gonna kick ass.
I feel the same. I was cautious about the music when the game first was announced since it’s my favorite part of the game. Then in the trailer before this, when James talks with Laura, and Day of Night played, I was so thrilled by how the remade song sounded! So excited to hear the whole album when the game comes out.
I know right. If they find a way to sneak hotel california in i personally would love that.
Here's hoping it's good. Cautious optimism. A game studio actually listening to fan feedback is so rare these days!
I think it’s ok to be cautious still but I like that bloober does seem to care a whole lot about the game
they actually listened fan feedback about the design of James and Angela, they have both been changed since they were first introduced
lol, save it. bloober team "listening" to fan feedback is just pr talk. they're gonna do what they want, regardless of what fans say. and even if they did take feedback seriously, it's not like they have the talent or vision to pull off a good silent hill 2 remake
How does this comment only have 75 likes, and yet the one calling all of the worried fans "snobbish" is going strong at 500?
I'm in the same boat. I've come around some from the first toilets, but I hope its good.
@@weepo2651yeah funny enough Konami wanted to change so much about the original from what people online tell me its Bloober team that fought to keep the story original.
The only thing i'm sure of is that older fans will always find mistakes on a remake no matter what game we are talking about. It was the same for demon souls, it's going to be the same for silent hill remake and it will continue to be the same in the future, it's impossible to please everyone.
Well just don't change things and only improve all the things that need to be improved upon and nobody cares
Shadow of the Colossus, Resident Evil 1, and Dead Space beg to differ.
You can make a faithful remake that's basically an improvement in basically every way. But they rarely do
It goes beyond mistakes; they made deliberate choices to change things, for reasons. Sometimes, it's not a deal-breaker, but other times, it can be. Depends.
@@phillystevesteak6982 People complained about the Dead Space remake.
@@Johnspartan296 ok seems your right about dead space
Eddie's delivery sold me.
My biggest gripes are the sound fx for the weapons, both firing and hitting. They lack a much needed punch.
All in all, I'm at least optimistic. Oh, and did you see Yamaoka say he recorded 9 hours worth of music?!?!?!
October is looking like a solid spooky month
New Yamaoka album incoming!
Oh yeah, and it comes with a game
I am actually excited because the whole time watching the trailers, I was thinking "Its silent hill 2" instead of "Thats not in silent hill 2". The best example I can think of is what happened with the Resident Evil 3 remake. It changed too much from the original, and most of it was losses instead of additions. This seems to keep all the core elements there, maybe shuffled around a bit so old Silent Hill fans can still get put on edge. A good example of that is when they swapped the licker reveal locations in the Resident Evil 2 remake. If they keep that core the same, add tweaks like they did with the music, keep the feelings/vibe intact, and add slight additions to the world building or plot for more cohesion it is going to be fantastic.
Your post is peak hypocricy, trashing the RE3 demake, while putting the equally shitty RE2 demake on a goddarn pedestal. The 2019 RE2 was an absolute clusterfuck, guilty of all the same sins GenZ morons bash 3 for. And a warning sign of the sorry state of modern AAA gaming. We SH fans used to JOKE about how SH would suffer the same fate if remade this day and age... and here we are. Of course the same underaged TikTok content creators drumming for this Westoid DEImake are not even aware of the dark ages of the series, when we got EXACTLY this sort of over-shoulder action games (with QTEs and all), and everyone HATED them. For a very good reason.
These latest trailers were the final nails for me and tons of other Silent Hill fans. The first 30 seconds with the Maria in the cell scene already demonstrate absolutely butchered VA and cinematography.
BC the plan of Capcom was selling DLC about the game, but the reception was really meh.
I'm sorry, but there are clearly commenters here who are NEVER going to be satisfied with this remake. At some point, their comments comes across less as legitimate criticisms and more as snobbish fans feeling entitled to have the remake exactly as they want it. There's a difference between constructive criticism (like Max does on his channel) and whining like a little kid who isn't getting his way. Yeesh! 😅
Gotta love people who think their vision of what Silent Hill remake should be is what the original Team Silent would have done if they were remaking it, gotta love that kind of arrogance. The amount of people talking about the updated OST being a butchered version of the original without knowing Akira Yamaoka had returned as the composer for it is staggering.
Agreed. A remake this long after the original is going to need changes and content to make it worth the money and to fit into todays style of gameplay
@@AR-bj5et It is butchered though. The music choices for areas is all wrong
@@TurboMintyFreshthat’s an opinion
I'm one of those people and I've accepted it. I just bought the old ones instead. I feel like they got about 95% of it right and I am happy for bloober and everyone who will enjoy the new version. I just don't understand the changes to Maria or Angela and I haven't heard any good arguments for the changes.
I agree with Maria's and Pyramid Head's points.
I lowkey had the hope that Maria would slowly lose her "prudeness" in the remake. That jacket still bothers me and for some reason I hoped that as the game went on, she'd lose it eventually, making her more "Maria" with the progress of the game, like scratching her dress a bit so it's not as long. Something like that, making her "The Temptress", you know? And the voice acting for Maria is not my cup of tea. I'm afraid the scene where Mary reads the full letter will also lose some of its "touch".
As for Pyramid Head... man, I'm worried, I didn't notice that until now. I hope this doesn't mean they'll also tone down Angela's room with Abstract Daddy.
I just hope there is an option to add fixed camera angles. I feel like a lot of the effectiveness of the horror and tension was the forced perspective.
