Silent Hill 2 Remake James Face Comparison - Reveal Trailer vs Retail (Upgrade or Downgrade?)

Today in this video, i'll show the side by side comparison that focuses on the changes that bloober team made for the cutscenes and James facial animations compared to the reveal trailer that they showed an year ago!

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[ThirstForBlood]

Since apparently most people don't even know which one is trailer. and they are here just for the sake of comparison, LEFT ONE is Trailer and RIGHT ONE is Retail.

Side note: Sorry the previous background music is changed because of it being copyrighted.

[FFrinz]

Making him less emotional was the right move. It's crazy how faithful they made it to the original.

[Papa_Khan]

He looks WAY more apathetic which is perfect for James. Him looking too surprised was not going to work.

[TheAmazingSpiderGuy_]

Gotta love a developer that takes feedback and makes a better product instead of lashing out at fans. Really happy this was a success.

[TeryonTheHuman]

They didn’t change much about the face or the model itself but the initial decision to make him look sad in every shot was definitely a misfire. You can’t really sell the idea of him lying to himself as if he isn’t guilty if he literally ALWAYS looks guilty.

[jamerthegamer]

holy shit this was one of my biggest worries about the game, so glad they kept his muted tone! its one of the things that makes james such an interesting protagonist. Really crazy how bloober team turned around perception of this game

[RdShift]

It really is heartwarming when developers actually listen to the fans, the game is now going to be an absolute Triumph ! Let's go Bloober Team !!

[basedbattledroid]

Forgot how uncanny his frown used to be, the lighting had a massive glow up too

[nomoredarts]

Finally, more eye shadows which was great in the original

[lepersonnage]

0:55 that scene with shouting has a lot better direction in the trailer for some reason, that angle is so perfect.

[drdiabetes]

I'm so freaking glad they scaled back the emotion James had on his face at the start. I honestly think bloober skimmed the reactions and comments of their trailers to figure out what improvements to make. AND THATS SO WELCOME.

[TrickyTalon]

I can’t believe they were able to fix James’ expression by making it have less emotional exaggeration. That legitimately could’ve jeopardized the whole game.

[technoboop]

Absolutely love the shadows over the eyes in the opening sequence, adds a lot to it. General improvements all round.

Can't believe how much they've listened to the fanbase... I've been following the game through development since it was announced, and so much has changed, even down to the tiny, borderline inconsequential things like the damn car door. They really killed it!

[JusCer]

I like the scream scene more in the reveal, it feels more suitable and the camera movement is so good

[kingsmerte]

I'm glad they changed him and made him a bit colder. That was the right move. Before it was too dramatic and not fitting to what he should be thinking

[Crestfallen_Fawkes]

I’m so glad they changed the gallows scene, I prefer James’s desolate and almost unphased face as opposed to him quivering his bottom lip and about to burst into tears lmao

[chrissmith]

From what I heard here and there is the devs actually didn’t know that was the trailer released until it came out. They had finished polished versions ready but konami for some reason chose that trailer.

[KidynamicProductions]

The hair doesn't move like it did in the trailer, everything else looks better

[ziifly]

James screaming and falling to his knees in the trailer looked a lot better than the final version.

[sean]

Wow. I didn't realize how goofy James's expression was in the trailers lol Like at 0:45 I would have laughed if that was the way it ended up in the game. I get they were trying to make him look depressed but yeah that would not have worked lol. Good on them for listening and making significant improvements.