New footage of the remake showing some improvements to the combat. It looks quite visceral.
I didn't actually know it was running on a modern engine, and in that case - I will have to concede it's arguably a remakeNot to start an endless debate on what a remake vs remaster is, but I guess it most likely will.
Technically speaking and in my opinion, it is a remake, since they remade all the assets and/or ported/adapted some of the work from the original and it's running on TLOU2 engine. But otherwise, yeah, I guess it could be debated if it is or not. And anyone is free to have their own definition, I guess.
In my opinion, a game remaster is something that requires minimal rework in terms of assets, and is mostly adapting the code to run on modern systems and with small adjustments to resolution, runtime options and other small improvements.
If the assets are remade from scratch, which you absolutely can make a point that they have in this case, (most of them are likely made from scratch, except for the assets they likely took and adapted from TLOU2) and the engine under which it is running is new (which is also the case), I think you can easily make the point it is a remake. Because of these, for me it is easily a remake.
To be honest I don't have or can't find confirmation as to what engine the remake uses. But considering the significant lighting engine changes, the way more detailed models, and other graphical improvements that I find it hard to believe they just worked on the almost 10 year old code-base. When they have the TLOU2 engine ready to go.I didn't actually know it was running on a modern engine, and in that case - I will have to concede it's arguably a remake
When I think remake, I tend to think of games that redo most things entirely - not adapt or improve them. Games like Resident Evil 2 or the System Shock Remake come to mind.
This game, based on videos alone, looks almost identical to the remaster apart from improved assets and accessibility options (that I happen to not care about in the slightest - and seems more like a political let's-win-cheap-points stuff).
In any case, I smell one big cash-grab - because there's absolutely no way a 70$ price-tag for a game that's so modestly improved from the remaster is justified.
But that's entirely subjective.
It's not terribly long, but I felt the length was just about perfect for what it is when I played the original.I see it's 80 EUR in Europe, at least for PS5... ouch. It's not a very long game apparently, a little over 20 hours in completionist, so I wonder how they'll manage to sell that.
No, I only have a PC. I'll just wait for the price to drop a little, I still have some backlog anyway.It's not terribly long, but I felt the length was just about perfect for what it is when I played the original.
Do you have a PS4 or PS5? If so, you can get the first remaster for $20. It's definitely worthwhile.
What you'll get is the game and a fresh instance of the Denuvo DRM, if that counts.Alright time to dust off my pirate hat as $80 is freaking hiliarious for a remastered game. Now if they included both games in one package for the PC then fine. It's worth it.
Didn't know they were implementing Denuvo. Anyway It'll be cracked eventually based on the scene releases. As Denuvo is crack-able just takes longer due to so many triggers.What you'll get is the game and a fresh instance of the Denuvo DRM, if that counts.
(yes, I'm quite fixated on that, I know...)
I don't know for sure, it just seems logical. But Denuvo is not directly Sony, just people originating from there, so perhaps Sony has its own system.Didn't know they were implementing Denuvo.