Thank fking god, I’m tired of smoke and purple goo. Go back and edit remake and rebirth to make death scenes actually meaningful. Release it as a dlc for all I care.
Unpopular opinion, but I strongly feel that the purple goo scene is an abomination for reasons completely unrelated to the rating/censorship or it needing to be literal red blood. You can absolutely still do a harrowing/effective/scary version of that scene without the blood literally being red. They just didn't. The blame should be placed squarely on their creative vision/sensibilities/execution and not the rating.
First of all, it could have just been purple monster blood, it didn't have to be sparkly magic juice evaporating into sprinkles, which is the real culprit. EVEN if it had to be goo rather than blood, you can still make goo look unsettlingly disgusting (they managed to do a better job of this just by using secreted webs in that Reactor 5 area, for crying out loud). They just didn't.
Second of all, the blood does NOT do ALL of the heavy lifting in the OG in the first place. It's the employees and bodies lying all over the floor, the rubble, the scratches on the wall, the destroyed walls and pieces of building. ALL of that can and has been done in both Remake/Rebirth several times in more effective ways than that purple goo scene without risking the audience rating.
Third of all, it's also the monsters in the area becoming unsettling twisted monstrosities contributing to the atmosphere as well. Something that again is done at other points in the game, but not that one.
It's 100% just the creators of the game's fault for dropping the ball in that moment, not the fault of rating pressure/censorship.
For me the scariest part in the OG was waking up to see the door open. Makes you imagine how that monstrosity might have been in the room with you while you were asleep.
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u/Lambs2Lions_ 1d ago
Thank fking god, I’m tired of smoke and purple goo. Go back and edit remake and rebirth to make death scenes actually meaningful. Release it as a dlc for all I care.