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Silent Hill 2 (2001)

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Bloober Team's Silent Hill 2 remake is another entry in a long list of videogame remakes that have a unifying problem at their core: there's no easy way to play the original today. In this video I explain why this is worrying, even if the updated versions of these games end up being great.

Footage from:
John Carpenter's The Thing
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2 Remake
Resident Evil 4 Remake
Live a Live Remake
Shadow of the Colossus Remake
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Spyro Reignited

Accompanying music:
A Ship of Some Kind - Ennio Morricone
A World of Madness - Akira Yamaoka
The Promised Land, Cycle of Souls - Nobuo Uematsu
Promise - Akira Yamaoka

Static Canvas is written, recorded and produced by Thomas Ife
The script of this video is also available in article format here: https://staticcanvas.substack.com/p/what-is-the-purpose-of-a-remake