As far as one-to-one remakes go, this is one of the best of all time. The gameplay and balance have been improved and refined, the bad zero-g and asteroid sections from the original were reworked, and side content was introduced that fit so well into the pacing of the main campaign that new players probably wouldn't even know it was added in the remake. The technical improvements genuinely do a lot to enhance the atmosphere and immersion, and introducing some randomness when backtracking improves the pacing and keeps some tension if you decide to do that.

There are a couple small things the original did better, but they're fairly insignificant in comparison to what was improved. My main gripe is that some of the voice acting was better in the original, and that hurts the story at times. For that reason I recommend playing the original first instead of starting with this one, but I think this is the definitive version overall and it's the version I'm going to be replaying from now on.

Reviewed on Mar 28, 2023


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