I feel like the camera design goes hand in hand with the level design. Seeing as they are also changing the level design, which I think is good given the change to over the shoulder camera, I'm not sure how well the new design would work with fixed camera, much like the original probably wouldn't work well without. Not sure but it's a thought at least. Im gonna miss the fixed camera somewhat, but I appreciate that they do at least seem to be considering the effect of the camera in a holistic sense, indicated by them changing the level design with it, so im hopeful the result will be good and achieved the same overall feel and atmosphere, even if it's achieved with different tools
It’s 2024 wake up. No one beach about fix camera for re remake at all
The most important positive sign I see from the progression of the teaser footage is that they are actually LISTENING TO THE FANS.
Max talking about SH2? I'm here
One thing I think they should do with Maria’s jail scene is make the lighting more harsh so her eyes are heavily shadowed like in the original. It makes her look much more creepy.
The lack of overall harsh contrast in many scenes is my single biggest problem with the game at this point. A huge part of what makes SH2 feel so otherworldly is the way the lighting makes everyone look so pale, gaunt, and skeletonized. The current lighting and color grading looks too flat and stereotypically "professional". Otherwise, I'm still excited about it. that's just my one gripe.
The sexual themes could be in other scenes.
Loving the character model updates. James now looks like an actual person instead of a random guy cosplaying as James lol
if the game is actually as good as it looks, i might legit cry tears of joy
I was excited.
Then Max got excited.
Now I'm more excited.
the problem I see is with the dialogue before "im not your Mary" , in the og Maria starts to sound like Mary very sweet reminising then there this cut to Maria´s personality "not your Mary" and ends with Maria reaching to James in a very soft seductive tone "i can be if you want to..". But the remake it feels all read in the same voice with little inflection and as you said it lacked venom. I think its weird because in the parts where is actually Mary speaking she has a different tone, so the actress definitely gave the two characters a different performance but the directing of the scene behing bars removed the likeness to Mary in Maria´s voice
EXACTLY. And this was the problem with the notorious HD Collection already, 15 years ago. Yet some MCU era fanboys thought that THAT was "good acting".
But it's not the delivery that's ruined in this DEimake alone. The cinematography, that is to say the lighting and composition are totally butchered as well. The 2001 original looks and sounds way more moody and nuanced, but outright more realistic and unnerving. Maria himself was described by the TS to be a "perfect being that looks perfect in every single frame", and they nailed it. The nu-Maria literally looks like a hag doing a cheap cosplay, constantly judging and mocking.
Oh its got venom. If that was my "wife" this version would terrify me.
I am so ready to cry over this game. Can’t wait
The one reaction I was looking forward to since the trailer dropped. You rock Max Derrat!
My main issue with the Maria scene is that in the original, visually she is very vague looking, with soft outlines and conspicuous facial features which blur the divide between reality and fantasy.. being somewhat ghostly and ethereal. In one instance she appears warm and welcoming, even flirtatious, though the shadowy contours and depths of her face could quite easily in our imagination change to a scary and somewhat monstrous form, which taps into the essence of what I believe Silent Hill to be, arousing a feeling of becoming lost within that foggy realm of our own (and James’) psyche. In this trailer Maria’s character is very vivid, with sharp outlines and expressions, which I feel take away from that air of mystery that the original portrayed so effectively.
I hope that this is something that is reworked before the release date arrives. Only time will tell..
So you're telling me... There's hope!?
Its the small things that get me, I made a comment on how James' flashlight didn't shift directions when he shimmies between cracks in walls and in the latest gameplay reveal they've shown (I think) 2 shimmies where the flashlight changed directions.
I’m all in. Remake is looking on point.
Have yet to watch the recent trailer but the way it was presented here is reassuring.
I can admit to the fact that Bloober team has succeeded in recreating the aesthetic of the original game in terms of its atmosphere and texture work. What I'm scared is then trying to change the endings and the context of the story that was so carefully crafted in the original game.
the art direction is just IMMACULATE as well as the music, please don't blow it Bloober pls
Absolutely fuckkeen NO.
You must have zero art-design nor game dev background if ANYTHING in this clusterfuck strikes you as "immaculate". Every second shown of this DEImake reeks of mediocre, amateurish, generic, and outright ugly. So bad that the 2001 no joke looks better. The cell scene with the Maria / Mary is a prime example of this, with the atmosphere and characterization being totally butchered by the rubbish delivery and flat as hell cinematography.
immaculate? lol, u must be blind. the art direction is just a generic, soulless attempt to recreate the original. and the music? please, it's just a watered down version of the iconic soundtrack. u're just drinking the kool aid, bru
I think out of any franchise, Silent Hill is best when people play it for themselves. I don't think any great or bad trailer really represents what we're in for until we're actually holding the controller and that's amazing.
For the original SH games? Absolutely. The classic survival horror games are 2/3 all about pure hands-on gameplay and immersion. But these MODERN TLOU-resking over-shoulder action games with the same yellow paint + button prompts and UI + mission reminder trash, made in UE, superseed by an American DEI firm? Sorry, but no - you get EXACTLY what you see, and that's it. The cinematography has been totally ruined, and I do not mean only the cutscenes.
@@GugureSux Backfire effect once again.
I too became a believer after the recent trailer. They really showed their understanding of, and respect for, precisely what sets the og _Silent Hill 2_ apart from other horror games. I do agree that the absence of the Pyramid Head rape scene is a worrisome sign that they might not be bold enough to push the envelop the way the original did, but I guess we'll have to wait and see.
Also, I'm very happy that the words "There was a HOLE here. It's gone now." are there. To me, that line is so important because it stresses the dread of absence, of how nothingness takes on a terrifying form of its own.
I feel like they actually can't do that scene again... unless they want an Adult Only rating by the ESRB, which usually results in being banned in a few dozens of countries.
