>>11855335 (OP)It's as faithful as the RE 2 remakes, which is to say "In the Spirit of". On the whole of it it loses much of what made the original memorable in exchange for an updated gamefeel.
Both are valid, though I think you should play the OG (or even the Enhanced Original) first so you can see for yourself how faithful it is, and I think you do too otherwise you wouldn't ask /vr/ you'd ask /v/.