(logging this here just in case i ever give this game another try someday)
REmake has the most beautiful pre-rendered environments that i've ever seen, with melancholic lighting and careful detail that add so much atmosphere to every level. models are also great (did you see that gotdam spider!!) and the sound design is eerie and meticulous. that's about it though.
i played up until Residence and the gameplay was very boring. pray that you have the puzzle item that needs to be taken from point A to B in your inventory, otherwise you're backtracking to the item box room for the Nth time. combat is so deliberately inefficient that baiting and running past enemies is the best course of action most of the time. the movement is extremely stiff, janky and slow, and is hindered even more by the rapidly changing camera angles.
the catch is: i'd probably believe that all of the points that i criticized above actually helped create fear and tension if this game succeeded in making me feel scared or invested in any way -- but it doesn't. in my brief experience, sometimes the horror was just a little goofy and fun, but most of the time it seemed so pedestrian and unsurprising. if a game like this isn't scary, then it ends up being frustrating in a painfully tedious manner. it's a shame though, cause i wanted to enjoy this far more than i did.
REmake has the most beautiful pre-rendered environments that i've ever seen, with melancholic lighting and careful detail that add so much atmosphere to every level. models are also great (did you see that gotdam spider!!) and the sound design is eerie and meticulous. that's about it though.
i played up until Residence and the gameplay was very boring. pray that you have the puzzle item that needs to be taken from point A to B in your inventory, otherwise you're backtracking to the item box room for the Nth time. combat is so deliberately inefficient that baiting and running past enemies is the best course of action most of the time. the movement is extremely stiff, janky and slow, and is hindered even more by the rapidly changing camera angles.
the catch is: i'd probably believe that all of the points that i criticized above actually helped create fear and tension if this game succeeded in making me feel scared or invested in any way -- but it doesn't. in my brief experience, sometimes the horror was just a little goofy and fun, but most of the time it seemed so pedestrian and unsurprising. if a game like this isn't scary, then it ends up being frustrating in a painfully tedious manner. it's a shame though, cause i wanted to enjoy this far more than i did.