Hard Reset Redux (serious graphical downgrade!)

[AWPC]

Never saw this one coming thought the previously excellent dev (Flying Wild Hog) were trustworthy. But they released Hard Reset Redux on Steam today (85% off if you already own the original game or Shadow Warrior 2013 on Steam). The game is seriously downgraded graphically its missing a lot of stuff. I hope this is just fixed by patching otherwise its a very poor release when the 5 year old base game looks visibly better!
http://www.pcgamer.com/hard-reset-studio-addresses-redux-graphics-complaints/
http://steamcommunity.com/app/407810/discussions/0/350532536105732506/

 

[AWPC]

£2.25 if you qualify for the 85% discount but those graphics are just not anywhere near the same level. I do not care if the AO is prebaked or not the volumetric lighting is now terrible.

Hope they can fix this somehow but it uses their new game engine so presumably unfixable which does not look good for Shadow Warrior 2 either

Shame as the original still looks pretty good for a DX9 title the dev has made a serious mistake here. They gave away the Exile DLC which was excellent a few years ago now they have taken their rep down a bit with this downgrade release

 

[AWPC]

Why would they do that?
It sounds ridiculous.

To make it run smoothly on the consoles!

 

[AWPC]

Does the DLC automatically activate?

No you need to add it on Steam to your cart (its free if you already own Hard Reset). The DLC is well worth playing if free or not

 

[AWPC]

Steam storepage says this:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/407810
"Enhanced Visuals: The game has been updated to the newest version of the RoadHog engine and includes improved lightning and effects "

Here are a few shots someone has made of the 2 different versions, mouse hover to see the differences
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/174783/picture:0
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/174784

 

[AWPC]

Yeah, I already have HR, I'm just not certain in my mind if I've accessed the DLC or not: I may well have played it without realizing it (never have quite been sure either way).

Go to the storepage on Steam then add it should be free then I think it redownloads the entire enhanced 2012 game which is still very nice looking for a DX9 title
http://store.steampowered.com/app/98421/

 

[AWPC]

I've watched that candyland youtube comparison, and the key bit people haven't mentioned is that the framerate has more than doubled, at the cost of only a 'moderate' graphical downgrade. I'd say that that is quite a good trade off! But they needed to have added options to increase the graphics quality further rather than keep the graphics the same but improve the engine (or whatever they did).

FPS was never a problem its a DX9 based title!! They have messed the volumetric lighting up so much it looks a fraction as nice as before.

Should be a free upgrade on PC even then I doubt many existing owners would bother as the visual difference is noticeable. Its all about getting it cutdown to run on the consoles!

Those volumetric lighting god rays take a lot of CPU/GPU power to calculate is the real reason its been downgraded as consoles lack the required rendering power.