You can play with everything set to original, so I think that qualifies for preservation.They re-recorded the music, the graphical alterations go beyond improving the visual quality via going back to the original assets... So not a remaster, and it isn't a preservation. Not much of an HD version, either, come to think of it.
AFAIK there's no way to play with original music.You can play with everything set to original, so I think that qualifies for preservation.They re-recorded the music, the graphical alterations go beyond improving the visual quality via going back to the original assets... So not a remaster, and it isn't a preservation. Not much of an HD version, either, come to think of it.
Yup. It doesn't matter whether the new music is better or not if we're talking preservation.AFAIK there's no way to play with original music.You can play with everything set to original, so I think that qualifies for preservation.They re-recorded the music, the graphical alterations go beyond improving the visual quality via going back to the original assets... So not a remaster, and it isn't a preservation. Not much of an HD version, either, come to think of it.
This is fair, I was only thinking of the visuals.Yup. It doesn't matter whether the new music is better or not if we're talking preservation.AFAIK there's no way to play with original music.
From what I can tell they're re-encoded from whatever source video files they had so don't expect anything remarkable. The textures in those cutscenes look as low-res as ever, but the video quality is better.I remember being stuck in the game... in the third act or so, at the part where you have to spin cog/wheels and I couldn't seem to do it precisely enough. That sucked. But I think I should give it a try once again. Have the prerendered cutscenes been rerendered too ?
They re-recorded the music, the graphical alterations go beyond improving the visual quality via going back to the original assets... So not a remaster, and it isn't a preservation. Not much of an HD version, either, come to think of it.
The new music is great, though, and I appreciate the concept art and the commentary. So, mixed bag as far as the quality is concerned, but the bonuses might make it worthwile if you're crazy about the game to begin with.
Agreed about the 4:3 complaint. Thankfully Double Fine thought of everything so you can play this film noir homage in glorous widescreen.I don't get terribly happy when my favourite classic games gets re-remastered releases sometimes:
edit: read the actual review and at least the guy acknowledges that stretching 4:3 to 16:9 is not a good idea. Still, he does bitch about those pesky black bars so it's not much of a consolation.
They re-recorded the music, the graphical alterations go beyond improving the visual quality via going back to the original assets... So not a remaster, and it isn't a preservation. Not much of an HD version, either, come to think of it.
The new music is great, though, and I appreciate the concept art and the commentary. So, mixed bag as far as the quality is concerned, but the bonuses might make it worthwile if you're crazy about the game to begin with.
Agreed about the 4:3 complaint. Thankfully Double Fine thought of everything so you can play this film noir homage in glorous widescreen.I don't get terribly happy when my favourite classic games gets re-remastered releases sometimes:
edit: read the actual review and at least the guy acknowledges that stretching 4:3 to 16:9 is not a good idea. Still, he does bitch about those pesky black bars so it's not much of a consolation.
I've been replaying this and while the story and characters are as charming as ever, the game features some pretty retarded puzzles.
Any explanation on how Tool Schafer managed to make a game like this? Or did he just took top billing while others did the actual work?
They re-recorded the music, the graphical alterations go beyond improving the visual quality via going back to the original assets... So not a remaster, and it isn't a preservation. Not much of an HD version, either, come to think of it.
The new music is great, though, and I appreciate the concept art and the commentary. So, mixed bag as far as the quality is concerned, but the bonuses might make it worthwile if you're crazy about the game to begin with.
Agreed about the 4:3 complaint. Thankfully Double Fine thought of everything so you can play this film noir homage in glorous widescreen.I don't get terribly happy when my favourite classic games gets re-remastered releases sometimes:
edit: read the actual review and at least the guy acknowledges that stretching 4:3 to 16:9 is not a good idea. Still, he does bitch about those pesky black bars so it's not much of a consolation.
"Why remake a game older than my grandfather?"
Wut
I think the puzzles in GF are generally rather logical compared to many other LucasArts games, and it rarely goes into the "use a random item with another random item to achieve a random effect that makes the story go forward" territory. There are a couple of puzzles that require a bit of experimenting, but even those are usually in situations where your options are very limited, so you'll probably stumble upon the solution sooner rather than later. I think GF actually finds a pretty fine balance in the puzzles, as it doesn't have anything outrageously illogical but keeps just enough craziness in the mix so that things don't get boring or too predictable.Grim wasn't the best LA game in terms of puzzles though it had some fairly clever ones too.
What's the commentary? Tim laughing at people for continuing to subsidize his mediocrity?playing it again all these years later along with the developer commentary makes it worth the $15 bucks for me.
If they have a developer commentary like this for the day of the tentacle remaster I will be very excited.
The lines are delivered without a delay, which means the player is forced to sit and wait while the fragmented sentences are delivered on-screen by the game.