I'm just tired of how bland and forgettable the compositions tend to be in big budget modern games. I've been thinking about the RE2 remake recently and how bland its new score is. It's not as much of a question of orchestrated vs synths as while the scores old RE games did use synthesised intruments, they were still going for a semi-orchestrated action movie score feel, with RE2 having some downright operatic flourishes with the Birkin boss themes.

The remakes forgo the originals' use of everpresent background music to focus more on dynamic background audio, which is fine, but even when the music's supposed to be kicking off, it just... isn't

Compare this boss theme from Resident Evil 2 (2019) to it's 1998 equivalent and tell me which is going to stick in your mind for 25 years