Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster: Demake till you drop

[@Jasper_Hill]

You know he is about to do them dirty when he opens the Wii version.

[@OuroborosChoked]

It's kind of shocking to me just how long it's been since we've had functional mirrors in video games. It's so rare anymore that it's noteworthy when they show up... The Wii could do it. The original Deus Ex had them. Modern computers though? No, just too difficult... too taxing.

[@AllahDoesNotExist]

​@@OuroborosChokedold games cheated by putting another model in an adjacent room. Just mirroring everything inside the game world, not actually raycasting. Modern games want to use RTX but even Cyberpunk doesn't have it, except when you activate it in your bathroom.

[@pokisal]

That is incorrect.

[@Deloix]

@@AllahDoesNotExist yes, but what you talking about (mirrored scene geometry behind mirror) is more like PS2 era. Since X360 is DirectX 9 console with shader units, they probably used Stencil Buffer, that is why it look lowres because it is shader effect per pixel.. very cheap effect on today's hardware.. even X360 had it on full screen mirror with little resolution drop. Definitely easily possible on 50-150 times more powerful hardware today.

[@VTorner]

​@@DeloixYeah, but they do it? No. They care about details like old devs? No. They hate their costumers? Yes. They can create a thing? No.

[@Sonyboj]

Making the blood and gore worse in a zombie game... boggles the mind.

[@AnimeXFever54]

Exactly that’s like taking ammo out of call of duty

[@larrybobinski1257]

it might be insulting to trans people

[@KajuTheRudeMonke]

@@larrybobinski1257 Boo hoo.

[@redeyetrey4763]

@@larrybobinski1257”what do I have to do to make this about myself”

[@turnthonkee]

@@larrybobinski1257??????

[@melon4200]

Kent taking a "sexy shot" of that woman added to his psychopath profile. It made him come across as a creep who'll do anything for a photo op. Replacing it with his "funniest shot" completely ruins the uneasiness you felt in that scene and instead makes it ridiculous.

[@tumulovermelho93]

Even male psychopaths can't objectify women, it's too risky for modern Capcom/modern audiences.

[@CollegeDroputPowerpoints]

Not to mention they got the jeelie beelie guy to do the va

[@yomastaza]

I feel like this would ring truer if the original didn’t also reward you for sexy shots

[@CatterCattington]

@@yomastaza It was a way of enhancing the photography angle of the game. Stop pearl clutching.

[@yomastaza]

@ I was just pointing out the questionable argument. You seem more upset than me brother

[@ChubiceOfChunckle20]

Gotta say this is quite eye opening when you see the direct comparisons

[@tylertheguy3160]

A huge chunk of this is Capcom trying to cozy up to China.

[@Sonyboj]

That's all his comparison videos.

[@darkshat3077]

@@tylertheguy3160it was made by a Chinese company

[@The_whales]

@@tylertheguy3160and it’s going to fail in the Chinese market as well

[@surlyandroid]

Pulling out the Wii for the mirror part was pretty brutal

[@blondeboi2132]

They took away Frank's limp, did they not know it was because he sprained his foot when jumping out of the helicopter?

[@coreycasciano3255]

They don’t care obviously

[@mariocollisionmaker]

It got better after a quick nap in this version :)

[@theyatsyspam]

His run cycle gave sop much character on its own. Shocking, almost like they didn't even like Frank

[@streptococo4735]

​@@theyatsyspamOnly Blue Castle in OTR actually gave Frank a deserved evolution while keeping his character (A little too snarky and sassy but it made sense, he already lived this once, it stopped being shocking to him) Also Case:West, amazing DLC whit a great dynamic between Chuck and Frank.

[@shawklan27]

​@@theyatsyspam I always thought it was because of the game's Japanese charm but to find out it was because of that helicopter cutscene really made Frank and the setting of the original surprisingly grounded. Especially when compared to how out there the sequels and this remaster went.

[@goosenitsa7835]

Imagine adding censorship and making a family-friendly remaster of a fucking R-rated game

[@wonkehcheetah1138]

Going from 512 mb of ram to 16gb (32 times the ram!) for a game that: -Can no longer handle real time reflections. -1/5th the particle effects, from blood, prop debris, or even bullet shells coming out of guns. -Hastily thrown together ai generated textures that turn 50% of grocery products in a small midwestern town into assorted imports from a random Eastern European country. -Those same AI-textures also imply spell checking is illegal in-universe. -No longer functioning eyelids on seemingly anyone (Seriously what is up with their eyes?). -Makes everything look like a desaturated mess covered in a thin layer of vaseline. -Cuts up areas into smaller chunks because your computer can't handle these improvements. -Likely horribly unoptimized spaghetti code that is the primary culprit for several of these points (at least they managed to keep the download size under 100gb). -Much weaker physics engine, can't barricade yourself anymore, zombies can phase through solid objects don't you know? Definitely taking full advantage of modern hardware for this one.

[@indexwell6546]

Wait, 16gb ram? Are u serious?

[@schmecklin377]

I think the RE engine is actually pretty garbage. Sure it can make a photorealistic image but at what cost

[@jillsandwich9947]

​@@schmecklin377 I hate RE engine too for its extreme overuse in photorealism but, this is just another case of awful devs relying on prettier graphics to hide their awful dev skills

[@LionMob]

Very sad when you compare F.E.A.R 1 physics with modern game physics

[@sinisterz3r090]

Worse is, the original was remembered for keeping as much zombies as possible on screen. Now they can't even handle a few in the underground areas.