This is because the original PH r*pe scenes coasted on the fact that, as good as SH2 graphics were for the PS1, they were still low-poly-low-res. You kinda need to make dome effort to understand what the hell is going on. They are something that would look WAY too graphic in RTX-4K graphics.
And its not a "modern audiences" or "modern sensitivities thing". The ESRB exists since the 90s.
they literally showed the other Pyramid Head diddling scene in the initial trailer
It was probably just cut for the sake of the gameplay video.
Im glad people are being more positive about the remake, ive always kept myself optimistic about it. Ofc something like silent hill 2 is VERY hard to change without huge backlash. Good to see people be more positive about this like ive been since the announcement
Only people who've never played a SH game before are now pretending to be "excited". The English speaking gmaing journo circles also started a very desperate marketing campaign for this mess just recently, pretty much copy-pasting each other's articles. Snoy and Bloopoops really are afraid that this TLOU reskin will tank, and I honestly wish nothing more to this sort of insulting DEI mess, double so knowing that they cockblocked Team-Silent's original game idea to make this ""faithful"" (yeah right) de-make of theirs.
@@GugureSux how is this DEI mess? They literally changed Angela's appearance back to her OG design after the fan backlash. And what was the Team Silent's "original game idea"?
@@NexusLore It's still being overseen by a literal SBI 2.0.
They clearly cut THAT part with the PH fight. And Maria is a polar opposite of a "perfect, sexy, confident female creature" TS described her as, and perfectly capsuled said intention in every frame back in 2001.
We do not know what the TS' OG story and idea was, because Blooops themselves LITERALLY told in an interview that they shot down those plans, just to get to make a "faithful remake of SH2". Only to then make anything BUT faithful de-make, with TLOU + SH:HC action gameplay and ruined characters and cinematography.
I've seen these exact two names popping up on all the new Silent Hill 2 videos, bashing it vehemently with a tone that suggests they'll never be satisfied.
I was extremely skeptical and downright almost gave up on the remake until I saw the new gameplay footage. It's insane how much better it felt simply watching someone else play! Two months ago it looked like a cheap knockoff, but this - this is Silent Hill.
@@stryfer1989 "The scene of Pyramid Head abusing mannequins. That doesn't mean rape." Masahiro Ito words from 4 years ago
He clearly didn't like that association with Pyramid Head, but do go off and cry about "wokeness" like typical Gamer.
It's nice that it looks like the game is looking better.
However, I still think it's a shame we never got the original Silent Hill games ported to Steam. I would even take the bad HD ports because at least we could've modded them.
Since when did people start considering "Steam" as a synonym for PC gaming??
SH fans have been sharing the old PC ports + making BRILLIANT restoration mods for them for the past 15 years. You only need to ask for the "SH PC Guide" pics and links somewhere, and you're good to go.
@@GugureSuxthis. Sh2 3 and 4 work great on pc. 1 as well, through emulation. Ppl are just too lazy to try to learn to install them. Its wild how the newer pc gamers are adverse to mods and only want "official releases". I thought mods were one of the main appeals of pc gaming. I play 1-4 on my ps2 over crt because I still have my original copies, but I've tried the pc versions too and they're honestly even better. And they're free
@@GugureSux So how can I legally get the games without putting my PC at risk of malware?
@@jaykelley103 Don't you need to have an official physical copy of a game in order to emulate it properly by extracting the rom files?
@@doclouis4236 sh 2 and 3 have pc ports that are abandonware, so they can be downloaded for free legally. Then just install the enhanced edition mods and you're good to go. The mods give the games hd widescreen graphics and modern controller support. When I try to type in websites UA-cam deletes my comment, so just look up a video about silent hill enhanced edition and theyll point you in the right direction.
It was better than the earlier video they presented, but my expectations are still the same. I just hope Bloober will do justice to Silent Hill 2.
Totally justified.
This. The new footage looks moderatly better, but I'm still not convinced. The character models still look worse than the original's, the animations still look ungodly awful, and in general there's many choices I'm not sold on.
I wish I could be excited for this, but right now I still don't see a good reason to play it over the original.
@@embargovenom9948that's definitely a take
@@arakito I think they need to have the lenses on their glasses repaired, they're looking awfully rose tinted at the moment.
it looks mediocre and lacking any atmosphere. He is becoming easily pleased. Bad enough people are liking the medic9re alien romulus
Agree to Disagree on Maria. The line "I'm not your Mary" felt so cold and ominous, it gave me chills down my spine when I first watched it. Even as someone who's played the OG multiple times, I kinda love how unsettling she comes off in this new trailer! She was off in the OG but there's something about the new one that makes her feel so much more.. sinister.
The entire point of the original scene is that Maria switches talking like Mary and herself to gaslight James into trusting him.
He is talking as herself in this scene. This scene already fails to miss the point that Maria is playing with James’s mind by acting like his wife.
Skipped some parts of the trailer to not spoil the moment for me but there was a particular part that had me worried until someone gave me some clarification and that was the fight with pyramid head.
When pyramid head hit james which put him in critical health when it should have been a one-hit kill. Now, someone put it into consideration that it could been on easy mode which made sense. So now I'm just gonna patiently wait to enjoy the Remake and make my own conclusions on this adaptation.
I agree with the "I'm not your Mary" delivery here. In the original her shift in tone with that line was very unsettling and it was like James was speaking to a higher life form for a moment. However, there's a load of good stuff here.
The standout to me is the extra interiors to explore, my favourite part of Downpour was the optional 'side quests' with their own little stories, I hope these locations tap into something like that; give Bloober a chance to spread their wings but have them be optional so that the OGs aren't too upset by their inclusion.
