{"id":862992,"date":"2025-12-16T13:47:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/silent-hill-2-remake-producer-says-the-original-japanese-team-wanted-to-update-with-drastic-changes"},"modified":"2025-12-16T13:47:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:47:22","slug":"silent-hill-2-remake-producer-says-the-original-japanese-team-wanted-to-update-with-drastic-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/silent-hill-2-remake-producer-says-the-original-japanese-team-wanted-to-update-with-drastic-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Silent Hill 2 Remake producer says the original Japanese team wanted to update with &#8220;drastic changes&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/silent-hill-2-remake-producer-says-the-original-japanese-team-wanted-to-update-with-drastic-changes.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Silent Hill 2&#8217;s original creators &#8220;didn&#8217;t want to make the same thing again&#8221; when it came to Silent Hill 2 Remake, causing Remake developer Bloober Team to push back on some of their suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.famitsu.com\/article\/202406\/6918\">Famitsu<\/a>, Silent Hill 2 Remake producer Motoi Okamoto &ndash; who joined Konami in 2019 to revive the dormant horror series &ndash; discussed how Konami and the original developers worked alongside Bloober to find the right &#8220;balance&#8221; between remaking and reimagining the revered game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Japanese staff who worked on the original version said, &#8216;I want to change this&#8217;. But on the other hand, Bloober Team had a lot of opinions like, &#8216;No, I don&#8217;t want to change this!'&#8221; Okamoto said, as translated by Google.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/silent-hill-2-remake-producer-says-the-original-japanese-team-wanted-to-update-with-drastic-changes\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/silent-hill-2-remake-producer-says-the-original-japanese-team-wanted-to-update-with-drastic-changes\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silent Hill 2&#8217;s original creators &#8220;didn&#8217;t want to make the same thing again&#8221; when it came to Silent Hill 2 Remake, causing Remake developer Bloober Team to push back on some of their suggestions. In an interview with Famitsu, Silent Hill 2 Remake producer Motoi Okamoto &ndash; who joined Konami in 2019 to revive the dormant horror series &ndash; discussed how Konami and the original developers worked alongside Bloober to find the right &#8220;balance&#8221; between remaking and reimagining the revered game. &#8220;The Japanese staff who worked on the original version said, &#8216;I want to change this&#8217;. But on the other hand, Bloober Team had a lot of opinions like, &#8216;No, I don&#8217;t want to change this!&#8217;&#8221; Okamoto said, as translated by Google. 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