[@SuperBKDK]

The really lazy AI upscaled images really add to the remake 😍

[@Sonyboj]

I love AI sloppa!! 😍😍🥰🥰

[@Floubert]

nom nom nom 🤗🤗🤗

[@plebisMaximus]

The old texture was grainy, low res and hard to read, but the new ones really made me crave some of those Homomade cookies

[@BistaNadig]

Real Deluxe product.

[@spooningkat6933]

@@plebisMaximus They were very easy to read and the resolution was more than sufficient.

[@SeanMoscardini]

One thing you missed CrowB - They removed a lot of lines of Frank's dialogue, replacing them with nothing, which leaves some scenes with awkard dead air.

[@superbrainz2357]

They apparently wanted it to be expressed by the new motion capture's facial animations instead but it just makes it look like its missing something in several scenes.

[@billybear2333]

You'd think with all the technology we have they would make the remaster 100x more gory and bloody but holy shit some how they made it less? incredible...

[@regulardude-22]

Sorry to twist an already twisted knife but also lack of zombies in a Dead rising game about zombies. “Modern gaming.”

[@peruvianpuffpepper904]

Likely because of japans censorship laws regarding gore

[@stopsliding8355]

Original was made with passion and love

[@blackferdinand2260]

@@peruvianpuffpepper904it’s unfortunate that American influence is so pervasive across the world

[@brianbadonde9251]

​@@peruvianpuffpepper904Japan has their own versions of games for that reason, this isn't a new concept

[@bLEKI557]

"I've covered demakes you know." - Crowbcat probably

[@CollegeDroputPowerpoints]

I mean it's true

[@turkish8969]

Dude i love these vids, but i really wish they didnt have to exist. This industry is becoming hollywood in the 2010's where nothing but remakes get released. I hate this industry, it needs another E.T. moment so it can be born again

[@TheOneShotWunda]

@@turkish8969crazy thing is remakes and reboots is still a majority of what Hollywood produces

[@lilMarket]

It's funny to see how old games are a treasure trove of lost technology, literally a golden age

[@TheStormbringer8751]

I remember someone said the better graphics got the WORSE the physics got. Like look at the blood section of the video. The splatter is gone from the walls.

[@arkgaharandan5881]

competency crisis comes for all.

[@turninonthescrew7394]

The *NINTENDO WII* version had working mirrors. Modern devs have zero excuse

[@ease3784]

@@turninonthescrew7394 bruh that’s crazy to me I’m playing dead island 2 (2023) and they don’t have functioning mirrors it looks so gross

[@guilhermehank4938]

​@ease3784 that game has gore and nothing much else

[@supereldinho]

Friend, let's be real: even Duke Nukem 3D from 1996 had functioning mirrors. The people that made this slop had no clue whatsoever.

[@vgamedude9811]

Seriously the only thing they improve nowadays is like lighting and some textures. The physics, interactions etc. Downgrades from 360 early titles? what!?

[@NotCharAznable]

@@ease3784Majority of new games don’t have functioning mirrors I’ve noticed. I check just about every new game I play.

[@BoldWombat]

An event called "your game is so bad it revived Crowbcat" happened again

[@CollegeDroputPowerpoints]

Hell yeah

[@themonsterunderyourbed9408]

I'm surprised this is what brought him back and not Concord, or Dustborn or Dragon Age Veil guard or SSKJL.

[@BurgerTankCoach]

​@@themonsterunderyourbed9408hopes to see it later, maybe

[@Adam-zv5xz]

​@@themonsterunderyourbed9408 western most likely gonna get triggered if they touch their muh DEI as a point to attack how low quality their "games" are it's not even funny like how many ACTUAL good games was axed for the sake of DEI "games" to pass the greenlight, and ultimately fail miserably

[@mrluthfians01]

removing the word lady and woman is peak 2024

[@Mooshkajoe]

Hey guys, let's change a bunch of things that could possibly offend unhinged people who spend their lives clutching their pearls over things that doesn't ultimately matter so they don't protest and complain about a game that a majority of them wouldn't even play! This shit needs to stop. "It doesn't matter that they changed it." If it didn't matter, why change it at all?

[@skye_music]

And for some reason removing when a woman is complimenting another woman for her looks lmao.

[@sinisterz3r090]

​@Mooshkajoe It would stop if they just hired people who don't use social media.

[@NucleaRaptor]

@@Mooshkajoe Total troon death.

[@VITAS874]

​@@Mooshkajoe yeah!

[@nestormelendez9005]

Its a good thing old version is available on all platforms

[@rezai7]

Amen

[@plebisMaximus]

Gotta give them that. At least they didn't pull a Rockstar

[@kematch935]

​@@plebisMaximus Took the words out of my mouth

[@Killerspawn560]

And with a lower price as well! That’s why it always baffles me when people say they censored it if they wanted to they could have pulled older versions and truly censored it not drop the price to $10 on steam at least and make it more accessible.

[@MalcBox]

For now

[@bagggers9796]

3:25 They censored the Asian by making him Caucasian. That's the funniest thing I've ever seen.

