https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pyC_qiW_4ZY
Understand I’m not angry or furious like, “OMG! This is gonna be garbage.“ Since first off this is a game trailer. And we should have all learned from cyberpunk trailers can be misleading as heck. Secondly, actual people are remaking this. To say all their work is awful from the start is rude. Especially since they probably get enough trouble from working at Konami.
Anyways moving on, my main grips are how much the story is being showed in the trailer. [Note: If you never played Silent hill 2 And worry about spoilers please don’t read. I don’t wanna ruin the experience for you.]
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fbZC2HrT_JY
From the start we see James entering the bathroom looking at his hands trembling. Then he goes into saying Mary already died of a disease. That‘s too much from the start. Since new players are gonna put two and two together. Knowing James did something wrong to Mary. They even make him too guilty showing us his face/mostly eyes in the mirror. In the original we start the cut scene in the dirty bathroom looking at James face. But we can’t convey what or how he’s feeling since the lights was done to obscure his face. In fact James is a bit off to me. He should appear feeling and acting empty. He has done wrong and lost all since of purpose. He’s beyond the point of crying in my opinion.
How to fix it? Easy fix the lighting, start off with him saying he got the letter from Mary, and don’t make him look sad.
Voice acting for James isn't my favorite either. Then again I just love the original performances and worry they’ll pull a HD remake on us with. Plus I would have to hear the other cast as well. To see if it’s eerie or off to have that silent hill feel.
My other opinion, James looks like a tried/older Leon Kennedy in some shots. That’s all I see but that’s a me problem. Moving on from that point. XD
What I do like! We don’t see Angela and Eddie yet. Then again they could show their sides off in a later trailer idk. If so hopefully certain topics are handle with care like in the original game. Secondly, we only see the back of Maria. Meaning they didn’t need to spoil her significants to the plot just yet. Another things if these are what the town and monsters look like so far I enjoy it. Again though didn’t get a good view of the mannequin or lying figure. Really, like Silent hill fashion only showing off the nurses and pyramid head. Which hey it’s relevant this time so I’ll let it slide.