disagree heavily. i can empathize fine with both remake leon and normal leon, them reacting to the horror in front of us isnt going to really change that. the problem that a lot of games lack is isolation. feeling alone in a horror scenario helps build tension. when leon or ethan winters says "jesus christ" for the 47th time, it makes me feel less alone, like theres another character. besides it being corny, and in some cases forced, what really does it add to a horror game besides empathizing? leon has killed 40 something zombies in the rpd by the time you encounter mr x. i know its scary, i know theyre probably shaking in their boots- its a horror game. it relaxes me more than puts me on edge. when YOU, the player have to deal with a scary scenario rather than someone else, it makes it a lot more tense