[@stopsliding8355]

Also he's not fat anymore and he wears gloves

[@phreak761]

He's been genericified, even the Japanese who are known to be the most over the top have had their creativity reduced to the level of mindless zombies.

[@anoralhygienist]

and yet the people who complain about whitewashing are nowhere to be seen....

[@Senumunu]

then why is no one laughing ?

[@bagggers9796]

@@phreak761 Genericified, if it were a word, is the word I'd use to describe 90% of media from the last decade.

[@MemeAlchemist]

When I noticed that the Queens don't move in the jar, I knew there would be a Crowbcat video on this game.. Well.. that and the god awful voice acting from the trailers.

[@brando3342]

It's pretty clear that these devs used AI HEAVILY to make this "remake". That's why all the labels, and signs have turned to a bunch of mushy gibberish. What a sad time to live in.

[@tylertheguy3160]

Some of it is legitimately GTA Definitive Edition levels of shitty.

[@Ryfael]

Yeah you can tell with the labels on the food. What a horrible job. They don't care at all.

[@napaceHbIK]

Come to think of it, these days you probably can get better results generating stuff like ''cat food' labels from scratch instead of upscaling old ones.

[@brando3342]

@@Ryfael It's so bad, I can almost guarantee the map of the mall with all the names was absolutely obliterated by the algorithm, so instead of doing any manual work, they just cut the map out entirely, just deleted it ☠

[@brando3342]

@@napaceHbIK "Going *cut* of business" .... *SIGH* 🤦‍♂

[@kennylauderdale_en]

Perhaps it is we, the consumers, who are the REAL zombies (I am smart)

[@luciusdebeers6176]

Maybe the real zombies were the consumers we made along the way (Bottom text)

[@mr_sauce_cooks]

ok grandpa, let's get you to bed

[@jigglypuff3311]

Hey, small world!

[@Hakumo84]

Omg finally I meet a person who is like me. (I am smart too)

[@finalfantasy50]

based media literacy person

[@jacobcook8853]

"Don't ask questions. Just consume product and get excited for next product"

[@electricindigoball1244]

The details section really made me appreciate what the developers were able to achieve on the 360. The fact that the 2024 remaster doesn't even include reflections from the original when we have graphics cards and consoles capable of ray tracing is wild. Edit: Also what the hell is going on with the writing on in-game objects?! It looks exactly like what happens when you ask AI to generate a picture with some writing on it.

[@FlamespeedyAMV]

These remakes are great at exposing how much gaming is dead

[@electricindigoball1244]

@@FlamespeedyAMV I wouldn't go that far. AA and indie games are doing great. It's only mostly the AAA that's dropping the ball.

[@pavivier]

looks like they tried to use ai to upscale the original textures to me

[@electricindigoball1244]

@@pavivier That seems like the most likely explanation.

[@Pepe_da_farmer]

no reflections took me aback, now i'm abosutely only buying this at a 90% discount at best

[@FrawgfithAmblose]

I love Crowbcat, wish he'd post more since he is far better than other game critique channels and he doesn't even talk .

[@MK-xl8ym]

I prefer his style over youtubers that ramble for 30 minutes saying things we already know. Crowbcat does it in a very special and good way, exposing the true reality of a game with hard evidence.

[@blackdragon1578]

He makes videos when he needs to. Mostly focusing on corpos ressurecting dead games and puppeting their corpses.

[@A0Refrigerator]

AI upscaling the product labels is insane. It's one of the few spaces as a game dev in a large company where you'd get complete control on how to make them mostly because no one higher up would bother to check.

[@chainsawplayin]

They used a really bad upscaler, too.

[@tcxiv3767]

13:12 HOMO MADE COOKIES LMAO,can't believe they used AI like in the GTA Defective Edition.

[@luk4aaaa]

I read this comment before that part of the video and I thought it was censoring "fagg0t" but no it really was just dogshit upscaling LMFAO

[@zippolighter4903]

You can't make this shit up

[@oboroth51]

Truly for the modern audience

[@rykehuss3435]

what did they mean by this?

[@kematch935]

Broken Engrish Text strikes again

[@BloodfelX]

How to remake a game "for modern times": (1) Make it more serious, less over the top or goofy fun (2) Remove reflections, make the physics more stiff and rigid (3) Make the lighting darker so you can't make out the fine details (4) Make what is effectively the same game overall, but multiply the file size by thirty or more (5) Instead of making textures and compressing them, take compressed textures and AI upscale them (6) Make the environment less interactive as a whole - but keep or specifically make some things interactive to try and keep the illusion of being up to par in terms of interactive environments

[@intrem2075]

As well as censor basically anything someone can be offended by

[@mightyfineincredible2252]

7. Censor anything not approproiate for censorship commis.. I mean "modern audiences"

[@MarvinPowell1]

(7) Censor _everything,_ unless it appeals to queer people or degenerates that is; in that case, _over-sexualize_ it.

[@BloodfelX]

@@mightyfineincredible2252 I count that under the umbrella of point 1, as it tends to be that any form of fun even in an overtly exaggerated manner can be divisive or controversial - so instead the aim becomes to be a sort of "minimum viable fun" video game.

[@mrredherring2900]

(3) and (4) especially annoy me so much. (3) in RE2 Remake where everything was so dark you couldn't see sh*t, which is a shame given how beautiful the RPD is designed. I love me some neat architecture in my video games. Always prefer OG RPD because of this. (4) is what leads to every modern game eating up half of your External Hard Drive storage.

