Will just share my opinion this last time as well .
When they say they are reimagining story and changing the overall tone of the game a lot of work ( creative and coding) has to be done to achieve the desired result . Changing graphics alone wouldn't make it more survival horror .
So Yes it's definitely a new game imo. not a shitty cash grab remaster. Agreed these resources could be used somewhere else as well but who knows they may have another team working on RE9 .
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