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2005 Ashley the epitome of beauty.
(hexbear.net)
2023 Ashley the embodiment of western d*generacy
(G*mers literally believe this)
It was meant to emphasize his angst and trauma over the RC Incident more, as well as trying to fit the serious-ish tone of the remake series. Wouldn't have worked if they tried to adapt the OG RE4 Goofball Leon, who was fairly nonchalant about being trapped in an infected murder village.
Yeah the writing in the remake is actually quite good from what I can tell, it’s just the character models that look really weird. Luis viewing his actions through the lens of DonQuixote is awesome, esp since he clearly views Leon as his sidekick, not the main character