Did anyone not see it coming? The moment that Bloober was announced as the dev, you should've abandoned any hope that they would preserve the original's anything.
It's why I want them to fix the combat and make something fun out of it. There's zero chance they preserve the atmosphere, tone, story, yadda yadda of the original - zero. But there's a nonzero chance (maybe 5%?) that they could iterate on the moment-to-moment gameplay and turn it into a fun little ride. Survival-horror and horror in general these days are sparse in anything remotely approaching memorable or worthwhile experiences, so I'd take something that didn't piss me off during my time with it (unlike, say, callisto protocol) over something godawful and aggravating.
Can i get anal on you?
Sure, based on the og trailer pretty much everyone picked up that a faithful, loving recreation this wasnt, but i was hoping that *at least*, we'd be getting some love there...
What is there to even "mOdErNiZe"? As far as i know, the only potentially triggering subject is that of sexual assault, and if they try to downplay or remove those themes, then congratulations, you just fucked a huge chunk of the story and some characters.
I believe what's most likely to happen is that Maria won't be as "vulnerable" as in the OG, for some reason western devs have this fear of making their female characters appear helpless no matter what the situation is. That means no death scenes, no abuse, hell, she probably wont be a stripper anymore, damn males and all...
...but again, you do that, you end up fucking the spine of the entire story. Mary is not her own character, she is not her own woman, the town created her *especifically* for James. Her dressing like she does, acting like she does, being abused like she was, dying like she did, it's *intentional*. Maria's both punishment and relief for James; A twisted reminder of his own deceased wife, and a tillitating, guilty fantasy of what he wanted Mary to be.
Born from a Wish delved into a metaish aspect of her, Maria becoming self aware of her being nothing but an illusion created for someone else's sake, and while i can see them attempting this route, i can also see them missing the tragic point of the scenario itself - No matter what she does, or what she feels, Maria will always be just a dream in James's mind... And she accepts it.
Another thing i can imagine pulling is based from an old vid i remember... Some chick did an analisis on Eddie that somehow turned into a rant about gun control... I guess that could be done and have it count as modernizing?
Last thing i can see them pulling is turning Mary/Maria or Angela black. Stretch, i know. But what's more modern than blackwashing white characters these days?