You are right maybe an original voices mod on PC is in order.
@@Squall.Loire.Leonhartagreed almost everything elsethough looks great. Still comcred about Pyramid Head as well hopefull nonetheless.
Hopefully they don’t water down the sexual themes as well because this actually does look really great overall
Hey Max,
Love your take, and wanted to make a mention of a game you would not expect a great deal of depth from. Something I think deserves your touch, and analysis. Ready or Not is a FPS military sim game, in which you play as a Swat officer team lead.
It may seem like a shallow concept, but underneath is a dark beast. One that keeps growing, and disturbs you the more you peel it back. Inside a fictional LA city called Los Suenos, you are tasked with stopping the inevitable slow decline of a failed state. The cases and scenarios are very dark, but there is a lot more buried deep in the levels and lore.
One could even say a fabled lost city of Carcosa once stood there, overseen by a King in Yellow. It's not easy both as a game and it's subject matter. But the lore and theories are defiantly something up your ally. Especially the ongoing ARG. It's easy to overlook it since the game is an fps, but the story is told in the environment.... Hope your interest is peaked to take a look.
Stay yellow my friend, can't wait to see what's next!
No way anyone read this
@@Look-at-the-ghost I agree, I don't understand his point at all.
@@LosMSR
I was just recommending a game that I enjoyed, and has a lot more disturbing depth than I realized. Max makes some great videos on analysis of dark subject matters. Ready or Not is a dark game, with a lot of horrors in it. Something I would like max to maybe tackle, if it caught his interest.
Most of the horrors in game are man made, you are a swat officer after all. But some suggest a potential lovecraftian aspect. There is something hidden in the levels/lore, a ravenous mystery. Filled with uncomfortable moments, that make you question what is really going on?
Is this the product of a failed state? Is this maybe caused by the game's CIA counterpart, trying to control the police/ populace? Or is there something more evil and sinister that is presented in some of the levels?
I won't spoil it, but if you have a pc that can play it I encourage you to try it yourself. Like i said just wanted to see if it peaked Max's interest. No harm in making a recommendation.
Yes this remake got us EXCITED!!! Can't wait to play it.
I'm overall way more positive about the remake than a couple months ago, but the subtle sexual elements of the original being absent in Bloober's version is still my biggest concern. We haven't been shown any major evidence of this, but it's things like Maria's waist being covered, the missing fun with the lying figure in the cutscene leading up to the first Pyramid Head bossfight and more minor details like the hole surrounded by moths being in a kitchen now as opposed to a bedroom with dead moths covering the bed that have me worried.
It's a literal DEI-make. Never forget that the notorious SBI is involved, with Sony itself being a very woke Californian firm these days. They've gnawed out way lesser stuff than what SH2 is known for. The rest of this clustrfuck's issues are just pure impotence and laziness on the devs part (generic TLOU gameplay, butchered cinematography, paid DLC shilling...)
In one of the earlier trailers, they showed the first pyramid head scene, and he was still abusing the mannequins. As for Maria's design, I think it still maintains the sexy feel. Same with the nurses, they still have the cleavage, and they even got stockings now
@@gingerbreadmann5699 True, it doesn't show in the creature design and I'm glad the mannequin scene seems to be mostly the same, but I just can't help but wonder. Why change the outfit of the one character that's supposed to be sexy when every other character hasn't seen any changes to their outfits, why omit the symbolism of the hole in the bedroom, why remove the shocking scene of Pyramid Head doing stuff to the lying figure just to have him walk in like that? I guess it's still too early to judge, but I don't see the point in any of these changes. Nevertheless, I'm still excited about the remake
@@DasProfilmy cope is they just didn't know how to give her that look we wanted without looking ridiculous, so they went with the easy and lazy "give her a cool leather jacket and call it a day."
Idk. I'm just coping. Hopefully there are classic outfits
@GugureSux genuine question but what does "woke" even mean?
I'm not too scared at 14:00 what we are seeing is the boss fight I have faith we will see him ALOT. We first see him behind bars in the apartment, before we see the closet scene, he is introduced as the "Red Pyramid Thing". Later we see him at the hospital, twice, then at the historical society which has murals of him, then see his room with his "great knife" we see 2 of them at the 2nd to last boss fight. The game has plenty of time to glorify him with scenes, I am excited to see if they will keep him empaling himself with a spear near the end.
13:18 I had the exact same thaugt proces when i saw that in the trailer, i'm so glad someone finaly mentioned it and didn't ignore it.
I'm so glad you mentioned this. I was concerned.
If they try to censor the sexual stuff, then the game is ruined. It’s a huge part of the horror, mood, and disturbing feel of the OG.
I love to see people back track. I have been an avid defender of Bloober team for 2 years. Pretty sure this channel and 95 percent of the comments were just complaining about this game.
And I will keep complaining as long as lazy DEI infected hacks like Bloopoopers keep butchering big classic IPs like the Silent Hill with this trash.
That encounter with the mannequin watching TV was AAA quality. The impact, AI and blood effects are great.
Thanks for the level-headed take, Max. Although the advances in technology create the conditions for the Silent Hill 2 Remake to be visually and technically superior, I have prepared myself to be nonplussed by some of the character models and faces.
As a result, the only concerns I have at this point -- because, as a committed fan of the old, first four Silent Hill games (and horror games in general), I'm planning on buying and playing this remake -- are surrounding whether or not Bloober maintains fidelity to the story, mythos, psychosexual themes, and emotional impact of the narrative. If they can achieve something close to that, I think I'll be pretty satisfied with this remake, even with whatever assorted flaws it may have.