[@PunishedBeerCanBennyIV]

competency crisis is absolutely real, even non-outsourced games are of this quality. It's like the medieval engineers marveling at Roman ruins; we've lost the ability to make greatness, lost the 'ancient technology'.

[@nerdstorma8427]

Crowbcat videos are both somehow funny and depressing. They show how far the industry of video games has fallen just in terms of style, identity, charm, and overall polish. These newfangled fancy pieces of software with tons of reflections and dynamic shadows feel less of themselves than their original counterparts two decades later. Whole legacies and memories just.... waxxed over and desaturated. There is no other word for something like this than "Demake"

[@VencentCross]

im ONLY going to argue that actually real Demakes are pretty cool, unlike this crap. like, you can find a Demake of FF7 for the NES thats pretty awesome. uh but yea, this remake sucks ass.

[@DENIS_Biomech]

I hope crowbcat keeps it up, it sucks that he got harassed because he dared to criticize RE4MAKE 😢

[@CollegeDroputPowerpoints]

I laugh and say wtf at these all the time it right

[@ShoopityDoopity]

I didn’t realize the censorship was that heavy

[@tylertheguy3160]

Capcom seriously tried to trojan horse us with that shit. They were upfront about Larry's redesign and the removal of erotica, but they hoped we wouldn't notice all the other little differences.

[@steverogers7601]

It’s really bad. I’m all for being mindful, respectful, and considerate of others but this is a bit much. Some of the charm of the original was how campy and crude it was. Sure it was juvenile and low brow but that added a certain level of atmosphere to the game.

[@sanyokschannel9530]

​@@tylertheguy3160 Larry's redesign was because of China

[@steveduquiatan6109]

@@steverogers7601 I mean i feel the point of the "erotica" ratings is to criticize the voyeuristic nature of photojournalism. The more tantalizing, the more attractive. If you're a moron you think it's glorifying it, if you have a brain you see it as an indictment on the profession and how some (like Frank) go about it. The humour softens the blow while still making the point clear.

[@reheyesd8666]

For ESG scores, censorship is everything.

[@DualStupidity]

Capcom replacing Frank with a doppelganger is definitely the most horrifying thing to me. Also everyone's new voice sounds like we're in the booth with them and not in a large mall

[@dixienormus2802]

18:03 If any publisher says their game was made for "modern audiences", I avoid it like the zombie plague.

[@brianbadonde9251]

​@@themonsterman3327speak for yourself, casual

[@chosebine2169]

if you knock on your head and it sound full, you're not the targeted demographic

[@VITAS874]

True. Or gender aim.

[@grco1000]

The elusive "modern audiences"

[@eugeneedgeworth1436]

@@grco1000Those guys are everywhere and nowhere, truly Schrödinger’s audience

[@Pgo9ro]

How in the heck were they able to make this almost 20 year old game feel more dated in this demake. It's almost impressive.

[@MrGeekGamer]

Yes, I do buy all my consoles and games second hand. Why do you ask?

[@vrubayka]

Based

[@AnmlMnts]

11:30 is what pisses me off the most , how can these modern games require so much processing power yet have less detail then most 360 games

[@Jumbleman5]

The processing power is dedicated to all the extra polygons in the 3D models and nothing else.

[@cikame]

Because technology doesn't replace art.

[@thomasvlund]

But do they contain less detail than most 360 games, really? Like when you think about it, do modern games look worse than 360 games?

[@fruitygroinpuncher6167]

​@@thomasvlund I don't think they're talking about graphic fidelity. They probably mean all the missing details like reflections, animations, particle effects etc.

[@turkish8969]

​@@thomasvlundyes, absolutely. Call of duty is the best example. The 360 era games all had visually clear sight lines, which let you actually use your iron sights without issue. The modern CoDs all have issues with visuall clutter. ESPECIALLY with the vignetting and shaders they use.

[@Mutantdogfangs]

The original just feels so much more visceral and real. Like some of the characters actually creeped me out, and I was way more immersed. I felt the sense of urgency and panic. But the demake feels like everything is gonna be fine, and hollow and empty.

[@USSMariner]

The thing is, erotica and gore is PART OF THE FUCKING ATMOSPHERE AND GENRE THE GAME WAS RIFFING ON.

[@GermanPlasma]

Pretty much how it always is now. New games often look and feel similar, could also be because everything uses UE nowadays.

[@shawklan27]

​@@USSMariner was meant to be critical of the way media will sensationalise everything which ironically makes the original feel more relevant in today's social media hellscape. This remaster doesn't get it.

[@coreycasciano3255]

The psychopaths also look piss easy from gameplay Ive seen, to the point it ruins the experience

[@emiska3889]

something DRDR messes up is the clean aspect of the first games mall, one of the reasons why the game was so uneasy and creepier was how completely clean the mall was mixed with the zombies rotting corpses and moans. the fact they made it dirtier by placing trash everywhere ruined not only that feeling but ALSO ruins the whole point of steven cause the store was completely clean cause he was taking care of it, it doesnt make sense to be trash there

[@GameBooAdvancePlus]

Oh wow that change to the cultists is really egregious. People need to remember that little changes like these compound and compound upon each other where the sum of it's whole is the problem, rather than hyper focusing on one or two problems and asking "Why does this in paticular bother you?"

