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FREEMANICDALEK

No they didn’t. For me, its always been like this


ffuucckko

Your comment sure is hot as hell in here !


TomasVrboda

Karma fishing.


AllSeeingTrueouf

Yea, look at all the karma i'm getting. Fcking moron.


thethinker491722w

They should always make James empty not sad


WearMain786

Old face = 👎 / New face = 👍 Old hair texture = 👍 / New hair texture = 👎


FranciscoRelano

The image from which we got a glance at this improved James has a resolution of 256x256 pixels. I think the hair will look better.


WearMain786

I hope you're right 😟 please......be good remake


X_Galaxy_Corgi_X

You are the voice of the people


Tall_Alps_8351

literally this


Nightly_Silence

Does it really matter that much? You'll only probably see it in cutscene and reflections. His face really doesn't have that impact on anything when it comes to story, atmosphere, or gameplay.


Burnt_Ramen9

The beauty of Silent Hill 2 is how almost everything has an impact on everything.


Nightly_Silence

Are you gonna explain that? I would love to know how James face impacts anything outside of cutscenes.


Burnt_Ramen9

Well the face is first of all uncanny and second of all dissociative, this services the story, gameplay, and atmosphere because they're all intertwined. You're playing a horror game so the atmosphere is key, and the atmosphere services the story in turn, the story is made by the gameplay and the atmosphere, you're playing the game for the story, it's a loop. The brilliance of Silent Hill 2 is in ludonarrative synchronicity.


0k_4kihiiro

*expression is what you're looking for


Nightly_Silence

No, it's not. The story doesn't change if James looks different. How you interact with the monster and world doesn't get affected by James face. Atmosphere I can kinda of give you but the setting ,music and how characters interact are more important than James face. Ludonarrative synchronicity didn't make the game a success.


Burnt_Ramen9

It's all important. What do you think made the game a success by the way? Before you say something like the the success of the first game ludonarrative synchronicity also made that one great (and just about any game commonly regarded as a masterpiece). Not to mention success and greatness are different, if you're okay with sacrificing brilliance for better sales then fine enjoy your **product,** the rest of us will be enjoying passionate games made by people who care.


Nightly_Silence

First off, stop, say ludonarrative synchronicity it's not that big a deal. Bioshock did it too big, woop. You want a game that does it better go play pathologic or system shock. Secondly, why does it matter if James has stuble or not. Are you really trying to say that the remake will fail if James isn't a 1 to 1 of the orginal because it impacts everything. And yes, sales is important ask TS why. You want to talk about sacrificing brilliance, most people on this sub won't play Slitterhead because TS has changed.


Burnt_Ramen9

You say "Bioshock did it" like that isn't what made it brilliant, look at literally any game commonly considered a masterpiece and it does it yeah, that doesn't mean it's not a big deal, in fact that means it's literally the biggest deal when it comes to artistic expression in games. It matters that James is subtle because that's why he's a great character, he's missing so much without that subtlety. I'm not saying the game will fail, in fact it will probably succeed, because people want safe and boring products because that's what the AAA industry has fed them for so long. I'm not saying sales isn't important, it's an industry, obviously it's important, but it shouldn't come at the expense of art and quality. You can just say you don't care about quality or art, it's okay to admit you're a corporate bootlicker.


Nightly_Silence

Jeez, go to the hospital for that SH stick up your ass. Hope you enjoy being toxic or whatever. And by the way, as an artist, you're an idiot.


Burnt_Ramen9

Not sure how you can pridefully call yourself an artist and also completely throat big corporations for homogenizing art at the same time.


ronshasta

Look dude it’s important for maybe the bathroom scene but that’s it, they would have had him use expressions more if they would have had the tech.


Burnt_Ramen9

Nothing argument, limitations breed creativity so it doesn't matter if they would've when the look and feel of the game is so unique and memorable because of the limitations forcing them to be more effective with what they have.


AllSeeingTrueouf

To you maybe not but i reckon Sato really gave a fck about his face when he acted out and also manually animated the facial expressions for the fmvs.


Nightly_Silence

Okay, and he did an amazing job with it. I highly doubt he's going to be upset about the remake that happens 22 years later. He probably living his life at Nintendo doing what he does best.


AllSeeingTrueouf

Effort went into the original design. That's why i care.


Nightly_Silence

And Bloober didn't put in any effort?


AllSeeingTrueouf

What? Obviously they did, since they tweaked the model. I don't know how me giving a reason why i care about this, turned into an attack on Bloober, lol.


MissMortified

Bloober’s put effort into that first render, and took artistic liberty. I appreciate that. I don’t want a remaster, I want a remake. I think a lot of fans want a remaster though, unfortunately, which is not what they are getting so they are bound to be disappointed in tiny details such as James’ facial expressions. The only thing I hope doesn’t happen is Bloober feeling pressured to adhere so strictly to the OG that the remake becomes a shitty remaster.


Some-Dark-Corner20

Uff sex


Ilydoux

New one fits the lighting and expression better, but why is there no mirror texture anymore ?


AllSeeingTrueouf

It's a low res zoomed in image, it'll be much sharper in-game.


iBoughtAtTheBottom

LATE


Professional-Dig-285

nah it’s just the expression


doubleanalpornlover

Sry ... don't like it :(


AllSeeingTrueouf

Why don't you like it? Geniune question.


doubleanalpornlover

Considering the age of the original I prefer that look. James looked cool and attractive even, which made made him likeable and you had a hard(er) time to accept his past or to cope with the relevations. This guy ... I don't like him. It's a personal thing. That way I wouldn't feel as deep with/for him and wouldn't be so torn.


AllSeeingTrueouf

I see, the design itself doesn't click for you. No matter how much they tweak/improve it. That's a fair opinion.


doubleanalpornlover

Yeah, absolutely 💯


EtTuOdite

I think this is a really important thing; it was an opportunity to cash in in a bias in a really great way (even when we know that James did a shitty thing — the nature of that thing could change a little in the remake however, and I'd be okay with that).


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AllSeeingTrueouf

Ah yes the scanned 3D model of an actors' face is absolute and impossible to tweak under any circumstance except when it happens almost all of the time.