As a hardcore SH fan since 1998 when I saw the first trailer for SH1, I've been cautiously optimistic for this remake. After seeing this trailer I feel a lot more optimistic. I've heard a lot of people complaining about Maria's subtle changes in her voice when switching between Mary and Maria in the jail cell scene. But to be honest I like it since I always thought the original shoved the message down our throats by making it so obvious.
I've been a huge horror dork since the very OG RE1, and got converted into a SH believer with the first demos of SH1. I know absolutely NO Silent Hill fan that would be "excited" for this woke TLOU reskin. It literally looks and plays like the Homecoming, a globally loathed Western-shit game, and sounds like the 2010's HD Collection when it comes to VA and OST. And it apes the nu-RE4's yellow paint!
@@GugureSux the commenter you just replied to is an OG fan with optimism towards this remake. What are you talking about?
@@NexusLore He’s either a fan that became delusional and corrupted by far right garbage or a fake fan spouting nonsense.
I agree. I actually like the new version of the scene. At first I thought she's too stiff but her eyes barely leave the camera - It's pretty uncanny (in a good way)
It may lack the venom but it's still quite chilling.
Me personally, I’ve been this game’s advocate since its reveal, simply willing to give Bloober Team a chance to hit me with their best shot. And while the reveal itself was kinda whatever and the first official trailer in January wasn’t particularly great, I not only liked what I saw back in late May, but was thoroughly impressed by what we saw two days ago. I genuinely have faith that Bloober’s gonna be able to pull this off and I can’t wait until October. Also its a small thing, but I’m imagining a scenario where this game shatters all expectations and come TGA, if it wins any of its nominations, Geoff will basically be forced to say nice stuff about Konami
Something I really don't like is how they edited down Jame's opening dialogue as he looks out on the town. The "Does she mean the park on the lake? We spent the whole day there. Just the two of us, staring at the water." line is completely missing, and I don't understand why! This line that paints a bittersweet vista and adds a weight of emotional reflection to the main character, it feels needlessly reductive to cut it.
I also don't know why they never bothered to add Jame's jacket patches? I thought originally they were missing because the model was unfinished when it was shown off, but with the extended gameplay we got his jacket is still missing the patches. It might seem like a small needless detail but It's less about the patches themselves and more about the principle. This is THE star main character whose jacket is iconic, it would be like removing the fuzz on Leon's bomber jacket in RE4. It feels like they changed it just change it, or a shocking lack of attention to detail.
Lazy GenZ devs changing things just to leave their mark is already a trademark of modern DEimakes, and I bet that someone thought that an army jacket with marks = "someone WILL get offended!!!"... which is always an idiotic notion.
The biggest elephants in the room however are the totally ruined cinematography (that Maria cell scene is beyond butchered) AND the gameplay (literal TLOU x Homecoming 2.0).
@@GugureSux Personally I don't think it has anything to with DEI, as similar sweeping notions were taken with the Demon's Souls remake a few years back. Personally I think it has to do with a form of dev arrogance, they think they can edit and play god with other peoples art and make needless changes just to make it "different" or "their vision" when that shouldn't be the point.
Combat I don't mind too much either at least not conceptually, I just think the animations are too snappy and cartoonish looking. If they made the combat smooth but took a Dark Souls 1 approach to it, where it was kinda sluggish and punishing if you mistimed a move, I could see it working. But yeah, feels a bit too TLOU inspired with its speed and snappiness. The enemy dodges also look kind of weird, idk how to describe it exactly, just not right. Too cartoonish? Idk.
It could have been edited out just for the gameplay trailer, there seems to be a lot of small details that were skipped over for time
@@SerafiniAGaunt I really don't think that's likely, even the leaked extended gameplay videos that have surfaced don't include the extra line about the park. Maybe if they throw it in last minute? It seems weird for it to be missing either way in an otherwise finished scene.
@@Cr00ked_Cat Who knows :/ I would like to walk around the beginning bathroom cause that was just a cool spot to begin with & not get shoehorned directly into the scene
All i can say about Maria scenes is this. It sent a chill down my back. Im an OG mega fan and have been married 16 years. There was something about that entire delivery that just freaked me out as a married man, hearing such personal memories in such a robotic way makes sense. Shes punishing him at the end of the day.
I think they should remove the reticle and have you aim without assistance to add uncertainty to gunplay
Im sure there will be option to turn all that stuff off.
@@thegreatpoo2electricboogal318 I think it's better if there isn't a reticle initially and instead you can turn on the reticle. Otherwise, why would you make the game harder on your first playthrough? I know giving more options to the players is best sometimes but at the very least they should not have a reticle by default. More immersion.
@@lackofreason722 well if its an option i dont see the problem.
I recently replayed the original and I really miss the fixed camera angles. I miss it in every modern horror game. Without it you miss certain intentions of the director.
Modern gamers do not care at all about directors intentions or artistic value/integrity. All they care about is homogenized games that look and play the same so they don't have to learn or adapt to different styles. All they care about is pretending they are the character or in the world, to be "immersed", which in their mind is only capable in over the shoulder or first person perspective. All they care about is "realism", as if that's what makes a good game or creates a good world
Well I’m concerned about Maria too, the thing what maked “the behind the bars scene” special was the “mood or personality transitions” from her. She was playful at once and then it felt like cold ice when she delivers: “I’m not you Mary” frase.
The new one, is too plane for me, is like she’s always cold, and miss the contrast that you perceive in the OV.
Still the game looks promising. I was waiting for this video. Thanks for this Max. Cheers!
