heywood on 2/3/2021 at 18:32
If you need a laugh, check out the Ubisoft troll just posted in the forum over there. Pretty funny.
I don't mind the low-res look *that* much, but I'd like to know why I it's taxing my video card. I've got a 5700 XT and I'm not even getting a steady 60 fps.
voodoo47 on 3/3/2021 at 09:08
I'll live through it, though I have to admit I find the notion of someone taking a look at the picture below and saying "yeah, this looks fine" difficult to understand.
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https://i.imgur.com/Kle6ehd.jpg)
a vanilla 20+ years old SS2 model that suddenly looks pretty ok for comparison.
ZylonBane on 3/3/2021 at 14:21
A less dark screenshot might be better.
voodoo47 on 3/3/2021 at 19:23
it's voodoo-gamma (lets see whether someone catches the reference).
Psych0sis on 4/3/2021 at 00:44
I've played through the demo, and I must say it is an improvement over the last one in some areas but still disappointing overall. The art direction in my opinion is much better this time around, as the last one was too clean and bright. I agree that while personally I enjoyed the pixelated textures and retro feel (I actually think the way the model looks in Voodoo's screenshot is pretty nice), it should be done through a means of a options setting instead of being the default. That's probably asking too much of Nightdive at this point though ;). Cyberspace however... Now that is freaking terrible. What were they even thinking there?
The gameplay is still as monotonous as ever. Feels like your typical "baby's first unreal4 FPS". Slow, sluggish, too many glitches and it continues straying further and further away from that familiar SS1 feel. I understand it's a "remake", so there are some liberties to change up the formula and try something new, but this is just a bland reimagining at it's most competent. Five years for this is just, wow.
henke on 4/3/2021 at 08:48
Quote Posted by Psych0sis
Cyberspace however... Now that is freaking
terrible. What were they even thinking there?
They were thinking "What if Geometry Wars and Descent had a baby? Let's do THAT!"
Again, I just wanna state for the record: I love how it looks, both cyberspace and the overall pixelly aesthetic. And the overall tone of negativity towards it ITT makes me feel like this game was made for
me, specifically, so keep it up please.
ZylonBane on 4/3/2021 at 15:25
Quote Posted by henke
And the overall tone of negativity towards it ITT makes me feel like this game was made for
me, specifically, so keep it up please.
Sounds like you have some psychological issues beyond the scope of this forum.
henke on 4/3/2021 at 15:38
Don't we all.
Pyrian on 4/3/2021 at 17:15
None of us would be here if we didn't. :cheeky:
chk772 on 4/3/2021 at 21:57
Hehe, good to hear (read) that it isn't just me. :) I wasn't sure about the visual style of the game since they decided to turn development upside down, and go for the retro look of the original game. The colours don't work for me, the pixelation is bad too, and the cyberspace was quite hard to navigate. The game is also too dark in general, made me wish I had a light augmentation...
To my shame, I still pre-ordered it though. Why? Because, even though it's flawed, it's still ten times better than about everything which is being released these days. Because it's oldschool, and it doesn't hold the player's hand. And that's a lot more worth to me than the messed up visuals. Which suck though, especially when you consider that it was done due to the backer's whining about not going for a strict remake route. That's one of the issues with crowdfunding: You need to listen to people who have no idea, because they're not game developers, but rather people who quickdraw their wallets.
Anyway, I think some of the criticism isn't quite justified. It's still a pretty decent game, from what I could see from the demo. Again, ten times better than all of the million $ budget, proefssionally produced AAA mishmash they produce these days.