Alright i played the remake the day it released but had to take my time to think, HERE IS MY REVIEW!!! (spoilers of course)↓↓↓
IT IS SO GOOD, the first thing i noticed was the new effect on the menu, so cool
The game already opened with an amazing the elevator cutscene, Alicia looks so gorgeous!(oh god she is so hot!)
the new details like the menus, the transition effect, the sounds, the new osts, such an upgrade, they are great touchs that make the atmosphere and experience much better~
i loved the new sprites~ since two people already mentioned how Beaford looks more pathetic now lol
i want to mention that i really liked how sarcastic and sassy he looks now, loved his smirks and raised eyebrow, his posture seens ironically more confident now? such a nice contrast to when he acts pathetic
and Alicia new sprites are so beautifull, something i found cool is that you can basically basically feel the sadness and depression emanating from her now, might be me but in almost all of the sprites her eyes always look a little sad, her smile was adorable by the way
(for some reason her sprites give me Eva Tsunaka vibes too, i imagined Alicia saying "bueh" i laughed to myself lol)
i missed seeing Alicia and Beaford together... i missed them so much, their interactions are aways so funny, they really vibe well with eachother
the new dialogs is so good too, i had so much fun checking everything that had changed, also Beaford is a cat person?!?!
Also Alicia please don't encourage Beaford to smoke LOL, it almost seemed like she was already thinking of keeping him around "the smoke smeels nice once you get used to it"
tho i admit i'll miss some of the old dialog, like that one of some priests getting mad at Alicia for hoarding their holy water XD ,or that one of her telling Beaford about ectoplasm being faked with toilet paper
i'll also miss the third ending where Beaford end up Killing Alicia (and the lilicia dialog)
Itou looks so pretty on the PC wallpaper, the PC was a really nice adition, pretty sad too, poor Beaford i felt so bad for him
i loved loved LOVED the deduction sequence!!! the scene? Alicia's sprite? the colors? the sound effects? CANON ALICIA'S VOICE?!? peak, ABSOLUTE PEAK!!!
i Wonder if Beaford (and later Itou) will join the deduction sequences in the next episodes
the change in the possession was a huge surprise, but i really liked, indeed if Alicia is suposed to keep doubting if the supernatural exists is really better to keep it ambiguous
and the new fight is so cool, i love how Beaford looks so scared while holding the knife, like he thinks he is in danger and is the one that is defending himself, suits how he sounded almost delirious there
also the implications?!? he literally snaped because he was so scared of his dad blaming him "you don't know the things he will say if he blames this on me"
even if it was partially the ghost
and the half empty room too?!? one of his parents abandoned them?!? or died?!? now i'm really worried about what his family is like, it doesn't seem good, poor boy, i have so many theories
and the impact this will have on Alicia's relationship with Beaford, because to her there's a huge possibility it wasn't possession and he had a meltdown from pure stress and then tried to kill her
i'm excited to see if it will be explored, Alicia didn't seem to take that to seriously but it was still pretty worrying, and yet she hired him anyway, Alicia cares a lot, even if she doesn't show (or maybe even in denial about it, she doesn't see herself as a good person after all)
Overall, it was totally worth the wait, beauté!! 100 points!!! i can't wait to see what will happen next, and i will surelly contribute to the kickstarter!!!
the only complain i would have is that some sprites are inconsistent with the artstyle, like the final ones for Beaford (the ones where he is with both hands on his waist), the colors and lineart don't match the one used for his other sprites
don't know if it's a bug but the kitchen lags a lot to me, like, a lot