I second this. The mood, the delivery, the lighting and the overall cinematography of this DEimake is beyond butchered. Sadly too many people have never even played a SH game before, and do not recognize these glaring issues.
Issues that include the whole game now being a TLOU reskin over-shoulder shit.
Our memory of the original Silenthill 2 is just so precious and having not just fresh coat of paint but the way the remake delivers is just different. I'll try the remake since it does look really good. It's just nice to visit this new Silent hill look. I'm really excited to hear from those who will play the remake completely new to this game.
If you live by a mere MEMORY, you really don't know what you're talking about.
Some of us actually still actively PLAY the original games, our experiences are fresh. Not to mention thanks to the joint efforts of the SH fanbase, thousands of newbies have gotten to pick up and play the OG trilogy for the very first time these past 15 or so years, majority of them loving them.
It is never advisable to start ANY franchise with a (butchered) remake. Nor should anyone play a SEQUEL first. The original Team-Silent trilogy absolutely hold up, and are easily accessible on any PC made since Windows Vista days.
This game is going to be peak
Spoken like a true Tik Tokker who has never played a single SH game.
I highly recommend you to go download the original SH1-4 and play them all in the release order. Never start with a sequel, never play a butchered DEimake first.
Eh, hold your horses
Peak of the bottom, maybe....
@@GugureSux bro I played silent hill 1 first then 2 then 3. I also played shattered memories. Playing four now. Just let me believe that it will be good. Also fuck tik tok I don’t need brain rot in my mind. Also silent hill 3 is my favorite.
From the beginning I’ve been optimistic. Even when we got those first trailers where the game looked a little rough I decided I wasn’t going to panic and judge the game until I played it for myself. And it’s nice to see that so far I was right in feeling that way. (Hopefully) lol
Maria looks and sounds very meh, but they sure did fix up James right. His face and voice are absolutely fantastic, he’s the star after all. Here’s to hoping this turns out as well as we hope 🍻
i loved how eddie looks and sounds a lot. genuinely a perfect recreation of the original.
i love the remixes used, as well! honestly, i am SO excited for the remake, and i feel like a heavy boulder is off my shoulders now : ))
Thank you for noting out something so important with the "no matter what bloober does , people will be pissed" this game looks genuinely good aside from some direction issues when it comes to voice acting (as you highlighted the voice acting with maria) but even if this is some masterful remake that cures cancer, people are still gonna hate on it because "its not like the RE remakes"
There are people who legit hate the RE2 Remake.
ok, Im glad someone talked about Maria's voice lines, In the jail i wanted so desperately for that line to hit its mark with flying colors but, It was weak and lacking character. It felt as though the actress was reading it off of a script, I really hope they redo that line in particular because i fucking love it. Also I swear to GOD if heavens night is NOT in this game with the original beautiful track or some sort of even better remastered version of the song this game will be a 3 MINIUM
Maria is something I kinda think they didn`t exactly get because of the reasons you stated...Something people didn`t seem to see is that in the gameplay video when James gets the flashlight in that room he gets a prompt to interact with Mary`s clothes. That`s a sign that James is probably gonna acknowledge them and maybe say a quote like "Huh...Aren`t these Mary`s", which in my opinion if it happens is gonna ruin a really great secret in the game that if you don`t pay attention (watch the photo in your inventory) you are gonna miss.
The people behind this DEimake are truly talentless hacks.
But that mannequin scene you're putting too much emphasis on. Already in in the original 2001 SH2 you could examine the clothes and Jimbo would give a "But these clothes...?" remark for them. The tacky videogamey button prompts just spoonfeed you to this stuff.
@@GugureSux hmm you could be right about the quote being in the original but the button prompt is not that great to be on things like that
@LimitlessPotential12 it's in the original can confirm because I played it earlier
I didn't even know they were making this game, but I freaking love the look of this! Silent Hill 2 was a game i enjoyed so much growing up.
🤦🏼♂️
Like Silent Hill 2 DIDN'T have a ammo multiple in the settings, like it didn't have infinite guns...
And ppl complaining about looting, I swear half the fans forget shit.
11:22 dude lmao
Maria just doesn't have the same creepy gravitas and allure she had in the original... the most important voice work in the game is 'Mary's letter' and if they fail... games done 😂 that simple
The opening cutscene in the bathroom is still done in the laziest way possible … No stains on the mirror, nothing on the walls or the floor. They have totally killed the vibe by making everywhere look as dark as possible
Waaaaay to picky here buddy
I was in exactly the same mindset before but now its getting me more positivly excited
I love Silent Hill. I don't play video games anymore, but I would play this-as long as there's no idpol-to revisit Toluca Lake. It brings back memories to see it, strange as it sounds.
I've never been interested in the Silent Hill series at all, but you have made me excited for this remake specifically. I may pick it up when it comes out.
I'm finally excited myself. I'm getting it day one.
I love watching your review, the venomous comment really hit the mark on why was missing on that scene, my only minor concern is that the gameplay will speed the game like what happen with RE4 and 8 hour games just flying by.
I am one of the people that the top comment would have called a snob. Completely unjustified.
Game designers nowadays can not handle serious subject matter.
People want to change things that don't need changing.
Sweet Baby has failed in every other game they're a part of.
Blooper team has all the subtlety of a brick to the face.
I will say that have been given some small measure of hope back, upon watching the new material from SH2R, but Im not sure if ill buy it yet.
I'm giving this a shoot. The story trailer did it for me. There are still small gripes I have but it still looks like the best silent hill since 4.
