Played this early this year for about 10 hours, really liked it but feel like I should wait to for the complete edition. Will you be going back for a second run when all the dlc comes out. Does it bother you that you haven't got the complete experience or did you still have tonnes of fun.
The last game you completed, and rating.
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GTA4, never played it when it first came out on console and was stuck for something to play between my main games getting updates.
Loved playing through it after adding some mods to make it better on PC and put the old radio back, definitely a product of it's time and you could imagine the outrage if it was released today with how some of the characters talk / behave.
Controls are a little clunky with KB+M but playable once you get used to the jank. Few little bugs that don't break the game but look funny when you see them.
8 / 10
Got both the DLC to get around to playing when I get some spare time again.
Loved playing through it after adding some mods to make it better on PC and put the old radio back, definitely a product of it's time and you could imagine the outrage if it was released today with how some of the characters talk / behave.
Controls are a little clunky with KB+M but playable once you get used to the jank. Few little bugs that don't break the game but look funny when you see them.
8 / 10
Got both the DLC to get around to playing when I get some spare time again.
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I've vaguely heard that a new DLC is coming sometime next year, but the game is now well-patched and plays very well. A few minor bugs, but nothing that is overly bothersome.
I'll probably keep my pre-point of no return save in case I feel like going back in for the second DLC. I could consider doing a second run as a different conviction, but as much as I enjoyed the game it's really long, so not sure I will make another 100 hours or so for that. Once my playtime gets north of about 100-110 hours, I'm not sure I feel the need for more content no matter how good the game!
I really liked the game, it didn't feel unfinished to me, and I would imagine the only bits I liked to a somewhat lesser extent aren't going to be changed in the DLC anyway.
Soldato
Amen, I tend to be a long play kind of guy but sometimes you're so deep into a game and it's great, but you need it to end!
Little Big Adventure - Twinsen's Quest: 3/10
A remake of the 1994 original. Little Big Adventure is that game to me. The first one you remember playing and still loving it decades later. This remake however missed the mark entirely.
- The graphics are a huge downgrade. Kiddish and lacking any detail. The original graphics hold up amazingly today in my opinion and attain a solid mix of childlike imagination and a serious tone that matches the themes of the story.
- The changes they made to the story feel utterly pointless. They also managed to water down a story that was already pretty basic and included lot of on the nose dialogue straight up explaining it to you too.
- The game went from being 90s hard in the original to a complete walk over in the remake further pushing it towards being a full on kids game.
- The controls suck. Platforming with a keyboard felt awful even compared to the original which wasn't known for its amazing controls. Combined with the buggy combat it didn't feel great to control at all.
The only positives I can think of were the music was nice (though worse than the original imo) and the fact that it's an LBA game released in 2024.
A remake of the 1994 original. Little Big Adventure is that game to me. The first one you remember playing and still loving it decades later. This remake however missed the mark entirely.
- The graphics are a huge downgrade. Kiddish and lacking any detail. The original graphics hold up amazingly today in my opinion and attain a solid mix of childlike imagination and a serious tone that matches the themes of the story.
- The changes they made to the story feel utterly pointless. They also managed to water down a story that was already pretty basic and included lot of on the nose dialogue straight up explaining it to you too.
- The game went from being 90s hard in the original to a complete walk over in the remake further pushing it towards being a full on kids game.
- The controls suck. Platforming with a keyboard felt awful even compared to the original which wasn't known for its amazing controls. Combined with the buggy combat it didn't feel great to control at all.
The only positives I can think of were the music was nice (though worse than the original imo) and the fact that it's an LBA game released in 2024.
Soldato
I had a similar memory of the original, although I never owned it or played it to the end. But I remember running it on my cousin's PC aged around 10 when I still didn't have a CD-ROM drive or audio card. Windows 95 was so futuristic and I remember being really wowed by LBA. It might be the first 3D game I played? Certainly on PC.
Sadly the remake looks exactly as you've described, no improvements, only downgrades.
Yeah both the games from the 90s were some of the best looking and sounding games from the time in my opinion. The original nailed the prerendered isometric 3D years before the likes of Resident Evil and Final Fantasy did it and the CD quality audio was amazing for the time.
The second game combined the beautiful prerendered isometric 3D with fully explorable 3D environments and still looks and plays great in my opinion thanks to it's colourful, detailed environments.
Both are massively overlooked when it comes to the best looking games of their respective years.
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