What was the point of this remake?

[Seu wolf]

The original, despite it's flaws, managed to create a great experience for a ps2 game at the time, and it's still played and talked about to this day. Clearly the objective here wasn't to improve anything, because a classic game doesn't need improvement, and "classic" doesn't mean old or old-fashioned, it means eternal.
There's a south park clip that shows exactly what i feel about this remake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOhabIuDdXg

Obviously this is just another case of a creatively bankrupt entertainment company trying to profit off nostalgia rather than come up with new ideas.

[The Fountaineer 🖋]

Ok

[Shaelent]

Furry pfp = opinion invalid

[Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser]

Stopped reading and blocked at, "... what I, and most Silent Hill fans, feel ..."

I don't interact with those who presume to speak for me and others.

[Seu wolf]

Originally posted by Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser:

Stopped reading and blocked at, "... what I, and most Silent Hill fans, feel ..."

I don't interact with those who presume to speak for me and others.

I agree, i guess i got a little emotional when typing it, but you get my point right?

[yoshi]

you literally play furry hentai games and think you can even begin to criticize this masterpiece of a game.

[Seu wolf]

Originally posted by papi🐍:

you literally play furry hentai games and think you can even begin to criticize this masterpiece of a game.

counterpoint: i don't lmao, nice assumption though. masterpiece is the original game.

[Noobie]

Originally posted by iwnbiwnb:

The original, despite it's flaws, managed to create a great experience for a ps2 game at the time, and it's still played and talked about to this day. Clearly the objective here wasn't to improve anything, because a classic game doesn't need improvement, and "classic" doesn't mean old or old-fashioned, it means eternal.
There's a south park clip that shows exactly what i feel about this remake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOhabIuDdXg

Obviously this is just another case of a creatively bankrupt entertainment company trying to profit off nostalgia rather than come up with new ideas.

so idk if this is common knowledge or not but og Silent hill games 1-3 are considered abandonware as konami completely lost the source code form all 3 of them. the point of this remake is 2 things/
1. see if any interest in the series remain (obviously yes but you know konami)
2. to make it easier to get ahold of (original copies of sh2 are upwards of $150 plus for ps2 and the pc port is hard to get your hands on and working, sh3 is $90 plus as well and has similar issues, SH1 is the easiest and cheapest to get ahold of but its a ps1 era game and thats a hard sell for some)
the point is a fresh coat of paint and to make it easier to get the experience of SH2 a beloved game. As someone who became a fan later in my life (around 2012) i only managed to play SH3 and grew attatched because of this. im happy to play SH2 and see it get such a faithful and true remake that is ironically still somehow cheaper than the ps2 copies

[Harry Scrowtem]

Originally posted by iwnbiwnb:

Originally posted by Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser:

Stopped reading and blocked at, "... what I, and most Silent Hill fans, feel ..."

I don't interact with those who presume to speak for me and others.

I agree, i guess i got a little emotional when typing it, but you get my point right?

There's no point in trying to reason with remake shills.
No one that that loved the original SH2 wanted a watered down remake with modern RE combat tacked on to it.

[Arkhe]

Originally posted by Shaelent:

Furry pfp = opinion invalid

Let's not pretend you'd have a pfp, let alone pay for merch, for remake Angela's face lol

[PunishedViVi]

"b-b-buh South Park said!" Cringe.

[Arrowhead6505]

I can think of a few reasons:

Konami wants to make money (obviously) by banking on the cult status of the original game by appealing to long time fans who've gone a very long time without any meaningful SH content. Konami also wishes to re-invigorate interest in the franchise in a post RE2 Remake world.

The original game, while it is beloved, is only available to Xbox players via the HD collection which is backwards-compatible on Series consoles. Not ideal for the large majority of gamers if they wished to revisit (or experience for the first time) the original SH2.

The gaming market has grown to gargantuan proportions since 2001. There are tens of millions of players (some of whom weren't even alive in 2001) who are experiencing SH for the first time with this release. Obviously, capitalising on the much bigger market these days would necessitate a "modern" style of game, which the original is no longer.

Bloober Team felt very passionately about the project and successfully pitched the remake to Konami when they came knocking for collaboration (speculation).

[angstlicht]

Originally posted by Shaelent:

Furry pfp = opinion invalid

no that's starfox he's a video game he's from space!

https://youtu.be/BAVqOBCHxkM

[Kruger]

It's excellent and people love it. If you are so bothered go back to your emulator and replay the original.

[Shaelent]

Originally posted by Arkhe:

Originally posted by Shaelent:

Furry pfp = opinion invalid

Let's not pretend you'd have a pfp, let alone pay for merch, for remake Angela's face lol

I'm more of a Maria fan but Angela is pretty, your point?

Originally posted by angstlicht:

Originally posted by Shaelent:

Furry pfp = opinion invalid

no that's starfox he's a video game he's from space!

https://youtu.be/BAVqOBCHxkM

That's still a furry.

[ReamedBySteem]

Here's the thing. Some franchise ip's (let's use Deus Ex as an example) spawn/inspire great sequels, but there's no denying Deus Ex fans would LOVE to see a remake of the 1999 game, and there is the answer to your question. Now you can mark this as it.