Maria's monolouge in the jail scene scene was way too flat for me. It's crazy that the original VA in 2001 did a better job then someone in 2024. Idk what the VA director was thinking with that delivery
Yes, the only mistake in the whole trailer. I have kept my complains to the minimum, I in general support everything we have seen so far. But that monologue was as painful to watch as it was flat. I hope they fix it.
Always love hearing your opinions. I pretty much have the same nitpicks as you. At first I thought they were showing the Pyramid Head fight on the roof, because it didn't have THAT scene before the fight starts, but then I realized it must be the first encounter because he stops fighting you and leaves when the siren starts. Its definitely possible that they cut that part out for the gameplay trailer, though.
Something else that bothered me is the fact that when he leaves, he doesn't go down those stairs slowly submerging into the water. That always was so unsettling to me. You think to yourself, where the heck did he just go? Why is he going underwater? How can he breathe? Where does it lead to? Now he's just leaving through some double doors.
Regardless, I can say I am finally very excited to play this remake!
“I’m not your Mary” in the original sent chills down my spine the first time I heard it. In the remake, it was just another line.
I’m also worried about Maria arguing with James in the hospital: *ANYWAY!? WHAT DO YOU MEAN ANYWAY?*
@@STARSVeteranshe'll whisper it lmao
Took them a while... but I think they finally might have something. When I watched the trailer i was coming in with that "oh no" feeling but I was pleasantly surprised. After seeing James walk through the town and heck even Eddie yeah I will probably get this one.
Maria sounds more like she's begging desperately to be accepted in this new trailer rather than the snide and almost spiteful delivery she had in the original. I really don't mind that in her last lines when she said 'see? I'm real' which were so haunting, when you're facing incomprehensible horrors in a desolate nowhere-hole rubbing your suppressed traumas in your face there's nothing anyone would want more than a figure you can trust which makes it all the more crushing when you know you shouldn't trust them. I do though agree with the 'I'm not your Mary' line which under all circumstances needs to have more impact. I also don't like her opening lines compared to the original, I can tell in spite of the criticism that they were still trying to go for the Mary/Maria personality flipflop but I think in their effort to shoot for subtlety with it it also lost its impact, sounding almost monotonous and droning without enough distinction.
I also personally hated what they did with the Pyramid Head fight entirely, not just the removed section of the cutscene but the whole fight feels like the action packed horror we don't want. The way he destroys all the boxes as he fights, the size of the room, the lack of the water in the arena, and the generic massive boss room mechanical door which just doesn't suit the setting makes the horror feel more like it's coming from being overpowered by something big and scary rather than the inescapable claustrophobia of the original fight, and his cinematic exit was so corny it made me scoff.
Everything else is wonderful though, and James's VA did a stellar job!
I think it's better from a gameplay point of view. I've seen people play the original for the first time, and yeah the cutscene when you enter the room is shocking and frightening, but then that is replaced with laughter about how small the arena is and how slow pyramid head is, there is no tension anymore. In this new fight he starts slow but when the rain starts he is faster and more frenetic with his attacks, which for me looks good, but yeah the way he leaves I think it's worse.
I second every single line you posted... EXCEPT the last one.
Nothing in the shown footage has been "wonderful." Only more and more insulting red flags, paired with generic as hell TLOU-reskin w/ yellow paint memes that everyone has been laughing at these past 15 years. Zero self awareness, and zero skill on the devs part.
We don't want? LOL more like you don't want. This style of action is great, and you will see against Abstract Daddy, like the other trailer showed.
@@LosMSR It’s great in the right situation but I don’t think it works here, it feels like a very generic boss fight where it had potential to be more than that by sticking closer to the source. I can see the angle they were going for but I think for all the effort they put into making it what it is now they could have saved some time and energy and achieved a better result in this case
@@kevinalfaro7150 I think the new camera perspective alone would have been enough to fix what was goofy about the OG, the horror came less about the fight itself and more being locked in with something horrible which the smaller uncluttered room and the rising water really really helped to emphasise. Personally I think its best potential here would have been to keep the original room and fight with the new camera, that was all the was needed
the trailer had me worried but this trailer gave me so much hope
I will never get over maria not being sexy enough but looking like a suburban mom. That really gets me.
What suburban mom looks this hot though? Suburban moms look like Angela and Mary
That's lack of pop culture, her dress is similar to Julianne Hogue from a party of december 1, 2018. Julianne appears a lot on Dancing with the stars. Therefore like Xtina, this is a modern look, not a suburban mom at all.
Maria wasn't just the Christina Aguilera KCA '99 outfit. She was more than that. Get over it.
@@LosMSR still looks absolutely shit though. It's my opinion so I am allowed to have it. I think she is absolutely mismanaged here and I stand by it.
Wow, people with their high standards keep impressing me. How is Maria not sexy like what is your social circle? Are you messing with Megan Fox-level girls on a regular Friday night out? Also, where have you seen such suburban moms - I am asking for research.
“I’m being facetious, chill” 😮
I'll give it up, this new batch of footage looks miles better than the previous one. I'm still reticent due to Blooper's dismal track record, but lets wait and see
Observer was one of the best 48hour gaming experiences i ever had in 30 years of gaming.
@@tydendurler9574 Sounds like you don't really play much video games. Bloopoopers are lazy hacks, literally the Double Helix of 2020s.
They not only cockblocked ex-Team Silent's idea for a brand NEW game, but then couldn't even stick to their own promises of keeping the remake FAITHFUL. And said term should include everything from the cinematography (totally amateurish, outright butchered) to the GAMEPLAY (yay...another TLOU x RE4 reskin w/ yellow paint!).
@@GugureSux DUDE IT ISN'T EVEN OUT, NOT EVEN DONE.
