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>Hardsuit version was far more of an RPG, but the story itself seemed pretty bad and just carried by Mitsoda
There are claims that Mitsoda had written endless infodump questlines that went nowhere plotwise and failed to congeal into any kind of coherent whole.
It is true, however, that the Hardsuit version was a more conventional RPG. Made by a team who did not have any clue how to make an RPG. That's one of the reasons it ended up in development hell. They had no idea what they were doing. All of the RPG mechanics shown in public gameplay were smoke and mirrors bullshit. None of it actually worked coherently.
The Chinese Room who took over are a different kind of studio. They are historically focused on narrative and atmosphere, but as is the case (Bloober and Silent Hill 2) this game is their pivot into action, while still keeping some of those walking sim sensibilities. The Fabien sequences seem to be very walking sim-ish.