I’ll stick with indifference thanks
[Whitelight] You Don't Hate Remasters Enough
Submitted 11 hours ago by hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works to games@lemmy.world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82HsVcAhPro
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edgemaster72@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 hours ago
I’m gonna go on record and defend the Deus Ex remaster. There’s no way to play it on modern hardware. The only game console that can run it is the PS2, and not even then. The PS2 version was a whole other game because DX1 was too powerful for consoles. So it was basically DX1 dumbed down. Maps were smaller, everything was reduced… it was like a “de-make”.
You can run it on Windows PCs with some tweaking, but if you don’t have a computer with spyware, you can jump through bigger hoops. Linux has Proton. On my Macs I can do it with Whisky. It’s really not hard, but I did need a third party tool called Deus Exe because the original DeusEx.exe was a complete no-go. I think it was made for Windows 98? Anyway, once I got Deus Exe up and running, I was even able to run Shifter, which was a mod for DX1 that tightened a few things up and added “legendary” versions of each weapon to various places around the world. I actually ran a mod of the mod, one I made myself that had more hacks to the game, like you could update your cyber link to rifle range, i.e. to use computers from across the room. Like V can do in Cyberpunk. Except DX1 wasn’t made for that so it was kinda game breaking. But fun. I mean the game was never hard.
Anyway, they’re bringing DX1 to Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch. And PC, of course. Hopefully Mac — the developer, Aspyr, has done Mac ports, but they were doing Mac ports of Xbox 360 games when Macs and Xbox 360s used the same PowerPC architecture, so that’s kinda cheating. That said, anybody porting to Switch is a stone’s throw away from porting to Mac since they’re both ARM64, and that’s part of why we even have Cyberpunk on the Mac now.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
I haven’t checked Deus Ex specifically but my general experience is that Wine actually makes older games easier to run. In large part because you aren’t having Windows 10 use compatibility mode to Windows 8’s Vista’s 98 compatibility mode and are instead just tricking it into thinking those libraries are just there.
That said, I have no issue with the remaster. If it is good? Awesome. I’m willing to throw another 20 bucks down the hole if I want to replay that without needing to google for unofficial patches. And if it is crap? I don’t buy it.
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
If they pull the tomb raider remake method you’ll be able to switch out the two different graphics settings from old and new
slazer2au@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
I show my hate by not purchasing them.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
Didn’t watch the video, because cba, but remasters have their place if theyre warranted. PS1/N64 era games for instance. Maybe PS2/Xbox.
360/PS3 onwards do not need it.
ripcord@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
cba
Consumer Bankers of America?? California Board of Accountancy? Continental Basketball Association?
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Maybe this person is ×shudders× British and by CBA they mean “can’t be arsed?”
Peffse@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
I recently played Final Fantasy XIII on Xbox Series X. I was amazed at how great it looked when output at modern 4K with 60fps and 16x anisotropic filtering. The gameplay was still crap, but amazing to look at given it was on 360 originally.
Because of that experience, I am a little more forgiving for 360/PS3 generation. Those games were mostly running 720p frame buffers (or worse) and seriously gain a lot when given some shine.
(This completely ignores the fact that PC would naturally have these abilities without an additional purchase)
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
The video starts by showing a side by side of original Arkham Asylum and Return to Arkham Asylum, talking about how the remaster ruined the art style. At first, they’re unlabeled, and I thought, “Oh yeah, that sucks, that is a bit worse.” Then they labeled them, and the one I thought looked better was the remaster. What’s more is I’ve only ever played the original PC release of Arkham Asylum, one of my favorite games, and the remaster looks the way I remember Arkham Asylum looking.