[@pantreks730]

Yep, they are no different than zombies now.

[@VITAS874]

Its more question, "do they see itself in this?"

[@snappytofu2301]

THEY RUINED THE GARAGE FULL OF ZOMBIES

[@SilverGeFer]

29:01 There’s a huge mixing quality difference between the original and remaster. You hear a lot more reverb and bass in the original’s voices. In the remaster, it literally sounds like you’re just listening to the raw unedited audio file that was recorded in the booth. The vocals sound extremely isolated because of it.

[@Digger-Nick]

Yeah the new one sounds horrible

[@unfortunate1313]

13:08, the AI upscaling is… disgusting.

[@Marine_2010]

What?

[@MolkoKillStyle]

Yeah you can tell it's AI because the writing is abysmal

[@Evolution-Is-A-Blatant-Lie]

​@Marine_2010 look at the words and images on the right. Its AI slop. Its not even good ai either

[@CollegeDroputPowerpoints]

Clearly ai please stop acting dumb people

[@forevereverer]

It's hilarious that you can actually read the old versions and they look genuine. The newer one just look like some unknown random alien product.

[@robert357900]

"Today players will experience the same shock players felt when original game was released" Well, it's true somehow. In both cases first thought was "unbelievable how they could create something like this" but with completely different context. Also ending is heartbreaking.

[@ojama1987]

It beggars belief that they turned a tragic villain, Clint, who was supposed to be a Vietnam soldier with PTSD and turned him into a cartoon villain who hates moles. The "war is bad" messaging is gone. Crawling through the vents is no longer the scary foxhole/spiderhole tactics common in Vietnam but a bugs bunny style burrowing. Nothing to scare you or make you wonder "wow that must have been awful". No respect for the imagery or messaging is left.

[@derigel7662]

Well you see my good man.....screw veterans cant have them shown being treated wrong, we might get the help we need

[@comradepinko1155]

Fucking THANK YOU!!! I felt & thought the exact same things looking at "new Cliff". For me, he's so much worse than the censored butcher.

[@petepeterson5917]

I do not get that change at all, what you scared you might upset the commies in the audience?

[@mightyfineincredible2252]

B-B-B.... you'll hurt the +ommies feelings :((((((((((

[@mightyfineincredible2252]

@@petepeterson5917 Only if you knew who controls the game industry these days.

[@zidan40o0]

it is fascinating to me that games had mirrors and proper reflections without any issues. and the minute raytracing was announced by Nvidia, suddenly all developers decided that "reflections are hard to run without a 4090 with DLSS 3"

[@ursteamfriend]

Because older devs had experience with optimization and working within confines, and were passionate.

[@thatlonzoguy]

Yeah... planar reflections, cube maps, and other clever tricks like mgs2 reflections on ship for example, have been replaced with dog shit screen space reflections and ray tracing to sell graphics cards

[@CODA96]

Translation: We are lazy and just want money, so no reflections. Buy our skins. PS2/3 and XBOX (360) were the golden times of gaming, where it was a passion project for the devs. Now its just about $$$

[@nicomo77]

Classic move. Removing features to sell them again later. And it works.

[@lukesriver3666]

Silent Hill 2 Remake bust up when? W H E N!?

[@SpookyDollhouse]

That one needs a whole half hour video about how the shoehorned in Callisto Protocol esque battle mechanic and frequent enemy encounters as necessity bogs it down for hours!

[@GarrulousHerald]

​@SpookyDollhouse there's a moment where you turn a valve, and the camera enters a fixed position, and that's when I noticed bugs literally shrink and disappear in-front of your eyes. You can't make it up.

[@mateoreyes6921]

Voice acting ruined it for me the most

[@italianfoodname534]

As someone who's been a fan of silent hill since I was 10, hates every game in the series after 4, etc (standard pretentious loser stuff) The remake is good

[@skeleblazed]

SH2 Remake is spectacular. You guys are delusional

[@beardedwolf628]

I like the unironic AI generated textures holy god gaming cannot get worse

[@GermanPlasma]

Just you wait-

[@thecatdaddy1981]

It will get worse. Much worse.

[@gruntingGeorge]

Oh but it can, and will get...

[@RaccoonCityPark]

Yeah, now that Jpan has fallen it's officially cooked

[@azkar65]

It did, Dragon Age Veilguard just came out

[@boomhauer1894]

We just HAVE to tone down the blood, gore, and sex raunchiness of this zombie video game, think of all the impressionable 18+ M for Mature gamers!

[@coldstuff9784]

I'm glad they took away the necrophilia, that shit was stupid

[@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn]

​@@coldstuff9784 you love the taste of boot and gravel don't you?

[@Digger-Nick]

To be fair it's 17 but yeah it makes no sense.

[@mbckproduction]

This must have been a huge amount of work. Thank you for doing this!

[@SamAdvis]

I love how scathing these videos are without using any words. The mirror and reflections section was particularly brilliant 👏

[@komred64]

Xbox 360 512mb 😤😤

[@Cruxis_Angel]

Bro the Wii…..THE SUPED UP GAMECUBE has better reflections than the remake. How does that happen?

[@o.w.n.1327]

the bonus voice acting portion was.... Painful. But it was needed.

