If you are willing to put yourself back in the middle of this, I've made a summary post of my points on the Re:Creator thread:
https://vsbattles.com/threads/re-creators-crt-1.161479/post-6211452
https://vsbattles.com/threads/re-creators-crt-1.161479/post-6211452
And unfortunately no. I want to use this image specifically because it is the only "canon" appearance of the Player in the story (And because the ROTDWiki also uses this same character model for their storyline images). I do see why the darker background can make it harder since his pants and gun blend in with the cave. His body gets blocked out by the arms of the POV character and the head of a zombie in the rest of the video.