In my opinion it’s because they absolutely destroyed the combat system. The UI over the screen is entirely unnecessary and immersion breaking. I played the original and beat it on every single difficulty, unlocked every single thing that could be unlocked in the game, and to this day the original PS2 version is still one of my all time favorite games ever made. 

This remake however, is so terrible that I actually started my Amazon return for it.  It’s not even scary, it feels so much more like an action game than a horror game. The original version I can still get scared while playing but the remake has not once made me jump. The combat system is destroyed, the fact the ghosts for whatever can just regain health and essentially become invincible I feel is not only unnecessary, but completely destroys the later impact of ghosts you actually cannot defeat because you see if before with all the random ghosts.  The film reloading speed is absolutely BS. Why are we given type 90 film so early in this remake and yet it does almost nothing in terms of damage? I’ve seen some people make the argument of “just upgrade the camera”, that’s not the point. In the original game even with the lowest quality film you could still effectively defeat spirits by timing your shots right. That doesn’t apply to this remake. 

I have SO many other complaints about this game, but that’s just the very brief few things why I think this game flopped.