[@dvhh]

New Brad sound like a caricature of the original character

[@tentayeprimo6674]

That one is a bit more forgivable imo. Obviously the new voice actors had to say the exact same lines verbatim, so the delivery of the lines is always going to be off because they're copying the original actors, not doing their own thing

[@qwertyMrJINX]

@@tentayeprimo6674 It's not, because there was no reason to redo the voice acting to begin with.

[@BulkBogan1920]

Crowbcat and Synthetic Man will always tell the truth

[@ushastik999]

lol, are you sure about that?

[@arkgaharandan5881]

yup, i am still mad at blacknerd or blackgamer wtf his game was who blocked me for saying that i care about those thigns and he said "nobody cares about the explosions, those things dont matter" and the censorship doesnt matter either? Wtf does matter? Graphics? We establish they are broken and unfinished, none of those things matter apparently just defending corporations.

[@strippymcroe6534]

Crowbcat most of the time sure but Synthetic Man most of the time hell no

[@BulkBogan1920]

@strippymcroe6534 >animepfp Opinion disregarded

[@Jivyachi]

No way they just used ai upscale on the various props actually demake 💀

[@undine623]

Bro when even the wii had reflections but the remaster didn't. Lol, lmao even

[@dracomalfoyvevo]

OG Dead rising: Voiced by professional voice actors Remaster: Voiced by twitter users who have "VA" in their bio

[@arran4285]

And likely fucked their way into the role and/or follow whatever the hip thing to say is good/bad at the time

[@veridisquo77]

​@arran4285 Capcom doesn't hire any Va's in the Union since they have to pay a minimum wage. It's much cheaper for them to just hire non union Va's with little experience since they'll work for next to nothing, hoping to get their name out there.

[@TheStormbringer8751]

Now hold on! Hentai VA's are magnificent!

[@SuperDeansWorld]

You know you screwed up when Crowbcat comes back from the grave on halloween night

[@steverogers7601]

Happy Halloween! 👻🎃🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️☠️🎃🕷️🪦

[@NucleaRaptor]

The Ghost of Gaming's Past

[@voznesenskyy]

The AI reconstruction of sticker text on minor props is just unforgivably vile

[@Ux1.73c]

It's upscaling, not reconstruction. They tried to make blurry images hi-def with a simple click of a button, like how photoshop tries to do the same and even try to fill in some blanks.

[@belkaberserk]

32:18 Synthetic man is right.

[@coptool3344]

fans always know best😊

[@ZogSpeedsterstein]

BREAKERZ Chud is always right

[@OzMosley]

Hail Chudler

[@chrisbeach423]

I will always stay subscribed to this channel. He doesn’t even have to say a single word in his videos to show how gaming has been nerfed over the past 20 years. it’s all about money over releasing good games

[@LouisIXLeGrandDieudonne-pb4dj]

It's all about the money and pushing the "MESSAGE" at all costs and by any means necessary.

[@darkshat3077]

@@LouisIXLeGrandDieudonne-pb4djcritical drinker watchers are truly lost

[@mightyfineincredible2252]

@@darkshat3077 We know exactly what you're doing ;)

[@mightyfineincredible2252]

@@darkshat3077 Watching your ilk flail about will never be not funny

[@darkshat3077]

@@mightyfineincredible2252 only proving my point

[@SmokeyVentures]

"homomade cookies" is crazy work 💀💀💀

[@TheWilku22]

For modern audience 😊

[@jpraczbr8413]

>homemade cookies: boring and predictable >homomade cookies: surprising and inclusive

[@SentryDog22]

Oh my God, the size of that skateboard is absurd. Not to mention all the AI upscaling they did. I don't think a single person working for the studio has any passion for art or quality.

[@cadebob1233]

damn, the small details really add up. i didnt realize how much changed besides the obvious psychos and erotica category.

[@Puncakedude]

The Wii only has 88mb of ram compared to the 360 512m and chopped till you dropped still has working mirrors even with how much was changed and removed in that game because of the Wii hardware limitations . Insane

[@kudzuey]

I knew the remaster was bad, but I didn't realize it was THAT bad.

[@coreycasciano3255]

Yea i knew about the censorship but holy shit so many small details removed

[@MarvinPowell1]

I know; did SBI work on this game or what? You can't even have a woman call another woman beautiful anymore, "(fe)male gaze" or some bullshit.

[@Boney9551]

@@MarvinPowell1SBI mentioned, faccie whistle blown

[@jonjones2]

I had to pause the video to go to steam and unwhishlist it real quick. Never played the original so I'm definitley not playing this version first

[@turkish8969]

​@@Boney9551troon spotted!

[@JM06261996]

The remake looks so shiny and clean and lifeless. The older one looks like it has a colour palette and artistic direction.

[@alexvsevil]

synthcels rise up

[@internetbestfriend]

There goes my hero, WATCH HIM AS HE GOES.

[@Asaski09]

Time and again, your work is a testament to the kind of biting critique that only well-edited video comparison can deliver. Great to see you back.

[@LowTierFallout]

He’s the best example of simple editing done right on YT. There’s nothing crazy fancy about it. But it’s direct, efficient, and crafts a narrative without any need for narration.

[@Asaski09]

​@@LowTierFalloutabsolutely, really well put

[@TheDRZJ]

How it's totaly non-offending - and totaly not a game it was.

