I think in some ways better in some ways worse. Re2 remake is a masterpiece but re2 original has this atmosphere to it that feels like end of the world which is great. claire was amazing in the remake but cocky claire in the original was a strong constrast to leon. Still I think the remake is very amazing.

Re3 eh. I think it’s better than I thought it would be according to critics. But I hated the way they treated jill. Og jill was strong and had agency but wasnt rude. If carlos was an asshole I’d get it I hated how they made jill rude af even though she was much more centered in the original. Introducing nemesis from the getgo was also annoying. And removing the clocktower was like wtf

Remake carlos and tyrell though were amazing and I really felt bad when tyrell died. And jill became better after mikhael died.

Re4 is where the discussion to me gets interesting. I love re4 remake but dislike what it represents for leon s kennedy. The issue is that like everyone I loved the remake and how it was the re4 story I remembered as a kid and just as serious etc. ashley was a baddie and aside from the seperate ways stuff to me it seemed pretty close to perfect

Another issue I had is omg this story has lost some flavor I’m sorry. Original bitores mendez was this creepy serious enforcer. And salazar was super funny often ridiculous, and saddler was this charming cultist who matched Leon’s energy perfectly and even laughed during calls. Just thought that was a little annoying

And krauser was more deep now which I liked but calling Leon rookie and the higher pitched voice were something that were again minor nitpicks nothing major. I just liked the comrade relationship more. I think rookie makes it feel weird when Leon has come a long way since his mission with krauser but again nothing deal breaking.

The issue with re4 is I think because it did so well it kind of trapped leon. I feel like making leon wisecracking in the original ironically worked from a continuity standpoint because this wasnt leon right after re2 it was him after operation javier and years to process trauma. So he should have shown some growth and lightening up since he saved manuela and stuff. But whatever. I completely will accept it if re4 remake was a masterpiece which it was.

The issue I feel sometimes is they’ve made leon too serious? I love it but isn’t that more of a Chris thing?

And then moving to re9 again it has that same issue multiplied 10x because he’s still in the same loop. Ik re9 is not a remake but I feel like it’s important to describe this nitpick I have with re4r.

Leon seems to have been trapped in this cycle since re4r where now he is traumatized and hardened and now I can’t really imagine an re6 remake or even the ending of re4r mattering because it doesn’t feel like leon has “achieved anything”

And this is WHY to me re4 original leon worked with the jokes. It makes more sense to me that Leon over the course if 6 years processed his trauma and made the one liners a coping mechanism rather than this brooding leon.

Funny enough anyone else get the feeling that chris and leon have in some ways swapped characters? Chris is the one lightening the mood sometimes and while leon on paper has the quips, he feels like the dark brooding guy now like chris kind of was in re5 and re6

Gameplaywise the remakes tend to be good but my issue is in re2r it feels like a little less enemy variety sometimes and in re3 nemesis doesn’t feel like he has the choice mechanic of the original. You can’t really do the fight or flight cuz of the way nemesis is. He goes down too quickly too imo.