Say what you want when we all played it. Until then, stop being a ridiculous keyboard warrior.
need an option for centered third person camera....the off-to-the-left thing looks weird
I'm also very excited too, i hope konami doesn't mess this up.
They already did with Maria's "feminist redesign".
@@javiervasquez625guys her mid drift isn't out everything is ruined and fucking feminist 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
There's small things that I liked about the new trailers, for example actually making the path to Silent Hill seem more like a hikers trail than just a path, and also the cold breath that James and Eddie have in his first reveal scene. Overall, everything combined really gets me super excited to play this game, and I can't wait to play it already.
If the pyramid head scene is missing from the game its a colossal red flag for me, it makes me wonder if you know who is involved with silent hill 2. If they are proven to be involved it would be catastrophic for not just the remake but silent hill the series cause when they are involved with any game people are significantly less likely to want to purchase the game.
But like you said maybe they removed the scene just for the trailer
Which “scene” are you talking about? If it’s THAT scene it would be a spoiler. They showed the pyramid head fight tho.
They showed james w the gun hiding in the closet already twice. Its in there.
I don't know if it's just because of the more detailed graphics but the characters all look asian unlike the original. Could it be a localization thing?
Are you overdue a visit to the opticians? Maybe it's me but I don't see that at all.
Graphically the game looks amazing. But that Pyramid head fight and some voice acting are disappointing
I just thought the game was too scary with its jump scares. SH2 is supposed to be a psychological horror, now its an actual horror game and it feels more like Resident Evil horror.
After watching the whole gameplay, I can say that the voice acting does feel a little flat compared to the original.
honestly turn the contrast up add a green tint and you’ve got the perfect silent hill 2 experience
October has the SH2 remake and a new Opeth record. Radical!
James looks exactly like Murphy from SH: Downpour in that thumbnail pic.
It's Konami fckd up that much that they doesn't know how to advertise & sell a game anymore?
It seems so.
I have watched your videos for a long time, and I have never been more excited about a release video than this one. I clicked on it 18 seconds after it became available. As a long time Silent HIll fan, every point you have had and have made are very much the same love and care i have for the game. Your video has giving me, although cautiously still, permission to be excited for finally a good remake of this amazing IP that no one seems to understand in the gaming industry. Thank you!
Sorry, but you are not fooling anyone. I've been a massive SH fan since the end of the 20th century. I know absolutely NO Silent Hill fan that was ever excited for THIS mess. The latest trailers only cement that Bloopoopers = the new Double Helix. With a DEI firm breathing down their neck. The whole scene with Maria is butchered even WORSE than in the 2010 "HD" Collection, and the gameplay being a literal 1:1 copy of the notorious Homecoming is not winning anyone but the Tiktok era Fortnite kids.
@@GugureSux you want a hug? Sounds like you need some love, water and maybe a nap.
No one is noticing the hilarious hillbilly southern accent on Mary/Maria? It's hilarious, why the actress did that, listen closely to the Maria monologue, I connot stop laughing at it, it's weir no one has noticed at the moment, that I know at least.🤣
Um ....
The attract demo from the original game’s title screen is so completely burned into my memory that I can’t deal with any deviations in Maria’s delivery during that scene in the jail cell. That moment when the line between Maria and Mary first blurs and confuses James and the theme starts up gives me chills. Every tiny pause or playful lift in her voice has to be perfect. And, well, that doesn’t seem likely, so this remake is probably never going to be for me. Not really.
The "I'm not your Mary." line does not work in the remake. At all. The voice direction and tone doesn't fit what the scene is supposed to be. At this point, you're seeing Maria alive for the first time after her "death", but she's speaking in the soft, loving tones of Mary. It's only when James keeps mistaking her that "Maria" comes out in a very sinister way with that line. Maria is absolutely fed up with James wanting Mary, and the original voice acting showed that. Also, the very quick tonal shift from soft and caring to cold and sinister hits like a truck in the original. In the remake, she just sounds bored.
Outside of that the rest looks pretty good! I'm loving the added environmental detail and puzzle changes to keep things fresh for returning players.
Seeing the otherworld bleeding into the apartments is an interesting touch, too.
Maybe it could come off better when presented in it's proper context.
I respect the hell out of them for going back to the OGs inspirations, they said they watched a fuckload of David Lynch films and Jacobs ladder during the development and idk about you but I see that very much.
It has the same lynchian 'homely but in an uncanny way' vibe that helped make twin peaks as good as it was.
@icravedeath.1200 I go into more depth in my own video, but in short, the acting in this feels very "Hollywood creepy" instead of Lynchian and off. I don't think it's particularly bad for most of what I've seen (like Laura and Eddie), but it's definitely different. Time will tell if it's as effective.
@@harrymasononvacation yeah, the actings pretty good across the board.
Also I don't get the people complaining about the changes, when they don't know whether those changes could've been made by the team silent Devs they brought onboard or bloober.
You know, the Devs who made the game they're treating like a sacrilegious artifact, would look a bit silly if the changes they criticise were suggestions made by the ts Devs wouldn't it😆
It feels like they're going more for personal intimacy rather than seductive, her delivery of that line felt more like she was begging to be accepted for who she is compared to the assertive fed up delivery of the original. I think that delivery worked outstandingly for her 'see? I'm real' line which I love the re-contextualisation of but everything else in that scene? Yeah idk yet.
@@AR-bj5et this video actually convinced me to change my mind on the game and give it a fair shake.
That scene was the one that convinced me, there's something I adore about the new details with the higher fidelity models, mo-cap and environments that make me overlook the dodgy lighting.
It just looked like that environment would feel incredibly suffocating, capturing the same vibe the OG environment had.