[@supergogetamario]

Second they said they were removing erotica shots I knew the game was going to have a lot of problems. Was never about the erotica. It was just a sign this game was going to be a lazy remake.

[@monoriada117]

Progressivism in games has made vidya bland in all aspects unfortunately, even the characters can't have a personality lest it offends someone.

[@DarkysLPs]

They had to tone it down because offending psychopaths and Zombies would be too much

[@thecoolnerdcolress1738]

HNGHH CAPCOM TRANNIES CAPCOM DEIIII HNNGHH

[@Carbon3979]

@@thecoolnerdcolress1738 what are you even trying to say are you for dei or against it. maybe type a real sentence and i would know instead of typing gibberish and hoping people would understand

[@crawlingchaos2811]

​@@thecoolnerdcolress1738the fact you got 2 likes on this nonsense as of typing is telling of how kneejerk you and those people are to any criticism you dont like

[@thecoolnerdcolress1738]

@@Carbon3979 HNGHG CAPCOM SUCCUMBS TO DEIIII TRANNIES HNGHHH CAPCOM DEIIII NOW THEY ARE JUST WOOOOOKE

[@eatanotherzio6811]

​@@Carbon3979Hes A.I. upscaled

[@TheDKninja]

THE MIRRORS omfg how vulturous

[@clippygoat]

It's been 3000 years...

[@steverogers7601]

…since you took your love away…

[@JoséBrozTito]

​@@steverogers7601 ...and you left me alone with garbage...

[@TheManeymon]

I was there, Gandalf...

[@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn]

3000 like andre

[@Setorrs]

Welcome back. Hope you can bless us with a bioware/dragon age 4 video.

[@thecoolnerdcolress1738]

But its doing well

[@-pressxtostart-]

​@thecoolnerdcolress1738 so did spiderman and god of war and they are absolute dog shite

[@chenchen6150]

The saddest part is the inevitable game dev strikes will happens, not becaude the fans are hater but it's the company and arrogant devs responsible for the bad rep modern game out these days, not even the indie side will escape this time because we see some notable rise of they attack the same costumer that feeds them. They better treat their costumer like the old wise busineman again, like a king or else the artificial are the one treat them like king.

[@thecoolnerdcolress1738]

@@-pressxtostart- God of War? that game that won awards?

[@blumbtumb7404]

​@@thecoolnerdcolress1738you know how rigged it all is. The veilguard game got a 9 from IGN

[@NomadMonkey396]

Another thing they changed was they shortened the cutscene at the start of case 2 where it shows the characters are exhausted and Frank's stretching, they shortened it by getting rid of it. Ending A also has a change, they cut the scene of frank jumping and calling for help.

[@chunko.harvester]

i love the shamelessly ai-upscaled textures used for the food labels/signs, how lazy do you have to be?

[@TLink9]

And the ones they actually redid don't follow what the original was. 13:40 shows they did remake it but some idiot thought the sign said "going cut" instead of "going out"

[@CollegeDroputPowerpoints]

As lazy as a dei hire

[@maximuswillcarry]

shoutout to capcom for outsourcing the devs for hunt down the freeman for the cutscene graphics

[@boomstickYT]

“YOU FUCKED UP MY FACE” -Frank West

[@MrUnlimax]

Crowbat .. you are doing us and the community a big favor by exposing modern Capcom dirty practices

[@AK-es9dn]

Crazy how we work harder to make things less pretty

[@RaccoonCityPark]

all these companies adhering to the demand of a single demonic entity

[@guilhermehank4938]

We worship the ugly now

[@VITAS874]

People get silent this days, not fighting with this. That what result, power have in wrong people...

[@CollegeDroputPowerpoints]

Harder? This uses ai

[@lawray8368]

This is because they do only a fraction of the work they used to do to make games

[@Scruffii]

I despise how older and cartoony they made frank he looks unrecognizable as he’s a dude in his 30s at least they could’ve gotten at least the original voice actor back but these companies really give a shit more about their investors and money more than anything else. stop buying (de)remakes

[@captainweekend5276]

The characters aren't even meant to be older is the crazy thing, the hair textures are just really pale so everyone looks like they're greying, along with very detailed skin textures making people look wrinkly. Also I swear they just straight up reused models in some cases with just minor edits, like the sniper family, one of the sons looks identical to the dad despite he's meant to be like 18, it's like they cloned the dad's model and just edited it rather than making a new model for the son.

[@siegessaule]

That's how Gen Zers are going to look in their 30s, like they are 55.

[@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn]

@@siegessaule stop making me depressed. I'm gen Z

[@MrTheRocketmaster]

Crowbcat: Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.

[@fatalduchessdineondirt6629]

13:36 The blatant misspelling of “New Releases” because the AI they used to upscale the texture fucked up speaks volumes about how much they cared for anything that wasn’t graphics and censorship to appeal to as many audiences as possible. Also I love the fact that when it came to censorship, they highlighted two points that most people probably wouldn’t care about (Larry’s redesign and the removal of the Erotica category) but then proceeded to butcher the dialogue and character of one of the most emotional and tragic psychopaths in the series (because I guess they didn’t want to offend communists?)

