remake to gain value for Park, it would have to be stellar in its own right. “I’m always thinking of how video games compare and contrast to other forms of pop culture,” Park says. “It’s not like a cover of a song, and it’s not like a rerelease. It has to be a recreation of the experience.” Playing the remake sent a flood of feelings that felt simultaneously fresh and similar.
A fresh coat of paint had certainly been added, but the technological benefits had allowed the original concepts of the game to both “recognize what they got correct” and “breathe more,” according to Park. And the character-building that Friedman had aimed to do in the, something Park appreciates: “In the original, characters come and go and have weird motivations that are never explained.