Kassabov
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MediEvil
2019
A gorgeous facelift of a game that needed a whole lot more. This is the kind of remake where the modern visuals work against the whole - the bad combat feels even worse because the game looks like it should know better.
There's also a funny relic of a bygone era in the checkpoint system: no heals. You don't get full health after dying, or even between stages; you keep whatever health you had when you reached the last checkpoint. Fair play, it's old school to a fault, I can respect that. However -
If you find yourself stuck with low health at the beginning of a stage, it's trivial to backtrack to a previous level to replenish health, but it also sucks shit. This is the kind of change remakes should enact to "bring it up to modern sensibilities" without "losing its essence" - nothing's lost by cutting pure tedium.
Inessential.
There's also a funny relic of a bygone era in the checkpoint system: no heals. You don't get full health after dying, or even between stages; you keep whatever health you had when you reached the last checkpoint. Fair play, it's old school to a fault, I can respect that. However -
If you find yourself stuck with low health at the beginning of a stage, it's trivial to backtrack to a previous level to replenish health, but it also sucks shit. This is the kind of change remakes should enact to "bring it up to modern sensibilities" without "losing its essence" - nothing's lost by cutting pure tedium.
Inessential.
PaRappa the Rapper
1996
PaRappa the Rapper 2
2001
Counter-Strike
2000
For a first time I experience an audio this good in a video game. I've done my share of playing and this was a blast. Got bamboozled so many times by different audio cues. A thunder shatters in game and I turn my head naturally to the window, those voices in the back I look at the door to see who of my family is speaking to me. It's a wow and a must to play. Also you get to play in a Nordic setting which is almost always nice.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED 10/10
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED 10/10