I can definitely see why this would become the highly regarded classic that it did for its time. Yes, the controls are dated, as are the visuals, but it still holds up! I love it when an old classic game I’ve never played before is still as much fun to play as a lot of modern games.
Exploration, level design and atmosphere are what make this game truly shine. I feel it’s redundant to criticise the tank controls as they where fully intended to work that way in conjunction with the way the environments are designed. The downside is the combat, which usually resorts to just standing/strafing whilst holding down the action button and then waiting until the enemies are dead. The mummies in particular are just brutal to fight.
In terms of the remastered version, I think they did a great job with the visuals, though that is more or less where the praise stops. This feels more like a port than a proper remaster. I was looking forward to using the camera mode, but there’s very little options for you to use. The modern controls are frankly terrible with no way to side/back flip and the camera goes off the rails in confined spaces.
Compared to other remasters like Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy/CTR Nitro Fuelled, Spyro Reignited Trilogy, Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver etc, there’s just not a lot of newish content for you to play and unlock.
Still I had a lot of fun. My god is it difficult though! I kinda miss this era of PS1 games that weren’t watered down and fully embraced their own charm.
Exploration, level design and atmosphere are what make this game truly shine. I feel it’s redundant to criticise the tank controls as they where fully intended to work that way in conjunction with the way the environments are designed. The downside is the combat, which usually resorts to just standing/strafing whilst holding down the action button and then waiting until the enemies are dead. The mummies in particular are just brutal to fight.
In terms of the remastered version, I think they did a great job with the visuals, though that is more or less where the praise stops. This feels more like a port than a proper remaster. I was looking forward to using the camera mode, but there’s very little options for you to use. The modern controls are frankly terrible with no way to side/back flip and the camera goes off the rails in confined spaces.
Compared to other remasters like Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy/CTR Nitro Fuelled, Spyro Reignited Trilogy, Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver etc, there’s just not a lot of newish content for you to play and unlock.
Still I had a lot of fun. My god is it difficult though! I kinda miss this era of PS1 games that weren’t watered down and fully embraced their own charm.