- Dec 9, 2017
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No.
The doctor scene from the original has been removed and I can't remember which episode Miru's ex showed up in.
This.
Take the entire Katie saga.
In the original it was clear something had gone down between them but it made Katie look at fault and the MC react to her provocations. One 0f the best scenes in the original was the heart to heart the MC and Katie had when it showed why she acted up and what the twins had done to her.
Here, from the day the MC got back he's been a douche. It's showed him bullying Katie in flashbacks several times up to locking her in the coffee shop while she's clearly distressed and i'm not even gonna mention what he did to Monica that made him look like a massive twat.
The original made the MC look like he had faults but was still somewhat relateable. The writing wasn't suer amazing if you compare it to some of the bigger games on here but it was good.
Now the MC is a douchenozzle and we're playing a Hallmark straight to DvD drama the middle aged housewives love so much.
One thing that has improved is the humour. There are a few scenes that made me genuinely chuckle.
The mother has been ruined too. She was a loving mother despite everything in the original and here she was fine for 1 day then seemes bored by everyone.
I can't quite put my finger on it but it seems like everyone is a worse version of who they were before the remake. Only Miru seems to have a character improvement, the rest seem stuck in "yesterday I was a dick to people, today i'll be a dick to EVERYONE" mode.
I love everything about Miru. I think she's been the one highlight of the remake, maybe Zoey too. Everyone else needs to tone down the dickish behavior a bit or they risk putting people off them.
Not to mention that Ocean's best animation he has ever done (imo) is from the scene when we get to know the Katie. No dialogue was needed, the animation was enough.