#re2 original

[quackysprouts]

remake leon is very different from the og. he looks a lot more stern and the concept arts show him as almost like a delinquent type.

i wanted to do a quick study of his face. i also mentioned before that zombie-leon’s scent will no longer be human, so if he had a dog it will cease to recognize him. that dog is this bloodhound (although in the zombie universe, he had no pets)

[elegy-illustration]

I think this city might have a raccoon problem

[matomicx]

Leon when he was cool

[alfredsimp]

I see this take all the time: that Capcom should've kept the detail from the original where 'Ada's gun was empty' in the Remake.

...That completely misses the point and ignores how totally different the context of the bridge scene is in the Original vs. the Remake.

Original Ada knew she was going to have to pull a gun on Leon to get the G-Virus from him. But she also knew she wouldn't be able to actually hurt him — so she emptied the gun beforehand. Ada knew she'd have to threaten him, but she also knew she couldn't follow through. It's a desperate move on her part, but there's no internal conflict happening during the confrontation itself. Ada already made her decision BEFORE the bridge scene. So when we see that her gun is empty, we realize she never wanted to hurt him, that she couldn't hurt him. Original Ada is more honest with herself about her feelings for Leon than Remake Ada is.

Remake Ada didn't know what was going to happen. Remake Ada sent Leon to get the G-Virus for her (something original Ada never did). She walks in thinking he'll just hand it over — that he still believes her FBI story. She's not prepared to have to threaten him. The bridge scene is where everything goes to broken for Remake Ada. She couldn't have 'emptied her gun because she didn't want to hurt Leon' — because she didn't even know she'd have to go there. But now Leon doesn't believe her anymore and won't hand over the G-Virus. So Ada has to make a choice: sacrifice Leon and complete the mission, or ditch the mission and spare him. Ada chooses Leon and refuses to shoot — even though she could have, even though she should have by mission logic.

"Ada's gun was empty' works brilliantly for Original, but it would make absolutely zero sense in Remake. Remake Ada couldn't have emptied her gun beforehand because she didn't know she'd need to threaten Leon — unlike original Ada. If Remake had done that, it would've looked like Ada didn't shoot Leon because she physically couldn't (empty clip), not because she chose not to.

Context is everything. A detail that worked perfectly for the original Leon/Ada dynamic is meaningless for the Remake versions, because their development and dynamic are completely different.

[middaysonata]

how bikers eat there sketty

[p1nkjunki3]

I’m playing the original Resident Evil 2 and now that I’m experiencing it first-hand, it lowkey kinda made me nitpick the Remake of it a lot.

That’s not to say RE2 Remake isn’t a good game; it’s a great game. I love it so much, but I also feel kinda frustrated with the things they cut out or just the fact that they really could have expanded more on this game honestly.

What makes RE4 Remake a really good remake is that it cut out things from the original that were forgettable (like certain areas) or actually improved story beats that the original didn’t do the best (like Luis Serra’s entire character). It improved the setting and made it feel like the areas were actually connected (the village, castle, and island). It does have some of its flaws as a remake, but it did an amazing job.

I’m not great at explaining my thoughts and it’s like 1:00 AM where I live so like, sorry if I’m coming across as a dumbass, but I do wanna know if other people feel this way about RE2R without sounding like I’m blinded by nostalgia or something (even though I wasn’t even alive when the original came out lol)

[thatonebipotato]

I've only played the original games and watched the remakes, and i gotta say, i really like this guy

[cephusdelastar]

Im selling both of them for 10cents each anyone wants em? Im selling them because

He keeps crying he keeps eating shoes