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00:00Before we begin, there are a few things I need to make sure you understand.
00:08Welcome to Mojo Plays, and today we'll be taking a look at 10 key differences between
00:13the original Until Dawn and its 2024 remake.
00:17Let's go get em.
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00:27Visuals
00:38One of the first differences fans will notice is how the visuals have been drastically changed.
00:42Many environments now feature new lighting to bring a little more life into set pieces.
00:47For starters, the opening scene where Sam makes her way to the mountain has more appropriate
00:51lighting given the time of day she arrives.
00:54However, at the expense of all this color grading and lighting adjustments, we have
00:58lost the dreary blue hue that gave the original its unique appearance.
01:02Character models, on the other hand, do boast more texture for clothing and faces here than
01:06they did in the original.
01:08Heck, even Matt got a brand new hairdo for the remake.
01:17The Opening
01:18Another noticeable change in the remake is how the game starts off.
01:26Upon starting the game, players now get a glimpse of the ill-fated party that would
01:29spiral into Hannah and Beth's deaths.
01:32You get a better idea of how everybody viewed the prank in the moment and how out of hand
01:36it became.
01:37Not only that, but Beth's entire sequence in searching for her sister is no longer just
01:42quick time events.
01:43You now have to walk through the forest and move Beth yourself.
01:47There's even a sequence where you are ambushed by the stranger in one of the entrances to
01:51the mines.
01:52At the end of the day, this change is going to fall on whether you like the faster opening
01:56we saw in the original or if you prefer the additional context and presentation that the
02:01remake brings.
02:08Matt and Emily's Relationship
02:18In the original version of Until Dawn, Matt and Emily were clearly in a troubling relationship
02:22as Emily would boss Matt around.
02:24Doesn't help that they had conflicting personalities, it seems.
02:28At times, it even seemed like they didn't even want to be around each other or that
02:32Matt was probably just a rebound for Em.
02:35The remake is changing this aspect of their relationship a tad and has added an entirely
02:40new section that shows their more flirty and romantic side.
02:45There is still a bit of tension if Matt discovers remnants of Em and Mike's relationship.
02:49However, if you felt the two were way too hostile towards each other in the original,
02:53the remake offers a different take on the matter in a brand new perspective.
03:05New Camera Angles
03:13Part of what made Until Dawn a memorable game for players was its unique and imaginative
03:18camera angles.
03:19There are many scenes that manage to reinforce an unsettling fear inside players just through
03:24thoughtful composition, lighting, and character positioning.
03:27It evoked a lot of the anxiety and terror seen in so many classic horror films of the
03:3280s.
03:33Plus, the fixed camera angles just made everything a lot scarier.
03:37The remake has altered so many of these shots, though, to be completely different from the
03:42original game.
03:43Whether they hold the same depth and meaning in their own unique way is within the eye
03:46of the beholder.
03:47However, in our time with the game, it definitely felt like camera angles were chosen more for
03:52basic readability than for meaning.
03:54Also, the over-the-shoulder camera really takes away the terror.
03:59It just does.
04:07Totems
04:12Aside from quick-time events playing a less significant role, the remake of Until Dawn
04:17has another layer of gameplay added in, specifically in totems.
04:21In the original game, all you had to do was pick up a totem and rotate it till its mouth
04:25was exposed.
04:27In the remake, all of the original totems have now different placements, and some will
04:31show premonitions different from the original.
04:34Not only that, but you will have to manipulate the totem piece until you can find a shimmering
04:39crack in order to see these premonitions.
04:42So it kind of brings a new layer, like a new puzzle mechanic to this.
04:46Oh, and there is now a sixth type of totem to find, the hunger totems, which will help
04:52provide glimpses into what exactly happened to Hannah and Beth.
05:03Exploration
05:12As we saw with Matt and Emily and their relationship getting more light, the remake of Until Dawn
05:16puts a bit more focus on thorough exploration.
05:20These now feature additional areas that can provide more lore about the mountain, lead
05:24to a new totem, or even new interactions between the characters.
05:28Some of this new dialogue can be for laughs, other moments might reveal new details about
05:33their relationships, or just new details about the things that had happened before their
05:37arrival.
05:38That said, if you see your companion walk in one direction, it may not hurt to walk
05:42in the opposite direction to search for hidden items and interactions.
05:56Music
05:57OG fans of Until Dawn might hold some resentment towards the remake for this change.
06:07The 2015 original featured music composed by Jason Graves, who had previously worked
06:12on music for games like Alpha Protocol, The Order 1886, and the Dead Space series.
06:18Of course, no one can forget the haunting opening song, Oh Death, sung by Amy Van Roekel.
06:24Well, the remake replaces all of that, and replacing Graves is Mark Corvin, a film and
06:30TV composer whose works include The First Omen, The Black Phone, The Lighthouse, the
06:36second series of The Twilight Zone, and many more horror films and shows.
06:41As for the opening song, Until Dawn's remake features a brand new song sung by Mae Stevens.
06:56Controls
07:02While going through playthroughs of both the original Until Dawn and the remake, there
07:07is one glaring issue we found in the remake, the controls.
07:10Upon hearing this, one might jump to conclusions and think that the motion controls for standing
07:14still are utterly busted.
07:16On the contrary, the remake is significantly more accurate than the original game ever
07:21was with this concept.
07:23What the remake truly fails in is making basic movement functional.
07:27There were plenty of times where characters weren't moving in the correct direction
07:31we wanted them to, and sometimes, they weren't even moving at all.
07:35And if there is indeed a sprint button in this game, it surely wasn't working for
07:40us in the majority of our playthrough.
07:46The technical performance
07:57Now this might be the biggest crime of Until Dawn's remake.
08:02Sony, Ballistic Moon, you guys went and touched up the visuals, made the game pretty and everything
08:08under a brand new engine for a modern gaming console.
08:12Why in the hell does this game run at a wildly unstable 30 frames per second?
08:19For reference, the 2015 original runs at 60 frames per second on PlayStation 4 Pro, and
08:25the PlayStation 5 replicates that experience.
08:29So what's the remake's excuse?
08:31Too much snow physics?
08:33Skin pores too highly detailed?
08:36Mike and Ashley being too damn sexy?
08:39Why spend 60 bucks on a remake when the original sells for 20 and runs at a buttery smooth
08:4560 as every game should?
08:56The ending Yes folks, this is supposedly the biggest
09:04selling point for the remake, a new ending, and in all honesty, isn't even that special.
09:10We won't spoil it if you want to witness it for yourself, but if you're shooting
09:14for it, you will need to choose a very specific sequence of choices during the sessions with
09:19Dr. Hill.
09:20On top of that, make sure you pick up the Scrawled Journal item in Chapter 10.
09:25Once you've done all of that and make sure Sam survives, you will be treated to an ending
09:30that winds up leaving open an opportunity for a sequel, a whole nine years after the
09:36original game released.
09:38Better late than never, we suppose.
09:47But tell us, are you playing the Until Dawn remake?
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