I agree with you on most of this. You nailed most of the details that give REmake soul. The only thing I'm iffy about is that the REmake supersedes the OG. While that was the intention, for the REmake to obsolete the OG...I as a player disagree and believe both can co exist and should co exist. The OG RE has many quirks and a unique feel that's never been replicated again even in later classic REs and even updated ports of OG RE like the DS port Resident Evil Deadly SilenceREmake. Totally. The art design, map layout, traps, shortcuts, block-offs, enemy and ammo placement, having to plot routes to save rooms or try and predict which items you'll need for where. Spencer Mansion isn't just a hub or a dungeon, it's the foil for Chris and Jill. The game doesn't take place in a Mansion, the game IS the Mansion. Never seen a more brilliant use of game space before or since. REmake gets the nod over the OG just because it's fucking atmospherically marvelous while not losing an ounce of the originals purpose.
I agree with you on most of this. You nailed most of the details that give REmake soul. The only thing I'm iffy about is that the REmake supersedes the OG. While that was the intention, for the REmake to obsolete the OG...I as a player disagree and believe both can co exist and should co exist. The OG RE has many quirks and a unique feel that's never been replicated again even in later classic REs and even updated ports of OG RE like the DS port Resident Evil Deadly Silence
Oh, I probably worded it poorly towards the end. I didn't mean to imply the original was obsolete by any means, just that, on a strictly subjective, personal taste type metric, it's my preferred version to play if I "want to play the first Resident Evil again,"
And my reasoning is due almost entirely to the visual and audio upgrades given to it. I prefer it as an experience, that's to say. I have hella respect for the original game. The entire franchise it's spawned based on that first game is proof of it's excellence, but like...
Okay. It's like I don't usually say to myself "You know what sounds good? The theatrical cut of Return Of The King," Now, teenage Kira went and saw the theatrical cut, at the theater. Five times. Clearly I valued the original version, but the extended edition is just more of what I loved about the original, alongside everything that I loved about the original.
As other said, Xenoblade X