Not a fan.
I thought that being able to swap between the CE and AV graphics at the press of a button is really cool!
Until i realized AV still uses CE collision for everything.
For example: a hill in CE is 3ft tall, and is 2ft tall in AV but, still acts as if its 3ft tall, so it blocks your bullets despite nothing visibly being there.
The lighting and atmosphere is also a significant downgrade. this is most noticeable in the levels "Truth and Reconciliation" and "343 Guilty Spark". in CE the lighting was perfect for the setting and in AV they just used pretty ordinary lighting so what used to be some of the best looking levels in the game is just...kinda eh?
I'm not really one to care about graphics, so messing up atmosphere in trade for drab generic "modern" lighting, when CE did atmosphere so well it just kinda...defeats the point of remaking it?
i guess at least the new lighting makes it so you can actually see 3ft in front of you in "The Library", so that's something AV improves.
Oh, and also, NO 4 PLAYER CO-OP? REALLY??? just, COULDN'T manage that? I absolutely would forgive the iffy collision and boring lighting if they added 4 player co-op! or hell, ANY significant gameplay upgrades? like maybe make NPCs be able to drive for shit? fix the shitty co-op check-pointing? nothing?
Just, overall a pretty shit remake. it's still a fine way to play the game, but it completely fails to improve on CE or justify it's own existence.
I thought that being able to swap between the CE and AV graphics at the press of a button is really cool!
Until i realized AV still uses CE collision for everything.
For example: a hill in CE is 3ft tall, and is 2ft tall in AV but, still acts as if its 3ft tall, so it blocks your bullets despite nothing visibly being there.
The lighting and atmosphere is also a significant downgrade. this is most noticeable in the levels "Truth and Reconciliation" and "343 Guilty Spark". in CE the lighting was perfect for the setting and in AV they just used pretty ordinary lighting so what used to be some of the best looking levels in the game is just...kinda eh?
I'm not really one to care about graphics, so messing up atmosphere in trade for drab generic "modern" lighting, when CE did atmosphere so well it just kinda...defeats the point of remaking it?
i guess at least the new lighting makes it so you can actually see 3ft in front of you in "The Library", so that's something AV improves.
Oh, and also, NO 4 PLAYER CO-OP? REALLY??? just, COULDN'T manage that? I absolutely would forgive the iffy collision and boring lighting if they added 4 player co-op! or hell, ANY significant gameplay upgrades? like maybe make NPCs be able to drive for shit? fix the shitty co-op check-pointing? nothing?
Just, overall a pretty shit remake. it's still a fine way to play the game, but it completely fails to improve on CE or justify it's own existence.