Until Dawn – who asked for this? (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Sony’s seminal interactive horror movie is remade for the PS5, but the end result is not necessarily the definitive edition.
Given how many there have been recently, it’s easy to become cynical about remakes and assume they’re all creatively bankrupt cash grabs, but that’s clearly not true. The likes of Resident Evil 4 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth have been amongst the best games of the generation, even though the original versions were also classics. And despite all the, understandable, pessimism this month’s Silent Hill 2 has turned out to be a triumph.
Theoretically, the best use for remakes (and this goes for movies too) is for something that didn’t quite reach its full potential the first time round, but because that also means it probably wasn’t as popular as an all-time classic that rarely happens. Until Dawn doesn’t really fit either description though as while it’s not really a classic it did everything it set out to and helped original developer Supermassive Games establish a whole sub-genre of horror-themed interactive movies.
We felt the original was flawed, especially in terms of being a horror game without much horror, but unlike most interactive movies we enjoyed the ride for what it was worth. What it’s absolutely not worth is a full-scale remake. But that’s what this is. It’s not a remaster, it’s a complete new game, created from scratch but with, supposedly, better graphics – despite the fact the original is only nine years old and, as a PlayStation 4 title, already works perfectly fine on the PlayStation 5.
This is not the first time Sony has done something like this. They also recently remade The Last Of Us Part 1, despite the PlayStation 4 remaster looking perfectly fine and Naughty Dog surely having better things to do with their time. At least in that case there was some sort of excuse, in that Sony wanted the game to look its best and work as a tie-in to the TV show, but it was still a waste of everyone’s time and money.
It’s difficult to fathom exactly why Until Dawn has been given the same treatment but it may be for essentially the same reason, since an Until Dawn movie is being made at the moment. The obvious difference there is that Sony already knew The Last Of Us show was a hit but who knows how well an Until Dawn movie will do.
Whatever the reasoning, the remake gets some new endings, which clearly point at plans for a sequel, so we guess it’s better late than never for fans that wanted more of the franchise. Although Sony seems to have long ago had a falling out with Supermassive Games, so we don’t expect them to be involved in any future games – just as they weren’t with this remake.
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Source:: Metro
