Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered are real and they're coming to PC on December 10, with Aspyr Media once again taking control of updating older games.
Much like Aspyr did with STAR WARS: Bounty Hunter, STAR WARS: Battlefront Classic Collection and Tomb Raider I-III Remastered. While no doubt the awful release of the Battlefront Classic Collection is still in some peoples minds, this is a single-player game, so no server-issue problems (and their other two releases are positively reviewed).
Check out the trailer below:
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Aspyr said they were able to get the full source code from Crystal Dynamics so they have the basis for all the "exact same combat, puzzles, and boss fights, with the same balance and feel, as the original" - so it should be pretty difficult to mess this one up.
What can we actually expect from it then? Updated controls and camera controls, updated graphics, there's now a map and compass to assist your travels, a photo mode, real-time shadows, a day and night cycle (that was cut from the original release), a graphics toggle between new and old and more.
Unless Aspyr do something weird it should work fine in Valve's Proton on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.
More details in the Sony blog post.
You can pre-order on Steam.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Though to me the remastered graphics look a little too bright
QuoteUnless Aspyr do something weird [...]Great, now the're gonna do something weird...
I too have never played the original, even though I own the game on GOG. I see it getting praised so often, so maybe I really should take a look at it some time.
As for the remastered versions, it looks fine but some of the character models and environments don't pop out in a way that it was redone from scratch but rather just cleaning it up to make it pretty instead of it being more modernized.
the so called remake is just an stupid take on the original art direction...
i never played this game, and probably should, but... the mainstream game industry dont seem to deserve my money, they could just re relase the game and focus on new ideas instead, this seems stupid.
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