[@XoloCreature]

Although I agree, I do feel like in that very specific example, it could’ve genuinely just been a typo considering how drastically different the textures are, and the font isn’t even the same. (But yes honestly the old one is still so much better, and pops way more visually) But yeah everyone else is absolutely AI slop

[@TLink9]

@@XoloCreature yeah, that's not ai. they also thought at 13:40 "going out" was "going cut"

[@krypton_57]

​@@TLink9Of businiss

[@californiavirus3566]

When I heard about AI taking over I assumed it would be when it was indistinguishable from manmade content. Nope. Just make things look as cheap and automated as possible who cares. why should i listen to an ad or okay a video with a grating fake voice and nonsense phrasing. Why would anyone pay for it?

[@dean7824]

*Rich:* "How does it feel to have lived long enough to see all your favourite franchises go down in flames?" *Mike:* "It feels great..."

[@mightyfineincredible2252]

Thank god for channels like Crowbcat existing to expose them.

[@Pikmin012]

LMAO the AI text in the upscaled products 😂

[@aarondh456]

09:50 onwards amazes me. It's crazy how technology can advance so much, yet they can't improve on a game that was made nearly 20 years ago.

[@lawray8368]

They dont put in the time and effort they used to because its easier now

[@Revolutionary_Fish]

Hell, it should've 50x better if it isn't because of the "Target Demographics" and "Modern Societal" bullcrap. Gaming aren't supposed to be sterilised toward specific amount of audiences, f the industries and the oppressors of freedom!​@@lawray8368

[@troypowers750]

Synthetic Man was right!

[@OzMosley]

Chudler knows best.

[@hfric]

wait , they used AI Upscaled for every art asset 13:02 ... and did not even checked one bit how it looks , WOW

[@Pepe_da_farmer]

9:25 the fact that the sparse splashes of blood disappear after an instant really grinds my gears

[@arkgaharandan5881]

synthetic man was right, blackned who blocks anyone who said "nobody cares about the explosions" and blocks everyone who says they do was wrong.

[@josh1mark]

The censorship is insane

[@su-25frogfoot74]

Who are they appealing to with the censorship?!

[@epcfal]

The "modern audience"

[@ServantBerserkerZero]

Their ESG sponsors

[@SM5T001]

To the people in charge of rating boards, payment processors, large investment companies etc. Fun fact: all these "multinational" organisations are located in New York or California.

[@Ux1.73c]

"filthy communists"

[@Senumunu]

the ESG investment they received had some conditions

[@PradaKicks]

Man dr1 still looks amazing after all these years

[@anonony9081]

For anyone who is going to ask why do you care that they changed such small details, I would ask the exact same thing back to the devs. Why did they care to change these things in the first place?

[@dimitrifake53]

I mean, you could try and email the director for this one.

[@jarrodhook]

Because it fits their narrative

[@kanyuphilmahar]

Blackrock and ESG money

[@caesarfrompersona3fes731]

china

[@MichaelB-jw5po]

So a woman saying that another woman looks beautiful is too problematic now?

[@jigglypuff3311]

Theres only one type of "woman" allowed to be beautiful these days

[@Senumunu]

the leaks a few years ago showed that crapcom has internal ESG conferences where they "culturally sensitize" their products. it started right before the pandemic.

[@thatmadman6870]

@@jigglypuff3311I really don’t like how you put woman in quotes.

[@siegessaule]

I think the kids call that "objectification" these days

[@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn]

​@@thatmadman6870 41

[@VisibleToeHead]

CrowB was spitting facts with the RE4 remake video.Capcom is censoring their old games and charging you for the privilege.

[@No_body_2077]

"Gaming is dying, and remakes are killing it" Synthetic man

[@RobloxSugarFanta]

urgh i just *cannot* get over Frank's "new" model, he looks older than he did in DR4 and he was like 50 in that game

[@TheJayson8899]

The rest is more than enough reason to be put off entirely, but AI upscaling is always the factor that results in a hard no for me. Just like Tomb Raider. Just like GTA.

[@xChimkin]

i didn't realize how bad the censorship is

[@TaRAAASHBAGS]

Dead Rising fans have been eating POORLY this decade.

[@agustin5633]

the remastered is good

[@user-jr7bb6g9ev]

@@agustin5633 Compared to DR4 anything is good

[@TheJohn_Highway]

@@agustin5633 Yes eat your slop. Consume product, don't ask questions.

[@Revolutionary_Fish]

How another mighty have fallen...

[@Jimmawww]

When I saw the yellow THIS WAY! I made an audible “woooooow”

[@FireWinterGT]

I'd pay top dollar to see Crowbcat do a Soul Vs Souless Silent Hill 2 Demake. Please make it happen..!

[@Donker449]

The remake was good

[@Manic_Panic]

@@Donker449 It can hide its flaws better than the Dead Rising remaster but no. It has deeper, underlying issues, mostly in the voice acting, the weird looking female character models and dubious minor changes (censorship?) like when you find Pyramid head in the motel two times messing with the monsters.

[@YungRamo]

@@Donker449 watch synthetic man coverage of silent hill 2 and you will see a lot of differences that deeply change the artistic vision

[@guilhermehank4938]

​@Donker449 yes piggy, eat your slop

[@beeb5872]

​@@Manic_Panic they seem to be paying attention, though, as they changed certain aspects people were asking for recently (like head proportions). not ideal, but it's a start!